Eclectic Images Blog » personal work http://eclecticimagesblog.com austin wedding and portrait photographer : austin wedding photography : wedding photographer in austin and worldwide Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:40:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Jeremy and Lindsay | Della Terra Mountain Chateau | Estes Park, Colorado http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2011/09/jeremy-and-lindsay-della-terra-mountain-chateau-estes-park-colorado/ http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2011/09/jeremy-and-lindsay-della-terra-mountain-chateau-estes-park-colorado/#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:35:58 +0000 admin http://eclecticimagesblog.com/?p=7264 I’ve been meaning to post photos from our trip to Colorado for months now (almost three months to be exact)! We went to Estes Park, Colorado for a week in July to participate in my brother’s wedding and to have a little family vacation. Unfortunately, Mike had major work obligations so he was only about to be with us for a couple days of the trip, but Zoey’s grandparents got to spend a lot of time with her which they loved. We flew into Denver where we stayed for a day (and drove down to Colorado Springs to see the Garden of the Gods, which you will see in the first set of photos). Then, we drove up to Estes Park, stopping in Boulder for lunch on the way. Estes Park was absolutely amazing, perfect weather (especially compared to Austin at the time), and just so pretty everywhere0 There is not a bad view any which way you look! We drove up into Rocky Mountain National Park a couple times and even got to see snow! In July! Jeremy and Lindsay’s wedding was beautiful and amazing and so much fun! So much fun in fact that my aunt Karen fell and broke her wrist! It was quite the fun and eventful reception. All in all, we were in Colorado for a week and loved every minute of it! It was so nice to spend some quality time with family. Here are some pics! (since it was my brother’s wedding and I was a bridesmaid, I didn’t take a ton of photos, but of course I couldn’t help but take some!). My good friends Diana M Lott and Stacy Sodolak were the official photographers, and I imagine they will be posting their favs online very soon!

]]> http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2011/09/jeremy-and-lindsay-della-terra-mountain-chateau-estes-park-colorado/feed/ 2 zoey is 1! http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2011/07/zoey-is-1/ http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2011/07/zoey-is-1/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:05:14 +0000 admin http://eclecticimagesblog.com/?p=7099 Sorry I’ve been MIA, July has been a busy, fun month! I’ve got a couple really cool weddings coming up on the blog (wait until you see Britney’s shoes!) as well as some super fun engagement sessions. During July we’ve been on a family vacation to the coast (Corpus Christi) as well as spent a week in Estes Park, Colorado for my brother’s wedding so many, many pics to come from that…

In the meantime, Zoey wanted to show you how to properly eat a cupcake! I can’t believe she is already one year old (today!), time flies…she is an amazing little girl (I cannot believe I am calling her a little girl and not a baby!). She is fun, spunky, silly, sweet, and overall awesomeness.


]]> http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2011/07/zoey-is-1/feed/ 0 Zoey is 10 months old http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2011/05/zoey-is-10-months-old/ http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2011/05/zoey-is-10-months-old/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 21:00:02 +0000 admin http://eclecticimagesblog.com/?p=6861 Zoey is 10 months old! She is better than I could ever have imagined and I love her so much it makes my heart hurt. She is the most easy going, happy, pleasant baby to be around. And I realize I am completely biased, but other people tell me the same thing :) She is my little mini best friend and I can’t wait to see her grow up (but not too fast!)

This is what happens when you try to take photos on the one day that Zoey is teething :)

And this little collage is 5 minutes in the life of Zoey, she is so entertaining!

]]> http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2011/05/zoey-is-10-months-old/feed/ 1 Cary Banks, 1941-2011 http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2011/05/cary-banks-1941-2011/ http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2011/05/cary-banks-1941-2011/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 20:53:08 +0000 admin http://eclecticimagesblog.com/?p=6852 On May 16th 2011 Zoey’s grandfather (papa) Cary Banks passed away. Looking through photos that I have taken of Zoey with her papa over the past 10 months of her life, I am so glad that I captured some sweet moments that she will have to look back on always. Especially since she is too young to really remember him, her memories will be formed by the photos we have and by the stories we tell her about her papa. And it’s times like these that make me proud to be a photographer, especially when I can capture moments that will live on forever. It sounds cheesy when I write it, but it is heartfelt and the photos and memories are all we have. Cary Banks was a strong and honest man who was fiercely dedicated to and who loved his family, his work, and sports (most importantly baseball). Here are a few photos that I will cherish.

p.s. If you are reading this and are lucky enough to still have your parents and/or grandparents around, tell them you love them and give them a big hug next time you see them. And, take some photos, you’ll be glad you did.

Cary Bank at his surprise 70th birthday party in March of this year.

]]> http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2011/05/cary-banks-1941-2011/feed/ 1 Zoey | 9 months old http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2011/04/zoey-9-months-old/ http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2011/04/zoey-9-months-old/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 03:06:11 +0000 admin http://eclecticimagesblog.com/?p=6556 It’s been the most amazing 9 months with our Zoey Margaret. She’s such a happy baby and she has such fun personality – I love her more each day. I wanted to share a few photos of her from Easter and recent days…

happy baby

chunky baby legs

zoey walking with daddy

baby feet and daddy feet :)

zoey’s first time swinging


]]> http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2011/04/zoey-9-months-old/feed/ 0 lots of cool stuff in the pipeline! http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2011/04/lots-of-cool-stuff-in-the-pipeline/ http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2011/04/lots-of-cool-stuff-in-the-pipeline/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:15:15 +0000 admin http://eclecticimagesblog.com/?p=6375 I’ve got lots and lots of fun shoots to post coming up – so stay tuned! In the meantime, here is my biggest, cutest distraction these days :)

zoey (8 months old)

(baby thighs and puppy legs)

bath time!

]]> http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2011/04/lots-of-cool-stuff-in-the-pipeline/feed/ 0 i think she’s been spending too much time with the pups http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2011/02/i-think-shes-been-spending-too-much-time-with-the-pups/ http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2011/02/i-think-shes-been-spending-too-much-time-with-the-pups/#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 14:34:32 +0000 admin http://eclecticimagesblog.com/?p=6097

]]> http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2011/02/i-think-shes-been-spending-too-much-time-with-the-pups/feed/ 0 Happy Holidays from the Banks Family! http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2010/12/happy-holidays-from-the-banks-family/ http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2010/12/happy-holidays-from-the-banks-family/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:30:49 +0000 admin http://eclecticimagesblog.com/?p=5936 Myself, Mike, Zoey, Linus and Moo want to wish you all a wonderful holiday and a Happy New Year!!

]]> http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2010/12/happy-holidays-from-the-banks-family/feed/ 3 coming soon… http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2010/09/coming-soon/ http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2010/09/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/2010/09/coming-soon/feed/ 1 Zoey Margaret Banks is here! http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2010/08/zoey-margaret-banks-is-here/ http://eclecticimagesblog.com/2010/08/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!

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