Families

Janine used to teach yoga at the same place I taught a dance aerobics class. Just saying that brings me way back. We all had little kids/infants that we brought to class and had babysitting available for all the moms who wanted to work out while both trying to shed a few pounds and carve out a little personal time. It was a fine time- lots of camaraderie – with new moms sharing the trials and tribulations of parenting, while more experienced moms shared their own experiences. Yes, we all felt lucky to have this. The thing I loved about…

Let’s face it…it is just nice to get away and break up the day to day routine a bit! We were originally scheduled to go to La Ventana about 4 days earlier than we did but Hurricane Rick was approaching the tip of Baja fast. We were able to rearrange our trip and accommodations to provide the week of sunshine and warm weather I so craved after a very busy wedding season. La Ventana is a small family fishing town on the Sea of Cortez. We chose it because Isla Cerralvo (right off shore) protects the beaches while providing some…

Danielle and Will are new friends. My husband met Will mountain bike riding and Danielle is a close friend of one of my recent brides. Their daughter, Nora is a trooper. She is probably the easiest 20 month old that I have photographed in a long time. All smiles all the time- she is amazing! What a happy kid! We shot around Camino for about an hour and a half enjoying the apples and fall colors all around. Danielle is in law school and it was fun playing a role in getting her out of the house for some fresh…

October is a big month for the Child family and their offspring. Diane and John Child celebrate their 38th wedding anniversary this week. They have four children Justin, Vanessa, Amy and Emily. I think that they all also celebrate their wedding anniversaries in October. I was fortunate to meet this super fun and kind family while photographing both Emily and Amy’s weddings over the years. Diane and John now also have 4 grandchildren all between the ages of 1 and 2. Their kids purchased them an “extended family session” last Christmas for a gift. Diane loves the fall so we…

Jessica first contact me in 2006 to take photos of her new baby Ryan and sister Taylor. Advance 4 years, now Taylor is in 2nd grade and Ryan is in pre-school. Every year since 2006, I have gotten to photograph this family and watch them grow. We’ve played in their rooms, jumped on the master bed, brushed teeth on a stool reaching for the sink, hung in the kitchen in their new home and enjoyed a sunset together at Jenkinson Lake. This year we were up in Camino enjoying the fall weather. Can you tell that I liked the old…

Minda, Tyler & Banyan met me at Larsen’s Park in Camino for their family shoot. Banyan is 6 months old and such a cutey! It’s always fun and interesting when you are photographing babies and amazing how many towels just one shoot can require! He was so interested in the cars passing by, the wispy blades of wheat and his moms hair. Ah, to look at the world that wide eyed and fresh again…even if for a few moments:) Minda & Tyler enjoyed playing with their son and getting all of his silly expressions to come out for the camera.…

As you might have read in my previous blog about Tara & Tony, I shot their wedding in February 2007. Then this year in July, I photographed Tara’s belly with a little growing baby bean inside. Then on September 10th I went back to photograph the family with their new addition, Zoe! She was only 2 weeks old and is an absolute gem! I feel these images portray what having a newborn is really like… discovering, new, unknown, messy, instinctual, full-time, happy, exhausting, sleepy .. with little moments of peace mixed in. True Lifestyle Photography! I love you guys and…

David and Beth have been together for 9 years and have been engaged for 1 1/2 years! Beth is an accountant for her family owned business Dixon&Dixon in Pollock Pines and David owns his own small software company. They both love the outdoors and doing outdoor activities such as hiking and kayaking. In fact, the day before their wedding David and his grooms men are going on a kayaking and camping trip to Emerald Bay and coming back early in the morning on the day of the wedding! Not the common bachelors party , but I think it sounds better!…

This is Nick Seid – a senior graduating from El Dorado High School 2009 . He has been busy visiting potential schools mostly up and down the Pacific Coast. He wants to major in Theater or maybe journalism. Right now Nick is actually the lead in an upcoming spring play drama “MacBeth” put on by El Dorado High School – for times and scheduling go to this link: MacBeth Info. Since Nick is an actor it made it easy for him to pose and look great naturally for the camera! He was a lot of fun to work with.