Worth the wait...

I am admittedly not the world's best or most timely blogger, but I am *trying* to make sure I go back to my finished sessions and share them. Melissa and Curtis flew down from Alaska to spend a long weekend in Southern California to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary and asked if I could document this time in their lives. I was thrilled to meet up with Melissa in "real life". (She herself is a photographer and we "met" via my FB Textures page a few years ago). I drove out to the desert and we met up outside of Palm Springs. It was a gorgeous night and aside from all the rattlesnake holes, a wonderful location to shoot. I should also mention that Melissa MADE her own beautiful dress. :) Thanks Melissa & Curtis for asking me to be a part of your special anniversary. And since I may have been somewhat responsible for baby #4 as a result this shoot, I humbly submit the name "Jessica" for your consideration if the next is a girl.

Textures = Industrial (soft light) and Atlantic (blurred, color burn mode, appx 20%) from Super Grunge Urban and Sands from Texture Pack 3.

Two Sets of Three

I consider it a pretty big honor when a talented fellow photographer asks me to take pictures of her kids...And her nieces and nephew. While on vacation to California, she and her sister-in-law came to Burbank and we spent a fun-filled evening at three different locations. The kids (and their moms) were up for anything and made the work so much fun. Thank you!

The "K" Kids...

I don't really do "studio sessions", but since some of this mom's favorite photographs in my portfolio were of shots I've taken here of my own kids we gave it a try...

The K Family (Meadow Session)

I do apologize for my lack of posts lately. I'm horribly behind since my main (and until last week, only) computer was out of commission for nearly 2 weeks. I've been working my tail off to catch up!

The K's family session needed to be split in half, so we decided to do half in what passes for a meadow in SoCal... The other portion of the shoot was done at my home studio. Since the shots look quite a bit different, I'm going to post the images in separate blog entries...

Audrey in Wonderland

This vivacious (almost) 8-year old had me running, jumping and crawling to keep up with her. She was amazing. Alice has nothing on her.

Baby Z

Gorgeous skin, a full head of hair and sweet pouty lips... Just an absolutely stunning little girl. And who doesn't love a sleepy baby?

Samantha & J.J.

Sam & J.J. -- hip, adorable, gorgeous and in love. Hanging out with them for an hour and a half made me almost forget I was wearing mom jeans and a scrunchie.
I want to adopt them.