BLOG CATEGORIES

It seems fitting to me that this first post of 2011 is about a birth as it is also the first post of my newly created Facebook Fan page, another birthing of sorts. If you enjoy my photography, please become a fan of my page. Thank you. I love to photograph births. I’m not sure why. I mean of course, capturing the exact moment that life enters this world is fascinating, spectacular and amazing. Jaw dropping, really. Capturing all the raw emotions before, during and after- I’m energized by these types of unrehearsed moments. But after pondering it, I think…

I recently traveled out to Boulder, Colorado to celebrate my brothers 50th birthday. In true spirit, it was a weekend of great music. We started at the Boulder Theatre on Saturday night for the Mark Vann Foundation Benefit which was an awesome lineup of musicians including Great American Taxi, Todd Snider and so many more! We then moved into the big ol birthday bash the next night with some of the same folk as well as a few others including my nephew, Tristan’s band, my niece Azures boyfriend, Scott’s band(whew, did you follow that?), Magic Bean and Taarka with Jim…

Well, I can finally say I am done till 2011. Well, almost. Again, being “done” lately seems to rest on someone or something else- this time, Comcast. I would have been done yesterday except with this fabulous mountain living (I really do love it except for the inconvenient storms and effects), we lost our internet service again! As I sit here and wait for them to show up to fix it so that I can post these final images of the season, and get my family out the door to go skiing….I think that my husband is pacing… 🙂 ,…

After numerous days of rescheduling, I finally got to get out in what looks like may be the last sunny day of the year to photograph Jessica’s family. Dressed in holiday red, we strolled the vineyard capturing some sweet moments with her family. I thought Jess did a great job coordinating their clothes, but I wouldn’t expect anything less from her- she’s got a good eye for that! Merry Christmas Miller Family and thank you for the opportunity to do this for your family! Click here for a slide show from their session!

It’s not often that you get a family with 3 older boys that are okay spending an hour having their pictures taken. Spencer, Ethan, and Jared (aka Dude, Middle Man, and Little Man) seemed to enjoy themselves. I loved the “heart” of this family. They were just one of those families that was not only fun to be around, but seemed to enjoy each others company as well. Kudos Cheryl and Dennis. Thank you for having me!

Anna and I met Macy and her mom and sister down at Boeger. Coming down from Pollock Pines, it’s amazing to me that it is still fall “down the hill”. Being from even further down the hill, they wanted an Apple Hill backdrop. Macy, a natural beauty with those ever changing blue/ green eyes was fun to shoot. Her mom wanted to get a few with her sister too so I photographed a few individuals while Macy was changing outfits. It’s always fun to photograph sisters. Congrats Macy on your upcoming graduation.

Our family has known the Bartolos for many years now. Jeff and I often marvel at how lucky we have been to have had(and keep having) their daughters who are only a year or two apart each, to babysit our girls. First was Kalene, now is Samantha and hopefully Jacqueline will want to. We all laugh(on camping trips) that all of our friends have daughters, not sons. Funny. It looks like the trend(mostly) runs in the Bartolo families. When we originally planned this shoot (2 weeks earlier, in the fall…haha), we weren’t expecting all of the snow this early in…

I got a call from Starla a while back, to come photograph her family. She was brave enough to host 2o people for Thanksgiving and wanted me to come and grab a family shot while they were all together. I was surprised at how ‘with it’ they all seemed to be  (even with all of those little boys running around) and we were able to grab everything on the list of must have shots, and even had some time for some extras! I was so glad that I was able to capture Starla and her husband with their two dogs…