Dallas Arboretum, Oct. 7, 2008

I'm photographing my brother's wedding in Dallas next weekend. On Oct. 7, I took his fiance Heather's bridal portraits at the Dallas Arboretum. What a beautiful backdrop for her portraits! There literally wasn't a bad spot as far as scenery was concerned. My 4 year old daughter Arden is the flower girl in the wedding, so she came along and posed in her "princess" dress at the beginning of the session. She and Heather were real troopers during this 3 hour photo session. . . it was super windy, too, but it was like a natural fan blowing Heather's hair:

Here's one of Heather with Arden: Here are some of my favorites:

LOVE the way the wind blew Heather's veil in this one:

Heather said she liked the ones where she was smiling more than the ones where she wasn't. I beg to differ:

I like this one because it's sooo old-fashioned looking. Heather's eyes look beautiful:

Not smiling, but GORGEOUS! Sassy!

I LOVE this one! It's so natural and really captures Heather's fun-loving personality. I remember her sister Holly was standing by me when I snapped it. She immediately said, "Oh, that's going to be a good one!" Good eye, Holly!


What an honor to do this for Heather and my brother Ray! I can't wait to get some more good shots at their wedding!