I photographed Rian and Brent on the SoCo strip last weekend and we had a great time. They really put in a lot of energy and creativity into it. You can see how much fun they're having from the look on their faces. Here is just a sample of what we got.

You can see all of Rian and Brent's engagement shoot by clicking on their Wedding Wedsite that I have created for them.

Monday, during the Austin Triathlon, I noticed that the mural on the Mi Casa building has been defaced with what is called "pasteup art". I live just a block away from SoCo and I've photographed clients there several times. I photographed Stephanie in front of the mural during her bridal session last year. The vandal(s) have been pretty busy as you can see from their other work up and down the block and they even left their tag so it shouldn't be too difficult for the police to track them down.

The mural was painted by Russell W . Reid, Assoc. AIA, Urban Texture International, INC. in 2004.

Red Texture Studios is home to Kathleen Grandfield. She was the model for the woman in the other portion of the mural which faces South Congress. She lives in Austin and you can read her blog at La Vida Cocoa.

Here's an interesting bit about the graffiti problem in Austin by Scott Henson writing on his blog Grits for Breakfast

Stephanie and her husband Brian are both UT grads. So when Stephanie told me that she would love to get some shots with the UT tower I knew right where I wanted to take her to get the perfect photos. A Trash the Dress photo session is held after the big day when the bride isn't as worried about getting her dress dirty before she sends it to the cleaner. We hope that all of our brides will consider giving their dresses to charity or to other engaged women who might not have the means to afford a new dress of their own; there are several charities that will gladly take the wedding dress and rejuvenate it for another bride. After photographing on campus we continued her session at Pots and Plants where the owner, Pat, has displayed dozens of pink flamingos on the front lawn for years. It was a ton of fun and we had a hilarious time with Stephanie in her beautiful recycled wedding dress; her best friend had worn it and gave it to Stephanie for her wedding!