Differing from my usual scenery, I decided to switch it up this week by asking a friend of mine if we could do a shoot in Waxahachie. I have always wanted to photograph there but it just never worked out. Meet Maddie, a gorgeous girl who was super willing to give my ideas a shot--especially in this Texas weather. At first it was over 100 degrees, within an hour, there was a cool breeze, stormy skies, and much better pictures as a result. The shift in weather definitely helped the shoot because it differed from the usual blue skies, white clouds. I finally got to experiment a bit with various hand movements and as a result, I decided to only add contrast to them since the photographs already had vibrant colors. I hope you enjoy them! Happy Friday!

Summer has sped by and it is already the middle of July. Well I went to Crystal Beach (near Galveston, Texas) earlier this month with my cousins and loved the scenery there, and the beach of course. It's not remotely close to the dried grass and leafless trees found where I live. Well it's not completely dead here but it is not the most appealing environment. But here, it is luscious, green, and soothing. I decided not to edit this set of pictures too much because the natural scenery and the natural look of my cousin, so it went hand-in-hand to me. I also found that it seemed to make more of an impact in black and white because of the various textures of grass, rocks, flowers, and water. A little bit of scenic photography for you too. These pictures are somewhat a reflection of the type of pictures I take, including landscape as well as people, with a major focus on people. I used to only do landscape and it was nice to have the major focus on it again, with a model. I'm a big black and white photography fan primarily because it allows the viewer to focus on the content rather than the colors.  Hopefully I'll get more into it, enjoy!

It's already halfway through summer and for the first time, I am actually excited for summer to end because it means I'll be in Austin! I recently did a photoshoot with Nicole, a beautiful girl about to have her quincenera. We're in the Bishop Arts district again (can't seem to get away from this place!), and yet every time I photograph here, I find new, interesting places to shoot. This time, a small store was renovating inside and painting the walls when they asked us if we wanted to shoot inside for a rustic wall setting. Of course I agreed since I absolutely love rustic settings. They were so sweet and eager to move anything that could interfere with the shoot. I don't think I'll ever get tired of shooting here simply because of how inviting the environment is and how rustic it looks. This time, a gate was open and we walked inside to find a wall covered in vines and a mosaic-like painting on a wall. Nicole was a great model and I really liked this shoot, enjoy!