Featured | The Knot Texas Fall/Winter 2018 Real Weddings

I am so excited and proud to have my photos of Cassidyy and Daniel's Amarillo wedding featured in the Real Weddings section of The Knot Texas's Fall/Winter 2018 issue! Last November, the magazine contacted me to tell me they would like to feature the wedding and naturally, I was ecstatic. I kept it a secret since then (that was hard!) but now that the issue has been published, I am shouting it from the rooftops. It's such an honor to be published in one of the most popular wedding magazines in the country.

The Mauldin's | Palo Duro Canyon Family Photos

The Mauldin's family photo session in Palo Duro Canyon was one of those sessions that I got too distracted talking to the family and getting to know them when I should have been taking their pictures! I'm sort of kidding but I really did love getting to know this wonderful couple and their energetic, spirited kids. I can tell that they have a ton of love for each other. When a little girl tells her mom several times in an hour in the most sincere voice, "I love you, Mom," you know they've got something special.

FamilyKayla SmithDecember 8, 2017palo duro canyon, fall, autumn, family, family photographer, family photos, mom, kidsComment

Rachel + Matt | Engagement Session at Texas Tech University

I first met Rachel a few months ago when she booked me for her upcoming wedding and the first time I met Matt was during their engagement session. When I saw them together I instantly knew that they fit perfectly together. I mean, just look at them! Matt is from all over the United States but he moved to Lubbock to accept a job at Texas Tech's library. He then met Rachel at church and they fell in love.

EngagementsKayla SmithNovember 6, 2017engagements, wedding, engagement photos, texas tech, texas, couple, love, autumn, fall, photographer, lubbockComment

Taryn + Joey | Downtown Amarillo Fall Engagement Session

I liked Taryn and Joey the instant I met them. They're one of those couples that make me sad that I only get to see them for their engagement photos and their wedding - which isn't until next June! Too long! (I mean seriously, can we hang out?)

EngagementsKayla SmithOctober 26, 2017amarillo, engagements, engaged, wedding ring, couple, love, downtown, wolflin, autumn, fallComment

Brenna + Landon | Autumn Santa Fe Wedding at The Club at Las Campanas

Brenna and Landon got married on the most perfect, not-a-cloud-in-the-sky, 65 degree day surrounded on all sides by New Mexican mountains. Brenna is from Tucson and Landon is from Texas so for them, Santa Fe was a place for them to meet in the middle. It was the place where they fell in love and the place where Landon would eventually propose to Brenna. About a year later, they became husband and wife in the one of the most beautiful places that I’ve seen.

WeddingsKayla SmithOctober 21, 2017Wedding, wedding dress, bride, weddings, groom, love, couple, married, bridal, santa fe, southwest, new mexico, autumnComment

Samantha + Shane | Autumn Anniversary Photo Session

This fall anniversary session makes me want to cuddle up with a good book and some hot tea. But seriously. Aren't these two the cutest? Samantha and Shane recently moved to Amarillo from New Hampshire, where Samantha is from and where they got married last fall. Before they moved here, she had a plan to take one photo from each season of the first year of their marriage. She found me through one of my past clients and I am so glad she chose me to take their fall photo because meeting them and taking their anniversary photos has turned out to be one of my favorite shoots of the year.

EngagementsKayla SmithOctober 20, 2016anniversary, couple, married, fall, autumn, love, canyon, texas, photographerComment