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Bar and bat mitzvahs are among my most favorite photography projects. These children are at an age when they are still so wonderfully sincere and innocent. How I love to catch them in those final moments of childhood, standing on the very threshold of adult life, and to capture those last and lasting impressions of their childhood joy.

Senator Ted Cruz of Texas was the featured guest at the “Day of Unity for Texas” event in Bellaire, and it was my honor to cover the event and to photograph him.

The honorable Mayor Sylvester Turner of Houston was also in attendance, gracing the Day of Unity convocation. Mayor Turner’s presence, of course,

Family is one of the greatest blessings that life can give. A wedding means more family immediately, and more around the corner, too. Just look at these wedding celebrants and see the joy that they are feeling as they contemplate all that.