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I was in a hurry yesterday to finish up a senior mailer. I needed to get it to the printer before the end of the day. The only thing left was to inset images of my studio. Well… The hold up wasn’t that i couldn’t take the images, it was that my office and studio were a mess. I just haven’t had time to clean.
So, I did what any other mother, photographer, business owner, wife, person, would do. I moved all the “junk” to the opposite side of the room. So, when you get our mailer in your mailbox, you will see a fresh, beautiful, clean studio. I thought it was funny, so I took pictures of the “other” side of the room and texted them to my best friend. It made her laugh. So, I started thinking… everyone knows that I’m not a great house keeper. I like to see the work that I need to do, so I always have stacks of papers on my desk. I didn’t think anyone would believe that my office was clean anyway.
So, here it is. The “clean” side of my office and the “other” side. HA
It just reminds you that what you see in life is only what people want you to see. Once you see the behind the scenes, you know the full story.
I met Gabrielle and Chad at the Dallas Bridal Show at Dallas Market Hall in January. I knew right away that I wanted to photograph them. They met back in elementary school, so we wanted to incorporate their childhood photo into their engagement portraits so they could use it on their save the date cards. It was a great idea!
They chose to wear soft pastel colors, which really stood out against the beautiful greenery at the Dallas Oak Cliff Nature Preserve. It took REAL talent for Gabrielle to hike in those heels! 
But, everything is possible when you have a man who loves you as much as Chad does Gabrielle. He was a perfect gentleman. He helped her along the way. I love the way these engagement portraits turned out. Chad and Gabrielle will be getting married this fall. The wedding is going to be amazing. 
Are you looking for Romantic engagement portraits? I’d love to talk to you about scheduling a session. You can email us at
The secret to an amazing wedding is to plan your heart out, choose professionals that share your same creative vision, and then let go and enjoy your day. It’s okay if something doesn’t go as planned, just relax and trust that your professionals will take care of you.
Rachel and Eric’s wedding was elegant, traditional and simply romantic. I caught myself tearing up a few times when I saw how sweetly he looked at her. Rachel has a heart of gold and I felt that everyone at the wedding knew it too.
Rachel and her mom did most of the planning. They did an amazing job picking two perfect locations and wedding professionals who shared her same style. Garden Gate Floral Design worked their magic to create a sea of elegant arrangements. Jr. even dressed their precious dog.
Rachel and Eric’s amazing Professional Wedding Team
Hair: Amanda with Chad Rookstool Salon
Make up: Stormy Weather Make up
Florist: Garden Gate Floral and Design
DJ: Uptown Sound
Video: LeVon Owens with Spinning Leaf Films
Dress: Mia Bridal Couture Houston
Bridesmaides dresses BHLDN
Groom’s tux: J Hilburn
Ceremony: Perkins Chapel at SMU
Reception: The Adolphus Hotel
Photography: Lisa Manis and Tim McCord with Texas Tradition Photography
We had a really fun time at the bridal show yesterday. And when I say “we” I mean the future owner of Texas Tradition Photography and me. My daughter is just 11, but she has been my sidekick since she was born. She has had a camera in her hands since she was about 2 and has been doing odd jobs in the studio with me forever. Up until now, her responsibilities have been stamping postcards, shredding important documents, sorting dance school and team photographs and cleaning. Although I have been teaching her Photoshop and Lightroom, I don’t allow her to work on client images. She always practices on personal images or copies.
A couple of years ago, we had the opportunity to photograph a friends wedding which was outdoors, so I gave her a camera and she followed me around and actually captured some really creative images. Although I was proud of her professionalism and creativity, she was still a kid. Ever since that wedding, she has been asking to come along with me to shoot “real” weddings. I told her I just can’t take her. I gave her a time limit of high school. I told her when she reaches high school, I will take her on some more important shoots.
Well, I bought this really cool customize-able app for my clients. I decided to create one for the bridal show and give it to all the potential brides. Well, this involves loading it on each bride’s phone. Once I set it up and got it all ready, I couldn’t figure out how to save it on the home page of the phone. And of course it is different for i phones and androids.
Linzy can into my office and asked me why I was frustrated, I told her and she said, here mom, let me try. Within two minutes or less she had it figured out. She looked up at me and said… “I guess you have to take me to the bridal show” BRAT! So, that is how my 11 year old, wormed her way into my bridal show booth. But, I will say, she was professional and pleasant and we had a lot of fun.
Last year when my very dear friend asked me what I was doing the weekend of October 19th 2014, I hesitated. I like to know what someone wants me to do BEFORE I answer a question like that. Well, the answer was I’M OPEN after I heard what she wanted me to do. Her daughter was getting married and they wanted me to travel to South Fork Colorado to photograph the wedding.
I thought the day would never come since we booked everything a year in advance. But, finally the day came for me to board the plane. It was a LITTLE plane. And the little plane didn’t have room for my LITTLE bag full of photography equipment. I had to turn on my charm to get the flight attendant to agree to put my bag in the closet that the attendants keep their belongings in. Since I don’t travel much, I don’t know what most professional photographers do with their equipment, but I sure wasn’t letting it out of my sight, much less let them toss my bag in with the other luggage.
Once we (the brides dad, sister, grandma and I) landed in Durango, Co, got a rental car and had lunch, we drove 2 hours to South Fork. The trees were absolutely beautiful. I couldn’t wait to get my camera out.
The morning of the rehearsal dinner, the Bride’s mom, Ann asked me what I wanted to do. We didn’t need to be to the rehearsal until 2pm, so we had some time to sight see. She said we could do anything I wanted. Once I made sure she wouldn’t go back on her word, I told her I wanted to do some photographs of just her and her husband before the attention turned over to their daughter.
Now, I know all of you think that a wedding is all about the bride and the groom. And it is! It’s their very special day. But, if you really pay attention at a wedding you will see a whole other story start to unfold. This mom and dad started out this same exact way some twenty-ish years ago. And during the last year or so, they have been watching their daughter fall in love with this man. So, tomorrow, Sunday October 19th, 2014, their daughter will marry this wonderful young man. This will be the start of her new family. This is a very exciting day! It really is, but, if you look into the eyes of her mom and dad tomorrow, there will be SO much unconditional love, SO much pride and SO much joy, that they will be over flowing with emotion. They will be sad that this chapter in their life is over, but joyous about the new one starting. I’m sure they are wondering how it can be that their first born daughter is already getting married.
So, before the festivities begin tomorrow, I want to say to my VERY dear friends Ann and Eddy, I love you two very much, I’m SO proud of you for raising such a beautiful daughter, and thank you for including me in this unforgettable weekend. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.
We are so proud to introduce our 2015 High School Senior models. They have been hand picked by our studio to represent the Senior class of 2015 and Texas Tradition Photography. They will be the beautiful faces of our studio for this school year. If you are still looking for your senior photographer, ask one of these girls, or one of our past high school seniors about their experience with us.
Welcome to our Texas Tradition Photography Family! 2015 Seniors… IT’S YOUR TURN!
It has been rumored that Valentine’s Day is the most romantic day of the year. Once you take a look at Jennifer and John’s Valentine’s Day wedding, you will know FOR SURE that it was their most romantic day EVER!
The beautiful floral arrangements were created by my very good friend and floral designer Kevin May from May Flowers and Gifts. (shameless plug 214-507-2837) The bride was very excited when she saw how amazing they looked.
The red and white Valentine Theme was very romantic. The bride seems to have a BIG heart!
The Old Bedford School was full of historical things. Every direction you turned, there was more to see. The backgrounds were limitless.
The Bride and Groom decided to have a first look in the class room. You should have seen John’s eyes light up when he saw his bride for the first time. She was stunning!
Jennifer and John met back in 1988 when they went to school together. They used to pass notes back and forth during class.
YAY!! He said yes!
It is very easy to tell these two are crazy in love. John couldn’t take his eyes off his bride.
The Ceremony was beautiful! I just loved these “love” blocks on the alter.
The Bedford School has incredible character. We could have photographed this couple all night!
Gorgeous couple, Gorgeous Venue!
The Catering and the Cake were prepared by Sweet Memories. The presentation and the food were perfect.
After a romantic private dance…
The happy couple made their exit through some wavy glow sticks. And then the most unexpected thing happened…
They gave us a box of Turtle Chocolates!!! Alyssa and I had a very “sweet” ride home.
This past Sunday Texas Tradition Photography attended the Dallas Signature Bridal Show. It was awesome! We were able to meet with so many excited brides. Some brides just got engaged, while others were getting close to their wedding date and only had a few more vendors to book. Our booth looked great too.
We had such a big turnout that we named two winners of our mini-engagement session giveaway! Congratulations Beth Crutcher and Lindsey Foster!!!
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