Mother's Day Photo Giveaway

PHOTO SESSION GIVEAWAY

Every mother deserves to be celebrated! 

 I really want to help someone make this Mother's Day special, so I decided to give away a free photo session which will include 3 final images on a photo cd and she will be featured on my blog.  

I mean how often does your mother pamper herself with a beautiful portrait?  

This is the perfect opportunity to give your mother a special Mother's Day gift. 

All you have to do is drop me a few lines about why your mother deserves to be celebrated.

Here's how you can do it.  

Leave me a comment here on my blog, or send me an email (j.cruz.photography@gmail.com), or message me on my facebook photography page.  

It really is that easy!

I will announce the lucky winner on May 5th.  

That gives you TWO WEEKS to enter this giveaway.... so hop to it!

 

Melani • Bridal Portrait • Galveston

Here's one I have been meaning to show off for quite a while now.  Back in December I traveled down to Galveston to meet up with Melani at the Tremont House Hotel.  I am really please with how these images came out, but then again look at my subject!  How could I go wrong with such a gorgeous bride.  The dress was beautiful, the necklace was unique, the make-up perfect, and all I had to do was snap away.

Choosing which images to share is only half the difficulty of posting, the other half is whether or not to show them in full color, sepia, or b&w (along with other variations i love).  If you know me at all you know that I am very indecisive, so that should give you a clue as to just how time consuming and difficult this is for me. 

All images © Julie Cruz & j.cruz.photography

elegant and refined

playful and relaxed

As always, it is nice to have photo admirers.  I just ask you be respectful and mention credit where it is due... and not manipulate these images so as to take out the logo.

 

Iskander Family • Family/Baby Portrait • Bellaire

My good friend and former co-worker (back at UHCL) contacted me on facebook to do her family pictures.  It was a great surprise since we hadn't seen each other since we attended UHCL.  Since then she had her second baby boy.  I was super excited to meet this little guy for his first professional picture session.  I think you'll agree that baby Jacob and his older brother, Mark, are simply adorable. I could have stayed with them all day taking pictures.  

This was our second attempt to get together to do these pictures, but I think it really worked out because the day was beautiful outside and the choice location was Saint Mark Coptic Orthodox church in Bellaire.  Here's a small sample of the images captured that day.

 All images © Julie Cruz & j.cruz.photography

As always, it is nice to have photo admirers.  I just ask you be respectful and mention credit where it is due... and not manipulate these images so as to take out the logo. 

  

To Pin or Not to Pin

I joined pinterest a while back, but it's taken me time to add the pin it button (big suprise there!.... just like it's taken me this long in 2012 to post to my blog).  I love pinterest.  It's an obsession.  I have to monitor the time I spend on there each week because time flies by and before I know it my day is gone.  Anyhoo, I don't even know that I followed the instructions for adding the pin it button correctly.  I still need to put it on my website (like in another 4 months - ha. ha. ha.).

If you want to show me some love and pin my stuff go for it!  I think it would be one of the greatest compliments to my work.