The Sweet Hatch Family

 

I had the best time over Christmas break taking family portraits of the Hatch family.  It was a little chilly that day, but we had fun in spite of it :). Those kids are so full of character, it was fun capturing their personalities.

Seventeen and So Grown Up!

 

My son Derek just turned seventeen, and it blows me away how much he has grown up this past year (And how tall he has gotten). We took his pictures near the San Antonio Temple, and he looked so handsome.  I love the shot I took of him staring at the temple over the ridge - so sweet. And of course, we had to get a jumping picture - he does love those.

The Sevy Family at the Japanese Tea Garden

 While I was taking senior portraits of Elena, we got a few family shots for the family - even if their oldest son is gone on his mission right now.  The Japanese Tea Garden is such a gorgeous location!

Elena the Senior

 

Last week, I had the fun opportunity to take senior portraits for Elena, a really lovely young woman. We did them at the beautiful Japanese Tea Garden in downtown San Antonio. I loved the variety of textures and plant life, even in the winter. This rock wall was especially cool. And I just love how the pictures turned out.

Melting and Prom Portraits

 

I really think that Prom pictures, other than Senior portraits, are probably my favorite to take.  There is something just special about making teenagers smile and break through their shell. So when my oldest son was going to prom, I may have volunteered to take the portraits ;). It was especially hot that evening - like almost 100 degrees, and those poor boys were all melting in their tuxes, but they all still looked handsome. And the girls looked beautiful! Here are a few of my favorite shots.

Lovely Lauren

 

I took Senior Portraits of the most lovely young woman the other night.  Not only was she gorgeous on the outside, but she was so sweet and kind. And we had a fabulous time taking her pictures at the gorgeous Eilan Hotel at the Rim.

Senior Portraits at the Pearl

Senior Portraits are some of my very favorite pictures to take, and I had a great time taking Ryan's portraits.  I met he and his mom at The Pearl, here in San Antonio, and had a great time doing his portraits. The Pearl was crazy busy, with at least ten other groups taking pictures, let alone the tourists and people shopping and eating there, and so the biggest challenge was to take his portraits and make it look like he was the only person there.  Luckily, they came out great.

 

Derek at Sixteen!

 

Sixteen!!!  How did my baby boy get so old??  Old enough to drive, old enough to date, old enough to get a job. We took his portraits at the San Antonio Temple, and we happened to notice that it was built the very same year that Derek was born, and so we had to get a picture of it.

Reunited with the Sevy Family

 

The first time I took portraits of the Sevy family was back in 2015 when we lived in Colorado, and right before we moved away. After both of us have moved around since then, we were lucky enough to both end up Texas at the same time.  It was so fun taking their portraits again - and wow, their kids sure have grown up in the past six years.