Last week, JD and I really got into the Christmas spirit! We had a Christmas tree lighting, and a rare moment in Houston-a day of SNOW!
On Thursday, we went back to our old neighborhood of Sugar Land to photograph the Christmas tree lighting for the city.

The very next day, we had snow! I don’t think [...]

Tonight is a special evening for JD and I-we are celebrating the display of some of our work in a gallery show! The show is 600 sq mi: Hidden at the Xnihilo Gallery, and the opening reception is tonight! It’s a great collection of work from some very talented photographers in the Houston area, and [...]

Remember many many months ago when I showed you my photos from Hurricane Ike? Well, the Houston. It’s Worth It. campaign put out a request for photos and stories from Hurricane Ike that highlight just how awesome the city of Houston is, even when it gets rocked by a hurricane. I submitted my favorite photo, [...]

This is Wally. He needs to find a home! Here’s his story so far…
One night JD and I were in the car on the way home from wherever it is that we go, and an idea struck us-we’d like to play around with fog and lights on portrait sessions and during weddings. We were driving [...]

Back before all of the craziness of Ireland (I will have Ireland photos soon, too), closing, and moving, once upon a time JD and I had a little down time to enjoy ourselves, and I haven’t had a chance to update you on our activities until now!
In February, we took a quick little trip [...]

We have finally closed on our first house together, and are completely relocated to Katy. It’s was quite a traumatic move out of Sugar Land, but the torture is over! Now we are tasked with finishing all of our painting, flooring, and mountains of unpacking. Oh, and we have half a garage full of furniture [...]

I know, we’ve got crickets chirping on our blog-it’s been so long since we’ve updated, but we’ve got a few good reasons!
Things are crazy in the Merritt house these days, crazy good. In the past month, JD and I have celebrated our first anniversary, made a return trip to Dublin, Ireland, and we bought [...]

JD and I have two of the awesomest, most gosh darn sweet and cute nieces on the face of the Earth. It has come to my attention that even though we have a ton of photos of them, I’ve never shared them here! I think it’s about time we rectified that situation, isn’t it? Here’s [...]

As 2008 comes to a close, JD and I would like to reflect on a few of the things that made this year so outstanding for us.
First and foremost, we got married. After nearly 4 years of unwedded bliss, JD and I decided it was time to make things official. Almost nothing has changed, but [...]

Yeah, so we’re fish people now. How did this happen? Let me tell you about the ridiculous adventure that JD and I have been on.
Two months ago, we had no fish. Then, JD spotted some cute little puffers and we thought, hey, we can handle that. So we set up my old 10 gallon [...]