happy girls

sisters saibrin & kiara

how fun is this shot of kiara! i got some really neat shots of
them yesterday & i am sure i'll be adding to the blog
as i edit along...they were great subjects :-)

mama's hip

i LOVE LOVE LOVE this pic.

super cooper

so i photographed cooper when he was just a bump in his mama's belly and when he got home, fresh out of the cabbage patch. so i was excited to do family pics for the 'rents liz & rick-because he's about to hit the big numero uno. isn't he the cutest thing? he looks like a little old man sportin his rolled up jeans. i love it! but let's face it-with his insanely attractive parents, it isn't like he had a chance NOT to be cute.

some of my sweetest roses

my beautiful friends ally & melanie (aka cash money) came to visit me over the weekend & i had such an amazing time with these girls! i forget how well they know me. even after long periods of not seeing one another or sometimes even not talking for months at a time...when i see them, all is the same. i have a few true friends i hold in my heart. seems like over time some of us grow further & further away from one another-so those moments when we are able to re-connect are much sweeter. i am hoping our visits become more frequent as i'd love to share more of my life with them & share more in theirs.
love & roses ally & cash

do you know the way to san jose

this is my dear friend sweany. oh how he has
my heart! i love him so dearly & you can tell
by the look on my face the kind of trouble
we get in when we are together ;-)
i just booked a flight to go see him in a few
months & i am so excited. he took a job
all the way across the country & he is too
far away!! but he is the kind of friend, that
even when i do not see him for months at
a time, when we get together, it's like
no time has passed. we are going to
napa valley when i visit & i cannot wait
to photograph wine country! and sample
some of the local treats :-D

july 21st

"I get by with a little help from my friends."
- John Lennon

here we are in our matching scarves circa 1997
happy birthday to my dear friend kari rae!

more more more christian & o'malley

the more i edit...the more i'm compelled
to post...how dag on cute are they?!

finally.

i feel my inspiration creeping back! hallelujah! i was starting to worry it would never be back. partially, i can thank christian because i had such an easy time with her today. i hadn't done any maternity photos in awhile and she was interested in something more unconventional. so i really had to think about trying different things. some of it didn't work, which is fine because some of it did & those, i love! and the process was good for me creatively to push myself. i really hope i achieved what she wanted out of the shots. i forgot how much i enjoy photographing the mamas to be. it's such a neat moment to capture, to think that in a few short days, a whole new person will be here. especially when it's a first baby. and i think about how it's the home stretch before their entire lives will change forever with a new kind of love. the kind that everyone says you don't experience until you see your own child. that inspires me.

i also had a great shoot with catherine, my 'sweet chubby monkey' baby. i have always had the business motto within myself that if ever i was not satisfied with the product of a shoot, i would offer to re-shoot the session. when i photographed her the first time, a couple of weeks ago, she was tired & not in the mood for pictures. luckily, i still got some really nice family photos & i got a couple of her by herself that i truly loved. but it just felt like there needed to be more of catherine since these were her 6 month pictures. i am so glad i did because she was in good spirits & i got some sweet shots of her :-)

a week from tomorrow...

caysen will make her debut.



christian is seriously one of the
cutest pregnant people i have ever
seen. ALL BELLY. and due in just
a week! she looked amazing & was
so much fun to shoot :-)

congratulations christian & o'malley-
i can't wait to see her!

puddinghead prevails

so today i am hanging out with my friend joey. and she
decides she wants to shoot something. and i am the one
who is sitting in front of her. it went something like this:
joey: come on, let me shoot you.
me: nnnoooooooo! (sounding really whiney)
joey: oh come on, it's a great day. we never do anything.
let's shoot! i want to make some stop-motions. (which is a
series of shots that make the subject appear in motion.)
me: ugh. i don't wana have my picture made! (still rather whiney)
joey: *looks at me with her puppy dog brown sad eyes*
me: well, if i can wear a wig/hat & sunglasses & be in
disguise, and people won't know who i am.
joey: *giddy* you will be in disguise! it won't look anything like you.
you can be a whole different person.

now i'm thinkin, these look a whole lot like me. but she
actually got some cool shots. (why do i ever have any
doubt?) she always shoots bad ass photos. i have just
become so accustom to being behind the lens, being in
front of it kind of freaks me out. but i persevered.
and i can't wait to see puddingheads latest creation
with not-me as the subject ;-)


me. being grumpy about being so hot.

just a little taste...i will post a link when she gets the shots

edited. i will have to admit, i'm glad she talked me into it. i

always love working with my friend p :-) especially when

the day ends with milkshakes-YUM!

blogging block

so i have recently found myself searching to find inspiration. what is the next step? what else do i want to do? in what ways do i want to further myself with my work? i think personally, i'm in a bit of a grey area & that is part of the cause for my 'block'. why is that almost always, we have to be really happy or really sad...or really, just emotional, in order to find creative inspiration. well, i say 'we' like it's everyone-maybe it's just me? i am loving all of the work i've been doing lately with kids & babies & i'm so happy that i can see progress in what i'm doing. i'm learning! but i still feel like there is an element missing. there is something i need to be doing, that i'm not. i will let you know when i figure out what it is ;-)

me. blogging. in my chair outside.

the sweetest chunky monkey

i mean really-is there anything sweeter
than a chubby baby? i just wanted to
count the dimples in her legs! so CUTE!!