laiken | senior

can I just use this post as a platform to brag on my fiancee for a minute?...
Last week when we took Laiken out for her pictures, I was NOT feelin' so hot. And then I was really bummed because Laiken was such a beautiful girl and she was a natural model in front of the camera- I mean come on, look at her!- A lot of the time, since I (Casey) do all the posting and a lot of the post-processing on our images I tend to blog a lot of MY favorites that I shot of the session. lol.
well this post is ALL Aric. all except for 2 or 3 of these images were taken by Aric- and can we all just agree here, that he TOTALLY rocked this session?! I was thankful that day that we both shoot together at every session because just when I was about to cry that I felt so bad and wasn't gonna get to shoot much of Laiken- he let me take a break and took control of the shoot.
Laiken is a Senior at Plainview High School. Spending the day with her and her mom was so much fun. Her mom just beamed with pride as she talked about her, and she said the sweetest things about our work!
Hope you all enjoy the pictures!! Laiken is beautiful!!
and give a shout out to Aric for being...well awesome! ;)

aric + casey

us | engagement

I'm so, so, so, so, so excited to share these with you all!! Yesterday Aric & I had our engagement pictures taken by the ever so fabulous Lauren Clark!!

We officially have a new found understanding of all our couples and seniors when we take you guys out for your pictures.  We were ridiculously nervous. We couldn't decide what to wear. We couldn't decide what would match. Aric couldn't decide whether to shave his head or not. I couldn't decide how to fix my hair or wear my make-up... you see where I'm heading with this. 

I'm always amazed at how our clients are like pros in front of the camera.  They always make it look so easy.  But I'm here to tell you, it's tough being a model! 

Aric & I had a blast yesterday.  We got to cuddle, and kiss, and laugh, and be models for the day and it was so fun.  We hope that all of our couples have as good a time during their session as we did in ours!  

Lauren is amazing!  She and her work have been one of the biggest inspirations in our journey through building our business.  Her work is always so colorful, so fun, and so stylish! (all things that we love and strive to accomplish with our own work)

We love the pictures so much, and can't wait to get one...(or a few?) blown up on canvas to put in our new home in a few months! 

I stole a few from her blog to show you guys here, but head on over to her blog to see the rest!! :)

**On a side note- this is aric alan | photography!! Lately we've seen that people don't know that we always shoot together, or they don't really know who we are!! That's completely our fault and we're working on ways to make that more clear!! Trust me, changes are coming...we promise! LOL 

aric + casey

baliegh | senior

Can I just say. We have the coolest seniors around! This year has been so full of new and exciting things for Aric & I and our senior sessions have been some of the most exciting!  We joke every time we go out on a senior shoot about the fact that our own senior pictures were taken in a "family photo" type setting. LOL.  (Mmm...Not that there's anything wrong with that...)  But we just love the opportunities to capture moments of these beautiful seniors in settings that can reflect their personalities.  

This is Baleigh.  She's a senior at Whiteface High School with a beautiful smile! 

Here are the favorites from her session!

Enjoy!!   :)

aric + casey

baliegh | teaser

Hello Friends!! We just wanted to share a little teaser of the last senior session we had before we head out for Easter!! We'll try and blog the rest while we're out of town!! We hope everyone has a wonderful Easter weekend, and gets to spend some time with your loved ones!!
Enjoy this one for now!
:)

aric + casey

taylor | senior

Oh, the west Texas winds reared they're ugly head again-but we made it through the shoot regardless. Meet Taylor, this beauty is a Senior at Monterey High School. When we asked her where she was planning to attend college- she said UT...?!?! Lol, but we promised not to hold that against her!
She had some great ideas for her pictures, and some even greater outfits- and though the wind promised to try and ruin this session-it actually helped out a little! ;)
Here are a few of our favorites...Enjoy!


aric + casey

beautiful | friends

I'm surrounded by beautiful people.  Beautiful on the outside, yes, but even more beautiful on the inside.  I love photography.  That one simple word has brought so much to my life it's crazy. Photography is how I met Aric, it's how I fell in love with the job I will be pursuing for the rest of my life, it's how I've gotten to travel to places I've never been before...and it's how I've met some of the most awesome women in the world.  

Me & a couple other young photographers started having a "girls night", "photo night", whatever you want to call it about once every two weeks or so.  

These girls are a blast. They are funny. Talented. Beautiful. Sweet. Smart.... They have it all.  And it's just a blessing to be around them. 

So last week we decided that instead of getting dinner, or ice cream that we should have a photoshoot for our meeting instead. (duh!)  Everyone was so nervous.  I mean, we're supposes to be BEHIND the camera for pete's sake- not in front of it!!!! But it was a blast-we each took our turn in front of the camera and I'm here to say that I ended up being the most awkward! LOL but it was fun anyway- and miraculously these girls got some good shots of me (I told you they were talented!) 

So without any further ado- here are my beautiful friends...

Brittany- brittanystrebeck.com

Shari- sharihensonphoto.com

Linda- lindaschilbergphotography.blogspot.com

Cortney- cortneyrussell.com

working | wednesday

hello blog friends!  Sorry for the delay in blog posts!! April is officially going to be a crazy month for us!! But it's all very exciting!! Today is our 4 month mark!! In exactly 4 months we will be getting married!!! :) YAY!!

We'll be spending April doing lots of senior sessions, traveling a little, gearing up for May and the start of our crazy summer wedding season, and I'll be finishing up my last full semester of school!!! (woo hoo!!)

Our weekend is booked solid with shoots so we'll have plenty to blog next week!!

For now, here are a few pictures I took of our orchids! (Aric loves these flowers, and last time we were in Ikea he bought himself one.  We thought for sure it was a goner during the Winter months, then, miraculously one day it had a ton of little buds and it's been blooming these amazing flowers ever since!!

Hope everyone is having a great week!!

Enjoy the pictures!! :)

aric + casey