Lance & Melissa: Engaged!

Well Lance & Melissa can thank the rain for the quick turnaround time on their pictures. :) When it's wet outside, I'm inside. Give me a hot drink, a snuggie, and I'm good to go for hours. It's always more fun to edit the pictures when you know the people well and can see their expressions and love come through the pictures. Like I had said earlier, I had a great time with these guys and am so excited about their wedding in June. Let the countdown begin!!

Dog days

Just in case you were wondering what Kash was up to these days..

Still costing us lots of money. I swear he gives himself problems just so he can go to the vet. He loves it there. Probably because when he gets there everyone swarms him like he's famous...he's a fan favorite everywhere he goes.

So, the vet scolded me because evidently I'm starving him and he's lost 4 lbs. You'd think I was feeding him chocolate with every meal the way she looked at me with her disapproving looks. They even brought out a diagram that showed pictures of dogs at healthy and underweight and overweight stages. They are the ones that gave me a special kidney food to give him and how was I supposed to know it had less calories and was uber healthy? All to say, Kash now gets heaping cups of food and he's not minding that one bit.

Another new development is that Kash likes to be with you during your shower. Not in it luckily but he will get in between the shower curtain liner and the shower curtain and just sit there. And watch you. Kinda awkward.

Lastly, Kash got an ear infection. Nothing serious but the vet packed both his ears with some gunky medicine and consequently now our dog is deaf. So, we feel like we are living with an old grandpa who can't hear anything we say. So, now we literally yell at him. "KAAASH! TIME FOR DINNER!!!" It's pretty funny...and sad...he hears the noises but is still disoriented so he looks all around and up at the ceiling and cocks his head trying to figure out where it's coming from...yep, he's a genius...

Lance & Melissa

The bad thing about having to wait on a Time Warner technician to come to your house is that they ask you to be home from 8AM to 9PM. Seriously. Ridiculous. The good thing about having to be home for a 13 hr window is that you can't help but be productive...ie. edit pics from a recent engagement photo shoot!
Cue Lance and Melissa..some good friends of ours who just got engaged over Christmas and are getting hitched in June! We are so excited for them and I had a great time going around Austin with them. We went to Mayfield Park and then headed downtown to one of my favorite places - the greetings from Austin mural! And then we went over to South Congress to a very popular wall on the side of Jo's coffee. It's funny...when J & I got engaged I wanted to go there and get some engagement pics but it just never ended up happening because by the time I remembered it was August and literally 105 degrees like every day...and well, I'm a sweaty kid. So we opted out...maybe we'll still get down there someday.. All to say, I lived vicariously through Lance and Melissa and I love the shots we got there. Here are a couple sneak peeks! More to come...

Is this the right place?

Yes, it is! Kate McCoy Photography is now officially Kate Liverman Photography! Still getting those last kinks figured out like domain names and tax id numbers blah blah blah but soon enough everything will be on the same page. So, in the meantime the blog and the website have gotten a makeover that may or may not be in the final stage. Since I do my own design and logo work, I'm never quite completely satisfied so I might change things around until I REALLY like them all. So, that's about it for now. And like my friend Kristen says...you can't have a blog post without a picture so here's a pic from a wedding J and I went to last weekend. He was a groomsman and it was at the Driskill downtown and super fun! Yay for weddings!

iPhone pics

Just some things happening of late...

I posted a while back about my trip to Colorado for my friend Kelly's wedding. Well after the wedding a lot of people (Aussies, mainly) came back to Texas and did a tour de Texas which hit up Austin for a couple days. So we met up with the group at Hula Hut one night. Newlyweds unite!

This little guy is so cute and thought it was hilarious when he found his sister's sunglasses!

I was inspired by this and this on Pinterest and ended up with this. Like every craft project I've attempted thus far I like it okaaay. I think it would have been better with a bigger canvas...and thinner letters.. but oh well. So what was originally a living room item turned into a side kitchen wall item...demoted. But hey, at least I'm putting things on the wall!

Can't post without letting you know what Kash is up to. Him and I have really been enjoying the beautiful January spring time days. We sit out on the back porch and he does this..because this is what he does ALL day..and I read. Currently I'm reading the Tim Tebow book and am LOVING it. So anyways, Kash and I soak up the rays together...quite the bonding experience.

Brooks Fam

I met the Brooks family out at the Arboretum for what ended up being a really easy shoot. It's amazing the difference it makes when there are no little little kids. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the little little kids...they are easily one of my favorite ages to photograph but it's not always easy :) So, as I was saying...easy shoot...great family...good times. Oh and course you can't go to the Arboretum without checking out the cows...and getting pictures on them. I never push that idea but if it's suggested I definitely don't turn it down :)

Gall Fam

I was eager to meet the Gall family out at the Quarries for their photo shoot. I did a ton of my family shoots there the year before and it always provides great backdrops. It was a beautiful fall day and some of the leaves were starting to fall off the trees...I wish I had been able to capture that but we always seemed to be at the wrong tree at the wrong time! The Gall family was a lot of fun though. The kids loved to be goofy and play around which I had no problem with. Mom was loving it too because I think it's always nice to really have personalities come through in pictures. Gotta throw some fun in there, ya know?

Pretty Much Famous

When J and I got married last September we knew there were two things we definitely wanted to incorporate into the big day to make it more personal. Things we both love independently and together...pictures and music. Picture wise we had a slideshow running and then also had a picture display with childhood pictures of ourselves, family, and friends. Music wise we wanted to enjoy and share the talents of some of our friends. I had asked our friend Jimmy McNeal years before I even got engaged if he would sing at my wedding some day. When the time finally came he performed the most beautiful rendition of "Heavenly Day" by Patty Griffin during our ceremony. It couldn't have been more perfect. Another long time friend of ours, David Ramirez, played his guitar for the processionals. He had helped J write a song for me that he came and performed for us the night that J proposed to me. So, he played that again as our first dance song. We also loved one of his other songs, Mothers & Fathers, so he played that while J danced with his mom and then I danced with my dad. As lovers of live music, it was absolutely perfect that David played those songs for us at our wedding.

So, you're probably wondering, why am I telling you all of this? Well, David Ramirez has an amazing song called "Fires." It's one of my favorites of his and actually is the first song that plays if you visit my photography website at www.katemccoy.net. Last night on the ABC show Private Practice, that song was played not only during the intro of the show but also in it's entirety as the show ended!! J and I were absolutely giddy hearing our friend's song on national television. So exciting for him and we hope this brings much more success! Please check out his music at http://www.davidramirezmusic.com/ Pictures below taken by Everest Road Photography.

Jacobs Fam

As you can tell I am working hard to update the blog with all the photo shoots from the fall. This family was one of the last of the season and one of my favorites. It was a beautiful day in November and I met the Jacobs family out at the Capitol which is always great for photo shoots since they keep that lawn nice and green all year round. Now, let's talk about little Ellie...is she not absolutely precious?? They brought grandma along and Ellie was all smiles for her. Really she was all smiles with everyone and was showing off her new skill of standing up all by herself! Such a cutie!

Pou Fam

I met the Pou family up at Mayfield Park which became one of my favorite places this season for family pictures. The grounds are really pretty and there's lots of different places you can go even if there are a lot of people out there. You gotta steer clear of the peacocks in the trees...and there are a lot of them...but besides that you're good to go. We snuck the dog in for a few pics and then finished up the shoot just as the sun went down. The girls were really good and not afraid to make funny faces when asked :)

Marx Fam

The Marx family and I have been together for many years now and I love that. I love seeing them throughout the year and watching Charlie and Emily grow up. We always seem to pick the coldest day for our fall photo shoots and this year was no exception. Susan toughed it out without a jacket which was amazing because I think I had on 3 layers! The kids lost interest early with the cold freezing their little hands and faces quick but we were still able to run around the Arboretum long enough to get some pics for the Christmas card!

Tenorio Fam

What a handsome little guy Charlie is. As you know I am an Aggie at heart and have not so nice feelings towards those Longhorns. But..how could you not be in love with this little guy even though he is sporting the wrong team?? :) He was all smiles for mom and dad and was such a good little guy as we were putting him in a wagon, propping pumpkins around him, changing outfits etc. Such a good sport!

Merritt Fam

The Merritts live on a big beautiful lot that backs up to Brushy Creek and at dusk it is just beautiful. Big, tall trees with the sunlight peeking around provide the perfect fall backdrop...it is like a photographer's playground. I think I kinda nerded out couldn't stop gushing about how perfect the light was..I'm sure they were like, ok we get it! Needless to say, I love how these pictures turned out and the girls were really fun to take pictures of. They were really sweet and we eager to show their goofiness at the end when mom and dad allowed it :)

Dawes Fam

I love multi generational shoots with all the family together. Great grandparents and parents and kids and grandkids etc etc. Get em all together and you never know what's going to happen! It's such a unique opportunity so it's a great occasion for a photo shoot! The Dawes have a beautiful backyard so we were able to take the pictures there which worked out great!