Aside from (and also above and beyond) professional photography, my greatest joy in life has to be spending time with my son. Nicky has always been too cool even since he was a baby but now that he’s a little older I’m trying to pay attention to dressing him less like a toddler and more like a big boy. You know, since he’s so keen on reminding me how mature he is being that he’s 5 years old and about to go into kindergarten and all.

Anyways, we went shopping the other day and I picked him up some new threads. Not sure if everything I picked out for him matches but he likes his outfits so I’m going to chalk this up as a success! My little baby boy is growing up fast!

Anyways, check out some quick preschooler portraits I did for my boy in his new outfits following our shopping trip the other day:

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Too much traveling lately so I haven’t had a chance to book as many Houston photoshoots as I’ve liked but I did manage to get back the other day! This time I hosted a studio session with Melody Champagne, an awesome model and friend I’ve known for a little while. It was a very cool and laid back time playing in front of the camera. We started at 9 and the hours just flew by until it was like 1am and we both had to work the next day! lol.

I still haven’t gone through very many of our shots yet since we took so many but I’m confident we got some gems! Can’t wait to go through everything in more detail once I get the chance. I also desperately need to edit my photography website since I have about 8 months of work (some of my best stuff!) to update my portfolio with so hopefully I get the chance to do that and this site will look a little more robust with more eye-popping images soon.

Anyways, here’s a few first look shots from my photo session with Melody. More to come soon!

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Here’s one of the shots we came up with as a sneak preview:

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Naturally when I see this pair of pajamas online I had to buy them for my boy. And hence this impromptu photo shoot right before bed the other day! Check out the resulting images below coupled with some of my favorite Bruce Lee quotes that apply to life!

#1 – “Be happy, but never satisfied.”

#2 – “Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.”

#3 – “I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.”

#4 – “If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.”

#5 – “A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.”

#6 – “It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.”

#7 – “As you think, so shall you become.”

#8 – “The more we value things, the less we value ourselves.”

#9 – “The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing.”

#10 – Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”

#BONUS – “Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one”

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The cold never bothered me anyway!

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Below are a few photos of my boy, day one in our studio!

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