Friday, December 31, 2010

End of Another Year...

Well 2010 was quite a year. Like always, it flew by before I knew it. Here we are going in to 2011 as I type this, as mortar shells and bottle rockets pop and boom outside my window, it's good to go back and review the year that went by so fast.

Here's some of my favorites from this past year. There are many more I wanted to post, but cannot due to contractual restrictions :(

I could go on to write a paragraph for every photo, but I will refrain this time. Lets hope 2011 brings many more great images and memories. If you're viewing this from Facebook, please visit the Blog to see the images in better resolution.

Enjoy, 2010.


See you next year!

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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Cutest Kid Contest - First Place Winner!

In October, 2010, we ran a "Cutest Kid" contest here at Slick Pix and got a great response from all of that.

A few weeks ago, I posted the results from the First Runner Up winner of the contest, the Herrera Family. About two weeks later, I shot the First Place winner, Baby Javi and his proud parents, Gaby and Julio.

We had such a great time on the shoot, and the weather was awesome. We beat a cold front by literally a couple of hours. Soon after they left the Slick Pix Studio, the temperature dropped with a quickness.

All in all, we got some great shots, but to be honest, it's not difficult to get great looking shots of such a good looking family!
If you're reading this on Facebook, please drop by the Blog and view the photos in higher resolution- they look much better on the Blog.
I hope you enjoy the photos below:


Sometimes working with babies can be a challenge. They can be temperamental, cranky, and plain uncooperative. But not baby Javi. He was awesome to work with, had a great attitude didn't cry once! (He almost cried once but that was because we woke him up from a nap. I do the same thing if you interrupt my nap!) But he did really well, especially for being only 4 months old!
Hopefully we'll get to work together in the future as Javi gets older.

And to the Hernandez Family, Thanks for taking part in the contest guys, I hope you enjoy the photos for many, many more years.

Feel free to leave some Blog-Lovin' comments below, it's appreciated!

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Thursday, December 2, 2010

Houston Family Portraits - Cutest Kid Contest 1st Runner Up!

In the month of October, we ran a Contest here at Slick Pix for a free portrait session. The first runner up got 1/2 off a standard session fee, as well as 1/2 off all prints. Not a bad deal at all. The way it went was: Each person would submit a photo of their child to our Facebook Fan Page, then people would "Like" the photo they thought should win the title of "Cutest Kid".

Well the response we got was overwhelming, and it turned out to be quite a close race all the way down to the end. Everyone had a lot of fun, and I sure had a blast watching from the sidelines. I want to thank each and every one of you who competed and/or voted or participated in that contest. It went really well.

Now that you're caught up, the following photos are some of my favorite
picks from the photo session I did with the Herrera family, the First Runner Up in our Cutest Kid Contest. We did the photo shoot on Thanksgiving day, November 25. It was an unusually warm, humid day in Houston, and the forecast was rain, rain, rain. Well it didn't rain (much) so we actually had a pretty good shoot. The sky was overcast (good) but we still got uncomfortably warm due to the humidity. It's hard to believe that shortly after we finished, the temperature dropped by at least 30°F and the day ended with everyone reaching for their coats and umbrellas. As they say: "Only in Texas". If you're reading this from Facebook, please visit the Blog to see these photos as they were meant to be seen, much larger, and much better quality.




On with the photos!


Kids are only kids once, and when they grow up, we find ourselves wishing we would have taken more pictures of them when they were little. Cherish these moments you have with them while they're little. They grow up a little more every day.

Thanks to everyone who participated in this contest, I hope you had as much fun as I did!
And to the Herrera Family, I hope you enjoy these photos for years to come.

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