"Oh You Pretty Things…"

It’s been a while… but I’m back! I recently took a trip to the Big Apple for work and snapped a few shots. Enjoy!

It was a whirlwind trip – can’t wait to go back for fun!!

This weekend I took  engagement photos for my friend Jessica and her fiance Adam.

After dating a little over a year, 3 weeks ago Adam’s company presented him with an offer he could not refuse in Warsaw, Poland. He asked Jess to marry and him and start their lives together, the date was set for February 19th, and it has been a whirlwind of planning since then!

Jessica and Adam are completely adorable with each other so taking pictures of them was naturally really fun for me!

I love the vintage movie posters at the Angelica theatre

I am a sucker for a good silhouette.

Love this series…

Congratulations -  I am over the moon for you guys. Can’t wait until Saturday!!

Early last fall we spent a weekend in Mineral Wells camping and rock climbing. Good times were had and people person got hurt (sorry Boris but Chris did in fact save your life)…

Morgan teaching the art of rope tying.

Christian is always prepared. He camps with chopsticks that tie onto your pack!

Don’t worry, Morgan is wearing shoes…barely.

Chris’ first time.

Had a blast.  I would like to thank Michael for bringing “Buckingham Palace” – slept 20! Well at least the 8 of us…

To ring in the new year I thought I would share some of my favorite moments from 2010. Here’s to 2011!!

I have lived in Dallas for 7 years and I have yet been to the State Fair of Texas… until this year!

Ski Ball – The game of Champions.

The Texas Star

Next: Camping and Climbing trip to Mineral Wells State Park!

Christmas came early for me – I got a new lens! eeeeeeeeeeeeekkk! 50mm Canon! Morgan is the best husband ever… and he’s always worried about getting the right gift pffsshh.

This lens is great for taking portraits so calling all family members… get ready for your closeup!!!

Merry Christmas everyone

One month ago today my new niece Karington Carleen was born. Enjoy

Morgan got this one

Congrats to Amanda and Aaron on the start of their new family!! Love you guys!

A couple of weeks ago Morgan and I traveled to Lawrence, Kansas to meet our beautiful new niece Karington Carleen. While on a picnic I captured these beautiful shots of Heartland, USA.

I adore the little park bench on top of the hill…

Pictures of Baby Karington to come!!

A couple of weeks ago my parents and youngest brother Ian came to Dallas to visit. The highlight of our weekend was cooling off in the aloft hotel pool. Favorite images below!

Underwater series: As Granny Mitchell would say – “He got his giggle box turned over”

Goodbye Summer… hello boots

Almost every weekend the Shops at Legacy features lives music Friday and Saturday nights. Last month featured a band called Local Culture. They are a reggae cover band and were so much fun! They had people dancing in the street and little kids singing! I love summer…

Last stop – Ft. Davis Mountains in Ft. Davis Texas. We visited the McDonald observatory for the late night stargazing tour. A tour guide took us up to one of the highest peaks in the Ft. Davis mountains where the telescopes are located. We viewed star clusters, planetary nebulas and Saturn from a 36 inch telescope (36″ wide that is). The largest telescope at the observatory is 433″ which is one of the largest in the world. Word on the street is that there is a 2 year waiting list for astronomers to use the Observatory’s telescopes. The Observatory is a research facility to the University of Texas and most employees are alumni. Mount Locke and Mount Fowlkes – where the telescopes sit – are some of the darkest night skies in the continental US.

Cool fact: The Otto Struve Telescope constructed 1933-39 was the second largest in the world at 82″ when built and the observatory still uses it today! Below is a photo of one very similar in size. *sorry for the granulation… it was pitch black when this photo was taken.

Unfortunately I could not capture any more photos of the observatory because we had to preserve  our night vision the whole time – no flashes allowed. But we did stop at the Ft. Davis state park on the way in and I caught some lovely images of the mountains after a rainstorm.

Dr. Suess Tree, they were everywhere!

Morgan and I enjoying the view from one of the park’s lookout areas.

The Campbell Family

Lovely.

That was our week in West Texas. Cannot wait to go back!!