A little bit of planning goes along way.  So true…  even in the art of dressing your family for your photo session!  If you want to have a look that says ‘put together’ then you are going to have to plan a little bit.  Trust me…  I know it sounds scary.  But honestly, it shouldn’t be!  It should be fun!!  The age old look of everyone wearing matching shirts, jeans, and santa hats is totally out…  and good gosh, it’s about time!  No one dresses like that in real life (do they?!?).  You’re photos should say more about you than “I can buy 5 identical red turtle necks” for my family!  Start looking around in magazines (or even on commercials/online ads) for good color combos, pick something you like, and start seaching for pieces for you and your loved ones that will coordinate, yet still lend a touch of who you are! 

Here are a few easy examples I threw together just from searching on the internet at some pretty common stores….  And, for the record, I’m not saying you should go buy these exact outfits.  I’m giving you these examples to use as references as to how you can find things at everyday stores for the whole family that compliment each other!  

Good luck shopping!  And, as always, keep in touch with me during your shopping experience!  I love it when clients send me their oufit choices beforehand, so I can get a visual and lend suggestions when asked.

Now for the examples:

xox, reata

I decided to title this post “Tiny” because as I sat here finishing up editing this awesome session, I started to realize just how adorable and teeny tiny the pregnant tummy on my sis-in-law really is!  Seriously.  It’s just too dang cute and sweet.  And so is she, sweet and cute that is…  even though my nearly 2 year old thinks that Aunt A swallowed a baby.  

These next two are sooooooooo cute!  And sassy!

And then, after being so sassy, I made her dance (against her will, might I add!)… Just to prove that even with a tummy she can still shake her groove thang!

Hope you love em, A!  Can’t wait to show you all the indoor, more intimate ones… They all turned out so cute!  xox, reata

Oh yeah, baby!  Sugar Shots is hitting the road in November… Gonna be heading to Dallas, followed by Austin, to visit some family and do another round of Destination Sessions!  Only this time, I am giving away KILLER deals!!  Seriously.  I don’t know what I was thinking when I came up with this…  I’m offering regular full sessions, as well as mini sessions, at a great price with obviously no travel fee…  plus, I’m throwing in a discount and something digital!

If you live in the Dallas or Austin area and are looking for a good deal and fabulous imagery for your holiday card… give me shout and request info and set up your session!  These sessions are very limited.

If you live in the Houston/Sugar Land area and are wishing I’d do something like this in your neck of the woods…..  Don’t worry!  I’m planning on it!  Not only am I going to offer a couple of days of Holiday Mini Sessions very soon, I’m also going to be offering Halloween Mini Sessions again!  So, keep your eyes and ears open… That info will be out *very, very* soon!

xox, reata

… for this little one to make it’s arrival!

It’s a ‘she’ and she’s my neice!  More from this rockin session with my sassy sis-in-law to come… hang tight!

Quick update…   My email (reata@sugarshotsphotographysite.com) has been on the blink as of the last 5 days or so.  So, if you have sent me an email and are wondering why I haven’t replied, this is why!  Until I can figure out what is wrong, please email me at the following address:  sugarshotsphotography@gmail.com

And because I think this post will look better with a photo attached to it… Here is one I found the other night from the very beginning of summer!  It’s my littlest daughter.  I can’t believe how much bigger she looks now… This summer sure has flown by!

These photos are making me smile from ear to ear! 

I keep meaning to share more of my friend Stacy‘s maternity session, but for whatever reason I haven’t… until now.  Once I finally started picking out which ones I wanted to share with you all in the land of blog, I soon enough realized that I had tons too many selected!  She looks so radiant in all of them… despite the fact that she was having contractions the entire time we were shooting!

So, brace yourself.  I narrowed it down quite a bit, but I still have a lot to share. 

I love capturing laughter… they are so real and so incredibly fun:

I seriously love these next two:

Love the vividness on these two:

And, one of my absolute favorites…

Thanks Stace for a super fabulous and super stylish maternity session……  It was so much fun and I’m glad we got to do it before you delivered! 

xox, reata

It happened again this past week!  A1 had another photo shoot with Academy Sports + Outdoors and boy was she thrilled – two weeks in a row is a pretty big deal, ya know?  This time she was there for 3 hours modeling all sorts of swimwear and cover-ups! 

I don’t have any photos to share this time around because I didn’t bring my camera with me.   I wanted us [me] to not appear so unprofessional…  Something about the model’s mom whipping out a big camera during a photo shoot and standing behing clients’ photographer screams goofy and not-likely-to-be-called-back-for-a-second-job to me and that’s certainly not what I want to ever happen [luckily me doing that on our 1st shoot didn't keep them from hiring her again].   Anyhow, I’m keeping my eyes peeled for her ad to come out though and I’ll post a link to it here when it does… It’s supposed to be on the web.  We’ll see.

Also, speaking of things happening again…  I had the most awesome maternity session today with one of my bestest friends and fellow photographer, Stacy!   She’s expecting again… for the 3rd time!  I can’t wait to work on her photos - they all turned out so cute.  Unfortunately they’ll have to wait in line… only for a day or two though. 

In the meantime, here’s 3 little photos for you to enjoy. 

I can’t wait to show you more of your photos Stacy… They are so cute!

reata