Cade William Swadener

LaShawn and Mark welcomed their first creation into the world at noon time on Monday. I have never seen a woman more beautiful than LaShawn looked that day-both before and after! And Mark; I was beginning to wonder if that smile was painted on! He is such a proud Papa and loving husband.

For those of you who did not get to welcome him into the world, here are a few pictures. I will post all of the pictures on my website tonight.

As for now, I have to go up to Tech to discuss the classes that I am teaching starting on Monday-I can't wait!

Welcome home, Cade. I can't wait to see you again!

Well, It's Official!

I opened the mail box a few days ago and noticed a 5x7 envelope. I put it on the counter with the other mail and when I finally opened it, guess what it was?! That's right, we are legal!

In Jail for MDA

I was served with a warrant a few weeks ago and today I turned myself in. I went to jail this afternoon for MDA. The entire time I was there I was making phone calls for my bail. Thank you to all of you who helped!

So, if you tried to contact me today, this is why I was unavailable. I will be going through voicemails and e-mails late tonight. I am going to shoot Katie Sander's bridals, which have already been cancelled once. This time we have decided to shoot them inside, which is great because it is raining again!

Yea for the rain! I know Nick will come home very happy if the rain made it out to his farms. Everyone pray!

Here are a few more pictures of my jail time.

LaShawn and Cade

I know what you are going to say...Cade is a little hidden in these pictures! But I promise you will be able to see him soon. He should be here on August 21, although there are a few pools that say he will be here earlier. I cannot wait to photograph Cade in the nursery that LaShawn and Mark put together for him. It is absolutely adorable!

The first and last images are my favorite. To see all of the images, ask LaShawn for the password!

Introducing Mrs. Kitty!

Cassie, Me and Amy relaxing Thursday afternoon


I have seen it all. Every type of wedding in every setting, and I would always dream about mine. Well, it finally happened. July 15 I made a promise to Nicholas Kitten, until death do us part. The entire day was wonderful! We left the next day for Playa Del Carmen, Mexico and came back to Lubbock late Saturday.

Thank you all for understanding why your phone calls were not answered! Savant is back up and running and ready to shoot. I haven't even looked at the pictures on my camera from the honeymoon, but I will post them soon. Amy, one of my best friends from High School flew in from Houston and was ready to help so I gave her a crash course in program mode on my camera and she carried it everywhere! The beauty shop on Thursday, dinner, the night out when everyone got here and all day Friday! I can't wait to see what she captured! Here are a few pictures that my friends have e-mailed me. When I look at all of mine, I promise to let you see a few.

My Bridesmaids, Jennifer, Anna and Angie at Abuleo's Thursday night

after the entire wedding party got into town.

Me, Jennifer and Anna

Cassie and Anna at Melt Thursday night. I do believe they have the best food in Lubbock. Thanks, Stone!

My great Maid of Honor driving me and the gang to Rehersal Dinner

after rehersal at the church.

The engraving on the glasses looked great!

I will post more later!

Susan and Casey Green

What a blessing it is to know this couple! I think that everyone should hear the story of how they met. I have to be honest, it was really hard to do my job today. Between the boys having fun and me crying at the beauty of the day and the love between the couple, it was all I could do to not get lost in the moment. Here are some of my favorites! To view all of their photographs, click here.




Casey and Susan, I will see you next Saturday at your homecoming party, or as some have called it, my wedding!

Get More for your Money Special

What is better than great prints of your wedding or family hanging on your wall? Getting them for free!

Book your wedding with Savant Photography between today and July 14, 2006 and recieve one free mounted 8x10 and one mounted 11x14, over $150 worth of prints. All you have to do is get the signed contract to my door with the deposit to secure the date. E-mail me and I will send you a copy of the contract today! It doesn't matter if your wedding is right around the corner or a year away, everyone can take part in this great deal.

Graduates, families and couples, you should book your session, too! If you book a session for August before July 14, you will recieve 2 free 5x7's.

Loyal patrons, I haven't forgotten about you. If you refer a wedding and they book before July 14th, 2006, you will also recieve a free 11x14. Refer a smaller session and recieve an 8x10. Just make sure that they tell me that you referred them when they book, or I won't know who the free print goes to.

I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Savant Photography is booked until August 1

My big day is just around the corner and there are very few days that I will have time to get ready because I have so many photo shoots.

therefore, I will not be shooting any more sittings until August 1st. Please go ahead and book your sitting so that you don't have to worry about your time being filled at the last minute.

Also, if you would like to book me for your wedding, you might want to call or meet with me this week to make sure that it is done before my wedding. I have met with brides for weddings all the way into Spring, 2007. If your wedding is in this time frame and you decide to book with me or someone else, just keep in mind that you will want to book soon before your date is taken.

Also, please start using my cell phone number, 239.3227 instead of the other number, 762.8562. That number will be staying with my house and will become my sister's home phone when I move in with Nick. The messages will get to me, but it will be easier to call the cell.

On a side note, anyone who loves to move and pack is welcome into my home. I am starting to slowly move everything into Nick's house. I figure if I can move everything that I don't need in the next month, I will be ahead of the game after the wedding.

Thank you all for understanding how I want to enjoy this time of my life. Most of my clients have been through it themselves and I appreciate your well wishes and understanding.

After the sittings this week, the next time I shoot, I will be a Kitten! It is sad really. I like my last name and I am the last Simon ever.

Tucker Bryant's Six Month Portraits

For some reason, when I talked to Alex, Tucker's mom, I decided to do studio shots instead of on location. They met me at my house and what a great idea! About ten minutes after we got started, the rain came pouring down!

I think that I am going to keep Tucker's Grandmother on permanent stand by. Not only does she have a great voice, but her singing always makes Tucker smile at just the right moments. I told Alex and Scott that I wanted Tucker to stay with me because he is the most well behaved, cutest baby that I have ever met!

We already have his 9 month portraits scheduled. When he comes to see me next, Leslie Ann Kitten will be photographing him. I can't believe that will be me!

I am going to try to post some of my back dated shoots, including weddings tonight, but I don't know how far I will get. If I have photographed you and you are not on my blog, keep watching, I promise that I will get you on here.

As for now, here's Tucker!

Susan Brumley's Bridals

Yesterday I photographed Susan Brumley. You have seen her engagements (Susan and Casey). Yes, she looked like a model in the engagements, yes, she is straight out of a magazine for her bridals. I was able to meet her mother and her grandmother. What a wonderful family. You will be able to view her bridals after her wedding date of July 8th, 2006.

Speaking of July, my mother and I drove up to Amarillo after my shoot this morning and came back with a wedding dress! I am so excited. My wedding is the weekend after Susan's, so in four weeks you will be calling Leslie Ann Kitten, not Leslie Ann Simon!

It is a great feeling to be on the other side of the wedding day! I can't wait to marry Nick!

Amanda and Trenton

It is always fun to photograph, no matter who or what the subject. But, when you photography to people, when these people are so in love, it is better than ever! Trenton and Amanda make up a couple that I feel sure will be in love forever.

They will be married October 21, 2006 at Jones AT&T Stadium.

Here are a few! I can't wait until the wedding!