Stacy and Eric: Coming Soon!

Though I'm sad to report that I cannot post all of my favorite images from Stacy & Eric's engagement session before I go to bed tonight or before I shoot a wedding tomorrow, I did want to leave them something to tide them over for the weekend. :)

S&E - sorry it's not more, but I promise your sneak peek is coming VERY soon!

Hugs,
Stacy

Kate & Davis: Engaged!

I am so honored to present to you my dear friend Kate and her wonderful fiance Davis!

Kate and I have been friends since I was in high school. We met at Camp Allen and were instant friends. When she moved away to UT, I basically made her dorm room my 2nd home and took as many trips as possible to Austin to see she and our other Longhorn friends.

Kate is a huge part of the reason why I decided to come to Austin and attend the University of Texas after I graduated high school. She's an even bigger reason that I lived at SRD (Scottish Rite Dormitory) my freshman year of college and there's so much GOOD in my life now that has come from that time. I have Kate to thank for helping pave the way for a very happy and successful college experience for me. Beyond all of that, I truly LOVE and enjoy the heck out of her! She is one of my funniest friends EVER and we have so many incredible memories together!

Needless to say, I was unbelievably honored when I received an enthusiastic phone call from Kate, letting me know that she had gotten engaged and that she wanted me to be her wedding photographer! I was (and still am) completely beside myself at the thought of shooting Kate's wedding. It is a huge honor to get to share her day with her.

Then came Davis. Davis and I didn't meet until the other day when we got together for their engagement session. WOW. He is PERFECT for Kate. Davis is a kind, classy, funny, intelligent, good-lookin' guy and I am so thrilled that he has asked my friend to marry him. I 110% approve of Kate's choice in a husband! What a great match!

Anyway, I know I've blah blah blahed enough - here are some of my favorites from their session . . .

Todd & Paula: Engaged!

All you need is love. All you need is love. All you need is love. love. Love is all you need.

Ahhhh. How cute are Todd and Paula?!?!?! They are totally in love and it's incredible. Todd is one of Stan's very best friends and Stan will be a groomsman in Todd & Paula's wedding in June, while I get to be their photographer - hoooray!!! :)

Todd and Paula's love is also an answer to prayer. :) Stan really loves Todd and has always thought he was this totally incredible dude and was greatly deserving of an equally awesome girl, but the right lady never came along - until now. Paula is soooooo lovely. She has the biggest heart of probably anyone I've ever met and the girl is sassy, fun, and beautiful. She makes Todd smile - a LOT. All of these things were qualities that Stan prayed would be found in a lady for Todd and his prayers were answered!
(This is how Stan claims responsibility for their relationship! :) )

Anyway, here are a few of my favorites from their engagement session. To pump up the cute factor about 100%, Todd and Paula are not kissing until their wedding day (ummmm......hope that wasn't a secret, guys!) and it made for a very fun time of finding unique ways to demonstrate closeness without kisses - loved it! :) These were taken in gorgeous Wimberley, Texas, where Todd asked Paula to be his wife. Awwww.











This is really more of an outtake, but I thought it was hilarious, so I had to share! We went to this beautiful outdoor theater that had all kinds of interesting things, including a HUGE chess board.

In a moment . . .

This is part of why I love what I do. Anytime I'm shooting - whether at a wedding, or an engagement session - I get to experience the most incredible feeling when I see a significant moment and I capture it. I love the feeling of knowing that something awesome has happened with the simple click of my shutter.

I often get goosebumps when I know that a picture I just captured is going to be great simply because the moment was perfect. I think about those images for the rest of the day and I just cannot wait to see them when I get home! Here's just a couple of moments recently that have taken my breath away. There are so many of these from each wedding and portrait session and I fall so in love with these moments that it somehow just becomes overwhelming to try to even blog them.

Greg & Anne: Engaged!

Aaaggghhh! These two are SO cute!!!

I had so much fun spending time with Greg and Anne yesterday. These two are incredibly down-to-earth and fun to be around. I love it when I get to work with people that I would want to be friends with anyway - how cool is that?!

Look at 'em. :)












Greg is a firefighter, so of course we had to get some picture at the fire station. I think they looked pretty smokin' (no pun intended!) in front of this fire truck. ; )

My favorite:

*** Blog Contest Time! We LOVE Our Clients! ***

Hey guys!

It's time to officially announce Stacy Cross Photography's very first BLOG CONTEST - Woo Hoo!!!! :)

Each of our 2008 contests will be geared towards a group of our loyal readers and we thought, what better way to start than with our clients?! From our wedding clients to our seniors to our fabulous families - we want to honor you!

CLIENTS - We love you. We really, really do. You inspire us to do what we do and you bring us SO much joy! Thank you for sharing the most special times of your lives with us - we are honored to be a part of them!!

So, without further ado, here's the skinny:

Blog Contest #1: Your Favorite Image

- If you are a current OR former client of Stacy Cross Photography (weddings, seniors, family portraits, anything!), you are eligible to enter!

- Send us your FAVORITE image from your wedding or portrait session with us. Tell us WHY you love this image & how it speaks to you in 150 words or less.

- The deadline to submit your picture and paragraph is February 1st, 2008 (exactly 2 weeks from today)!

- I will post all of the submitted images and paragraphs by February 11th on the blog. Once they are on the blog, the fun begins!

- After that blog post is created, people will have the opportunity to vote on the blog for their favorite. Now, this doesn't have to be the picture they think is the absolute best of the bunch - it can be their favorite story, moment, or even person (this is where ALLLLLLL of your family, friends and neighbors come in!) and the most votes wins! :) Voting will begin the moment the pictures are posted and will close 24 hours later.

What do I win???

I was getting to that! ; )

If you win, you will receive a GORGEOUS 16x20 Canvas Wrap ($200 value) of the favorite image you submitted OR another Stacy Cross Photography image of your choosing! You can apply your canvas to any past or future SCP wedding or portrait session!

Remember, this contest is only open to Blog-Luvin' Clients of Stacy Cross Photography!

Good luck and get writing!!!

Justin & Andrea: Engaged!

Awww. These two. Too cute for words. :)

I know Andrea has probably hit the "refresh" button on her browser 100x a day for the past several days, so I hope this brings some relief! :)

Andrea and Justin were a BLAST - an absolute JOY to photograph. They are so funny and beautiful! Anyway, I know I say that kind of thing a lot when I'm talking about my couples but it is ALWAYS true! I am the luckiest person in the world to get the couples I do!

We shot their fabulous engagement session in Houston, which was fun because I got the opportunity to try out 3 brand new spots in a place I don't normally shoot engagement sessions, and for Justin and Andrea, I scoped out some places on Rice University campus. We had a great time!

An & Justin - I hope you love these! You two are wonderful!!!

Love
Stacy






This is the type of shot I would normally just delete because it's so out of focus, but I LOVE this picture - I love them movement, the energy, and the joy it shows!





One of my favorite engagement pictures ever!