We started off the shoot at her apartment complex.  They were so nice and let us use one of the model apartments.  It was ridiculously cute and had great light!

We finished off the shoot at Uptown Park.  I've wanted to shoot here ever since I moved here!  It was really fun and I discovered things I hadn't noticed before.

This next shot is a good example of some of the wonders of post-processing that I thought people would like to see.  I took this picture (below) knowing that I wanted to bring in the background more, but in order to expose for A's face, the background has to be over-exposed.  So I exported this image from Lightroom as is,

and then decreased the exposure significantly and exported this one as well.

I put them together and after a little masking and editing, voila.

We happened to be walking by crave cupcake and I suggested that we get a pink cupcake for A's little cupcake that she's growing.  She said her husband would really like these shots and I know I do!

C came along again and helped me shoot and grabbed this lovely shot while I was focused on the cupcake.

I can't wait for baby to get here!  Expect a beautiful new baby girl to grace this blog in June.

Can you see how striking his BLUE eyes are?!  They're incredible.

We did these last since the ground was wet and they walked away with damp pants!  Many of the bluebonnets around Houston have been mowed, but we were able to find this little spot in the middle of a busy road.   I think this last one is my favorite .

They're getting married in Canada this summer; wish I could be there!

E was a little freaked out right here sitting in this basket, but I won her over with a hand-puppet.

Can you see the tear?  E let us know she was done being the model, but I was able to sneak a few more in before we headed home!

There was something new around every corner.

I couldn't stop telling her how amazing this color looked on her, don't you agree?!

It was my first time shooting the Houston skyline.  What a great spot!

We headed downtown to some locations I have used before...yet discovered several new areas too!  My boyfriend came along again to second-shoot and kept an eye out for rockin' areas to shoot.  Several of the shots below are his!

The first half of these pictures were all taken within a few blocks of each other. Good job downtown Houston!

One of my favorite shots of her (below) was taken by my boyfriend!  He claims he had an excellent teacher, but I think it's mainly talent.

I went a little crazy with all the following "24" shots.  Surprisingly, we have the same favorite number! Turns out we have much more in common. Among other things, we both turned 24 this year (less than a month apart and for her it was 24 on the 24th), and we met our significant others in similar ways.  Needless to say, it was fun getting to know each other.

My view:

My BF's view:

* Any of the shots that look like I'm 6' 8" were taken with me on top of my BF's shoulders.

It rained/misted on us intermittently the entire time and everyone took it in good stride! We hardly even used the umbrellas (though we were protecting the cameras like mad) and Katrina and Gordon both looked amazing throughout .

Want to know how I managed this next shot with my short self?? Keep scrolling.

Me, in all my wet, cold, trying-to-protect-myself-from-the-wind-and-rain glory.

I got that above shot the same way I got this one...

All I needed was one awesome boyfriend. It was his idea. He's a genius.

This was almost as fun as the double date we went with these two to a sketchy mini golf place a few weeks ago . Congratulations!