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Houston Wedding Photographer | Half a Rice Studios – Backyard Wedding in Houston, TX For someone who does not know Jason, the first thing you need to know is he is really into cars. His race car is his baby, its name is Lotus. Amy and Jason were on a Texas win country road trip […]

May 5, 2020

Amy & Jason | Backyard Wedding

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Houston Wedding Photographer | Half a Rice Studios – Wedding at The Springs Venue, Katy, TX Violeta and Kenny met me at a Starbucks in a spring afternoon. Right of the bat, Violeta impressed me with the way she dressed. She was really pretty! When I talked to them and got to know them more, […]

May 4, 2020

Kenny & Violeta | Wedding at The Springs, Katy TX

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Houston Wedding Photographer | Half a Rice Studios – Destination Photographer in Houston After their wedding day in San Diego, CA, Nick and Ashley planned a trip with me to Yosemite State Park. I love Yosemite! I have been there a couple times and I never stop being amazed of the views and scenery. It […]

April 30, 2020

Ashley + Nick’s Post Wedding Session | Yosemite, CA

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Houston Wedding Photographer | Half a Rice Studios – Covid-19 Wedding Houston Hi, there! You are recently engaged, now what? I mean seriously, now what? When a normal couple would go find a venue, place a deposit and have the date to book other vendors, getting ready for their big days, doing all the fun […]

April 30, 2020

How to plan your wedding during COVID-19 in Houston

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Houston Wedding Photographer | Half a Rice Studios – The Springs Venue Weddings during the summer is hard, especially weddings outside during the summer in Texas. But And and Mueed enjoyed their day to the fullest. I had the honor to be their wedding photographer. I did not have much chances to get to know […]

April 29, 2020

Anh + Mueed | The Springs Venue

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Houston Wedding Photographer | Half a Rice Studios – Beautiful Madera Estates Wedding Rebecca and I had communicated for a very long time before we met in person for their engagement session. Even though I had not met Rebecca before, she showed me in the emails to me that she was a really sweet and […]

April 27, 2020

Rebecca + JT | Madera Estates Wedding

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View Kayla and John’s beautiful wedding at Butler’s Courtyard, League City, TX

April 24, 2020

Kayla + John | Butler’s Courtyard

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How they met: David and Amanda were a beautiful couple and the way that they meet sounded like God’s plan. According to David, when he met Amanda, there were a several signs: He met her on the 5th anniversary of his Dad’s passing away, their first dinner was on the night that David’s nephew, Bradley,’s birthday… […]

July 11, 2019

Amanda + David|Wedding at The Crystal Ballroom

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Houston Wedding Photographer – Half a Rice Studios | Messina Hof Wedding To begin the story, Jana and Matt met when they were both in school and working at their part-time job. Jana told me “Our first interaction was bickering about who did more school work over the previous weekend (I won!). The next weekend […]

July 11, 2019

Jana & Matt | Wedding at Messina Hof Winery

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Houston Wedding Photographer – Half a Rice Studios | Galveston Engagement Session Quynh is a college friend of mine. And through Quynh, I got to know Anson, the sweetest guy. We had a fun day at the beach capturing their love and passion for one another. Contact us for inquiry here. Learn more about Galveston […]

July 11, 2019

Quynh & Anson | Galveston Engagement Session

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I am Jill Goehring – owner and lead photographer of Half a Rice Studios. I started my photography business purely with my passion for photography. A friend of mine asked me to do his wedding when I was in college and I fell in love. I love the emotions, the laughter, the tears, the chemistry between people in weddings. 

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