Y’all… I cannot grasp the concept that 2014 has come to an end. I also cannot deal with the fact that that means my 52 week project has also come to an end. I really had no idea what I was getting myself into when I first started this. There were nights where I was up for hours editing a photo and there were days where I scrambled around last minute trying to figure out what I was going to post. In the beginning, it was just a project I wanted to do so that I wouldn’t stop taking pictures. As it got closer to the end, I started to realize how many people actually cared about what I would post and ramble about. So many of my friends told me that they looked forward to each Friday to see what I had come up with or that they were proud of me for keeping up with it. Those kind words from everyone really filled my heart and made me feel so happy. As this year comes to a close, I just wanted to thank everyone who had kind words to say about my photos and everyone who helped make them possible. I do plan on continuing some sort of project to keep up my blog but as of right now, I’m not sure what that is. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what 2015 has in store for me! Thank you all so much again & I hope you have a happy New year!
Happy Sunday, y’all! Today, I wanted to share with you me & Lyle’s annual Christmas photos. What started as a random photoshoot playing with Christmas lights has turned into doing this every year. It’s hard to think of new ideas or even fall through with them. We attempted playing with fake snow last year and for some reason, it just didn’t work out. I decided to revisit that idea this year and it was honestly still difficult to do. Especially since it was just us two by ourselves doing these (mostly me haha). We picked a spot in Landa Park in New Braunfels that seemed “wintery” and just went to town with the fake snow I picked up at Hobby Lobby. We really just ended up making a mess with these flakes everywhere but we still had so much fun so I hope you enjoy! And it’s not too late to book a shoot with me for your Christmas photos! Let me know if you’re interested: lorisandovalphotos@gmail.com 🙂
If you haven’t been able to tell by now, I love adventures and exploring. After coming home from Big Bend in May, I immediately wanted to go somewhere new again. So, I started thinking about trips for the rest of the year. You can’t forget that we’re in Texas and it’s upwards of 100 degrees until September, so my trips had to wait until the fall. I decided to combine the two trips because they were just quick day trips. I hope you enjoy reading about my adventures with Lyle, as well as the photos & video! 🙂
I’ve been working on a few exciting things lately. You may have noticed some changes on my blog. I recently did a few cosmetic changes and I absolutely love it! Another exciting update is that I officially have my own domain!! You can now visit my website at www.lorisandovalphotography.com. While you’re there, you can check out the cosmetic changes I’ve made on there as well. They’re all minor details of course but checking it out won’t hurt you! 😉 So, if you all could do me a favor and just share this information I will love you forever! If you or anyone you know is in need of photos just let me know because I would be glad to help!
So over the summer, I was able to work quite a bit with Lauren from Indigenous again. We endured the Texas summer heat and did a couple of shoots of the summer lines she carried in her online store. We were also able set up studio space in my house and work on some product images for her site. If you enjoy boho/festival style fashion & ethically made pieces be sure to check out Indigenous! It’s seriously such a pleasure to work with Lauren, Janina and Ali. I’m looking forward to our fall photo shoots so be looking out for those!
A few months back, I posted about how I took photos for little miss Paula Cortez and her band. They ended up using my photos for the cover of their CD that they recently released! It’s pretty cool to see my photos on an album cover, I’m not gonna lie. So last Friday (June 27), they had their CD release party at Deco Pizzeria and they asked me to photograph for them. Of course, I said yes. While I was there, I also filmed a bit to make a video for them! I had asked Paula what her favorite song off the album was so I could record that song to make it like a “live music video”. Below, you can find a few images from their performance as well as the video I threw together! Hope you enjoy it all & don’t forget to check them out everywhere! 🙂
So, it looks like my blog is getting 3 times the loving this week and I’m perfectly okay with that! This past weekend, I visited Big Bend with some of my best friends and it was magical. I had been wanting to go for quite some time now and for a while I was starting to think it wasn’t going to happen. I’m so happy I finally got to go and I absolutely cannot wait to go back! There was still so much more exploring to be done! I took a few pictures and videos so check it all out! 😀
I love that I update my blog once weekly but I love even more when I’m able to post twice a week! Today, I’m here to show you photos from the graduation shoot I had with Maddie last week. We took so many photos, got some chipotle (which is obviously the best part of all of this..) and had so much fun the whole day. We’re super lucky it didn’t rain on us like it was supposed to. I’m super proud of this girl for graduating from nursing school this year! Here’s a few of my favorites from our shoot but you can always check out more on my website at www.lorisandoval.weebly.com. Be on the lookout for this week’s post on Friday!
Hey guys! Another midweek post 🙂 Today, I am here to tell you about a clothing company that I recently photographed. I actually stumbled across them on Instagram and decided to contact the owner (Lauren) and see if she needed a photographer. It was crazy that she was actually located in San Antonio and happened to be looking into find a new photographer at the time. We exchanged some emails, met up to discuss ideas and then went into our shoot a few weeks later. Our photoshoot definitely got pretty interesting but we had so much fun! Special thanks to all the models and everyone who helped out! And thanks to Lauren for giving me an opportunity to work together with her on this. I can’t wait to have more photoshoots this summer!
Lori Sandoval 