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Family Beach Session | Gulf Shores & Perdido Key, FL, Orange Beach, AL | August 2015

Beach, Beach Wedding, Emotive Photography, Families, Family Lifestyle, Fine Art Portraits, Fine Art Portraiture, Fort Worth, Fort Worth Lifestyle Photography, Lifestyle, Looks LIke Film, natural light, outdoor photography, Portraits, TX, With Gratitude, Women's photography

Tomorrow, forecast calls for Fall temps, and with it, the official goodbye to Summer.  Summers linger longer here in Texas, but every season must come to a close.  This Summer was especially precious, as our family took our first ever family vacation completely by ourselves. We ventured to Orange Beach, AL, Perdido Key, FL and Gulf […]

Kate Panza Self Portraits | Perdido Key, FL | Gulf Shores Beach | August 2015

Beach, Destination Wedding, Fine Art Portraits, Fine Art Portraiture, Fort Worth, Fort Worth Lifestyle Photography, Fort Worth Wedding Photographer, Lifestyle, Looks LIke Film, natural light, outdoor photography, Portraits, Second Shooter, South Padre Island, TX, Uncategorized, Wedding Photographer, With Gratitude, Women's photography

I take photographs, I’m not in them. That used to be my truth. Passionate about capturing moments, freezing beauty all around me, I have collected thousands of memories. Treasures for my children and grand children to enjoy in years to come. All present in photographs, but one. Me. As a little girl, I saw pictures in […]

Fort Worth Maternity Session | Hine Family | July 2015

Beach, Families, Family Lifestyle, Fine Art Portraits, Fine Art Portraiture, Fort Worth, Fort Worth Couples, natural light, outdoor photography, Portraits, TX, Uncategorized, With Gratitude, Women's photography

It’s interesting to me how quickly I can connect with some clients.  Like we’ve known each other for ages. Familiar, friends.  Sweet moments. Laughter.  Leeches. Yes, leeches.  But I’ll get to that. I worked with David and Ashley for the first time last Fall.  This beautiful blended family was 4… now becoming 5. Another son… […]

Family Beach Session | South Padre Island | June 2015

Beach, Beach Wedding, Children, Couples, Destination Wedding, Families, Family Lifestyle, Fort Worth, Fort Worth Lifestyle Photography, Looks LIke Film, natural light, outdoor photography, Portraits, South Padre Island, Women's photography

Though I’ve photographed these wonderful people several times, this time was different. Familiarity and comfort, combined with a picturesque backdrop, led to my ideal style of family photography. Minimal staging.  Lots of exploring.  Children playing. No perfected pose.  Wind in hair.  Genuine interaction. These are real moments.  Nothing contrived here.  They walk, I watched… and […]

Looks Like Film Portraits | South Padre Island, TX | June 2015

Beach, Beach Wedding, Bridal Portraits, Destination Wedding, Emotive Photography, Fine Art Portraits, Fine Art Portraiture, Fort Worth, Fort Worth Wedding Photographer, Looks LIke Film, natural light, outdoor photography, Portraits, South Padre Island, TX, Wedding Photographer, Women's photography

I met Ellie in the airport, both about to board a plane to South Padre Island.  She’s made this trip every year of her life, this was my first time. But we were both eager to get to the beach to feel the wind and waves. Ellie didn’t know what Katy and I had planned.  That we […]

Fine Art Beach Portraits | South Padre Island, TX | June 2015

Beach, Beach Wedding, Emotive Photography, Fine Art Portraits, Fine Art Portraiture, Fort Worth Lifestyle Photography, Fort Worth Wedding Photographer, Looks LIke Film, natural light, outdoor photography, Portraits, South Padre Island, TX, Uncategorized, Wedding Photographer, Wedding Photography, Weddings, With Gratitude, Women's photography

I read a quote the other day that really struck me. In Donald Miller’s book A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, he shares how we don’t remember even half of our lives. He went on to share about how his friend Bob had written “more than five hundred pages of memories… He said he […]

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