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We're illuminare photography + cinematography and this blog/website serves as our initial meeting ground, allowing you to get to know us and our work a little better.  While we have a portfolio section and frequently post blog highlights from our weddings and portrait shoots, we also keep the blog rolling with a bunch of various photos and videos that we do for ourselves when we're out just having a good time.  We feel that it's important to share this side of ourselves and allow you to see who we are, how we work, and what we think is cool. 

So sit back, relax and have fun browsing around!  And if you feel that we'd be a good match for you, we'd love to hear from you!

Category Archives: maternity

Meredith & Raun

Many of you know that Dallas was hit a week or so ago with a record snowstorm that covered us in about 12 inches of the white stuff!  It was beautiful but it did cause a ton of problems the main one being that 40,000 people lost power for a while. Bret and I were...

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Maternity mini sessions

I held an event at Destination Maternity for expectant moms.  It was pretty cold that day but we had a couple come in for a mini photo session.
They look beautiful!

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The Griffin Family Video

We wanted to shoot a video for the Griffin’s to go with all of their photos.  Bret just finished it up this morning and I love it!

The Griffin Family from illuminare on Vimeo.

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Parker Griffin

Parker is getting ready to turn 3 in July and she is going to get a baby brother for a birthday present!  Diane and Greg wanted to get some 3 year shots of Parker before the new baby arrives so we went out to a great little spot in Addison!
They are such a sweet family...

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A Pea in the Pod

Last weekend Bret and I were part of a cool event at “a pea in the pod” Maternity clothing store.  Moms-to-be came in and had their makeup done professionally by Amber Thompson of Red Door Spas, and then they had a mini maternity photo shoot.  It was very fun, and we got to meet a...

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Cindy’s Maternity Video

What do you get when you are beautiful, pregnant, and sister to a photographer?  You get to be a test subject for all of our crazy adventure shoot ideas!  Cindy was a great subject for us (twice actually!) while we practiced and refined a unique way to celebrate a woman’s pregnancy.  You’ve probably seen some...

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