Today I Turn 24

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And what better way to celebrate than with some self portraits? I always love doing fun and creative self portraits. As of lately, I’ve been inspired by conceptual and fine art photography. I finally decided to give it a go and, instead of giving myself more than I could handle, I opted for something simple. I had noticed the fireflies are starting to show up around here and I have always loved fireflies. They’re a sure sign that summer is around the corner! Plus, there’s something intriguing about fireflies. Maybe it’s the way they light up every few seconds or the bright, glowing green light that’s so recognizable. Whatever it may be, fireflies were definitely my inspiration for this shoot. I was inspired to go and create something from my imagination and to make sure the light shining inside is nothing less than bright.
I hope you enjoy! ๐Ÿ™‚

Shadow Play

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Hello there! Welcome to a last minute and unplanned post. I took these photos this week and wasn’t really wanting to make a whole blogpost about them. However, I did want to share them still so here we are. I’ve been obsessing over the morning light that spills into my room for a while now but have never gotten the chance to take photos with it until this week. I don’t really have much to say about them so I’ll just let you enjoy! ๐Ÿ™‚

Happy Wednesday (Addams)!

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Honestly you guys, sometimes ideas just pop into my head and I’m too impatient to find a model and go through the process of scheduling/waiting for the photoshoot to happen. Sometimes, I just have to make things happen by myself. I really couldn’t tell you how or why I thought of turning myself into Wednesday Addams but I did. I’ve always joked that we had a similar demeanor though. If you’ve seen the movies with Christina Ricci, I feel like that portrayal of Wednesday is my spirit animal. Anyway, I just wanted to play around and do something fun. Be sure to let me know what you think!

Annual Cheesy Christmas Photos

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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 ๐Ÿ™‚