I spent a Saturday with Phil and Debbie and their family a couple months ago. Debbie’s four sisters and brother came to visit. Phil and Debbie’s children and grandchildren were there as well. It was a beautiful afternoon and evening. There was a range of emotions felt by all. I felt like an intruder taking pictures...
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Have you ever felt like you are just moments away from an experience which truly changes your life? Ever since I met Phil and Debbie this is how I have felt.
I was shooting a wedding a couple weeks ago and as an official people watcher (aka photographer) I observed pretty much everyone in attendance. There...
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I remember the first time I saw Elizabeth Tuuk. She was coming down the escalator with her sister at Austin Bergstrom International Airport. Our friends had opened their heart and home and there were many of us excitingly awaiting the arrival of their new daughters, our new friends. You may remember them from a previous...
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My week in Louisiana was a good one indeed. I spent time with some of my favorite people on the planet. We laughed alot. We cried. We worked in the yard. We played in the yard. We worked on our business’. We laid in the sun. We ate together. Slept together. Talked together....
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“Patience is the capacity to wait and to endure without murmuring and disillusionment – to wait in the unplanned place, and endure the unplanned pace.” -John Piper
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I don’t know what it is, but the second I have to start packing for a trip I feel like I am stuck in a pot of molasses. It happens every time. This time was no different. There’s something special about having to get up super early the day of a trip as well. I...
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My Canon 5D is for sale! I have upgraded to the 5D MarkII and no longer need an extra body. The 5D is an awesome full frame camera and has served me very well these past several years. The only reason I upgraded was for the ability to shoot in really low light. Otherwise, I...
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He’s always called me Sweetie. Now I call him Sweetie, too. He’s my grandpa. Ninety-eight years ago he entered this world kicking and he’s never really stopped. My grandpa is a fighter. He was born in Guadalajara, Mexico and eventually immigrated to the states as a young man. My grandpa knows the value of hard...
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El Paso, Texas. All of my mom’s family lives there. I went this past week to visit. I saw aunts and uncles and cousins and some good friends. I visited with my grandparents. I said hi to the beautiful mountains.
One morning while I was there, I went to say hello to Tia Maggie who works...
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I’ve been learning some about sorrow lately. It changes my perspective on… pretty much everything. Sorrow is an interesting thing, an experience which I have not had much of thus far in my life. As a child I always sought to escape sadness. I was afraid of it.
Sorrow that is deep within the heart or...
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