Mario + Ashley (and coming in December...Marley!) :)

Hi folks!  I know it's been awhile, but, well, I've been a very busy lady.  More on that later, this post isn't about my extreme absence it's about my friend Ashley, her husband Mario, and they're lil bundle of joy arriving in December, Marley! 
MARio +ASHley= MARLEY
Isn't that adorable?  I just LOVE it!  Marley is also Ashley's mother's maiden name, so it couldn't be more perfect!  :) 

Ashley and I have known each other for years having gone to jr high (yes, we called in jr high when I was in school, lol!) and high school together in good ol Crosbyton, Texas.  It was so great to see each other again and catch up between shots.  Now I've only had the pleasure of meeting Mario a few times, once when they were dating at South Plains College, then again at their wedding, and then lastly this past Saturday morning; so it's only natural that he would be a lil hesitant towards some of my ideas, i.e., let's go shoot pictures in this empty parking lot, lol! ;)  But by the end of the shoot we were all laughing and having a great time!  Here are a few of the shots from our Saturday morning.  :)

  

Thank you guys so much!  I had a great time!  :)

I'll have the rest up soon!

Becky & Jaden

HI and welcome back! :)

Meet my good friend Becky (or Becky Lee as I so affectionately call her ;)) and her too cool for words son Jaden.  Becky and I met waaaaay back through a mutual friend* when I first moved to Lubbock after graduating from high school and have been great friends since! *(Hi April! You'll see her cute kiddos on the blog in Nov. so stay tuned) Becky celebrated her 30th birthday this year (I only tell you this b/c you would've never guessed! She looks GREAT! :)) and we figured there was no better reason for a fun session with her and J!  I'll admit it took Jaden a little bit to loosen up to the whole being photographed idea, but once we got going we had a ton of fun and even had some friends along for company and moral support. (Shout out to Megan ! You and the boys were great! Thanks again for all your help!) Here are a few shots from our day.

We started fairly simple since Jaden wasn't really feeling it yet. 

And it didn't take long before he started to goof around and be himself! :)

favorite of the day  :)

one, two, three, jump!....

"Haha Mom, you jumped!"  hehehe, lil stinker! :D

That's all folks!  Thanks for stopping by.

Till next time! :)

 

Finn

Finn is the 18th month old son of an old friend of mine from good 'ol Crosbyton High School. Amy was our class valedictorian and has since gone on to do some pretty amazing things. This shoot was a surprise for her birthday while she was out of the country consulting in Dubai (HELLO! told ya she's amazing! ;)) Finn's Aunt Kelly (my 1st bride EVER) contacted me with the idea and I'm oh so glad that she did! He is too cute and we had so much fun which made my job very easy!   Here are a few favorites from our morning.

march, march, march, march!  Finn LOVES to be a lil solider  :)

*not really certain if Finn loved to play solider or if that's the only way we were successful in

transition and getting him to move from one location to the other. But hey, when it come to

photographing children, whatever works and keeps 'em happy! ;)

 just look at that face! don't you just wanna eat him up? :D

 Finn's grandmother Lori wanted some pics of Finn playing with his trains.

so naturally we went to the nearest train station we could find. 

We were there for a few minutes and then noticed a car approaching.  A nice handsome gentleman exited the car, walked over to us and said, "What are you folks doing?" "Do you know you're trespassing?" as he points to the bright NEON GREEN sign we had to walk past to get to the tracks.   

(((GASP!)))

"You know you folks could go to jail."  And on that note...we apologized profusely and quickly hauled our cookies outta there! ;)

my favorite from the day. I just loved this expression on his face, soo serious! :)

gotta love tiny toes  :)

and wittle bitty fingers

a lil more marching :)

Kelly and Lori, thank you again sooo much for thinking of me when you wanted pics of your precious lil Finn.  I loved every minute of it and I hope Amy loves them as well!  (oh, and I also hope you've already shared the story w/ Amy about how her son broke his 1st law at 18 months old w/ me! If not, sorry, and HI AMY! How was Dubai?!? lol!)

That's all for now.  Till next time!  :)

The time has come...(in a James Earl Jones voice over)

For years now I’ve talked about starting a photography website or blog…aaand that’s about as far as it’s ever gotten, talking. I mean I’ve set up accounts; email addresses, domain names (yes there is a trinyrodriguez.com, don't go to it, there's nothing there), and have yet to actually post anything on any of them, until now. So although it is against my better judgment, I’ve decided to take the plunge! Granted I’m having some serious fears and doubts, (that are leading to my inability to sleep) but I figure there is no time like the present! I mean wth, right? If I keep waiting for the perfect shoot or series of pics that I feel are "my best", or till I have enough images for a website, or till this or that happens or whatever other excuse I’ve been telling myself all these years, I’ll never do it. The time has come, the time is here, and the time is now!!!* So ladies and gents, without further adieu, I introduce to you, Triny Rodriguez Photography. (cool logo to come soon :))

*said in a dramatic James Earl Jones voice over. (Yesss, you know who James Earl Jones is. He was Mufasa. “Ooooh, say it again, say it again!” “MUFASA!” “Oooooh!”, you know from The Lion King. I quote movies a lot; you’ll start to notice that! lol! ;))