Whenever we are “home” in Houston (for the holidays or other events), my sister and I always do a photo shoot. Nothing crazy or stylized…we usually just head outside and let our surroundings dictate what we do. Though we lived close to one another in Austin for 2 1/2 years, I guess we just never had the time for these impromptu shoots. But naturally, while we were home for Christmas, we went outside for twenty minutes to shoot some photos. Since I’m in LA now, who knows how often we’ll get a chance to do this.

My sister is a great model (fun for me!), so I don’t have to do much to make her look great. The only editing I did on these photos was touch up a few blemishes and brighten the photo a bit if it needed it. I always strive to have the photo look great straight out of the camera, so I was happy that I didn’t have to spend a ton of time editing these. I also had fun playing with focus. Enjoy!

-wonderland sam