… and unbelievably adorable! 

From the moment I saw these three little cuties (who happen to be my sweetheart neices) in their session outfits, I knew I’d fall in love with their entire gallery of photos!  And, of course, I did!  I could hardly even choose which ones to blog about because I love them all so much!  And, knowing how sweet and cute these little girls were being during their session made me fall in love even more.  They were so proud to be my ‘models’ and did such an amazing job listening to EVERYthing I said to do so intensely and did it all spot on!

Here are some more of my favorites from their session:

I seriously love this next one…  A-DOR-A-BLE!

And lastly:

Good job, E, A, and C!  Love you!

xox, reata

Can I get any luckier?  I mean, honestly, I feel like I have THE best job in the entire world…  I get to explore parts of the city I never knew existed looking for cool locations, work with fabulously awesome families, and create fun, heartwarming images that will be cherished for a lifetime!  And, to top it off, everynow and then, I get to share my passion with some of my friends….  And, that makes me VERY happy!  

The session in this blog post today features my good friends (and now clients!)…  The G Family!  Our family met them a little less than a year ago, but I tell you… It honestly seems like we’ve known them forever!  The are that kind of family.  You know, the family that other families are drawn to…  Honest, fun-loving, hard-working, kind, and loyal.  I was delighted when Momma J asked me to be their photographer…   I hope I captured at least half of their families’ spirit with my camera!  

There are so many that I am completely smitten with, but this little thang called Thanksgiving is calling and I can’t share them all yet!  So for now, here goes some of my instant faves!

This is a look only sweet little sisters are allowed to give their brothers…

…only to turn back around to give me this look:

And lastly…

Much more to come… Can’t wait to show you guys, G Family!!

xox, reata

Honestly, I really love a good ol’ 20′s vibe every now and then.  I mean, come on, who doesn’t?!?  The era is soaked in sophistication, class, and to me, personally, wonder…  The ways of living back then really intrigue me, as do their clothing, architecture, and pretty much everything else that had to do with the times. 

When I suggested to the Austin-based photographer, Miss J, that she and her family should adorn themselves in fancy smancy attire – complete with bowties for the boys, I had no idea how far she’d run with the idea!!  I couldn’t have been more thrilled when I showed up to her shoot this past Sunday and they were super decked out and in high spirits!!  Hats off to Mr. A for being such a completely amazing sport…  You can tell he must be used to it, being married to a photographer and all!  But, still…. He was so awesome!

One more thing I must mention before I show you their very long sneak peek (I couldn’t decide where to stop, so I’m showing you guys quite a bit!)…  Little Baby Boy has got to be one of THE most HAPPIEST babies I’ve ever seen in real life!!  He was all smiles and all show from the moment we got there till the moment we left.  No tears. No fussing. Just smiles.  Totally lovely.  :)

And, now the sneaks:

It’s no wonder he’s so happy… He has great parents!

Like I mentioned earlier… She’s also a photographer!  So, we did what any two level-headed photographers would do at a time like this…

I took pictures of her taking pictures of me.

We’ll end this post in the same place we started it… 

xox, reata

… I met this lovely family on the campus of The University of Texas in Austin to do a fun family shoot.  We strolled around leisurely through the muggy, yet cool, weather having a bit of fun getting to know eachother and captured some adorable photos of their lovely kids and, of course, some great ones of the whole gang! 

Here are some of my favorites:

Little man kept us on our toes…  He knows how to walk (and run!) and likes to excersise ability regularly!  I love this next one…  Little Miss K decided it would be better to just lay down and wait for her baby brother to sit down and get in the picture, rather than staying posed the whole time.  So real and in the moment… love it!

And lastly:

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is why I love Austin, Texas so much.

Phenom weather.  Characteristically advanced housing and buildings.  And fun, wonderful people.

These are from the first session I did in Austin this past weekend…  Me and M have similar taste in just about everything it appears and so once we got started chatting/emailing back and forth about our ideas for her anytime session, we could hardly contain the excitement!  We were like two middle school girls rambling 100 mph about the hot substitute teacher in Algebra class…  Only, there wasn’t any hot sub.  And, we weren’t doing Algebra.  We were planning her anytime session….  and we chalked it full of personality and sass.

Now, keep in mind…  It was hard to narrow it down for this post… I wanted to post all of them.  Literally.  I like them that much.  But, I’m not gonna share them aaaaall right now (gotta make M wait for something in her gallery!), so here are the lucky ones that made it through to the blog:

At this point in the session, I was thinking to myself, Is it even possible for her to be ANY cuter?  And, how in the world are we gonna top this rockin red dress and amazing blue Schwinn??  Is it even possible???

Well, it was.

Meet Henry:

These last two were literally some of the last shots I took of the beautiful M before the setting sun forced us to call it quits…  I’m sure glad we didn’t didn’t stop before we got these!  Love them!

xox, reata

This mini session in Dallas was so much fun….  Little Miss Thang, as I was calling her (and her mom confirmed that she often calls her that too!), was just about as cute as can be and knew exactly how to work the camera!  She worked it and worked it… And often showed me a thing or two about posing.  For every pose I showed her to do, she showed me at least one or two other ones that were much more creative than mine.  

For example:

Seriously.  This little girl had so much personality and I was able to get so many great pictures of her…  Unfortunately, I don’t have time to show them all because I’m about to leave for Austin (Destination: Austin Sessions!).

But, here are a few more faves before I go…  And also, a little bit more evidence that Miss Thang knows how to pose like no other.

And a few of mom and dad…

More of Miss Thang to come soon, Momma J….  Hope the suspense doesn’t overwhelm you!!  :)

xox, reata

Gorgeous.

Not only is she stunning, but she’s also smart, sweet, and full of personality!  She was a delight to work with and such a complete natural in front of the camera…  

I think I see a bit of modeling in her future?  

(Hey Momma K, seriously… I think you should check into it!  She’d be great at it!)

Here are a few more favorites from this mini session:

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It was easy to tell who the star of the show is in this family… Madame Baby C!  And it’s no wonder.  Seeing as though she is such a happy-go-lucky little lady, I’m sure her parents aren’t the only ones whose attention she can grab!

Here are some faves from this petite sized session (literally, it was a mini session!) from my time in Dallas…

Totally fabulous:

And, one of the very last shots of the entire shoot…  mom and dad.

xox, reata

This was the first photo of my 2nd Dallas shoot… And it was actually just me trying to test the settings on my camera with the lovely light outside.  For whatever reason, it has ended up being one of my favorites from the whole session! I love the look he gave me…  so very real and so very honest.

I was so happy to finally meet this family – They were supposed to be a part of the December ’08 Dallas sessions, but when my up-for-sale-house surprisingly sold extra quick and we had to move out with only about 3 weeks notice RIGHT before Christmas… I ended up canceling all the sessions.  I was totally bummed that I wasn’t going to get to work with all the lovely Dallas families that had signed up.  So, when the G Family contacted me again this time around you can only imagine how happy I was to hear from them!  

Here are some more of my favorites from our long awaited time together:

Totally.Sweet.

Love these last ones…

xox, reata

Oh. my. word.  This session in Dallas was completely magical…  

The lighting…  The location…  The wardrobe… 

And of course, the sweet rosie cheeks of Miss Baby P.

Destination: Dallas ended yesterday and to say that I had oodles of fun is an understatment!  I had a complete blast meeting each and every adorably unique family!  Last night when I rolled in from Dallas at about 10:15 pm, I immediately hugged my husband, tucked my waiting children back into bed, and then started uploading all my new fantastic images to my Mac and then, of course, started editing!  Even though I was beyond tired (and sore in almost ever muscle imaginable), I couldn’t help but at least edit a couple.  And then a couple more.  Brush my teeth.  And then do a couple more.  

Hang tight Dallas clients… Your sneak peeks are coming soon!!  

Here are some more faves from my first Dallas shoot of the weekend:

Be still my heart.  These photos are absolutely adorable:

Just a few weeks before the session, Miss P celebrated her 1st birthday!  So, we commemorated her special day by doing the following:

xox, reata