Welcome!

Hello & welcome to the new blog of Kerri Mathis Photography! I’m excited to finally have this new site up and running – it’s the “hub” of KMP! Come back and visit often to see sneak peeks of sessions, day to day life, and even some fun session contests thrown in to keep things fun!

A brief introduction to me and my life…you’ve probably already figured out my name is Kerri and this blog has something to do with photography! In addition to being a photographer – I'm a wife and a mom. My husband, Jim, and I have been married for 7 years and our son, Jack, is 3 years old. Jack being born deepened my interest in photography and I realized documenting his little life was much more than just taking pictures for me. I truly enjoyed capturing those fleeting moments as he grew. That led me from one point & shoot camera, to a more advanced point & shoot, to a DSLR, to another one, and then some lenses, and some more lenses…and well – you get the picture, so to speak!

I hope you enjoy your look around the blog - and please email me or leave a comment if you have questions on anything you see. To inquire about scheduling a session please click the Contact Link at the top of this page and you'll have an easy way to get in touch with me! I hope you'll bookmark the site and come back soon!!

My boys

Thick as thieves, joined at the hip - these are my boys.  Jack loves his Daddy with an intensity that can’t be matched - unless it’s the way that Daddy loves his Jack.  I love watching the way Jack follows his Daddy around everywhere.  I love that Jim takes Jack for a doughnut date every Sunday morning.  They go fishing together, play ball in the backyard, trains and trucks in the living room floor, and wrestling on the bed.  Daddy scares away all the monsters before bedtime and Jack gives him sweet kisses in return.  I love watching the relationship strengthen each and every day between these two.  They both have my heart and soul - forever.  

 

Viviana - Sneak Peek

Viviana & Bobby are expecting baby girl Evelyn in just a few weeks.  We met up last weekend to do some maternity shots!  I’m not exaggerating when I say that Vivana is absolutely gorgeous and glowing - and alot of fun to boot!  

Thanks to you two for letting me be part of capturing your pregnancy - I can’t wait to meet baby Evelyn!!

 

Sneak Peek - Allison

I had a wonderful time with Allison and her parents Sunday morning!  We met at my most favorite spot in Houston to do the session - a little park tucked away between two buildings that is very quiet and tranquil.  Allison livened things up a bit and I had alot of fun capturing her little two year old spirit.  We got Mom and Dad in the action as well - and some special pictures of Allison and her soon-to-be-born baby brother or sister! 

Be sure to look at the gorgeous peeps on this little girl!  I am in love with her eyes!!

 

Sneak Peek - Caleb & Lily

What a fun session we had Saturday morning!  We met at Caleb & Lily’s favorite playground and had a great time walking around looking at the garden that was planted and playing on the fun stuff they had!  Lily has just turned a year old and started walking recently and she joined in the fun!  I had a great time taking pictures of these two.  Caleb has curls any girl would love to have - and I have a feeling Lily will have some of those precious curls when her hair gets a bit longer!  

Thanks for playing with me on Saturday - and for being so good with all the humidity that made us all so hot and sweaty!  

Meet Caleb with his awesome curls - 

 

And sweet Lily - 

 

Makes you just want to reach out and snuggle them, doesn’t it?  

 

 

Summer days

What’s better on a hot summer day than a chocolate ice cream cone?  Jack loves his ice cream cones - although he doesn’t eat very much of it.  I think he likes the idea of an ice cream cone more than eating it! It made for some sweet pictures of my little one though!

I’m catching up on editing some of Jack’s latest pictures and had forgotten about these that we took on Father’s Day.  We were at Jason’s Deli when Jack got his after-lunch ice cream cone and I asked Jim to run to the car and grab my camera.  I don’t always lug that big thing around with me but we had visited the zoo earlier so I had it with me that day.  I loved capturing these.  Who knew Jason’s Deli had such great natural light coming in?  We might have to go back there!  

 

 

 

Not quite portraiture…

We’ve had a few animal friends at our house recently!  Last week we found a baby bird that had fallen out of it’s nest in the backyard and we tried everything we could to get Momma Bird to come take care of her baby.   She flew around several times but never stayed.  We tried feeding the baby bird but ultimately we weren’t able to do much for the poor thing.  Jack loved touching it and petting it though - he was so gentle with it!  

 

Next up was a “friend” Jim brought home from a fishing trip.  We’ve had our share of turtles and such that made the trip home from a lake nearby - but I think this was the first frog we’ve had.  And what a frog he was.  Jack and Jim named him Floppy and he spent a day and a night with us before I said he *had* to go!  He escaped out of his bucket (with a lid on it!) and we searched the garage pretty thoroughly before we found him.  That was the point at which I said he had to go!  

Introducing Floppy - 

 

Floppy was HUGE.  And the frog could get some air under him.  The following is a very blurry picture of what happened right after I snapped the picture above.  

 

You guessed it!  Floppy jumped on me!  I saw it coming, hence the blurry picture as I tried desperately to get out of the way.  After shouting some things that I’m not proud of out in the front yard - I demanded Floppy exit the premises immediately.  Jim took him to a bayou close by and found him a nice home.  We have a moratorium on bringing creatures home from fishing trips now.  :-)

Sneak Peek - Lauren & Liam

Meet our neighbors!  Lauren & Liam were in front of the camera this past weekend for some fun shots at a park near our home - complete with a huge dirt pile that both kids (and me too!) had a blast climbing up!  It was so hot and humid outside and they kids really did great given that we were all about to pass out from the heat and chugging water every time we paused for a break!  I loved taking pictures of these two - they gave me some fun shots that have made me laugh out loud when looking at them!  Without further adieu - here they are!

 

 

 

Come on down to the front yard soon guys - I want more pictures of you two!!

Sneak Peek - Kaelin & Logan

Meet our twin friends, Kaelin & Logan!  We’ve known them since they were born and have had the joy of watching them grow up.   We got to meet at the park while they were in town this past weekend and do a mini-session with the kids while getting in some great play time as well! 

Guys - come back and see us soon or get ready for us at your house.  Jack is missing you already and so are we!!

AJAXed with AWP