Come see us at the Wedding Fair!

We'll be at the 2009 Wedding Fair tomorrow, January 11th, at the McAllen Convention Center from 12PM - 6PM. We invite everyone to stop by and check out some of our latest work and custom flush mount albums in person. We'd love to meet you!

All of our wedding packages include a personalized custom designed album. If you haven't seen one of these before, please stop by our booth tomorrow. Words aren't enough to describe the look and feel.

I wanted to share with you the spreads of a super cool 8x16 album that we are currently in the process of designing. I hope you like! Enjoy!





















-Lizbeth

Gorgeous Senior

I've been wanting to do a shoot like this for a while. This is where my passion and heart truly are. I love my studio and newborn work, but I must say that this edgy urban aspect of photography is what I really love. I hope to do more of it this upcoming year and incorporate some of our family shoots in such settings.

Lani is an upcoming senior at Memorial High School and is one of our senior reps for 2009. It was awesome working with her and I really have to thank her for being so open to trying whatever "interesting" place I saw as we drove around town.

Here are just a few of what is turning out to be one of our most vivid galleries yet..















this one is my FAVORITE...





Here's a little bit of detail into our senior rep project...We started this last year and it's so much fun for everyone. Senior reps get a complimentary shoot at the locations of my choice (smile) with unlimited clothing changes. Along with the session, senior reps get to choose two images from their galleries for their yearbook senior album pages. If you know of someone who is fun and edgy and would love images like these, contact us or let them know to send us a quick e-mail at info@signature-collections.com. We've got three more spots left for this year!

-Lizbeth

the B's

Sometime way before the holidays (yes, I'm so behind!) I went on a photo shoot with a family very dear to my heart, the B's. They wanted an outdoor shot for their Christmas card, so I took them to some very nice local spots and to a new one that they were so gracious to share with me! Thank you B's!

So, here they are! This is the one they chose!



Happy Holidays!

Lizbeth

the many faces of Amare

A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of shooting the cover for Rio Kids Magazine's December/January issue. Amare was the winner of the magazines's cover model contest and she was a doll to work with! She gave us awesome material for the cover, and I wanted to share some of the cutest expressions we caught during the shoot. Enjoy!



-Lizbeth

Twilight

I've been neglecting my blog a bit and not posting session images as often as I would like. The reason for this? Twilight. I saw a t-shirt online today that best describes my obsession. It read the following on the front..."Yes, I'm a mom, yes, I read Twilight and of course I love Edward (but don't tell my husband)". It's so hilarious, but I'm so captivated by the series. I'm currently on the fourth book and about to finish. I can't wait to start reading the manuscript for Midnight Sun.

So today I vowed to get a blog out and here it is...

A few weeks ago, we had an awesome session with such a fun bride. Here is a glimpse into her magical gallery! Her dress is amazing! It's gorgeous and so unique! Enjoy! Lots more to come soon...if I manage to put my book down!



-Lizbeth

thank you

During our trip to Dallas this past Thanksgiving, our friend and fellow photographer, Joshua Cobbs, took pictures of our family. I cannot thank him enough for taking the time to do this for us. I just love them!

Happy Holidays!





-the Guerra's

We are all booked for 2008!

We are officially booked through the end of this year and we are now booking sessions starting in late January 2009. We've had such an amazing year and met so many wonderful families. It's kind of crazy how fast this year has flown by. We've been so blessed and are so grateful at the direction our business has taken. We are hopeful at what 2009 has in store for us! I'm excited at the new direction our children's side of the business will be taking, so keep an eye out for changes to our website in the next couple of months.

For now, I want to share with you a super fun session that I had with little Diego. We laughed the entire time! He is just so cute...





-Lizbeth

Blog Anniversary!

This month, we celebrated the one year anniversary of our new blog site. I took a few minutes to look through our past postings and all of the wonderful memories created by our awesome clients. In the past year, we've been through a logo change, a new branding look and the addition of weddings to our list of services. It's been a very exciting and rewarding year for us. And we are truly blessed to be able to do this. We've had close to 20,000 visitors to our site this year, 19,813 to be exact! And we wanted to thank everyone who drops to visit. We love to hear from you and read your comments. It is all very humbling. Thank you.

So on to our blog preview! I first met Abby during her maternity session earlier this year. We met Penny at her newborn session and last week, we saw her again for her six month photo session. I must say she is quite the cutie with beautiful eyes and a full set of lashes. I had so much fun capturing her! We even brought in my yorkie into the studio to help out. Penny just loved her! So here she is -- what a doll!





We'll be enjoying Thanksgiving in Dallas, cheering on the Cowboys! We have lots of previews coming up when we return -- including a very edgy bridal shoot and more fun families! Happy Thanksgiving to all!

-Lizbeth

The "Exquisite" Wedding

Tonight, I return back into the blog world! And I'm so relieved! It's been an eventful two weeks for us. My eyes had been bothering me for some time and it got to a point that could no longer go unnoticed. A visit to the doctor's office let me know that I had a corneal infection in both of my eyes, inflaming my corneas and causing extreme sensitivity to light. So I went two weeks with no eye makeup, no contact lenses and very limited editing time in front of my screen. As of Monday, my left eye was clear, and I only had one lesion in my right eye left to heal. And tomorrow, I get to wear contacts again! Yay!

I've been really anxious to get to work on the blog set from our last wedding of 2008. Taryn and Jonathan were another great couple we had the privilege to work with and so very much in love with one another. We have the best clients ever! Their wedding took place at the lush Quinta Mazatlan and was an exquisite event on every level. Taryn and Jonathan, thank you for letting us document your day. Here are glimpses of your wedding day, through our eyes...



























-Lizbeth

Maternity Session

I had one of the sweetest maternity sessions last week with Imelda and Lucio. They are expecting their second little girl and were so excited to capture such a special time in their lives. They were referred to me by a high school friend's mom (thanks Leslie!), and it meant so much that they would trust me to capture this moment for them.

Imelda, here's your sneak peek...









-Lizbeth