Ahhh, the luck of a nearly impossible timeline!  I really thought when Kim contacted me in a pinch to check the availability of my schedule I wouldn't have the date open for her, much less be able to squeeze in a bridal shoot and have the enlargements ready for her in time!  Kim contacted us 5 weeks out from her wedding date and said that her photographer had fallen through and she really needed some help.  I am open for anything when it comes to photography and gladly accepted the job since my schedule was open.  The only real kink was getting a bridal shoot completed in time for the presentation at the reception.  Needless to say we got it taken care of and had a blast doing it!

You know the only thing I don't like about bridal shoots is that you have to wait until after the wedding before posting the pictures.  So, here are some favs from the day we spent in the urban areas of Houston.  More about the wedding in a later post but you can see a sneak peak here: www.dcstanleyphotography.com/darkroom/share and using the keyword - meadows.

We always discuss options for locations with our subjects and base that final location on their personality and requests.  We collectively decided that Yazmin's style was more in-line with the architectural type settings and therefore decided downtown Houston was the best place for this shoot to take place.  Who new it would be freezing the day we scheduled (it freezes in Houston).  Wow it was a cold day, but Yazmin didn't let it phase her nor could you even tell from the glow of her face!  I had to bump the shutter speed a few notches to keep the shakes out of the camera...nah, just kidding.  Enjoy!

 

 

 

I love this part of downtown Houston.  The Hotel Icon is such a cool, cozy place to hang and I thought it would be perfect for Jill's shoot.  We had a blast exploring the inside of the hotel and we somehow were able to get the elevator to drop us off on a floor (without a key).  This first picture is on the street in front of the Hotel Icon and the second one is in the hallway directly in front of the elevators.

 

 

 

I love this classic look on the couch we found through one of the side entrances to the hotel. 

 

I am at a loss of words on this one....isn't she stuning?!?  Wow, it sure makes my job easy to have such photogenic subjects, and I am going to let you interpret this yourselves.

I love any opportunity to do a bridal shoot and I think they are so important for brides.  I was really happy when Shawnna said she really wanted to do a bridal shoot as I had not had the opportunity to do very many and also because she is such a great subject!  People are always mezmarized when see brides out running around in their wedding dress and she definitely turned some heads that day. 

 

Shawnna is an upcoming photographer in the wedding business and I have been fortunate enough to have her tag along with me on a few shoots.  I really wish her all the best in her business and will have to update this post with her website info when she finally launches it!

 

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