*{Fun, Fun in the Summertime...}* Dupont WA Photographer

Oh Mrs. W...I know you have been waiting so patiently for this peek! I know you are also refreshing your computer {laughed at the email ;) }...so here is your precious family! Little *A* is just the cutest thing ever. Enjoy this age...I know people probably tell you all the time, but I think I underestimated how long they are really "young and little" for. Everyone always says, "enjoy this time...it goes by so fast." But I thought, oh, they will still be my little munchkins when they are in Kinder and 1st grade, etc. NO...they aren't! This is what people don't tell you! They go off to school!! So treasure this time you have with him while he has no care in the world, and no school! There is such a short window you have them at home to enjoy them...where life is ONLY about mommy and daddy! So never take it for granted...he is so incredibly precious. Okay, now that I am off my soapbox, and I feel like I've done my motherly duty to warn people that this time is shorter than people tell you...off to the preview! Enjoy! Off to work more on the gallery! :)


Okay...for some reason, this is one of my favorites of the three of you. I think it is just because it is such a nice candid moment...you three being just that...you three!


Ahhh...who wouldn't love a little one figuring out that funny thing on his belly called a button?!

Watch out Tiger...Grandpa has this one in training already!

Great shot of you two! LOVE the wispy hair action! I'm a sucker for wind and hair...it instantly throws the sexy factor in a shot!
Seriously...SERIOUSLY! How cute!
Until Next Time...
m :)

*{Refresh...Refresh...Refresh...}* Dupont WA Photographer

There was no more appropriate title than "Refresh...Refresh...Refresh..."! This is what Mrs. J has been doing to her computer since I left the state of WA! I can't blame you...I know the excitement that builds when you are waiting to have just a glimpse of what is to come with your gallery! And this is exactly that...a glimpse! Much more to edit! Much more love captured in your photos like these...

This family was a ton of fun. I am seriously blessed with the *best* clients EVER! And this was their VERY first professional photo session of their family! Which made it even that more special for me! Every family *must* be captured in photos...I just can't stress it enough. Seriously, go pull up a photo of your child from a year ago and you will see how much they change in such a short time. One day, all these munchkins will be grown up and Mr. and Mrs. J will treasure each and every photograph remembering life when they were little! This time that we are all in right now...these phases with our children...they are only but a memory that we will hold on to when they are all grown up.

So here is your peek! Lovin' them girl! And now I'm off to take my birthday girl and her big sister bowling!

Until Next Time...
m :)

Lovin' these two of you!

Okay...don't you want to bottle this moment up forever in your memory?! How stinking cute is this!?!
Just so precious!


One gorgeous mama!
Love this family photo!
Such pure joy!

*{Washington Continued}* Lifestyle Photographer

As we continue on our journey, our next stop is the *P* family! This was so much fun...and if you've followed my blog for a long time, you will recognize these faces! I shot their maternity pictures for their first born, little Miss S' newborn pics, throw a couple more sessions in...and now her baby sister's newborn/lifestyle session at their house! It has been so fun to follow this family as it continues to grow with such cute little girls! They are always so much fun to work with and Little Miss S was so much fun to play with...she was not shy at all, and I even got KISSES when I left, not bad-huh?!

Here are some pics from around the house as we captured them all in their own special way...

I don't know what it is about this pic, but I love it...
This is how Miss S preferred to do the family photo! So we rolled with it! Can you blame the girl?! She now has something called a "little sister" in her life, so she wanted her 15 minutes of fame with me! :)
Love this shot and love Miss K's squished baby face! :)
Ah! Pure sweetness!
Breathing in the pureness of a newborn...
My little gumball!
Miss S...LOVE THIS PICTURE OF YOU!!! This is what happens when you have a two year old "look close to the circle and see if you can find your face!"
My little firecracker...I love your little voice...there is nothing like the voice of a two year old. Mr. and Mrs. P-get her on the camcorder at this age. I miss the sound of my kids at two...and I pray I pulled out the camcorder so I can remember the sound.
Until next time...
m

*{Pink or Blue}* Dupont Washington Photographer

Moving right along on our journey through the South Sound...next up is the gorgeous mama-to-be Mrs. O! We met Saturday morning at Saltar's Point photographing her maternity session and had a fabulous time! Since I know Mrs. O and all of her friends are stalking the blog, I thought I'd post these few that I've edited so far. I have *much* more editing to do...it was so hard for me to narrow shots down for this session! Just too many good ones!

AND...Mr. and Mrs. O are NOT finding out if it is a boy or girl until the big "birthday party"! But I know this baby will be a special one because her due date is my birthday!! So I am hoping you have the baby on August 12th at 2:03am (I think that is the time I was born!!! Correct me if I'm wrong mom!). My vote is a girl on 8/12/09 at 2:03am...WHAT IS YOUR VOTE?! The person closest to the date and time (guessing the sex is just for fun) will win a little something-something. So leave it in the comments HERE ON THE BLOG! Not on Facebook all of my FB fans! I'm thinking, in the spirit of the PNW, a Starbucks coffee will be on me if you win! :)

So enjoy these photos! :) I had so much fun, and I'm so thankful we had the chance to see each other again and spend a couple of hours goofing off for the camera! :)

xoxo,
m

Love this one...so awesome!

Okay...love this shot! I love head-less pictures sometimes! :) You're gorgeous Courtney...don't get me wrong! It's the artsy-fartsy side of me!
And to the moron that tagged up my favorite piece of beached wood (I'm talking about the red and yellow spraypaint all over it that you can't see)...go take some art classes and make some money doing that on canvas...don't mess up mother nature and force this image into a black and white!
Love tall grass!
On her booking sheet, she said they laugh a lot together...does this not capture that perfectly!?!

yummy yummy backlighting to quench my lighting thirst!

*{Washington PART 1}* Dupont WA Photographer

What an amazing weekend I had! It was so quick, yet so fun! I flew up to Seattle Friday morning and had my first shoot that night...and it was a double booking! Mrs. H was a smart lady and booked two slots so she could have her sister's family there and the grandparents. We got some *amazing* shots...ones that her family will look back on thirty years from now and just fall in love with all over again! It was a ton of fun photographing the *H* family...I've photographed them in the past and they are always such a blast to work with.

Washington...you were all amazing! And I can't wait to relive my weekend through pictures! I squeezed in 3 (yes you read right) hours of fun personal time while I was there! On Sunday before I flew home, we had a crab bake at my cousin's house in Seattle, and I was able to see my family again...I miss them more than they know. Thank you so much you all for my 3 hours of play in one of the best cities in the US of A! And the crab was soooo good! Probably the freshest I've ever had...they dropped pods the day before to catch them!

So back to the pictures...here is a peek of some of the fun...and yes, the group shot, wouldn't you all kill to have a shot like that with all the loved ones in your life?!

I had an amazing time, and I can't wait for the next trip my camera takes me on! I love traveling to different cities for sessions! Talk about a dream job...


LOVE THIS ONE! Love the light...love how Miss P is highlighted...just great!

Love the squished noses in this kiss...Mrs. H...hang on to this picture and remember this age when he is 18!

The cousins having fun and taking in the Sound.

*{ CA Senior Photographer}* Temecula CA Photographer | Fort Irwin Photographer

Hey there Class of 2010!

Some fun things are happening around here for all you Seniors! Senior sessions are moving into full swing!

Of course I always offer the regular Senior session for $125...you get to be like a supermodel for a couple of hours and rock some photos! But this year, there is something even better...

I am offering a BFF Senior Session! This is where you can have your senior pictures done with a friend for only $200. Do the math (which you all should be good at now) and that works out to only $100 each! So you both save some bucks and still get rockin' pictures that you know will be better than everyone else at school! Not to mention, I will get all the cool individual photos you love from the regular senior session, but also some pictures of you both together...perfect for your college dorm room!

And if that isn't cool enough...the Class of 2010 Senior that sends the most referrals to me (meaning their friends book a senior session through me as well) will win a brand new iPod Shuffle! And if you already have an iPod, well then you are in luck...because instead of the Shuffle, you can choose an iTunes gift card ($ amount equivalent to an iPod Shuffle).

So get that senior session booked and spread the word! This is for sure going to be a fun year! :)

*{Leaving on a Jet Plane}* Seattle WA Photographer

Leaving on a Jet Plane...
I will be back to answer emails and phone calls on Monday...

HEE HAW...*THIS* is going to be fun! :)

Until next time...
m

*{A Little Piece of Me...}* Temecula CA Photographer | Fort Irwin Photographer

I strangely noticed that I haven't done as many personal blogs as I used to...what is up with that?! So in the quest of going back to my roots...here are some fun facts about me that you may or not know! I always think it is fun to learn about the person behind the camera...so here is some fun for you today!

1. I was born a California girl.
2. Because of #1, I *love* the heat...I have learned through all of our moves, I can't stand the cold for long!
3. My oldest daughter is a spitting image of my personality...it's scary!
4. My favorite TV show...oh I have too many! Let's see...Greys Anatomy, Sex and the City, Friends, the Tudors...and my list continues!
5. Because of me loving the Tudors (and other movies and shows similar), I think I secretly wish I could go back in time and live as one of the Tudors for just a day! Wouldn't it be cool to be Queen Anne for a day?! Okay...maybe just not the day where it was "off with her head!" But it would be cool to jump back into time and wear those fancy dresses!
6. Ahhh...Fancy dresses. Yes, I am a girl that loves to dress up. I am not even going to try to hide the fact that I do have expensive taste. Sometimes I wish I didn't, but it would be a total lie. And Juicy Couture dresses (wiping drool from keyboard)...they are so feminine and to die for! My list can go on...Diane Von Furstenberg, Marc Jacobs. If I was a celebrity, I would be at every red carpet event so I could strut my stuff and show off my newest and greatest fancy dress! Dressing up is just too much fun...and then there is my shoe addiction.
7. I am a shoe addict and one day I will own a striking pair of Valentinos or Louboutins. Or if anything, I hope my husband buries me in a pair one day...throw me in a nice pair of tall heels honey! But I hope I own them before that day...all you ladies know how a good pair of heels make you feel like a supermodel. You become invincible!
8. You would think with my expensive taste I would have horrible spending habits. But actually I am a saving freak and always save for my splurges.
9. I have a thing with numbers and remember dates very easily. A matter of fact, a year ago tomorrow I was on a plane to Hawaii...
10. I DON'T have one tattoo. Seriously, am I that boring?! But I was with my husband when he got his...does that count for anything?!
11. Eighth grade was the worst year of my life...middle school STINKS! Such an awkward stage.
12. College was the best school experience of my life.
13. I love watching the previews at the movies...I am ready to go when the lights dim! I'm always excited to get my list ready of what I want to see next.
14. It's 104 outside...YIKES!
15. My favorite day of the year...Christmas Eve. Particularly, Christmas Eve NIGHT. And ironically, that is the day my love proposed.
16. I don't know how to play one instrument...but I played the recorder in 5th grade like everyone else!
17. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a pop star. Watch out Britney! On the other thought, maybe I will just stick with photography.
18. I type fast.
19. I love music...virtually every song that comes on the radio is a "favorite". And I love all genres of music. I will listen to Elton John one minute, and then I could listen to Black Eyed Peas the next. You should see my iPod list. And yes, I will ALWAYS be a New Kids on the Block fan. If the whole 6 degrees of separation thing is true...then HOOK ME UP one of you! Let me photograph one of their families! I loved them as a kid and let's all admit, those kind of loves never go away.
20. I need to get my kids away from the T.V. So this is it!

So there are some fun tid-bits to keep you entertained until my next post...in my next personal post, I will have to list some of my favorite things. Just because I'm not Oprah, doesn't mean I can't do that!

And for all of you Washingtonians...I am *dying* to get on the plane and fly up there this week! I can't wait! We are going to have some rockin' newborn and family sessions...and even a maternity session (please don't have the baby before I get there *C*)!

And since it is TOTALLY uncool to post without some photos...here are some from one of my sessions this past 4th of July weekend. I had two fabulous sessions...and these three girls could giggle themselves to death on cue! PERFECT for me! :) Enjoy!