Completely unique and utterly fantastic.

That is how I describe the designs that make up the portfolio of the one and only, Courtney Chu.  Each peice from her inventive line of  children’s wear, known as CourtneyCourtney, is a one-of-a-kind and is made from repurposed materials…  They are funky, fresh, comfortable, and totally AWESOME!

And…. Lucky me!  I got to shoot her newest dress, called the Lime Loni 10 (the first item to roll out from in the tween sizes) on my daughter this past week and we totally had fun rocking it out!

Check out her SHOP when you get a chance… And have fun falling in love with her super creations!  Personally, I am dying to get my hands on the 21 Jumpsuit for my littlest one….  omg!!  That little outfit is to die for!

I’m loving the major backlighting on this next one…

Adorable little ruffle at the bottom:

And one last look:

xox, reata

I am thrilled (and shocked, actually) to find out that Sugar Shots Photography has been nominated for the KPRC Houston’s Best Contest for the catagory Children’s Photography!!  I did not expect such a wonderful surprise…  But, now that it has been laid in my lap, I’m just dying to win (of course!)!!

So, please —  Click HERE and go cast a vote for Sugar Shots Photography!!  I can not win with out your help!!

Now…. I’m headed off to the beach!  I will see you guys real soon…. I have some really awesome stuff I need to post, including another commercial shoot with another phenominal clothing designer, CourtneyCourtney!

xoxo, reata

Eeeeeek!!

I think I totally adore every single photo I took last night of these two wonderful love birds…  Really!   Not only was there session full of fun (they happen to be my sister-in-law and soon to be bro-in-law!), but the hugs, kisses, love, laughter, etc was also in adundance!  …. And it is totally evident in there photos!  I love it when that magically happens!  :-)

L + B, I hope you love this extended peek into your session… I am super thrilled to show you more!  Love you two!  Muuuuah!

I just love the above one…. and well, all of them, actually.

They are just too cute!

And, one last one… of the future groom!

xox, reata

Siiiiiiiigh.

Oh how I love this photo!  …and these two people!

More soon from tonight’s wonderful engagement session…  xox!!

Today,May 30th, is my dad’s “would-be” 70th birthday…  He passed away exactly 2 weeks ago today, almost making it to this huge milestone birthday.  Today, along with my mom, 3 of my 5 siblings, 1 sister-in-law, my husband, and 5 of the 10 grandchildren we celebrated his birthday and shared many warm thoughts and memories of him.

I miss him dearly.

I took the above photo of him about 3 years ago…  My dad was a hard working man.  A machinist, to be exact, for most of his life and owning his own shop for the past 20 years or so.  I remember when I told him that I wanted to do a “photo shoot” with him working at the shop as my focus, he laughed a little bit and happily consented.  I’m sure he thought I was crazy for wanting to do such a session!  But, in all honesty, this session for me has been hands-down my favorite session ever.  Not because I had a great camera – because I didn’t – and certainly not because I had some fancy new lens to try out – because, actually, my lens at this point was pretty lame .  This session was my favorite because it was one I had been wanting to do since I first had the urge to try my hand at photography.

I had so much fun that day working with him… I remember him laughing at himself when I made him pose with a pencil behind his ear and a mug of coffee  and blueprints on his desk, as if he were hard at work doing something really important!  At one point, I even made him pose with a phone to his ear!  He got such a laugh outta doing that!  Even though, I’m sure I made him feel so silly doing some pretty goofy poses, he went along with it all with no complaints.  And, to top it all off, we got some really awesome photos of him that day (like my favorite above!), as well as some funny ones too when I made him pose!  I’m so glad he and I did that together…  Fond, fond memories in my heart forever.

Happy 70th Birthday, Daddy!  I love you!!

These two adorable little ones were simply the sweetest little dolls ever…

Check out little man’s high kick here (above and below)…  Little ones are SO flexible!  It’s incredible!

Brother loved being in front of the camera… He snoozed and snoozed and let me snap millions of him looking so peaceful.  And then, he smiled and oooooohhh, joy!

Sister was as sweet as can be too…  I love these next two of her.  Simply adore them both!

That’s all for now!  :)

xox, reata

What a lovely high school senior session this was…  Gorgeous gal, totally sweet personality, and her wonderfully awesome family and friends were in tow too!  She’s Auburn bound and happily displayed some future school spirit during our time together and it couldn’t have turned out cuter!

See?  Totally adorable!

Oh, and I loooove these… This hat was so adorable on and off!

And, one more to grow on!

xox, reata

This has been a super busy week in my world…  4 more Mini-Sessions for Party For Layla and 4 Full Sessions have all taken place since this past Sunday!  WOW!  That’s a lot to handle in just 5 days time, especially when you got 3 little rugrats running around the house!!  (Btw, if you are waiting on me to get back to you by email or phone, please be patient with me….  I am trying to move through everything as fast as I can!  Ahhhh!  :-D )

Love this one so much!

xox, reata

… I have managed to edit their entire session.

I loved every minute of working with them because they are such nice people!  And, just like I mentioned on facebook last night, I was smiling all the way through the editing process as I finished their session… Their happiness and love for eachother is contagious in the form of a smile!  :-)

Can this little guy get any cute?  I think not:

Mom and Dad:

Again, from yesterday’s post… I just love this one so much:

And, with his new favorite dragon…  Which he was veeeery animatedly telling us a story about. 

See.  Look at the antimation here!  So adorable!

He went on and on with his cute little story for about 6 or 7 minutes… It was seriously awesome and the cutest thing ever!

Along with the story, the cuteness didn’t stop either…  Look at this one:

This last one is probably my favorite.  It was a highly unexpected shot with a super-antimated-storytelling expression!  I LOVE it!  :)

xox, reata

I just can’t help myself…  No matter how hard I try, I can’t resist the urge to post more from this absolutely stunning and wonderful senior session!

Not only is this girl totally sweet and genuine, but she’s also loads of fun and really talented!  This girl is definitely going places, so watch out world!

Love these two!  Not sure which is my favorite:

She was quite a sport too…  She did whatever was necessary for the shot!  :)

Can you guess one of the many things she’s talented in?

Yup.  You guessed it.  Tae Kwon Do.

And, one last photo that I just had to get before she and I called it quits…..  The Tiger!!  Grrr!  :)

xox, reata