Hi there! We're Luke and Cat, and we're so happy you're here. We hope you'll stay a while! We’re a husband and wife wedding photographer team based in Houston, Texas. Ranchers-turned-photographers, our world looks like this: a Craftsman-style farmhouse; our newborn, Knox, in our arms; coffee in the kitchen; Edison lights on the back porch; and a pair of English bulldogs at the foot of our bed. Read more...
 
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We work here! Our office!

Dec 4, 2012 / Our Life

We finally got around to taking some pictures of our own home.

What better place to start than a tour of our office! We redid our office this year a little bit. We have had the same desks for about a year, but we repainted the walls from a dark navy blue to a light minty green that matches our branding more. We feel so happy any time we step into our office now! The wall color we chose is Benjamin Moore Palladian Blue.

We used to have our walls filled with canvases, but when we repainted we wanted something a little different. Luke's always wanted a chalkboard, so he got one that he can write on. It usually says the name of whoever we're having come to our house that day, not "Luke and Cat's Office" as below. Luke just wrote that before he took the picture. Sometimes it just says Wilma and Hudson, of course. One day I walked in and it said "NOT Welcome Zombies" but we might have just spent the past 2 days watching Season 1 and Season 2 of The Walking Dead. And if you aren't watching that you should. :)


Instead of the canvases that used to hang on this wall, we now have framed and matted pictures from some of the weddings that we've shot that have been featured on wedding blogs. Our talented calligrapher friend Jennifer Taylor from Sugarland hand calligraphied the couple's names and where they were published on the mat of the frame. We picked up these simple white frames with mats from Hobby Lobby. The pictures inside are 5x7's. We have some new ones we need to put up but we can't figure out the best place in our office to put those. Open for ideas! :)


So that's Abby and Shelby's desk, and that's the door to our storage closet. Somehow we started putting the notes/cards we got from our clients on that door and never stopped. If I'm having a bad day, I can just stand at that door and read a few words from some very special people we know and feel better.






Here you can sorta see a little peek into our hallway which we also repainted this year to a bright purple shade. But that's another blog post :)


This bookcase from Ikea is the main workhorse of our office working system. It has so many great storage places and we love it. The canvas above is a 30 x 40 canvas of us that our amazing photographer friend and mentor Millie Holloman took of us in 2011 in North Carolina. Our whole home is filled with pictures from our shoot with Millie and she is our photographer for life.


These vintage cameras sit atop our bookcase. A few we have picked up ourselves, but the majority of them have been treasures found by my mother-in-law. Luke's mom is a professional treasure hunter (antiquer) and keeps an eye out for cameras for us. Anytime she sees one she gets it for us. We are so blessed by her love!


Our favorite in the camera collection - an old movie camera. If you hold down the button right under the words "Brownie" it actually still makes a click click click movie noise.






Our lamp that we found on the sale aisle at Target made us so happy! We had been on the search for the perfect lamp for a while and this was it. The silver bulldog was a gift from one of my best friends.




We live in an old house - all the doorknobs are different. This is the one for our office.


So that's where we work! :)
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Jana and Clint :: Camp Lucy Wedding Photographer

Dec 3, 2012 / Weddings
At the end of last week we were able to show you the first look into Jana and Clint's wedding at Camp Lucy in Dripping Springs, but that was Style Me Pretty's reveal! Of course, we're so excited to share Jana and Clint's perfect Texas chic wedding day and tell their story on our blog.

Whenever we first booked Jana and Clint's wedding, Jana had kinda told us a little about what she was planning. At the time, I sent a quick e-mail to both Jana and Clint and said, "Hey Jana do you Pinterest? I want to see your wedding boards to see what you've got going." Within 3 minutes, Clint had wrote me back and said, "Does Jana Pinterest? Does a Brahman cow have a hump? She is on there all day and night." (For my non-livestock background friends, Brahman cows DO have humps on top of their shoulders and it is their single most recognizable characteristic.) I laughed out loud. Clint and Jana were going to be our friends.

7 months after that initial post-booking e-mail conversation, we excitedly drove the winding private road to Dripping Springs' venue, Camp Lucy. What a treasure this place is! We were in for a real treat of a wedding - not just the spectacular flowers, or the festive mariachi, or the homemade salsa favors. What really made it special for us was the two lovebirds who were getting married!








At this wedding there was no detail that was forgotten. Jana spent many 'crafternoons' (her word) and you could see her creative touch all over this wedding.






Clint's a happy guy, isn't he? And why wouldn't he be, right? He is marrying his best friend!














Right around sunset we watched as Clint and Jana said their "I do's."






While Clint and Jana spent some time getting their portraits taken after the wedding, their guests were entertained by this amazing mariachi band... Clint's special request. Clint is from South Texas and he told us from the beginning that the mariachi band was a must for him!


See the small ferris wheel on this table? It's not just adorable decor - it's a tribute to Jana and Clint's engagement, which happened on a ferris wheel at the county fair. Chris Ledoux, anyone? Anyone get that but me?
















Jana, you're beautiful!






Their reception was a junkers dream. As soon as I walked in and saw all these mismatched chairs, the long farmhouse tables, a million different vases, and mason jars... I was in heaven. And I'm not even a junker, really. But now I think I want to be.




















Exquisite.






As the night drew to a close, there was no place more fitting for a sleepy little flowergirl than grandma's lap.




Jana and Clint, I can't begin to thank you enough for allowing US to be on this journey with you!

To sign their virtual guestbook and view more of their wedding day images, click here!

In case you missed it, Jana and Clint's wedding was featured on Style Me Pretty last week! Click here to see the feature!
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Published :: Jana and Clint

Nov 30, 2012 / Weddings, Press

Christmas came early for us this year!

We're so excited today to share that we've been published again on Style Me Pretty! Jana and Clint were married in early November at Camp Lucy in Dripping Springs, and Style Me Pretty has featured their wedding today! Eek!

We'll have our own blog post on this wedding going up next week - but in the meantime we would be tickled pink if you would head over to Style Me Pretty to see their feature. This wedding was so unique - filled with personal details, yummy favors, and drool-worthy decor.

Congratulations to Jana and Clint on this news! Of course, we are so thankful to the lovely ladies at Style Me Pretty for featuring us again on their amazing blog. We truly believe Style Me Pretty is *the* best wedding blog in the world and are huge fans! Yippee!


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