Houston Senior Portraits – Elysia

May 20, 2011 Posted in Portraits,Senior Portraits

In my last post I mentioned that I would be getting around to blogging about a Class of 2011 Senior Portrait shoot I did in Galveston, TX. Well at long last, here it is.

Elysia wanted something different, and she loves hanging out at the beach. I love shooting at the beach. Put the two together and the following images is what you get. I had a ton of fun on this shoot, and although Galveston gets a bad rap for it’s muddy water and less than fresh air, it is a lot nicer than many make it out to be.

We shot these back in March, so the weather was still kind of cool out. With the increased wind on the coast, it was cool enough to need a jacket. But Elysia soldiered on despite the discomfort. After we started the shoot on the beach, we moved inland to get some shots around town.

It was kind of interesting, and coincidental that Mardi Gras happened to be going on this particular weekend. We actually rolled into town just as it was over. So by the time we started shooting, the streets were pretty clear. There was a handful of random drunk revelers straggling behind, but there was no crowd, and no traffic since the streets had been blocked off for the parade. Great timing.

On the fourth shot of this set, if you look in the background to the left, you can see a bicycle and a guy in a gray shirt. Moments after this shot was taken, that guy in the gray shirt rode his bicycle over and said with an alcohol-induced slurred accent “eeeyyyyy…yyyouuu wwwwanaa take uh pickshurrrr un mah bike?” After a little more photo-bombing on his part he quietly moved on and we wrapped up the shoot not long after that. I couldn’t help but chuckle, however he did make us miss a few great shots due to his intrusion.

Hope you like.


All in all, I had a blast doing this shoot. If you’re a High School Senior and have a favorite place to go, lets talk about it and we’ll make it happen.

Until next check in,

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First post in…Forever?

May 5, 2011 Posted in Portraits

Wow. I don’t know where to begin. I swear when I finished my last blog post of 2010 it was just last week. But alas, five whole months have passed since my last blog post! FIVE MONTHS! That’s more than half the gestation period of a human baby!

Well the good news is I’ve been crazy busy with weddings, senior portraits and more. So busy that I haven’t had time to sit down and make a blog post! But rest assured, the hiatus I was on left plenty of time to compile some great images that I can pour out in the coming weeks in blog posts. Most of my more recent stuff gets posted on Facebook, so I generally fail to blog about it since Facebook is THE social medium of choice these days.

Well I won’t bore you too much with such drivel, so I’ll post some pics here from a shoot I did for a friend of mine who owns a great Hair Salon in Midtown Houston. Michael Saldaña Salon. He’s got a fun group of people on the staff, and they needed to do some profile portraits for the new website and informational media.

We set up the mobile studio in the Salon and shot on White Seamless, with multiple lights, a few cocktails, some rockin’ music, and a lot of fun.

Here’s what we got:


I’m well pleased with the results (I knew they’d come out great though) and the salon crew really likes them. That’s the important part. Well hopefully I’ll squeeze some time in soon to post a blog about a senior I shot earlier this year in Galveston. It was a great shoot and I look forward to blogging about it.

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End of Another Year…

January 1, 2011 Posted in Baby Bump,Portraits,Senior Portraits,Wedding Photography

Well 2010 was quite a year. Like always, it flew by before I knew it. Here we are going in to 2011 as I type this, as mortar shells and bottle rockets pop and boom outside my window, it’s good to go back and review the year that went by so fast.

Here’s some of my favorites from this past year. There are many more I wanted to post, but cannot due to contractual restrictions 🙁

I could go on to write a paragraph for every photo, but I will refrain this time. Lets hope 2011 brings many more great images and memories. If you’re viewing this from Facebook, please visit the Blog to see the images in better resolution.

Enjoy, 2010.

 

See you next year!

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Another year of photos…Already » Houston Wedding and Portrait Photography – Samuel Seth Photos - January 1, 2012 - 8:38 PM

[…] I actually heard a ‘whoosh!’ as it flew by. It seems like just last month I was writing the last blog of the year for 2010. I was saying much of the same last time, about how fast a year goes by. And it seems each year […]

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Houston Family Photographer: Cutest Kid Contest – First Place Winner!

December 18, 2010 Posted in Portraits

In October, 2010, we ran a “Cutest Kid” contest here and got a great response from all of that.

A few weeks ago, I posted the results from the First Runner Up winner of the contest, the Herrera Family. About two weeks later, I shot the First Place winner, Baby Javi and his proud parents, Gaby and Julio.

We had such a great time on the shoot, and the weather was awesome. We beat a cold front by literally a couple of hours. Soon after they left the Studio, the temperature dropped with a quickness.

All in all, we got some great shots, but to be honest, it’s not difficult to get great looking shots of such a good looking family!
If you’re reading this on Facebook, please drop by the Blog and view the photos in higher resolution- they look much better on the Blog.
 I hope you enjoy the photos below:


Sometimes working with babies can be a challenge. They can be temperamental, cranky, and plain uncooperative. But not baby Javi. He was awesome to work with, had a great attitude didn’t cry once! (He almost cried once but that was because we woke him up from a nap. I do the same thing if you interrupt my nap!) But he did really well, especially for being only 4 months old!
Hopefully we’ll get to work together in the future as Javi gets older.

And to the Hernandez Family, Thanks for taking part in the contest guys, I hope you enjoy the photos for many, many more years.

Feel free to leave some Blog-Lovin’ comments below, it’s appreciated!

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Houston Family Portraits – Cutest Kid Contest 1st Runner Up!

December 2, 2010 Posted in Portraits

In the month of October, we ran a Contest here for a free portrait session. The first runner up got 1/2 off a standard session fee, as well as 1/2 off all prints. Not a bad deal at all. The way it went was: Each person would submit a photo of their child to our Facebook Fan Page, then people would “Like” the photo they thought should win the title of “Cutest Kid”.

Well the response we got was overwhelming, and it turned out to be quite a close race all the way down to the end. Everyone had a lot of fun, and I sure had a blast watching from the sidelines. I want to thank each and every one of you who competed and/or voted or participated in that contest. It went really well.

Now that you’re caught up, the following photos are some of my favorite picks from the photo session I did with the Herrera family, the First Runner Up in our Cutest Kid Contest. We did the photo shoot on Thanksgiving day, November 25. It was an unusually warm, humid day in Houston, and the forecast was rain, rain, rain. Well it didn’t rain (much) so we actually had a pretty good shoot. The sky was overcast (good) but we still got uncomfortably warm due to the humidity. It’s hard to believe that shortly after we finished, the temperature dropped by at least 30°F and the day ended with everyone reaching for their coats and umbrellas. As they say: “Only in Texas”. If you’re reading this from Facebook, please visit the Blog to see these photos as they were meant to be seen, much larger, and much better quality.

On with the photos!


Kids are only kids once, and when they grow up, we find ourselves wishing we would have taken more pictures of them when they were little. Cherish these moments you have with them while they’re little. They grow up a little more every day.

Thanks to everyone who participated in this contest, I hope you had as much fun as I did!
And to the Herrera Family, I hope you enjoy these photos for years to come.

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Gaby Hernandez - December 2, 2010 - 5:08 PM

Herrera Family-Ya'll all look great!!
Sam-Great Job as always :)Love what you said about kids are only kids once…They sure do grow so fast. I'm sure the Herrera family will definitely treasure these photos always 🙂

Houston Family Photographer: Cutest Kid Contest – First Place Winner! » Houston Wedding and Portrait Photography – Samuel Seth Photos - November 4, 2011 - 5:43 PM

[…] few weeks ago, I posted the results from the First Runner Up winner of the contest, the Herrera Family. About two weeks later, I shot the First Place winner, Baby Javi and his proud parents, Gaby and […]

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