This family photo session was supposed to be the last I did in Alaska before moving back to Texas. Given each of the drastically different perceptions about Alaska and Texas (igloos and penguins vs tractors and horses), I thought that this was the perfect send off session. Horses in Alaska!! If you read my last blog about the BIG surprise following our maternity photo session, then you know it didn’t exactly work out that way. And that’s okay. Everything worked out just as is should. Then, and for their session also. We were down to the wire scheduling their family photo session, and it happened to be the coldest day of Anchorage’s mild Alaskan winter. ;-) Thank goodness they had a rustic barn for us to utilize for their session! Don’t get me wrong, it was still really cold, as the barn isn’t heated and it was NEGATIVE two degrees outside. You may be able to see the little miss below rocking some hand warmers in the photos, and that was just fine with all of us. She was able to warm her fingers to make the session a little more bearable, and it’s a sneaky little reminder of just how flippin’ cold it was that day. Those and her cute, red little nose! After all, it is Alaska. In their charming Alaskan barn, they had several beautiful horses trying to stay warm, so we just had to include one in their photos. With all the furbabies you may have seen in my photos, I’m sure you can tell that I’m a huge fan of including family pets in your photo session! Even if they have hooves instead of paws. But of course we had to include the newest fur baby additions also. Major cuteness overload with three pretty ladies, a stunning horse and all those cuddly puppies! I’m so excited to finally share their beautiful photos with all of you.
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Travel Tuesday • Saint Arnold Brewery
TravelFor those of you that had a chance to read last week’s Travel Tuesday post, the sneaky skyline photo of Houston was taken on the rooftop of the Saint Arnold Brewery! Last spring I was sent there on an assignment by Edible Austin Magazine to take photos for a magazine article they were publishing. Not a bad gig, if I say so myself. If you would like, you can read that article online and see some of the photos by clicking here. I had the opportunity to meet, photograph and talk with the founder, Brock Wagner, and was excited to discover that he’s a really cool guy! But I would say that you’d have to be, in order to come up with such a great craft beer and brewery. I’d been to Saint Arnold once before with my boyfriend (now husband) and friends. We did one of their weekend brewery tasting tours, so I knew a little about what I was getting myself into. But this time, I got to see it all…even the making in action. I learned WAY more about the craft beer making process than I ever thought possible. I knew it was good stuff already, but now I understood why! Just in time to wrap everything up by happy hour, with a nice frosty beverage, overlooking the busy skyline of Houston. I’m sure you guys can understand that I had to make SURE it was still good stuff!? ;-) From what I understand (for obvious safety reasons), not just anyone is allowed to go up onto the roof, so I’m very excited to have had the opportunity. It was a pretty amazing way to end a very cool photo shoot. Have I mentioned lately, just how much I love what I do!? If you haven’t visited the Saint Arnold Brewery, you should definitely make time to do so this spring. And if you live in Houston, you just might be excited to hear that Edible HOUSTON will soon be published on a magazine rack near you soon!