Marissa + Greg Hilltop Gardens Engagement | Lyford, Texas

Marisol Roten December 2, 2013

A few weekends ago I had the pleasure of visiting a hidden gem in the Rio Grande Valley. The Hilltop Gardens is located in Lyford, Texas and served as a perfect backdrop for Marissa and Greg's engagement session.

Marissa discovered the gardens a few weeks beforehand and after visiting the place herself, she was ecstatic about having her engagement portraits done there. I think she chose an absolutely beautiful place. Our morning session was quite and fresh as we perused the gardens.

Marissa and Greg were so effortlessly easy to photograph. This was the first time I had met Greg, but I felt like I already knew him. Over the past few months, Marissa and I have had a few conversations and I learned not only about the details of their upcoming wedding, but about her beloved fiancé.

The two of them have been dating for a while now and are planning a beautiful island wedding in the upcoming Spring. Marissa is energetic, intelligent, and has a beautiful attitude. Her smile is vivacious and full of life. I am most certainly it is one of the attributes Greg, her soon to be groom, loves. Greg is smart, hard working, and has a great sense of humor. I think the two of them make a lovely and great couple. Photographing them was so easy and we had some great laughs throughout the course of the morning.

Marissa, thank you for selecting such a beautiful place for me to visit. Most importantly and humbly, thank you for selecting me as your wedding photographer. I am looking forward to a great wedding!

Happy December friends!

Kayla Bill Schupp Park Portraits | McAllen, Texas

Marisol Roten November 21, 2013

"Little girls with dreams become women with visions."

-Unknown (quote found on Pinterest here: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/175218241726275433/)

You are beautiful Kayla!

Thank you to Joanna for letting me photograph your beautiful daughter.

Sophia + Rolando Quinta Las Palmas Wedding | Alamo, Texas

Marisol Roten November 19, 2013

I've been wanting to share this wedding for the past few weeks but I had been having trouble opening large files in my computer recently. Every time I tried to begin working on this blog post, my computer did not feel like working. Sigh, I suppose it just needed some rest...

I met Sophia and Rolando a few months ago and when I photographed them during their engagement session I learned a few tidbits about their relationship. They are romantically in love and have enjoyed dating for the past few years. Rolando proposed to Sophia late last year and over the past few months Sophia has spent planning her fairytale wedding.

Their wedding was held at a quaint reception place that I had never been to before. While hidden to the naked eye, it was a nice surprise to find in the little town of Alamo. Quinta Las Palmas served as the perfect backdrop for this late October wedding and I am delighted to have been a part of it.

If you are a Rio Grande Valley local, you can find Quinta Las Palmas on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/quinta.laspalmas.5?fref=ts).