The saddest part of my job as a photographer is when a client only orders a few small format prints from their session. In my head I hear the wha-wha sound. I feel like a failure as a photographer. Images are meant to be shared, large, or in a book or someway other than a…

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Maternity sessions are quickly becoming one of my favorite sessions to shoot. I didn’t really appreciate them as much until I was pregnant. I know the emotion and the excitement and the fear first hand and it makes each maternity session all the more exciting. It truly is a celebration of the couple, and their…

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I come from a very talented and creative family. They never cease to impress and amaze me with their individual skills and ability to create. My dad is a wiz with cars and does body work plus he can pretty much build or fix anything. My step dad is a medical illustrator. My brother is…

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Working in the photography industry over the years has produced many friends in the industry. These are friends I hold very dear to my heart. We build each other up, bounce business ideas off each other, strengthen each other and photograph each others’ families. We share an art form and I think in some ways…

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Sometimes I’m asked to photograph really weird things. And while my first love is custom portrait photography, I do love a photographic challenge and a change of subject matter always tends to inspire me in some way. So a few weeks ago I got a text message from Mike de la Flor of MD Communications…

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…sung to the tune of Where Have All the Cowboys Gone, by Paula Cole…”where is my John Wayne, where is my prairie song, where is my happy ending, where have all the cowboys gone”. I digress. Oddly enough there is a line in that song, “I will raise the children if you pay all the…

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Adjusting to life as a mother of a newborn has been anything but easy. Yet another one of those surprises no one really prepares you for, or maybe they just can’t. People tell you, “Oh your life is going to change”, “Things will never be the same”, etc. but they almost seem to say it…

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It’s the first day of February which means Spring is RIGHT around the corner, and if you live here in Houston it feels a lot like it’s already here. For us here at Diliberto Photo & Design it means tons of senior sessions, spring family sessions and maternity sessions. And of course everyone is asking“What…

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Holly is one of those senior photography clients I have the grand opportunity of knowing pretty well before our photo session. Her mom is the amazing cake maker from Stacy’s For the Love of Cake, while you may have never tasted her cake (and trust me you’re certainly missing out), you’ve seen her work in…

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It’s rare that I am in front of a camera. At family events, through daily life and on instagram I am the one behind the camera, it’s rare that you’ll see a picture of me. The last professional photos we had of us together (other than the mini photos we took to do the pregnancy reveal)…

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