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yay! finally. . . if you subscribe to this blog -- change it! the new blog is located at www.helenbyrd.com/blog . thanks everyone for your love and support!

check out the new website here.

stacy + brian. the wedding.

as of yesterday, stacy + brian have been married for one month! their wedding at the first baptist church of dallas was such a special and fun event. here are just a few of my favorites from the day! you can also check out their engagement photos here. thank you stacy + brian, for letting be apart of your big day! enjoy.

a HUGE shout out here to my bestie & awesome assistant, mallory, for this last shot. thanks for all of you help and hard work, mal!

and they're off! stacy & brian.

can't wait to post more photos from this wedding. congrats to stacy and brian! have a great time on your honeymoon!

let's get the ball rolling... natalie's bridal portraits.

i have so many posts to make this week... i thought i would start with a few bridal portaits. since natalie and barrett are now back from their honeymoon in costa rica, i think it's safe to post photos of the dress. :) natalie is so timelessly beautiful and elegant. her bridal portraits were so much fun! here are a few of my favorites.

i am so behind.

i have about a million sessions to blog. i will get them blogged at some point... for now here is an image of a friend of a friend who was an innocent bystander while i was shooting her husband for the D Magazine -- did lindsey really think she could get her preggo self in and out of my door with out a photo? YEAH RIGHT!

happy memorial day weekend!

ashley & donny.

ashley first captured my heart when she was my mama-cat and sorority president while i was a freshman at tcu. she and donny have been together for 9 years! finally, they have set a date and will be making it official... 12...11...10... :)

congratulations to these two wonderful people. it was so fun prancing around town with you both. you're too cute!

blythe - maternity.

lots more photos to come from this session... but he's one before i run out the door to catch my plane! :)

katie - tcu senior.

congratulations to sweet katie on her upcoming graduation from tcu! katie and i got to catch up during her evening session. i gave katie my "i love the real world -- it's not as bad as everyone says it is" speech. with katie's kind personality and sweet spirit - i know her post-graduation life will be an amazing one. wishing you all the best!

mean gene is over the hill... twice!

two weeks ago the one and only gene sledge turned 80. i was lucky enough to be included in the celebration and given the honor of documenting this momentous occasion... more photos coming soon, but here's one of the birthday boy. :)

sweet baby lou.

congratulations to aaron and andrea on the arrival of this precious little girl! lou's newborn session was special for so many reasons... one of them being the bed in these photos belonged to aaron's grandmother. lou was so great during the session -- i shot for almost an hour before she'd decided that she'd had enough. that's a record! and aaron and andrea are future in-laws of an earlier client, dillon. so fun! thanks aaron & andrea for allowing me to capture these precious moments for you.

recruitment photos... sneak peek.

here are two of my favorite from quick sessions in midland... page and alex are too cute!

cody & jacci

i love sessions with old friends. it's totally 2 for 1. i get to do what i love most - photograph couples in love - and i get to do what i love second most - talk! :)

jacci and cody were so much fun. they were very patient with me while i was having trouble coming up with new locations... i don't shoot in midland very often! but i will say that some wandering paid off... we found a pump jack very close to downtown which is fitting since cody is working on his masters in petroleum engineering at texas a&m. every photo from this session emanates love, friendship and a closeness that is so inspiring. congrats, you two!

cooper j.

i got to hang out with little cooper and his cousins on monday... i'll post more images later, just wanted to get one up before i head out for the day!

madison + zach

i have no words to describe how much i love these two. i've known both of them for most of my life and i am so excited that they are getting married! i'm seriously stoked to be photographing their wedding in october. madison + zach are such fun-loving, sweet people... even if i hadn't told you, you would have been able to figure that out by looking at these images from their engagement session. i love people in love. and i really love people i love in love. :) congrats you two!

madison's cute roommate, emily, went out with us on sunday... i think she now has a better feel for the REAL midland, texas. :)