Enchiladas and Tots!

Dinner with friends turned into a quick Tots & Fries session with baby Lauren. I will be opening up the new part of the website when I get a free moment, for now here's the lovely little Lauren with the big bright blues and of course lots of bokeh!

Ahh, it' Josh!

Are we done yet?

The Elvis Smile!
For you photogs out there, all were shot at 1/200 f1.4 ISO 400 with some available light coming through a window about 15 feet away.

Christopher & Rachel's Wedding at Allen Heights Baptist

Yesterday I had the pleasure of shooting Chris & Rachel's wedding at the Allen Heights Baptist church in Allen. They are on their way to Napa Valley for the honeymoon and both are big wine fans, actually I hear that Chris could be a sommelier! Hopefully they'll be able to take a break from the vineyards, the wine and all the scenery to take a look at their collage. They were both great and just super happy to be getting married, I'm sure Rachel has heard now that as we were shooting the groomsmen and Chris before the wedding that I noticed a few people walking behind looking at the floor. I looked at one of the ladies and she came and whispered in my ear that the ring fell off the ringbearers pillow! It didn't take long before it was found and then Chris was let in on the secret, every wedding has to have a little stressful moment to make it a little more memorable. One of the pictures in the collage was great, I usually like to do something silly with the grooms after we finish the posed shots so I we had Chris laying across the guys chests when they decided to lift him overhead. The other shot I am including is a shot from shooting Rachel's dress and noticed a book on the shelf that fit perfectly, I think this is going on the website tonight actually!




Allen Wedding Photography Allen Heights Baptist Church

Saturday before my engagements

I met with a new florist in town, that is actually right down the street from me. Actually, she lives a few houses down from me! Kate is the new proud owner of Rain Florist Designs and I met her son handing out coupons as I was walking with my daughter. He seemed pretty excited that he found another wedding person, because as you might have guessed Kate does some spectacular wedding flowers. I stopped by on Saturday just to meet and greet and offer to help if she needed any photos. She had some wedding planners and a bride and groom stop by as I was there and was glad to hear that she does alot of work with Karen at the Bingham House where I also get alot of referrals.

Barb also had a little booth setup in there with her Lattes on Location and I must say the Mocha was to die for (this coming from a picky Starbucks Mocha/Macchiatto guy). She brings her espresso machine to your function, say a wedding reception and serves her great coffees like the mocha like a mini Starbucks. What a great idea for a wedding reception!

Kate and Barb are great, very friendly and willing to help, so be sure and stop by and mention you heard about them from Josh. Kate had great deals on her wedding packages including free portrait bouquets and toss bouquets. I also snapped a few pics of her very lovely and uber wrist corsages that I am sure will be the hit of the prom! They are made with plastic coated wire so they just fold around your wrist, and I must say add a special something if you get some colored wire. Here's a few pics...

Shelby & Andrea's Engagements

Well Saturday was a great day as I had another photographer (Andrea) and her fiance Shelby come down from Oklahoma for some engagement shots at the Dallas Arboretum. It got pretty warm as the day went on and the place was super packed! I had talked with Andrea and told her to get Shelby ready for some PDA that day, he just didn't realize he would have quite the audience! He was a good sport about it and they were very photogenic, Andrea has some great photogenic eyes that just draw you in. I'm a little ways into the edit right now, after our shoot, the wife and I celebrated her birthday dinner at Jaspers and my Prime Rib and Aged Gouda Mac & Cheese were awesome!

Seriously though, tell me they aren't smoking hot in this picture...


I love the DOF on the 1.4 lens!


I loved this shot...


The lovely couple...


A little more PDA...


There's those eyes I was talking about...

Just having some fun...



Hope you enjoy the pics (click 'em for bigger pics), I had a great time guys!

Happy Birthday to my Wife!

Happy Birthday Cristi!

Today is my wifes birthday and she is now a year older than me! Ok, it's only for a month but I will let her know many times that she is a year older. I know she won't be here to see this post so I will give away our dinner plans for Saturday night. After I finish some engagments, we have reservations at Jaspers in Plano. We have the grandparents coming down to watch Abby for the evening, so tonight we just did El Fenix for a quick birthday meal. If you haven't been to Jaspers, you must go and when you do I suggest you try the calamari and you have to get the Aged Gouda Mac & Cheese. Abby and I got her a Baskin Robbins ice cream cake and Abby went all out and got her the Coach wallet to match her purse. I got her the Blue October cd she has been wanting, what can I say Abby gets a bigger allowance than I do. Here's a couple of pics, which are hard to come by as she is a camera dodger...

I lost a computer yesterday and had to replace it, I lost a few of the edits I had been working on but of course have all the photos backed up from the moment I get home. I will have to post some pics later of my new Mac!

Robert & Denise's Wedding at Cross Roads Chapel

Yesterday I had the pleasure of shooting Robert and Denise's wedding at the Cross Roads Chapel. Robert and Denise were married before and were apart for a few years before deciding to make it work and get married again. It was a great wedding and a great story of them getting back together, you could really tell they love each other very much. Of course they had their two sons as ring bearers and the cutest little flower girl ever. During the reception Denise announced that not only was it their wedding day but also her maid of honor and best friends birthday! How great to share that date with her forever. Roberts best man was a cut up and had one of the best speeches I have ever heard, you can see Steve with mic in hand on the collage in the upper right corner. Denise & Robert were on their way to Florida for the honeymoon so have fun you two and thanks for letting me share your special day with you.

New Website is Live!

The new website is now live, take a moment, pick a song and sit back and enjoy the show.

http://www.littrellphotography.com

If you're here and you liked the site, leave a comment and let me know!

Late Post From Our St. John Trip

Cristi and I spent our 5 year anniversary in St. john and stayed at the very awesome Caneel Bay. It has to be one of the best locations ever, if you're planning your honeymoon, look here! It was once owned by Laurence Rockefeller and is now smack dab in the middle of the Virgin Islands National Park. The rooms are great and have shutters that open the rooms up to the outdoors (we were woke up one morning by the Donkeys) but it is greatness. No TV's except for the one we all gathered around to watch Grey's Anatomy, Monday Night Football and such at the Breezeway Bar with tons of Bushwhackers (you gotta try this drink). When I tell people how big this resort was, they still can't grasp it! It's 170 acres and seven different beaches just at Caneel Bay. Everything is included, snorkeling gear, kayaks, sail boats and beach loungers. We ate at the Sugar Mill a few times that week, which is an 18th century sugar mill turned into an open air restaurant atop the hill. We had breakfast buffet every morning at the Caneel Beach Terrace, overlooking the ocean, the iguanas, the mongoose and of course the donkeys would walk along the beach every now and then. Here's a few pics, I could spend a week uploading more and still might so keep checking.


Mongoose just running around.

A friendly Iguana.

A big 'ol fat caterpillar.

Our guide letting us hold an urchin.

A shot of the grounds from the kayak.

Another shot of the grounds from the kayak.

A few friends kept coming around while we were kayaking, be sure and watch the video and you can see some more at the end.

Just a pretty plant growing out of the old Sugar Mill.

There is nothing cooler than swimming into a wall of fish!

Me diving down to have a look at something...

More of this huge school of fish swimming all around.

Ok, this really freaks you out while your face is under water and seeing some weird looking feet flapping in front of you.

I had to pop my head up and take a peek, I guess he was hungry and that huge school made it pretty easy.


Ok, last but not least... a little video.