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  • Hi! My name is Darien McGuire and I'm a photographer specializing in Senior photography in Rockwall, Heath, Royse City, TX and surrounding areas. I have designed my senior photo sessions to be a true experience for my Seniors, something that they will always remember from their senior year. If you want to know more about my unique photo sessions and my modern portrait style, give me a shout using the "Contact" link above.

    While you're here, feel free to explore my little piece of the internet. I'll use this blog to post photos of gorgeous seniors, but also to document my personal life. Hopefully a little peak into my personal life will help you get to know me better before you book a session! You'll probably learn that I have a serious diet soda and Starbucks addiction, I'm a bit of a reality TV show junkie and absolutely love to travel. My husband and I are parents to a little dude that will make lots of appearances on here. Oh, and I have an uncanny ability to set any car's dashboard clock on the first try. Impressive, I know.

Project 52 | Week 2 {Sparkle}

In addition to my Project 10 on 10 (see post below), I’m also participating in a Project 52.  Well, I’m at least sort of participating in the project 52,  I managed to miss week 1 so I’d say my participation is pretty pitiful so far!

This week’s theme is Sparkle so I thought it would be a perfect time to get out those left over sparklers from our wedding almost two years ago.   Hmmm…it seemed like a good idea at the time until the majority of the sparklers just caught fire.  Yeah, that was interesting.  They were like mini-Roman Candle flaming sparklers.

I think I will title this picture “The Little Sparkler that Didn’t”

 

Now you have to check out everyone else’s take on the Sparkle theme.  Next up is Cris at CrisStephensPhotography.com.

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JodieJanuary 13, 2012 - 9:14 am

I really love it! I may even prefer that it caught on fire! :) I LOVE the little smoke and light trails!

Tracy H.January 13, 2012 - 9:47 am

I too think the fire adds to the photo. Love the little swirly smoke trails. Great to have you with us this week!!

TifaniJanuary 13, 2012 - 9:50 am

I’m just thinking that you and your husband stole all the spark from those sparklers and kept it for yourselves!

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Sarah JoJanuary 13, 2012 - 8:56 pm

I love the colors here, very nice shot!

Jackie PJanuary 13, 2012 - 9:06 pm

loved the title :) It did have just enough spark for cool photo!

BriannaJanuary 13, 2012 - 9:19 pm

This picture is so awesome!!! The fire even gave it extra *umph*! Glad you could join us this week ;) I basically missed it haha

LeslieJanuary 13, 2012 - 10:24 pm

Great photo. It is so unique. I’m not even sure I’d know it was a sparkler but I really like the “mood”.

ReneeJanuary 13, 2012 - 10:27 pm

Lol. Love it! Awesome smoke trails.

KathyJanuary 13, 2012 - 11:26 pm

Awesome sparkle!

CrisStephensJanuary 13, 2012 - 11:33 pm

What a BEAUTIFUL shot Darien!!!! I absolutely love it!!!!

Melissa N.January 14, 2012 - 12:20 am

I think it’s a great sparkler shot and I laughed at the little sparkler that could. Did you use these on your send off for your wedding? Do you have the photo some where. I’d love to see it. I think that’s such a neat idea. :)

LisaelleJanuary 14, 2012 - 9:19 am

It’s a great shot! I love sparklers!

Chay HastingsJanuary 15, 2012 - 5:33 pm

“The little sparkler that didn’t” LMBO! This is seriously an awesome post. I love this. Great shot too. Especially love the trails.

LizJanuary 20, 2012 - 12:38 am

I love this sparkler picture – even for being the little sparkler that didn’t, the picture turned out awesome!!! And I love the smoke coming off of it – so pretty! You did such a great job Darien.

Project 10 on 10 – Christmas Edition

For this month’s Project 10 on 10, I decided to complete my project on Christmas Day.  I couldn’t think of a better day to capture than my little guy’s first Christmas!  Oh and I cheated a little and had my hubby grab a couple of snapshots of Hudson and me as well.  Get ready for cuteness overload!!

Hudson getting ready for his first ever Christmas morning festivities.

He didn’t understand the concept of unwrapping presents…

But he LOVED the paper!  Rawr!!!

And the bows were also a big hit.

Finally took his first picture in front of a tree.  Thankfully, the Grandparents put up a lovely tree since I was super lazy (I blame the vampire baby) and didn’t put up ANY decorations this year.  Unless you count all of the fun Christmas cards we received.  I’m counting them.  He’s doing his “happy baby arms”.

Yay for new cousins!

And unwrapping presents with help from Dad!

Mom’s little reindeer

Again, he just loved that paper!


Now make sure you check out the other nine photographers participating in the 10 on 10 project starting with Janelle and her beautiful family at Tatyanna’s Hope!

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ReneeJanuary 10, 2012 - 8:44 am

Cuteness overload!! I love his RAWR face! lol. classic!. The last picture of the two of you is wonderful – a first Christmas treasure.

lisaelleJanuary 10, 2012 - 9:04 am

Just gorgeous! Love the Christmas tree shots Hudson is a cutie.

JeremyJanuary 10, 2012 - 12:55 pm

The “Rawr” pic is beyond cute on so many levels!

CrisStephensJanuary 10, 2012 - 4:14 pm

I absolutely fell i love with the sharpness of your pictures. I wish I knew how to work on my lenses and achieve this. It is so beautiful!!!! I agree with the ladies, that rawr face can’t be more delicious!!! ;-) Beautiful tens!!! ;-)

LizJanuary 10, 2012 - 9:06 pm

Darien – your little helper is so cute!!! Love his Rawr face – haha! And that tree bokeh is so pretty. Also love that you got some pics with your sweet boy. It looks like it was a successful Christmas!

JulieJanuary 11, 2012 - 1:53 pm

LOL, I missed the “cousin” part on the one picture…I was trying figure out how on earth you had two babies so close together! You will always cherish these Christmas photos!!! I love that you are in a couple of them also!!

JenniferJanuary 12, 2012 - 10:02 am

Okay… can we just talk about the outfit for a second??? Could Santa’s Little Helper BE ANY CUTER??? No. The answer is no. And I have to do it too…. RAWR! I simply could not love the shot more! These are all so touching, and beautiful!

gingerJanuary 14, 2012 - 9:15 pm

oh, how sweet!! Can i say what adorable hair and eyes he has!!! these were so special!!!

JanelleJanuary 16, 2012 - 8:46 am

There’s something even more magical about Christmas with little ones in the house and you definitely captured it! Loved the peek into your special day. :)

Amanda FechtnerJanuary 21, 2012 - 6:09 pm

It looks like you had such a wonderful christmas!! You captured your son’s first christmas perfectly!!

Project 10 on 10 – December 2011

As I get busy shooting clients, I want to make sure that I still take the time to take pictures for myself.  I also want to make sure that I don’t forget to capture the everyday little things that I love.  As a way to keep myself motivated and accountable, I am taking part in a photo project called Project 10 on 10.  For the project, I am taking 10 photos in 10 hours each month and I am then posting the photos on my blog on the 10th.  Can you guess how many photographers are taking part in this project with me? Yep, 10.

Well, this month I accidentally waited until the last minute to do my project since I apparently don’t know what day it is anymore.  I realized that it was the 9th at about 2:00 today and hadn’t even started taking my hourly pics that are due tomorrow morning!  So, we are going to pretend that all of these pics are actually an hour apart, even though that would mean we had the little guy in the tub for an hour.  Hmmm….

The little guy has become quite proficient at getting up on his hands & knees and….not going anywhere.

Oh how he wishes he could crawl!

LOVES his doggies.  Window nose smears and all.

Diaper Laundry Time!  Love our cloth diapers.

Getting ready to go for a walk.  It’s a bit chilly for us Texas kids.

Hug from Daddy!

Dinner time.  Sweet Potatoes and Apples, doesn’t that sound lovely.

Bath time in the big boy bath.

Mom’s favorite part of the day:) The only light for this picture was the light from my iPad.  No way am I waking him up by turning on lights!

Thanks for looking! Now go check out my fellow photog Amanda’s Project 10 on 10 for December on her super cute blog hotcocoaphoto.blogspot.com !

Love,
Darien

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Katrinia McGuireDecember 10, 2011 - 10:05 am

I love these photos Darien! You are so very talented and we are blessed to have you in our family – for many, many reasons! Love you!

LizDecember 10, 2011 - 10:25 am

Great pictures Darien! The diapers on the clothes line crack me up, & I love the pic of your little guy looking out at the dogs. So cute!

GingerDecember 10, 2011 - 11:12 am

Such great processing!! Love the hanging diaper images!!

JulieDecember 10, 2011 - 12:44 pm

Darien these are lovely! I LOVE your baby’s red hair!!! My little red-headed nephew just left my house shortly, so I’m partial to red-heads :) Love, love the picture of the baby looking out and the dogs looking in!! I know all about “nose smears” :)

LisaelleDecember 10, 2011 - 6:15 pm

So wonderful Darien…I love the last one by the light of your ipad. It’s so perfect and sweet.

ReneeDecember 10, 2011 - 10:28 pm

What a wonderful capture of your day! The almost crawling pics are classic! They made me giggle:-). And I’m thrilled to have another cloth diapering and baby wearing mom in the group!

CrisDecember 11, 2011 - 9:59 am

Oh my… the sharpness and colors on that first shot!!! the diapers… the self portrait… The picture with the dogs!!! love love love love!!!! girl!!! way to do it! =) I am in love with the editing of that last shot. Love how you play that day. The story that you are telling. This is beautiful. Fantastic job girl! =)

JenniferDecember 11, 2011 - 2:16 pm

Oh. My. Goodness. Your little red haired blue eyed baby just makes my heart swoon! Gorgeous images! And the silhouette of your son with the dogs at the window looks like a heart-warming holiday advertisement!

janelleDecember 19, 2011 - 1:36 pm

Your little guy is just too cute for words!
I love the lighting in that first one.

I Heart Faces Challenge – Friendship

This week’s photo challenge theme at I Heart Faces is “Friendship”.  I know those of you on Facebook have already seen this photo but I thought it was a perfect display of Friendship.  This is my little guy with his best buddy Maxwell.  Max LOVES his baby!

Check out I Heart Faces for all of the other great pictures of Friendship!

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Bunting PhotographyAugust 8, 2011 - 10:25 am

So sweet!!!

AprilAugust 8, 2011 - 11:56 am

Precious.

sarah c.August 8, 2011 - 12:47 pm

So sweet. Goldens are the best!

SarahAugust 8, 2011 - 9:17 pm

Love the expression on the baby’s face!!! :D This is adorable!

TaraAugust 10, 2011 - 5:18 pm

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this!

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