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Jake Holt Photography – Austin, Texas Photographer bio picture

This is a blog.

Below you will see various collections of images, please feel free to look at them more than once, they will not wear out after heavy usage as will a traditional photographic print. These images are all stored somewhere on the internet on a mysterious thing called a "server," which is French for "made of magic."

Most of these collections are accompanied by various words and punctuation marks that I have included for one of two reasons: 1) to give a few details about the event and the photos themselves or 2) to make Google like my blog more. Here's an example of reason 2: "Jake Holt is an Austin, Texas based wedding photographer who spends most of his time in Austin, Texas photographing Austin, Texas weddings. If you are looking for the best wedding photography in Austin, Texas then you have come to the right Austin, Texas wedding photography blog." Google's magic algorithm loves this kind of stuff that reads, to a real human being, like a madman's insane ranting. Lucky for you, that's probably the only example of reason 2 that you'll see during your visit. 

Beth & Joey | Destin, Florida | June 11th, 2010

Talk about perfect timing – a random airshow flyby during your wedding ceremony MUST be a good omen, right? Regardless, it was just the icing on the beautiful blue skies and crystal clear water cake. Fact: when I get to take a water taxi out to do portraits, it’s going to be a good day…

the wedding of Beth and Joey in Destin, Florida, photographed by Jake Holt Photography

the Destin, Florida wedding of Beth and Joey, photographed by Jake Holt, Austin Texas wedding photographer

July 15, 2010 - 1:32 pm Dave McLaughln - Heck ya! Destination wedding are awesome and this one is especially awesome. Cool stuff my man!

Jennifer & Aaron | Austin, Texas | June 6th, 2010

It was a beautiful early-June evening at Barr Mansion, and Aaron made his poor groomsmen wear sweaters. SWEATERS! In Texas. In June. That’s a true test of friendship, and why he also totally deserved having to down that entire Smirnoff Ice. Revenge is best served cold…and disgustingly sweet? Oh well, at least they got to wear Vans…

June 25, 2010 - 3:38 pm Suzanne - Such beautiful pictures of a lovely wedding! I feel as if I was there too!

Julie & David | Austin, Texas | June 5th, 2010

Hand-filled vials of honey = pretty much the coolest favors I’ve seen yet. Speaking of other “pretty much the best (fill in the blank) I’ve seen,” these two cake-cutting shots will immediately be inducted into my personal hall of fame. The second of the two is PERFECT material for comic book style thought bubbles, so feel free to post your suggestions.

the wedding of Julie and David at Mercury Hall in Austin, Texas, photographed by Jake Holt Photography

the wedding of Julie and David at Mercury Hall, photographed by Jake Holt Photography of Austin, Texas

June 29, 2010 - 10:43 pm Jake - Thanks ladies! TOTALLY looking forward to Key West as well!

June 29, 2010 - 10:37 pm Sarah D. Swoyer - I am reminded every time I take a peek at your blog why I picked you! Very original and fun! Can't wait for Key West!

June 24, 2010 - 3:46 pm Stacy Cross - So great, Jake! I love the photobooth pics - priceless! :)

3 months of stuff and things…

Finally! A very belated post featuring a few of my favorite non-wedding day shoots from the last 3 months – portrait sessions of every shape and size. I’m incredibly excited to get some of this stuff up for public viewing at last – since I’ve been spending the last 6 months or so working on developing some new looks and techniques and using a number of new locations, well, I guess you could say that this marks the official unveiling of a season’s worth of experimentation…

June 9, 2010 - 6:30 am Trish - L.O.V.E. the blue and yellow backdrops and Seaholm. And, for the record, I giggled when I saw all the leading lines in the pool hall shot too. Beautiful work.