Oh hello.

Sorry, I haven’t been blogging much lately.  Summer months are just so busy…  Busy with photography and insanely busy with family activities.

So, even though I haven’t been bloggin much lately… Do know that I am still here!

Oh, and isn’t that sweet little face above just oh-my-goodeness adorable?!  Her newborn photos were a ton of fun…  She had the cutest, squishiest cheeks ever and I could have just played with her all day long!

Until later… xox, Reata

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

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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

This little lady was terribly sweet and had some of the loveliest long lashes I’ve ever seen!!  Plus, I can’t forget to mention this…  Despite her long 45 minute trip to our session location, despite falling asleep on that long drive, AND despite the muggy heat…  She was a gem to photograph!

What a pretty smile she has!

And, a couple from the last bit of our session…

Love these so much…  The look on the right is completely adorable!  Ohhh – melts the heart!!!  :D

xox, 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!!

This precious little sweetheart has finally arrived  (and happens to share the same birth date as ME! ) …  I had so much fun photographing her and hanging out with her lovely momma again.  Can’t wait to share more images with you, M!

Enjoy these few for now…

Lastly, a few adorable tears…  But really, she hardly cried during the whole session.

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