I love shooting in Taylor Texas! The gritty old half abandoned downtown is such a great place to wonder around with a subject. Our first shoot here in 2007 was so awesome that people have seen the pictures on the blog or in our portfolio and requested to shoot there and sometime even bring the studio’s old white couch out to throw in the street on a lazy Saturday evening.
Britni and Bryan and didn’t ask for the couch but loved our other work in Taylor so we shot Halloween afternoon before too many people started coming out in costumes. The couple was great and after a few places in Taylor we picked up and went north on 195 to the old wooden bridge. The bridge itself had been abandoned and a concrete bridge stood 50 feet away that now ran all of the traffic on this very small rural road. Nearby there were also beautiful lush fields to shoot in as well. All in all a very amazing shoot!
Couple years back I drove and drove to west Texas to shoot an amazing wedding at a little hotel in a ghost town called Marathon. My phone didn’t work there and I had to drive through a storm that stopped me dead on I-10, but to this day it is still one of my favorite weddings and I’d love to go back for another. Today I am shooting the groom’s sister Kristin’s engagement session with her fiance Seth in South Austin and the Pennyback bridge in the hills near Lake Austin. Seth owns Ideal Skate Parks and builds custom skate parks mostly for municipalities. I talked at length with Seth about building skate parks not because I am a skater, but because I was fascinated with how they could finish concrete so perfectly with such amazing curves. We had a blast shooting their engagement and finding new and fun ways at looking at Austin! Their wedding, though not at a hotel in a ghost town, will be equally fun and unique being at Austin’s own Star Hill Ranch on Hamilton Pool Road.
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