This session was amazing! Leslie is one gorgeous pregnant lady and her hubby LeVar is pretty awesome as well!

Leslie & LeVar, You guys were so great to work with! I can't wait to meet baby Williams! Much love Layla xo

This beautiful lady & her two sweet girls were so much fun to work with! They wanted something a little different for their session. Lacey wanted to do a nautical styled session and I was super excited! We decided to venture over to my family's boat and hang out for a little bit and take some photos. I must say, I do love how their session turned out!

Lacey,

I had such a wonderful time shooting you & your girls! Hope to do it again soon!

xo Layla :)

Enjoy!

This sweet, sweet family was so amazing to work with! I enjoyed every minute of their session!

Marcus & Andrea, thank you so much for choosing me to photograph your beautiful family! xo Layla :)

Something you may not know about me is that I am a HUGE dance fan! I am addicted to the show So You Think You Can Dance and I wish I had continued dance when I was younger so I could have a skill such a dance. When Kirby & Kara's mom contacted me about wanting to get some portraits done for her girls and told me they were dancers, I immediately jumped for joy and was super excited! I had been wanting to find some dancers to photograph and do a couple of styled shoots with so I think it's pretty safe to safe that when my summer projects roll around, I will be giving these two darlings a call. They were so amazing and are extremely talented! I couldn't be more happy that not only did we all immediately click but also that my camera couldn't tear itself away from their gorgeous faces! I cannot wait to see them perform in their recital in a couple of weeks, I know they're going to do amazing! 

Kirby & Kara,

I had such a wonderful time photographing you guys! I can't wait to see where your dance career takes you guys! I hope to see you guys on our favorite dance show in a couple of years!! I also want to give a BIG shout-out to their wonderful mama Michelle for choosing me to photograph her beautiful girls! 

Much love!

xo Layla 

I ADORE THESE TWO!!!

Ms. Taylor you are one sweet, sweet girl!! I had such a wonderful time working with you! xo, Layla :)

This beauty is graduating very soon and I couldn't be more excited that I got to take her senior photos! We had such a fabulous time together, I have to thank her amazing sister for sending her my way! :)

Dania~

I wish you all the best of luck in College! I know you're going to do amazing things! I hope to see you as a famous journalist one day!!

Much love darling!! xo Layla

A stunning girl, a violin, a mask & a beautiful day. 

A few film images...

For quite some time now all I've been wanting to do is open a studio; a place where I can meet clients, a place to for me to be able to do certain type of shoots and a place to call my own. Reality finally set in a couple of months ago when I found the perfect little spot. You may or may not know, I grew up in the Martial Arts industry and until I started doing photography that was all I knew. My parents opened up their first Martial Arts facility in the Clear Lake area 19 years ago this June and it was mine & my brother's home away from home. As the years went on we opened up two more facilities and our main location in Clear Lake grew, we added more buildings and are still expanding. With our expansion, a few years ago, my parents built a nice size office in the back of our main facility and it wasn't really used much. I finally got the courage to ask if I could move in and without hesitation they both said yes. It was definitely something that I had been waiting a long time to do so I was beyond excited that my dream was actually coming true. I started planning it out in my head back in December and all I had to do was wait for the current tenant to move out completely and I could move in. Once April hit I was ready. I moved in and it became my new home away from home. The best part about it is that I grew up on the grounds where my studio is located so I couldn't be happier about my location. Its definitely my little slice of heaven.

I am beyond blessed that I was able to open up my studio and now have a place to do the things I have envisioned for this next step for my company. I hope you enjoy the tour, in photos, of my studio. You'll definitely need to come visit in person though!

Enjoy!!

Studio hours are by appointment only, if you'd like to come have a private tour don't hesitate to ask! :)

Meet the lovely Miss Addison!! Graduating from Bellaire High School!!

I wish you the best of luck Miss Addison at Ole' Miss!! I know you'll do great!!

BIG x's & o's layla

So I guess since we had my nieces 1st birthday party, she's officially a year old. Time goes by way to fast!!!

Happy birthday Dandooni!! xo auntie layla

Macarons: Macaron's by Patisse Cake: Jenny's Bakery

I learned something really unique about the Chinese culture which shooting this next session. Chinese people have a big celebration when their babies turn 100 days old! How cool is that??! I want a 100 day old celebration!!

Meet the sweet Chang family!

Its so rewarding, as a photographer, to meet so many people and capture their story. That was no exception with this next family. They were a true joy to work with and their sweet baby, Miss Aria was so perfect to work with! We've already set up her 1st year birthday pictures and I know it'll be here before we know it!

Colette & Jon,

I had such a great time photographing your sweet family! Can't wait to do it again!

xo layla

I got a not so common request for this next client, she wanted to take pictures mainly of her puppies! I have to say it was pretty exciting photographing puppies, definitely something different! At first, her pups weren't very welcoming and they would only allow profile shots. Every time I pointed my camera in their direction, their head turned and gave me the side of their face. Ryn & I definitely had a good laugh about it! Once we got the puppies warmed up and comfortable it was easy-breezy from there.

Ryn! Thank you so much for choosing me to photograph your pups! I had such a wonderful time meeting & working with you! You're such a sweetheart! xo!

THESE TWO ARE SOOOOOOOOO CUTE!!!

 ^PURE EXCITEMENT!! ^

YES, WE LIKE KELVIN'S SOCKS!

So I have to tell you all, after you've looked at their gorgeous photos, how Mr. Kelvin proposed. It wasn't your typical proposal. Kelvin decided that instead of asking Porsche first, he needed to get the permission from her family. So Kelvin, hoped in the car with his soon to be mother-in-law and drove around Texas talking to Porsche's family and asking for their permission to marry her. I have to say, Porsche is one lucky girl! I would feel so honored if my future husband traveled every where I had family to ask to marry me. Once Kelvin got everyone's blessing he then proposed to Porsche, she was of course eating a bowl of cereal in the process and he surprised her like no other. They are beyond cute together and I know they are going to have many blessed years together!

Porsche & Kelvin,

I wish you two all of the happiness in the world!! I know you guys are going to have many wonderful years to come!!

xo! layla

This is the sweet, sweet Carr family!

I had such an amazing time working with you guys!! Thank you for choosing me to capture your beautiful family!!! xo

What can I say, this is one GORGEOUS pregnant lady!!! Her & her family were so amazing to work with!Congratulations on your bun in the oven Ngoc! I can't wait to meet your baby girl!! xo

This sweet, sweet family was so much fun to work with! They seriously made me fall in love with my job even more!

Even though their a "divided" house (UH/UT), their kiddos still know how to represent BOTH schools! Go Coogs & Hook 'em!!!

Miss mysterious. Coming to the blog soon!

This kid seriously made my day! He was so full of life that it made working with him so much fun!!!

Tanner, stay sweet my darling!

Dance party!!!