First off I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year.  2010 has been such an amazing year; we are truly blessed do be able to do what we do.  As a wedding photographer it is such an honor to be asked to document the most important day in a couple’s life, their wedding.

I also wanted to share that K & S has a lot of wonderful things happening in 2011, starting with a new website. Well I’m currently working on it but it should launch in about a week.  One thing I wanted to share was that when the new website launches, our wedding photography packages will increase.  So all you Dallas and Fort Worth brides who just received something that sparkles (Congrats!!) that are now planning weddings, contact us today and save.  Our old pricing will stand to any couple who contacts us before January 7th.

I also want to give a shout out to our first intern, Alyssa.  She is a senior at Texas Woman’s University and we are so excited to have her.

I have more news to share but it will have to wait until the New Year.  I hope everyone has a Happy New Year and for wonderful things to come your way in 2011.

Ideas come to me in the most random of ways.  I normally don’t do any sort of contest like vote for the best photo by commenting and that couple/family will get something.  I’m breaking my rule here but I’m doing it slightly different.

I just posted on Facebook “I’m always amazed how one decision, one moment, one day can change your life forever.”  This is so true for myself as I made the decision back at the age of 17 to go to prom with this boy I didn’t know and 7 years later I married him.  That one little yes changed the entire course of my life.  I love telling the story of how Ray and I met.   I also love listening to my clients tell how they met each other.  I literally have to fight back the tears on some of them as fate really brought these two people together.

Ok so now to my contest.  To all of my former, current, future bride and grooms, I want your story.  I want the full details. I want to laugh, cry and really just hear your love for each other.  It must be truthful though.  Email it to me at kandsphoto at gmail dot com.  The deadline is January 10th.  So hurry, I’m not giving you much time, I know.

I will then post these stories as they are given to me but I will not name the couple so it will be couple #1, couple #2, etc and then the voting starts.  Whoever has the most comments a week after the blog goes up, get a really cool gift, which is going to remain a secret.  It could be anything.

I look forward to reading all of your amazing, heartfelt, wonderful stories.  Oh and PS this doesn’t have to be just the Dallas and Fort Worth Brides (if we photographed, 0r will photograph your wedding, we want you to enter ).  Ok go!!!

I’m so excited to share these pictures of Evy, as she is the cutest little girl.  We met up for the pictures in McKinney in October, yes I know I’m behind on blogging.  Evy was about to turn 1 (if the balloon didn’t give that away) and that is such a mile stone in a child’s life, their first birthday.  It is so important to take that time to document this special occasion with professional pictures.  It will mean so much now and when they are an adult and can look back on them with you.

I want to apologize in advance for all the balloon pictures but I thought they were all so cute and I couldn’t decide which ones to blog so am blogging them all.

Merry Christmas everyone!! This has been such an amazing year and we are sad to see it wind down and come to an end.  We have been so blessed this year to work with so many wonderful clients friends.   All of you have been amazing and we are so honored, to not only know you, but that you entrusted us to capture your wedding day, photograph your family, your event, etc.  Thank you for all of your kindness and support over the past year.

We want to give a big shout out to all of our brides and grooms this year. It was truly an honor to be your wedding photographer.  May you enjoy each other’s company this year and may your first Christmas as Husband and Wife be filled with love.

Also a huge thank you to all the vendors we worked with at these weddings. All of you did such an amazing job and we loved working with all of you.  We couldn’t do our job without all of you.

To all the families we captured this year, may you enjoy each other’s love this Christmas. We loved capturing memories of your family that will be cherished through the years.

And finally thank you so much for the love and support from our husbands, our families, and our friends.  You all kept us sane in this year when things got crazy.  We love you!!!!

Merry Christmas

Karey & Shauna

K & S Photography

Today is the family pictures of the Lathan Family.  I don’t even know where to start when I talk about this family.  I just love them.  I’ve been photographing Karen’s family for a few years now and I really just love seeing how her boys grow and change throughout the years.  Here is the session from last year and here is one of Jacob a few months after he was born, and our first session was while Karen was still pregnant with Jacob.   It is the coolest thing to go back and look at pictures and see how you kids grow and change.

For this session we met up at Lee Park in front of Arlington Hall in Dallas.  I have just fallen in love with this park and it is such a great place for pictures.

They were so cute, they couldn’t stop looking at the fountain.

I had so much fun photographing your family Karen and it is truly an honor to capture your family year after year.  I wish you a very Merry Christmas.