New Special {dallas baby photographer}

It's not a secret. I love shooting babies. I love them when they are happy & silly, when they drool & giggle and even when they cry. That's why I am offering baby sessions at a discounted rate this summer.

$50 will get you a one hour session at my studio with different backgrounds & props plus a online gallery with 20-25 edited pictures. This offer is for babies between 3 and 9 months old only. Offer ends August 15th. Cannot be combined with any other offers/specials.

email or call to make your appointment: maria@squaresvillestudios.com, 214-660-4341

Engagement: Reshawn & Rob {dallas wedding photographer}

I had an awesome e-session with these this wonderful couple last month. Not only are they sweet, good looking & very in love but they were also down for any of my ideas. It's hard to decide which pictures to blog because I have so many favorites...

Business: Custom packaging

I realize more and more how important marketing and branding is for my studio. More than ever I make sure that I incorporate the clean modern white Squaresville style with the orange logo in everything that leaves the studio. It just makes it that much more professional. One piece that was always missing were Squaresville stickers. My friend Andy from Radical Promotions printed me these below. I can use them as shipping and/or CD labels and they helped turning a simple cake bag into a customized Squaresville photo bag that I needed for pictures for a local dance studio.

Be sure to check out Andy's website. I absolutely adore his creativity & his business that he successfully put together at age 21!! He offers anything from business cards to T-Shirts, Stickers, Buttons... and he wraps cars as well!
Radical Promotions' website

Wedding: Mark & Wendy {destination wedding photographer}

I love me some destination weddings. This time I went to Sin City to shoot Wendy's & Mark's wedding at the Luxor Hotel. Besides having to get up at 4 am to go to the airport everything was perfect. I got to Vegas early on Friday and had enough time to get my equipment ready, scout out locations and rest for a little bit. That night I went out with the girls around town, celebrating Wendy's last night as a bachalorette. We ate at Diego's at the MGM and ever since I am hooked on fresh guacamole with lots of cilantro. At 4 pm on Saturday I met up with Wendy to take her getting ready pictures and all that good stuff before heading to the wedding chapel at 7 pm. It was a moving ceremony followed by an intimate dinner party at the Dollhouse. What a wonderful day!!

Sunday we shot my favorite session: The Day After/Trash The Dress Session. Whenever I shoot a destination wedding my clients recieve this session for free as a little bonus for flying me in. The coolest thing about these sessions is that I get to shoot some of the most awesome clients at some of the most incredible locations on the planet and all that absolutely stressfree. For Wendy's & Mark's Day After Session I suggested the "Neon Graveyard" in Las Vegas. This place is to cool for words. Special thanks to the enthusiasts that put so much love and effort into preserving these lovely relicts of Las Vegas history.

Well, right after shooting this amazing session I headed home, had some delicious asian food at Nandina's & slept till about 2 pm the next day :)

On to the pictures: I had a hard time picking my favorites so consider yourself warned about a blogpost-explosion...

The Day After Session

Classy! Mark, wanted me to point out that this was not his but my idea. Thanks guys for having such a great sense of humor!!

Business: New Brochures

I am so excited that my new brochures are finally here!!! They are 4x5.5 accordion cards with my own design printed at ProDPI on smooth matte paper. I LOVE THEM!!

This year I have been working my butt off to design & make new marketing pieces for my studio. Let me tell you, it's not that easy if you are trying to do everything yourself. But, my new brochures are done and I'm happy that I can scratch one more thing off my list.

New Business Cards CHECK

Custom Packaging CHECK

Huge Portrait Wall Gallery @ Studio CHECK

Monthly Picture Contest CHECK

Wall Display Inspire Guide CHECK

Joined Facebook CHECK

Studio Marketing Brochure CHECK

Shipping Labels & Studio Stickers CHECK

Still coming:

Canvas Prints for the studio, Display Wedding Albums for the studio, New Gift Certificates, Newsletter, New Blog Design

Brochure - Front

Brochure - Back

May I say thank you to all my wonderful clients for making such great models?!

Personal: My favorite Food EVER!!

Some of you may know but most of you probably don't: I have been a vegetarian for more than half my life (15 years) and eat vegan since 5 years now. I love animals and would never do them harm. Period. Because I love them, I don't eat them. Seems pretty logical & simple to me but for most people I am still some kind of freak. Oh well. Over the years I've gotten used to it :)

I know it's sometimes hard to find yummy vegan food out there so here's my suggestion:

SUMA VEGGIE CAFE

Every Monday night my husband, I and some of our friends go to Sumas. It's our favorite restaurant in Dallas. The food is delicious and inexpensive.

Here are some picture of some of the food we usually eat:

Spring Rolls

Hot & Sour Soup

Orange "Chicken"

Potato "Chicken"

Rice Noodles with "Beef"

Also try: Family Style Tofu, Beef & Cabbage, Dumplings, Triple Delight (vegan Fish) & Sesame Chicken.

Soups are $4-$5 (a small soup is enough for 3-4 people), Entrees are about $8. Lunch Buffet for $7 is Mondays-Fridays 12-2pm and all day Saturday. Every last Sunday of the month they offer a free buffet.

See more of my restaurant suggestions for vegetarians in the Metroplex on my yelp. Click here

Baby: Londyn {dallas baby photographer}

Still trying to catch up with all my sessions that I haven't blogged yet. This is Londyn. Isn't she the cutest little button? I love her smile in the first picture. Soooo adorable!!