Eclectic Images Blog » admin http://eclecticimagesblog.com wedding and personal photography by heather mabry. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:02:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 coming soon… http://eclecticimagesblog.com/coming-soon/ http://eclecticimagesblog.com/coming-soon/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:02:12 +0000 admin http://eclecticimagesblog.com/?p=5189 I’m back from maternity leave, and with a bang! Two weekends ago I photographed an amazing bar mitzvah for the Berber family put on by Caplan Miller Events, last weekend I traveled to Malibu, California with husband and baby in tow (husband stayed at the hotel to watch Zoey while I worked) for the awesome wedding of Dzuy and Maeling, and tomorrow I head to Cabo, Mexico for another awesome destination wedding!


Many, many pics to come soon from all of these events. In the meantime, I will leave you with my favorite recent photo. All of my favorite photos of recent of course are of my favorite subject, Zoey. Here is Linus giving Zoey a kiss attack, as we call them, and Zoey giggling as a result.

]]> http://eclecticimagesblog.com/coming-soon/feed/ 1 Zoey Margaret Banks is here! http://eclecticimagesblog.com/zoey-margaret-banks-is-here/ http://eclecticimagesblog.com/zoey-margaret-banks-is-here/#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:03:33 +0000 admin http://eclecticimagesblog.com/?p=5167 Our daughter Zoey Margaret Banks was born at 11:29pm on Thursday, July 22nd. She weighed 7lbs, 12 ounces, and was 21 inches long. She was 10 days late (hence the induction) and really didn’t want to come out, because after 30 hours of labor (without any pain medication!) I had to have a c-section due to failure to make any progress. She was worth everything I went through, she is beautiful and amazing and the light of our lives. Here are a few photos of her birth and then some photos at 10 days old on her announcements. Many of the photos of her birth and subsequent moments were taken by my wonderful husband Mike, because I was a little busy at the time :)

Mike all dressed for the c-section

Here is me, not looking my prettiest, but so happy to meet our baby girl.

Zoey, not too happy to be out!

Proud nana (my mom) looking on at her first grandbaby,

Proud papa (my dad) seeing Zoey for the first time.

Mike having some face to face time with Zoey.

Mike’s favorite shot, she’s already a Longhorn :)

This melts me.

Moo meeting Zoey for the first time. He loves her.

Linus, really glad that we were home from the hospital!

First bath!

Zoey, channeling aunt Jemima :)

And lastly, here are her announcements!

]]> http://eclecticimagesblog.com/zoey-margaret-banks-is-here/feed/ 8 oh baby! http://eclecticimagesblog.com/oh-baby/ http://eclecticimagesblog.com/oh-baby/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:34:35 +0000 admin http://eclecticimagesblog.com/?p=5141 Almost exactly three years ago, I met this man and fell in love.

We moved in together several months later and started a happy little family with my pups, Linus and Moo.

Six months after we met, he proposed, and I of course said yes, yes, yes!

proposal photos by diana m lott photography

In the midst of planning our wedding, we found a house and fell in love with it. We decided to buy it and remodel it.

Then, in January of 2009, we hopped on a plane to Playa del Carmen, Mexico, and got married in front of 30 close family and friends. It was amazing.

wedding photos by gia pham with red fly photography

Then, last November our lives changed once more when this happened:

We are expecting a baby girl anyday now! My due date was Monday, July 12th, but she has decided to be fashionably late (or at this point, just plain late!) Here is the very first picture of our baby girl, and there will be many, many more to come once she is born!

We absolutely can’t wait to meet her and to have her become a part of our lives and our family.

I’ll be on maternity leave until the end of August, and I’ll resume booking portrait sessions in mid September. In the meantime, email will be the easiest way to reach me (info@eclecticimagesphotography.com). Please excuse any delay in reply, as I’ll be a little preoccupied for the next few weeks!


]]> http://eclecticimagesblog.com/oh-baby/feed/ 8 Knot Real Weddings Texas feature http://eclecticimagesblog.com/knot-real-weddings-texas-feature/ http://eclecticimagesblog.com/knot-real-weddings-texas-feature/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:08:56 +0000 admin http://eclecticimagesblog.com/?p=5132 Last year, I had the pleasure of being a second shooter with my good friend Diana Lott at Alison and Peter’s wedding. It was an absolutely beautiful wedding and I was so lucky to be able to go along as a second shooter. Luckily, the wedding was selected to be published in the latest issue of The Knot Real Weddings Texas – and I was thrilled that they used a few of the images I captured in the layout. Here is the layout, thanks for looking!

]]> http://eclecticimagesblog.com/knot-real-weddings-texas-feature/feed/ 0 tracey and tanner: part 2 http://eclecticimagesblog.com/tracey-and-tanner-part-2/ http://eclecticimagesblog.com/tracey-and-tanner-part-2/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:50:25 +0000 admin http://eclecticimagesblog.com/?p=5094 And now for the rest of the favs from Tracey and Tanner’s wedding!


]]> http://eclecticimagesblog.com/tracey-and-tanner-part-2/feed/ 0 tracey and tanner: part 1 of an austin wedding at mercury hall http://eclecticimagesblog.com/tracey-and-tanner-part-1-of-an-austin-wedding-at-mercury-hall/ http://eclecticimagesblog.com/tracey-and-tanner-part-1-of-an-austin-wedding-at-mercury-hall/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:09:23 +0000 admin http://eclecticimagesblog.com/?p=5054 I have loved getting to know Tracey and Tanner, first at their super windy spring engagement session and then at their fabulous wedding. They are such a fun loving, easy going couple that it is so easy to see why they are so perfect for each other. I believe a couple that laughs together stays together and Tracey and Tanner definitely seem to share the same philosophy! Tracey and Tanner pulled off a beautiful wedding thanks to the help from amazing April with Petalworks for both coordination and event and floral design. The decor was colorful, bold, and so unique, I loved it! And now onto some of my fav photos from part 1 of their day!

VENDORS

event design and coordination Petalworks

floral Petalworks

catering Primizie

cake Summer Pruitt

band Shurman



]]> http://eclecticimagesblog.com/tracey-and-tanner-part-1-of-an-austin-wedding-at-mercury-hall/feed/ 0 amanda and dave: married at indian summer lodge in houston http://eclecticimagesblog.com/amanda-and-dave-married-at-indian-summer-lodge-in-houston/ http://eclecticimagesblog.com/amanda-and-dave-married-at-indian-summer-lodge-in-houston/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:39:42 +0000 admin http://eclecticimagesblog.com/?p=5016 Amanda and Dave chose a fun, relaxed location for their ceremony and reception which really seemed to fit their relaxed, laid back personalities! I photographed a good friend of Amanda’s wedding back a few years ago and I am always so thrilled when a client hired me based off of the results from a friend’s wedding or recommendation! Amanda has to be one of the most laid back brides ever, and their ceremony had to be one of the quickest ceremonies I’ve ever photographed. It couldn’t have lasted more than 5 minutes, but that is all that was needed for them to say what they needed to say about their love for each other and become married! The reception was a good time to be had by all, I loved their hearts polaroid photobooth! Congrats Amanda and Dave!

]]> http://eclecticimagesblog.com/amanda-and-dave-married-at-indian-summer-lodge-in-houston/feed/ 0 evelyn and collin: retreat at balcones springs http://eclecticimagesblog.com/evelyn-and-collin-retreat-at-balcones-springs/ http://eclecticimagesblog.com/evelyn-and-collin-retreat-at-balcones-springs/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:29:52 +0000 admin http://eclecticimagesblog.com/?p=4964 Evelyn and Collin have been so much fun to work with! I was lucky to be able to photograph their engagement session a few months back and get to know them during the session! Evelyn is a girl after my own heart, wearing a deep eggplant fun wedding dress for her intimate wedding ceremony, and a turquoise dress for her fun reception the next day, and of course some fabulous shoes and peacock feathers in her hair! Evelyn and Collin are a couple who are easy going and relaxed and just love to laugh, and you can just tell that they will have a long and happy life together! Congratulations Evelyn and Collin!

VENDORS

ceremony and reception Retreat at Balcones Springs

floral Melanie with Last Petal

cake Michelle’s Patisserie

band Sauce



]]> http://eclecticimagesblog.com/evelyn-and-collin-retreat-at-balcones-springs/feed/ 0 ashley and remmy: part 2 http://eclecticimagesblog.com/ashley-and-remmy-part-2/ http://eclecticimagesblog.com/ashley-and-remmy-part-2/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:33:23 +0000 admin http://eclecticimagesblog.com/?p=4946 Here are a few reception shots from Ashley and Remmy’s beautiful Austin backyard wedding!

]]> http://eclecticimagesblog.com/ashley-and-remmy-part-2/feed/ 0 ashley and remmy: a stunning backyard wedding part 1 http://eclecticimagesblog.com/ashley-and-remmy-a-stunning-backyard-wedding-part-1/ http://eclecticimagesblog.com/ashley-and-remmy-a-stunning-backyard-wedding-part-1/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:53:24 +0000 admin http://eclecticimagesblog.com/?p=4890 Ashley and Remmy, with the help of Austin Wedding Planners, really know how to throw a party! I love that they used their warm and inviting home and backyard as the setting for their ceremony and reception and it was so special that included their adorable boys in the wedding festivities. We used Ashley’s father’s amazing vintage car for some of the portraits and Ashley and her maids got ready at her father’s home. All in all it was an amazing evening and I was so happy to be able to capture all of the moments!

VENDORS

coordinator Austin Wedding Planners

caterer Pascals

cupcakes My Bliss Bakery

floral Exquisite Petals

videography Silvertree

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