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Tirdad | Austin portrait photography

June 30, 2010 – 11:05 pm

My brother visited us this past month and we had so much fun running around town and eating lots of good food!

One of the things that he wanted to do while here was to get a tattoo he’s been wanting for a while- so we went to see Megan who is the owner of Bijou.   Bijou is a really cool tattoo shop just a couple of block away from the Urban Wedding Diva’s studio.  The walls are packed with amazing art and it’s as Austin as it can get!      Megan has done a little bit of work for me and I love her.  So- when it came to recommending someone to Tirdad- well, she was the first person that came to mind.

The tattoo took almost 4 hours and I can’t believe my brother did it all without breaking a sweat!  wow!

Here are a few photos!

The before/after shot!

Then a few days (or nights- as it was after midnight) later, once the tattoo had healed a little, we took some fun photos!

Tirdad calls me a camera- nerd!  Well- thanks for the compliment and thanks for letting me take a bunch of photos of you!  You know how much I love it! haha!

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Lauren + Preston – austin engagement photography

January 14, 2010 – 3:18 pm

Cute…check!
Stylish…check!
In love…check!
Funny…check!
I love working with them…check!

Lauren and Preston made my job easy!  They had lots of great ideas!  I love coming up with locations and ideas for a shoot, but it is 100x more fun if a couple is involved in the planning like these two were.   Check out a few on my favorites!

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We started things off at The Madison.

Jeff- the owner- knows Lauren and Preston and he let us have some fun inside.
It’s always funny to be inside a place where you usually only would see at night. Things look different in daylight- it was totally like we were the cool kids who got let back-stage!

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I LOVE this wall!

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Then we headed around town for some outdoor stuff!

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I’ve shot a this wall A LOT- but with these guys it was all fresh and new!

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Seriously- how cute are these guys?!!

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Ok- so possibly my favorite pics of the day!
Posing for the camera!!!

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I love Lauren’s shirt…and her little puppy!

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Preston pulled a few strings and we ended up on the roof-top of one of the tall buildings downtown! Yeay!

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And…I still have Lauren’s bridals and their fabulous wedding to look forward to!  Thank you guys for a fun shoot!

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Mandy + Allan – austin engagement photography

December 4, 2009 – 12:19 am

Mandy and Allan are Mr. and Mrs. and I have so many of their photos to show you!     We got Mandy’s bridals…their wedding…
But let’s start things off with the engagements!
First off- I love it when couples wear colors to engagement shoots!  Yeay for Mandy and Allan for great outfits!
I feel like engagements really set the tone for photographer/bride+groom relationship.  It’s like if you have fun at the engagement shoot- the rest is going to be great too!

I can certainly say that I had fun at this shoot.  This sweet couple surprised me with how much fun they had, the ideas that they had and how open minded they were to my ideas.  I LOOOVE that!

Just wait until you get to see Mandy’s bridals!  The above sentence rang true for that day too!

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Let’s start thing off with Miss beautiful eyes here!  : )

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Mandy and Allan love wine and wine bars.  They wanted their engagement photos to reflect that.

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A quick change and some urban grunge!

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maeng8Thanks guys for a great shoot!  : )

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Courtney | Austin senior photography

April 18, 2009 – 11:43 am

Sometimes you get the opportunity to photograph someone who has so much spunk, presence and attitude- all you have to do is to point your camera, focus and press the trigger!
That’s how my shoot with Courtney turned out to be!  The first thing I noticed about this awesome girl was her eyes- you’re seriously kidding me right? wow!
Once I started talking to Courtney about her Plans after HS- it turned out that she is not only incredibly sweet and nice but she is super smart and is about to embark on a very challenging and amazing journey.  Good luck in Miami!  : )

Then we start the shoot!  I could not believe how comfortable this girl was in front of the camera!
Courtney- can I have about 3 ounces of that? haha!
I tell you- I have so many favorites I had such a hard time picking- but these are my very very favorite shots of the day.

I have to give a shout-out to Courtney’s dad who came along and helped me with this shoot- Thank you!

Do you see what I am talking about with Courtney’s eyes?!!!!

It was a rather windy day but I think it worked well!

Work it out!

Bob Marley is one of Courtney’s favorite artist so it was only right that we took a couple of photos here.

Oh- and we got chased off the tracks by the police!  Way to ruin the perfect shot! haha!

I am amazed how Courtney could go from “super chick attitude” to “sweet and cute smile” in 3 seconds flat!

We found this cool mural! Courtney was like- oh you got to get that text in the shot!

You rock chicka!  : )

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Bethany and Jeremy | East Austin Engagement Photography

April 14, 2009 – 12:04 pm

#1 Thank you guys for driving to Austin for this shoot!

#2 Thank you Bethany for wearing hot shoes!

#3 Thank you Jeremy for having all kinds of cool ideas!

I love this couple!  Bethany and Jeremy are getting married at the end of May and I can’t wait for the big day.  They are so much fun to shoot.  Jeremy’s mom is a photographer so he’s used to having a camera stuck in his face and Bethany- well, she’s just a natural!

Here are a few of my favorites from their engagement session.

A request- the walking shot!

How cool is it that her shoes match the graffiti!

Jeremy spotted the “Bread, Food, Love”!

As our last stop, we went by one of the oldest and coolest fire stations in Austin. Jeremy is a Firefighter so he got us in for some photos.  I was ecstatic!

What a shoot- you guys rock!  : )

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Heather + Stephen [just married!]

February 21, 2009 – 3:34 pm

Heather and Stephen got married last night!

I have had the pleasure to know this great couple of a while now and when they asked me to shoot their wedding I was totally excited!  We shot their engagement session around campus, finding a bunch of new colorful spots.  I knew they were a fun couple but I had no idea how fun until we started shooting!  They are hilarious!
I have to tell you that the wedding was a blast and that I got some great photos that I can’t wait to share.

Congrats Heather and Stephen and have a wonderful time on your honeymoon.  Hugs!

They needed very little encouragement to be goofy!  haha!

Or romantic and sweet!

Omg! This was my favorite spot!  Seriously- how funny is that?!

A little arm-wrestling and a little soccer, just to keep things interesting!

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Ashley and david | Austin Senior photography

January 8, 2009 – 7:02 pm

Right before the holidays I got to go hang out with two super cool, creative and fun seniors.
Meet Ashley and David!   I had so much fun with these guys!  They even had a camera with them and shot some behind the scenes stuff!   Hey- David, I want to see the footage you shot!  : )

Here is a little preview but I will post more as I catch up with the blog.

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