{One}

Isn't one the cutest age. The fingers, the hair, the stumbling about. I took just a few snaps of this darling little one. What a cutie!

Marie Quevedo is the founder and owner of Marie Q Photography, located in Waxahachie, Texas and serving the surrounding Dallas-Fort Worth communities. She specializes in Lifestyle Photography of babies, children, teens, families, maternity and furry friends. She also is a special event photographer for weddings, receptions, christenings, etc. Please visit her website at www.marieq.com or contact her directly at marie@marieq.com. ©2007 All Images and Content Marie Q Photography

{Grounded}

My daughter is grounded for creating artwork on my husband's antique desk. Her artistic tool of choice - a nail. Her masterpiece... hearts and the word LOVE. She is so six. So why do I share this... because she never lets me take pictures anymore.

She's a smart girl... she has learned the art of manipulation. Today she gladly posed for me. Anything to get on mommy's good side. Those eyes will melt your heart one minute and break your heart the next.

Have a great weekend!

Marie Quevedo is the founder and owner of Marie Q Photography, located in Waxahachie, Texas and serving the surrounding Dallas-Fort Worth communities. She specializes in Lifestyle Photography of babies, children, teens, families, maternity and furry friends. She also is a special event photographer for weddings, receptions, christenings, etc. Please visit her website at www.marieq.com or contact her directly at marie@marieq.com. ©2007 All Images and Content Marie Q Photography.

{DVD slide shows}

I am so excited to announce that I am creating DVD slide shows to compliment your portrait sessions. I allow everyone a preview online and offer them for sale along with your images.

Back in December I was inspired by a fellow photographer, and my current mentor, to create a slide show that reflected who I was using my work and my words. I'm looking forward to creating another one after my creative mentorship is complete and see the progress.

Click the following link to view Images and Words by Marie Q: (you may have to download something... but it's safe!)

http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewalbum.html?alb=125175

It's feeling like Spring! Enjoy the weather! Yes that's a random flower post that has nothing to do with this entry. I just thought they were cool flowers - I know, I'm a dork.

{Jennifer and Pam}

Your slide shows are ready. Please check your e-mail. If you did not receive it please contact me at marie@marieq.com.

They turned out great!!

Be good

~wishing~

It's been a long weekend of creating countless images. I think my kitchen chair will be left with a permanent impression.

Those are my daughter's little hands. And I know what she is wishing though she doesn't tell me... it's the constant that never changes. It's what she tells Santa Claus she really really wants for Christmas. It's what she thinks when she closes her eyes and blows out the candles....

It's to see her daddy one last time.

There's no face, no smile, no six year old just got out of bed hair. But when I review this image- this is what I see, this is what I think, this is what I know. It's an image with immense power to me. To you it might just be a dandelion. To me it's a six year old mourning her father - negotiating with the wind for one more chance. Pretty powerful stuff.

Hope you all had great weekends. Thanks for checking in and Be Good!

{Valentine's Wedding}

Our little town has been buzzing for some time about the weddings happening at the Civic Center on Valentine's Day. Pam and Marc had a beautiful and intimate candlelight wedding last night in front of their closest family and friends. There is something I prefer about intimate weddings... the closeness, the emotion, the attention to the couple. It really is the way to go.

Congratulations to Pam and Marc! Wishing you the very best!

Marie Quevedo is the founder and owner of Marie Q Photography, located in Waxahachie, Texas and serving the surrounding Dallas-Fort Worth communities. She specializes in Lifestyle Photography of babies, children, teens, families, maternity and furry friends. She also is a special event photographer for weddings, receptions, christenings, etc. Please visit her website at www.marieq.com or contact her directly at marie@marieq.com. ©2007 All Images and Content Marie Q Photography.

~Happy Valentine's~

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! If you read one of my posts below, you saw that I wanted to create a photo valentine for my daughter to take to school. I ran out of time and hijacked this idea from an on-line forum. It really does look 3-D in person. VERY COOL!

Hope you spend your day with the ones you love! Stay warm too.

{Jordon and Jennifer}

Have you ever heard of a small town named Italy (pronounced it-lee) in my home state of Texas? Before I moved to Waxahachie in 2005, Italy was a place with good food and wine and was the shape of a boot. Though you may have never heard of it, everyone in this charming little town have heard of Jennifer and Jordon. These two hometown sweethearts just beam the local flair this town has.

This was a fun wedding with many memorable moments, but the one thing that I walked away with last night was that these two had already made many life long friends at their very young age. Most of us have to wait a lifetime to have friends like theirs.

The Ceremony was gorgeous with every detail well planned and executed. The colors and flowers were perfect. As a photographer, I'm supposed to capture all the moments and instead found myself having my own moment as I watched all the bridesmaids holding back tears. I had to recompose and refocus.

The Nay Barn was bursting with family and friends. The smell of barbecue wandered in the air and two very special cakes representing SFA and A&M were proudly displayed on separate tables. The dance floor was always packed and every seat was taken. When I hear Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody... I'll remember this night. What a blast!

Marie Quevedo is the founder and owner of Marie Q Photography, located in Waxahachie, Texas and serving the surrounding Dallas-Fort Worth communities. She specializes in Lifestyle Photography of babies, children, teens, families, maternity and furry friends. She also is a special event photographer for weddings, receptions, christenings, etc. Please visit her website at www.marieq.com or contact her directly at marie@marieq.com. ©2007 All Images and Content Marie Q Photography

~Diamonds and Fine Jewelry~

Check out the new building for Wiley's Diamonds and Fine Jewelry in Waxahachie! I think I could get use to photographing buildings. They don't move, they are always natural, what you see is what you get and they are never worried about whether or not they look fat!!

Have a good weekend and Be Good!

Click here to see the Wiley's website.

~ Tiny Dancer ~

Shall I call her my model, my subject, my two and half year old friend who NEVER looks at the camera? What can I say, I have just finished going through all the images in the session. What a stunning beauty she is.

The ballet images I opened with is a style I wish I could do more. I take these to satisfy my own artistic cravings. I saw them and immediately thought of Sir Elton John. That song has been stuck in my head for the past two days now.

"Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand"

Marie Quevedo is the founder and owner of Marie Q Photography, located in Waxahachie, Texas and serving the surrounding Dallas-Fort Worth communities. She specializes in Lifestyle Photography of babies, children, teens, families, maternity and furry friends. She also is a special event photographer for weddings, receptions, christenings, etc. Please visit her website at www.marieq.com or contact her directly at marie@marieq.com. ©2007 All Images and Content Marie Q Photography.

{Just for fun}

It is official. I have taken entirely way to many pictures of my own daughter. One day, I'll have to post some recent shots. She is not happy about being on the other side anymore.

I have resorted to borrowing my friends kids to explore some creative avenues. This almost three year old makes you work... but the payoff is unremarkable. I had two seconds to capture this and as soon as I saw it - I knew, it would be one to take my breath away. The eyes... THE EYES, the hair, the skin. Can you get more gorgeous than this?

My camera and I are exhausted. But even if it is for this one image, it was sooo worth it!

Marie Quevedo is the founder and owner of Marie Q Photography, located in Waxahachie, Texas and serving the surrounding Dallas-Fort Worth communities. She specializes in Lifestyle Photography of babies, children, teens, families, maternity and furry friends. She also is a special event photographer for weddings, receptions, christenings, etc. Please visit her website at www.marieq.com or contact her directly at marie@marieq.com. ©2007 All Images and Content Marie Q Photography.

~Winter Blahs~

I know I haven't posted in over a week. For those of you who regularly visit - I'm sorry. This weather has made it difficult for me to get out and shoot. I do have several weddings coming up though - so stay posted.

These pictures are ones that I came across today and I did not like them the first time I saw them and today I couldn't take my eyes off of them. I think newborns are meant for black and white. I love newborns!

I strive to tell stories, capture emotions and make it art. What do these portraits say to me.... a new baby, a sleeping angel, her sweet little hands and all of her completely content in her mother's arms. It's priceless and it's one moment in your babies life that will never come again.

Have a great weekend and thanks for checking in!

Marie Quevedo is the founder and owner of Marie Q Photography, located in Waxahachie, Texas and serving the surrounding Dallas-Fort Worth communities. She specializes in Lifestyle Photography of babies, children, teens, families, maternity and furry friends. She also is a special event photographer for weddings, receptions, christenings, etc. Please visit her website at www.marieq.com or contact her directly at marie@marieq.com. ©2006 - 2007 All Images and Content Marie Q Photography.