I was thrilled when this family contacted me and wanted to do a session at the beach.  I really love what I do, no matter what the location, but there is just something extra special about hanging out with a family at the beach.  Everyone is relaxed, everyone has fun, and good photos are easy to come by.  This session was no exception!  I left there giddy and couldn’t wait to see what I captured.  They were such a beautiful, warm, and loving family!

This little sweetie loved the camera!  She made so many great faces and was in a great mood despite the fact we were shooting right at dinner time.  She is such a beautiful little girl!  I loved this sweet little pouty face picture.  It really shows off her gorgeous brown eyes!

I am always drawn to the pictures where people aren’t looking at me but are interacting with their loved ones. This session was no different.

Like this one.  Mother and son.  I don’t know if it’s because I have sons of my own or what, but I love this one.  The mother/son bond is strong.  There is nothing quite like it.

Thank you for letting me into your family time at the beach and trusting me to take these photos.  I had a great time and loved meeting you guys!

I was so excited when Julie contacted me and wanted to do a session at the beach. I have been wanting to go to Galveston for awhile, but I didn’t have a good location picked out and had just been procrastinating on exploring. Luckily, Julie was very familiar with Galveston and we found the perfect beach spot! They were the perfect family for my first beach shoot. We had the best time! They showed up ready to play and have fun. That makes for the best photo shoots. I could tell right off the bat we were going to have a blast, and when I saw Steve get all the way in the water with his kids, I thought to myself, “now that is a fun dad!”  Well, I didn’t actually just think that to myself.  I’m pretty sure I said it out load, too.   And as a result, this might be one of my favorite family pictures ever!

Not only were they loads of fun, but they have two of the cutest boys ever! It took only a few minutes (and a few monster trucks) for the boys to warm up to me. I loved taking pictures of them…I think they won a special little place in my heart because they are the exact age difference of Connor and Logan and I remember so fondly when my boys were these exact ages.  Derek was just finishing up grad school and we were getting ready to make the big move from California to Texas.  But I digress…back to last night’s cuties… (okay, one more little comment…Julie is actually finishing up her grad school degree, and we had the same maiden name!  So many similarities!)

And just a few more of the whole gang.  I had a hard time narrowing down which ones to post, so I’m going to share several!

Thanks again, B family, for coming out last night!  I had so much fun with you guys and cannot wait to show you the rest of the pictures!  You have such a beautiful, loving, fun family and it was a privilege to spend my Sunday night with y’all.