It is with a heavy heart that I write this post.

As of October 1, 2012, I am no longer working as a photographer.

I am still working hard for my previous clients to deliver them their photos and albums.

Thank you all for you patronage and support over the years. I’ve had the privilege of attending over 400 weddings, and participated in so many celebrations. I am grateful to all my clients over the years.

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Tomorrow is my first bridal session of the year.  Heck, It’s my first shoot of the year, too, and I can’t wait to work at the incredible Laguna Gloria again.  I’ve been shooting bridals for years, and know all the tricks to get you to relax in front of the camera.  I know hundreds of poses to find the most flattering angles for you.   I know all the best photo spots, too.

But this year I’m adding something special to my shoots.  That je ne sais quoi that takes the pictures to the next level.  Something that makes you look at an image and just know that it was taken by Eric.

All throughout last year I began to prepare for this year.  It started during the typical wedding slow time in the late winter, when read Outliers: The Story of Success.  I was so inspired and motivated I bought and read and the rest of Malcolm Gladwell’s books. Mastery he says comes after 10,000 hours of a task.

10,000 hours? Thats 5 years of 40 hours a week (or 1,250 8-hour weddings)

But I had an ace up my sleeve. I was going to shoot 150 different couples over the course of the year, and with each one I evaluated everything: what time of the year, and even the time of the day was the shoot? What was the location they choose to have as their backdrop, and where were the best photo locations within that location? What did they wear, and even how did their bodies move?

I began to tweak my style, ever so slightly, heading in a different direction than I had been shooting in the past.

Now, this year, I’m excited to share that with you, and the rest of the world. Stay tuned. I think you are going to LOVE it.

She knew exactly what she wanted.  We didn’t even really have an interview, really.  Well we sort of did.  I honestly think she was going to have a friend take photos for her.  You see, I had a booth at one of the Hummingbird House’s open house showcase.  And she came with her family to check out the place only a few weeks before the wedding to make some final arrangements.  I had my albums open on my table, and, well the rest is history.

All the decorations were done by her, and her friends – the succulent table flowers, the cute cards at the sign in table for guests to leave their wishes, and this uber cool yellow couch.  Every wedding should have a couch.

Plus, her wedding was at the beginning of October – the gardens were beautiful, and green, and since the Hummingbird house has a huge built-in tent nobody was worried about a rain plan – even though the skies were clear Texas blue.

So many great moments happened throughout the day – but the peak was during the ceremony, when the vows recited by the couple made everybody cry.

The first few days of 2012 have been a blur. For as long as I can remember this has been the case. We always seem to say that the holidays start earlier and earlier, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Chanukah, Christmas, Birthday, and New Years.

Did you see that progression, look carefully. If you are a Capricorn, you probably saw it right away. The birthday squeezed in between Christmas and New Years.

Even in this crazy busy time of yeaer, so many of you found a few extra minutes to think about me, and I’m so grateful. My mailbox was full of cards, I couldn’t answer the telephone fast enough, and so many of my Facebook friends sent me their best wishes.

It humbles me, because there’s no way I can repay each and every one of you in the same way.  Thank You.