Precious Little Ones!

....aren't they amazing? :)

Whitney + Carter

What an amazing weekend! I got to shoot a fellow photographer's wedding this weekend. Carter Rose (www.dallasexposure.com) and Whitney Hunt were married at the Tribute golf course near Dallas. My mentor and dear friend David Leeson (www.davidleeson.com) was kind enough to shoot with me. Several times during the day, David would be shooting these wonderful moments, and he would come up from his camera with tears in his eyes.... and people wonder why he's able to capture the images that he does :) We had a great time, loved Carter and Whitney's families, and felt privileged to be a part of thier day.


one of our favorites from the day- captured by David.



This one is also David's

Mary + Tim

I have loved getting to know Mary and Tim over the past year. I was introduced to them by a friend and relative, Mary Smith, and it has been so fun to see them throughout the year as we are both part of the same circle of friends.
I remember talking to Mary in our pre-wedding meetings about how beautiful Longiview Mansion Garden is, and how she thought it was worthwhile to risk March weather and plan the ceremony to be in the sunken garden. That week the forecast was grim- but the day of the wedding turned out to be ablsolutely warm and beautiful.
I loved this wedding. The details were customized (i.e. the candy table), the ceremony was deeply meaningful, and the reception was an all out dance party.
Thank you Novin and Kamerzell families for letting me be a part of this.
To see the entire wedding, visit this link, and look for Mary and Tim's names
http://www.reprintorders.com/Companies/Becca_Spears_Photography_Inc/Integration_Service/Weddings.aspx



Wohoo!





A special moment between Maryam and her dad during their dance


Mary's little brother gettin down

Marathon, TX

This past weekend my father-in-law held the grand opening of his gas station-turned art gallery in Marathon, TX. Marathon is a sparsely popoulated desert town about 40 miles from Big Bend National Park, and the Mexican border. It feels like another world. I welcomed the absence of clocks, media, air conditioners, stores. Instead, life in Marathon is made up of hard and practical work, followed by home-grown entertainment- art, bonfires and jam sessions under the big starry sky.
These next few posts will give you a taste for my experience of Marathon.

Jerry and Mark lookin out over the Rio Grande- Mexico is just a stone's throw away.

Terlingua- a ghost town decorated with scattered remains of a mercury mine

bluegrass jam session


Local musicians at the Cottonwood

Marathon dusk

Aunt Linda and Penny

Desert plant turned sculpture


Wes' gallery at night