A Vibrant Celebration of Family: Capturing the Heart of the Holidays

A Vibrant Celebration of Family: Capturing the Heart of the Holidays

Photographing Darrell, Hillarrie, Peighton, and Carson during the holiday season was a truly special experience. Set against a seamless black backdrop, their portraits shine with love and joy. These vibrant images, now displayed as wall art in their living room and study, beautifully capture the essence of their family bond.

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Three Generations, One Heart: A Christmas Family Photoshoot

Three Generations, One Heart: A Christmas Family Photoshoot

Capture your family’s love this holiday season with a festive Christmas photoshoot. Featuring three generations of Ken, Miwa, and their family, this colorful, cozy session in their Woodlands home showcased warmth, joy, and tradition. Perfect for Christmas cards or framed keepsakes, these timeless photos reflect the bond that connects all generations during the holidays.

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Capturing Generational Love: The Nieto Family's Christmas Photo Session
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Capturing Generational Love: The Nieto Family's Christmas Photo Session

Autumn family photo session in The Woodlands Indoor studio featuring Angelica Nieto, her children Luis, Carina, Victor, Colleen, and baby Ramona. This joyful photoshoot captures three generations of love and devotion, perfect for Christmas cards and family portraits. Vibrant and heartwarming images highlight this special family’s bond. Book your own family photoshoot to create timeless memories.

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Cherishing Family Bonds: A Summer Session with Jayanthi, Cyril, Felicity, and Alex

Cherishing Family Bonds: A Summer Session with Jayanthi, Cyril, Felicity, and Alex

Last summer, I had the pleasure of photographing Jayanthi, Cyril, Felicity, and Alex—a family bonded by love, laughter, and intellectual curiosity. Felicity is now a freshman at the University of Notre Dame, and Alex is preparing for his next chapter. Their home now features beautiful wall art: a portrait of the parents and a collage of candid moments, celebrating their shared joy and connection.

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Springtime Joy: A Heartwarming Family Photoshoot by Lake Woodlands
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Springtime Joy: A Heartwarming Family Photoshoot by Lake Woodlands

Capture the joy of family with a heartwarming spring photoshoot by Lake Woodlands. Phaedra, Lawson, Lachlan, and Amelia share laughter and love in their stunning backyard, creating genuine, natural moments. Book your family session to celebrate connections in beautiful outdoor settings, where cherished memories are made. Explore our portfolio and schedule your session today!"

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Christmas Album for Nancy and her Family

Christmas Album for Nancy and her Family

Just wanted to give a shoutout to Nancy for booking a fantastic family Christmas photo session with me at the beautiful William Goodrich Jones state forest near The Woodlands, Texas. The Houston fall foliage in November was stunning and the blue sky reflected in the lake waters made for some truly breathtaking photos.  I can't wait to share these gorgeous images!

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Winter Mini Session at Phipps for Noah Robbins and his family
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Winter Mini Session at Phipps for Noah Robbins and his family

Family Mini sessions at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens.

It was the second time I photographed Noah Robbins, his parents Michaela and Dave.  It was great to re-connect with them again. Noah made great progress and looked strong, happy and handsome! This time the family came with the grandparents, all dressed in themed, beautifully created costumes - Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Captain Hook, John Darling and Mr Smee.  We had a blast creating a story for their family album. 

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Winter Mini Session at Phipps for Spencer Kingman and his family
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Winter Mini Session at Phipps for Spencer Kingman and his family

Family Mini sessions at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens.

Spencer Kingman brought his family fully prepared for the inclement weather, armed with five umbrellas in case of the forecasted torrential rain. We got lucky and had a blast creating group and individual portraits for all the family. Love their outfits in jewel colors - a perfect way to look gorgeous in any season.

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Fall Mini Session for Briana Honrath and her family

Fall Mini Session for Briana Honrath and her family

It was pure joy photographing Briana’s family: 2.5-year-old daughter Aurora, husband Marc, his mother Pat and two friendly labradoodles Leonardo and Arnold. It was mostly chaotic but also organized, if you know what I mean. They certainly came well-prepared for the shoot and I just love the results of our mutual efforts.

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Fall Mini Session for Casey Platt and her family

Fall Mini Session for Casey Platt and her family

Casey was looking for family photos with her husband and her two little girls: 2-year-old Ella and baby Olivia. As always with photo sessions involving young children, we went along with the girls’ moods and impulses. Thus having given up on ideal backgrounds or elegant poses, we captured plenty of genuine smiles, hugs and kisses. The images below were Casey’s favorites.

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City Break in Savannah, Georgia: October 2021

City Break in Savannah, Georgia: October 2021

I’ve always wanted to visit Savannah, in fact since childhood when I read about it in a few books, but when we moved to America, there have always been more famous sights to see: New York City, Grand Canyon, the Niagara Falls, California, Pacific Northwest, the Great Lakes and so on - a very long list of all the beautiful national parks and cities in the US

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City Break in Washington DC: October 2021

City Break in Washington DC: October 2021

I finally have time to go through our vacation photos! Here are a few from the city break to Washington, DC, back in October 2021. We just wandered around our favorite spots: the French bakery Paul, the National Mall, and a couple of hidden gardens we keep discovering with every visit.

We visited the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. I think it opened just recently, so we were curious to see what was inside. The Soviet Union/Russian section was really well-represented and we learned something new as we’d hoped. We had a very interesting conversation with one of the volunteers who all but gave us a private tour of the features in the astronaut suit.

And the crown jewel of the Washington, DC, visit was the hockey game at the Capital One Arena. The Washington Capitals played the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Caps lost… at least cameras were allowed and both Dmitry and I clicked away during the pre-game skate and even the game itself.

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