Hello, everyone!
It's incredible how much you can miss the familiarity of a place after being gone for quite some time. After a busy summer full of traveling adventures to Peru and New England, it's a comforting feeling to settle back in Austin for my senior year. Yep, senior year.

I actually started this blog toward the end of my junior year of high school, so it's pretty neat to see how I've grown through my photography over the years and all the places I've had the chance to explore. To see 2011 photoshoots, click here and here. My work was a little dark, you could say. Either way, I'm happy with my progress as a photographer and can't wait to see where else I'll get to photograph soon!

One of my favorite parts of living here is the amount of beautiful photo opportunities that present themselves - and having the chance to photograph some of my closest friends at those places! Here are some photos of a recent shoot with a close friend throughout my time here at UT, who is graduating this December and entering the real world soon! Proud of you, Chanel!
              

Castle Hill is like one of those paintings that you stare at for several hours and still engages you. In this case, it is several graffiti walls that are constantly changing with artwork that you can't stop staring at. The panoramic picture above courtesy of my iPhone.

I've gone here a few times before but didn't really explore it as much as I did this time. Each time you can always find something puzzling, or an inspirational quote of some sort. This time a few friends and I climbed to the highest point and were able to see the UT tower, the Capitol, and the buildings downtown. All around were sunflowers which were appealing and a good photo op.

Inspirational quote from this trip to Castle Hill.

Matt making his way on up.

Castle Hill at a glance.

                 

                         
 This past weekend I took pictures of a lovely grad, Kate! We took pictures around the UT campus and a few at the stadium since Kate is graduating with a degree in Sports Management. Kate mentioned the albino squirrel as we were walking behind a building and against all odds, there it was sitting on a tree. It was great!


We also made our way to a beautiful view of downtown Austin from Town Lake, along with a small tower near the Congress Bridge. Kate was a joy to photograph and I cannot wait to see what she does in the future. Check out some pictures from her session below.

Yesterday I took pictures for another grad, Chelsea. She was a delight to photograph and we had a blast exploring Austin for great locations. We started out on campus and ended up finding new locations besides the usual Littlefield Fountain and Tower. We also went to Town Lake and the Austin postcard. Below are how a few of the pictures turned out.

Megan and Cayla were a fun pair to shoot. I'm sad these two are graduating but can't wait to see what they go on to do. We started on campus then went downtown along Lady Bird Lake on a few bridges. We found a neat looking brick structure under a bridge and a lighthouse painted pole. We also went to the "i love you so much" sign on South Congress. Here's a few of the pictures from the shoot!

Senior pictures are still in swing and I shot Sonia's pictures last weekend. The weather was sunny and a great day to take some shots. Here's how a few of Sonia's came out! We went to the Austin postcard sign and the 360 bridge. Both are great Austin sites!

     Meet Steph. She asked if I could do a photoshoot of her and I have been wanting to take pictures around the campus so we did one last weekend. The pictures came out great! It was warm and sunny and I really enjoyed photographing around campus. Here's how a few of them turned out, enjoy!