Bride takes a moment to soak it all in during a wedding reception L1042645-Philip Thomas
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November 2024 – Image of the Month – A breather

Sometimes, occasionally, a moment presents itself. The bride took a break from dancing and plopped down to change her shoes. Not before she reclined, took a deep breath, and returned to the fun. The picture encapsulates my love for the craft. You never know what might happen. You just hope a moment presents itself. I…

A jealous flower girl stares down her sister in a pink room
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October 2024 Image of the month – The Pink Wall

October 2024 – Image of the month ~ The success of any photograph depends on three things: composition, light, and storytelling, but the storytelling aspect gives a picture its real power. My aim in wedding photography is to use the medium’s unique ability to captivate and narrate a compelling story within a single frame. This…

The Girl In Red - 628 L1010086 Edit
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September 2024 – Image of the month

September 2024 – Image of the month. As we enter the later part of the year, I like to review the images I’ve captured and think about what I’d like to add to my portfolio. Going over a batch of my favorite photos, I was struck again by how, given time, images take on a life…

a father and daughters first dance in a wedding reception
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July 2024 Favorite Image of the Month

July 2024 Favorite Images of the Month ~ It’s been another busy month here in the house. I’m learning the guitar—an absolute newbie, but I love it. With the scorching temperatures, we’ve been finding cooler air by visiting art museums with my girls. The Texas summer heat brings a slowdown with weddings, so with a…

0261 L1004382A flower girl with the bride to the right and bridesmaids counter balancing the frame photographed at The Astorian, Houston, Texas
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Capture Your Favorite Image with Decisive Moment Techniques

I keep returning to this image as my favorite of the month, so it would be fun to restart the series, examining how I captured the image and why I like it. I’ve always been intrigued by the decisive moments, the idea coined by Henri Cartier-Bresson. I didn’t start to grasp the concepts of the…

In modern times, the dirty pithi is a fun spin where the groom's family and friends throw food items, such as eggs, milk, flour, condiments, etc., to send him off to married life.
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Dirty Pithi Ceremony – Rice Hotel – January’s Image of the Month

This image is from four beautiful days spent with Imran and Mehr in Houston. This image is my photo of the month. A pithi ceremony is a joyous, lively, and lighthearted occasion in which family members and friends bless the couple with good wishes. In modern times, the “dirty pithi” is a fun spin where the groom’s…

Father and daughter backstage before ceremony at South Congress Hotel Austin Wedding Ceremony and reception L1008704
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Father and daughter – December’s Photo of the Month

As we come to the end of 2022, I reflect on the year, like most of us. So, I’m restarting a new series of images. This photograph is very dear to me. I’m always drawn to these two subjects: Fathers and their daughters. Because I’m a dad, too, I cannot believe my girls have grown…