Baby Ella's Firsts

Alright, I know its been more than a week or even a month but what can I say... We've got a new baby here at Pavel Studio's! Ella is really growing up fast. When she was first born I could hold all of her in the palm of my two hands, now she takes up all of the space I have in both my arms! But she is still just as beautiful as ever... If only I could invent a shrinking machine, then she could be my little baby forever.

But since I have been lacking on my blogging duties I thought to share a few images from the last month with you. Hope to hear from all of you soon.

Here Ella is sound asleep, the way she would stay for the first couple weeks... Wow, how things change abruptly!



This is our first four person family picnic. It was quite hot that day but enjoyable all the same.



Safe and sound in her carseat. We are very lucky that Ella seems to love traveling as much as we do. An eight hour car ride for her first vacation and not so much as a peep. Well... maybe only 45 minutes of peeping!



This was so cute that I just had to photograph it. After emptying the dryer I looked one last time and there it was, a tiny little sock barely large enough for my big toe still left in the back. What a great moment!



Ella's first portrait with all of her cousins and brother. What a great bunch of kids!



What do you think? Do we look alike? That is me on the left and Ella on the right.





Here is Grandpa holding the little princess! She already has the modeling poses down to a T!





"Sitting in the king coconut head chair, she reaches for her Coke... But wait, someone has drunken the last drop. Those darn rascally raccoons!"



"She is soo frustrated but too tired to deal with them now. Instead she falls back into her lapsidasical trance."







Read More......

Our Princess Has Arrived!!

Ella Grace Pavel

Born May 16th at 5:57pm

6lbs. 12 oz.

19 1/4 inches

Happy, Healthy, and Beautiful Read More......

A Full House!

Where to start... On Friday, Hope and I had a doctors appointment to have a 3D sonogram. Let me first say that the baby looks like me, Yea! It is amazing what technology can show us. The baby definately has my M-shaped lips along with the Pinocchio nose. The chubby cheeks however, are a mystery. We were able to get pictures and even video in 3D. We made sure to tell the nurse we didnt want to know the sex of the baby but Hope thinks she can tell just from the face... What do you think?









For a completely different yet similar subject, On Friday we also rescued a puppy from the pound. Austin's 7th birthday is just around the corner and Hope and I figured now would be a great time for him to have a (canine) friend. Jack is a Austrailian Sheperd Mix and he is the sweetest and most adorable dog I have ever known. He is still a little camera shy but is very smart and already has a few tricks under his collar!










Thanks for reading my blog and I hope to see you soon,

Matt Read More......

A boys spring break!

What a great spring break, I think the pictures can speak for themselves. I hope all of you are doing well!














Read More......

An Exciting Email:

Well yesterday when I checked my email this jumped out at me:

"On behalf of the staff of The Center for Fine Art Photography, we want to congratulate you on the selection of one of your images for The Art of Digital Imagery Exhibition. Hopefully, you had a chance to see the announcement on the Center's website either last night or earlier today, but if not, let us be the first to congratulate you. We are definitely excited about the variety and quality of the work that has been selected for this show. For your information, over 300 photographers submitted around 1300 images for this unique exhibit. Congratulations on being one of the 50 photographers chosen to participate. If you haven't visited the website, the selections are posted along with the title and a thumbnail of the selected image. See "The Art of Digital Imagery, Exhibitor's Announcement" on the left side of the home page at www.c4fap.org."

The exhibition will be on display at The Center for Fine Art Photography
from June 15th - July 14th, 2007.

Well that just made my day and I though I would share it.

Here is the link if you'd like to check it out: http://www.c4fap.org/

Ohh ya, and (Thanks Kenda for alerting me to this exhibition)

Hope to hear from all of you soon,

Matt



Read More......

A New Year Brings New Change!

Well another new year has begun and although it seems like it just started, the month is almost over!

The new year kicked off for me with a trip to San Antonio for the Annual PPA (Professional Photographers of America) convention. I learned a ton this year and it will all be put to good use as the convention inspired me more than ever to work hard to turn Pavel Studio's into a great success.




Although the weather wasn't so cooperative on the return home, I made it back just in time to see the most beautiful snow yet in the state of Texas. It was so great that we woke up bright and early to have a snowball fight and build a snowman.




The next day a tooth was trying to wiggle free from the mouth of a six year old. Austin was so excited he asked if we could have a party when it finally came out. With the help of a string it finally managed to come loose the next day. This was only after many failed attempts from me to aid in assistance with the handy old pliers!





So the year is off to a great start for us... I hope all is going well for you too, Happy New Year! Read More......

Senior Exhibition

Well, Its that time and I am finally graduating after what seems like a thousand years. This Friday December 8th at 5pm will be the Senior Exhibition for all Bachelor of Fine Art majors. I've worked hard these past few months to come up with a piece I hope you will all enjoy. Yes, I am a photography major but I decided to do something a little different from the ordinary! So far the responses have been great. I hope you can stop by Friday night and check out all the fantastic artwork on display. The show will run until December 16th.


Read More......