» portraits http://www.joelgutowsky.com Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:22:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Graduating Friends! http://www.joelgutowsky.com/2011/06/graduating-friends/ http://www.joelgutowsky.com/2011/06/graduating-friends/#comments Sat, 04 Jun 2011 21:49:49 +0000 Joel Gutowsky http://www.joelgutowsky.com/?p=246 I had the awesome opportunity to capture some moments between these friends.  All 4 of these girls have been friends for quite some time, and all are graduating from grad school at the same time.  We took these pictures out at Hermann Park in Houston.

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]]> http://www.joelgutowsky.com/2011/06/graduating-friends/feed/ 0 andy http://www.joelgutowsky.com/2010/06/andy/ http://www.joelgutowsky.com/2010/06/andy/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:55:36 +0000 Joel Gutowsky http://www.joelgutowsky.com/?p=189 This is Andy.  Andy and I have been friends since kindergarten (appox. 1988).  He is in the process of getting ready to go back out on the mission field and asked me to take some “promo” shots for his website and promotional/informational material.  Here are a few of my favorite from the session.

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]]> http://www.joelgutowsky.com/2010/06/andy/feed/ 1 Seniors 2010 – Laura http://www.joelgutowsky.com/2010/05/seniors-2010-laura/ http://www.joelgutowsky.com/2010/05/seniors-2010-laura/#comments Sat, 29 May 2010 19:33:22 +0000 Joel Gutowsky http://www.joelgutowsky.com/?p=180 Meet Laura.  Laura just graduated from the University of Texas a few weeks ago.  Laura was a history major with a love for all things theatre.  I drove up to Austin for a few hours and she treated me to some wings at Pluckers, and then we proceeded to walk around the UT campus, in the heat, telling her story.  Here are a few of my favorite shots from the day.

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]]> http://www.joelgutowsky.com/2010/05/seniors-2010-laura/feed/ 1 Hayden – Class of 2010 http://www.joelgutowsky.com/2010/04/hayden-class-of-2010/ http://www.joelgutowsky.com/2010/04/hayden-class-of-2010/#comments Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:05:54 +0000 Joel Gutowsky http://www.joelgutowsky.com/?p=175 A few months ago I went and got my hair cut by my good friend Chelsea.  About this time I had been thinking about different ways to get my name out there in the photography world.  Chelsea does hair for proms, weddings, etc. so I thought I would take some of my business cards to give her to see if she could give them away to clients.  She was excited at the opportunity to promote me and took my cards.  Not 10 minutes after I left the salon, Hayden’s mom came in to get her hair cut and asked Chelsea if she happened to know any photographers.  Chelsea got a big smile on her face and then gave her my card.  I’m so grateful she did.

This is Hayden.  He is a drummer, just like me, so we had plenty to talk about while we did his senior session.  Here are a few of my favorites from the day.

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]]> http://www.joelgutowsky.com/2010/04/hayden-class-of-2010/feed/ 0 Sarah – Class of 2010. http://www.joelgutowsky.com/2010/04/sarah-class-of-2010/ http://www.joelgutowsky.com/2010/04/sarah-class-of-2010/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:43:26 +0000 Joel Gutowsky http://www.joelgutowsky.com/?p=173 Allow me to introduce you to Sarah.  Sarah is a friend of my cousin Stephanie (from the previous post).  Sarah and her family grew up camping at Brazos Bend State Park.  There was no other place she wanted to take her pictures.  So off to Brazos Bend we went.  Here are a few of my favorite from the day.

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]]> http://www.joelgutowsky.com/2010/04/stephanie-seniors-2010/feed/ 1 my bride. http://www.joelgutowsky.com/2010/02/my-bride/ http://www.joelgutowsky.com/2010/02/my-bride/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:57:44 +0000 Joel Gutowsky http://www.joelgutowsky.com/?p=167 Last weekend my wife planned a great getaway weekend for my birthday and our upcoming 2 year anniversary. Well, we didn’t really get away to far, but we did go hangout in downtown Houston for the entire weekend. We slept in each day, (which after working at Mugz every weekday morning I have come to really appreciate), we watched a few episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond, ate at some awesome restaurants, and most of all, we relaxed.

I would not miss this awesome opportunity to take some photos of the most beautiful woman in the world. We headed to Discovery Green for some photos and I also starting working/experimenting with the Nikon CLS system by taking some head-shots in our hotel room. Simply another reason why Nikon>Canon!

So without any more rambling on my part, here are a few pictures from the weekend.

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]]> http://www.joelgutowsky.com/2010/02/my-bride/feed/ 0 Stephanie, Seniors ’10 – Homecoming. http://www.joelgutowsky.com/2009/11/stephanie-seniors-10-homecoming/ http://www.joelgutowsky.com/2009/11/stephanie-seniors-10-homecoming/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:30:33 +0000 Joel Gutowsky http://www.joelgutowsky.com/?p=159 A few weeks ago my cousin wanted to stop by my house to see my wife and I before she left for her homecoming date and dance. So I grabbed my camera and got a few shots in my yard before she left. My cousin, her brother, passed away tragically on December 13th, 2007. He was just about a month younger than I am. Since that day I have tried with everything in me to be an amazing brother to her. To support her, to pray for her, and to protect her in any way possible.

So here are a few pictures of Stephanie, Class of 2010. I am also doing her senior portrait session soon so you will see more of Stephanie in the coming months.

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]]> http://www.joelgutowsky.com/2009/11/stephanie-seniors-10-homecoming/feed/ 1 kimberly. http://www.joelgutowsky.com/2009/09/kimberly/ http://www.joelgutowsky.com/2009/09/kimberly/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:23:39 +0000 Joel Gutowsky http://www.joelgutowsky.com/?p=148 here’s a couple pictures i took of my wife.  this is what beauty looks like folks.

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