*{Photographer's Child}*

This is exactly what a photographer's child does when she sees mom coming with the camera!



You'll notice she did the same thing for her photo on my splash page when she was a little munchkin!

Have a goofy weekend!~
m

*{Why I'm a Photographer}* Temecula CA Photographer | Fort Irwin Photographer

I love this video...and it always makes me so happy when I can hear the photos I take of all of you...

Watch it here...

*{Happy Birthday Mom}*

Happy birthday to the best mama in the world! Embrace your 30's girl! {{wink wink}}

Love,
me

*{Model Behavior}* Temecula CA Photographer

Last weekend I had so much fun photographing Brett. What makes him so cool is not the fact that he is a model/actor with Mavrick Artists Agency, but the fact that he has such a great personality and was so much fun to work with...he was just an all-around good kid with the biggest sparkle in his eyes (wait until you see the eyes...no photoshop needed on him)! Click here to see the State Farm commercial he is in currently (he is the one in the gray hoodie)...and it sounds like I'll be seeing him in a movie soon!

So we had fun exploring around Old Town Temecula finding some great places to update his model comp cards. We did a few looks...and here is a glimpse into our afternoon.









Thank you Brett for the fun afternoon...I know you will be successful in any path you choose to pursue.

And leave a little love for Brett in the comments below...Brett, get 25 comments in one week and you get a complimentary print!~

Thanks again for everything,
m

*{Thank God for Facebook}* Temecula CA Photographer

So when thinking of a title for this post, the only appropriate one was, "Thank God for Facebook!" This next family is a special one because I knew them both back in our high school glory years. I about died when Mrs. L added me as a friend on Facebook...long lost friends found again! You know...the kind of "add a friend" that you receive where you read it in your inbox and get an instant smile and say, "NO WAY!" And Mrs. L is just as sweet now as she was back in high school! Her laugh and personality are just contagious. I have many wonderful memories of Mrs. L in Driver's Ed and memories of Mr. L in our Junior English class...

That being said, we are all grown up and they now have the most precious little daughter. I felt so honored to capture some photos of them...and here are several of my favorites!

Enjoy this peek of what is to come! Your family is so special...and you all look *FABULOUS*!
-m

PS-If the *L* family gets 25 comments within the next week...they will receive a complimentary print! So leave some love! :)





Mr. *L*, they're looking at you... :)

*{A Bit of Biz}* Temecula CA Photographer | Fort Irwin CA Photographer

Just two quick items of interest...

1. Get nominating...nominations for Giving is Awesome is due by tomorrow evening. So get nominating. I *know* you know someone that could use this awesome gift. Seriously, with this economy?!

2. All my WA friends are starting to pay invoices for WA photo sessions from July 10-12th. Invoices need to be paid by the end of the month! EEEKKKK...it will be so much fun! :)

Thanks bunches...
Until Next Time...
m

*{Lifestyle Photography}* Temecula CA Photographer

Here is a slideshow of a session I had down in San Marcos this past weekend. This way you can see their entire gallery and what a typical lifestyle session is like. Sometimes it is fun to just get back to the basics and capture a family in their home...

And thank you for all the thoughts and prayers put out for Miss *K*...it sounds like things went well and the doctors were able to repair her little heart! I hope your recovery is a quick one little *K*.

Enjoy the slideshow!
m

*{Lord, Hear Our Prayer}* Temecula CA Photographer

Dear Lord,
I had the most amazing Saturday having the opportunity to photograph Miss *K* and her family. Please be with little Miss *K* as she goes into heart surgery tomorrow. Please give the doctors all the skills and knowledge they need as they hold and repair her little heart. Let them have steady hands and peace of mind as they operate. Please give her family the strength they need to go through such an ordeal. Give them peace as they hand little *K* over to the doctors...please comfort them every hour they wait in the waiting room feeling helpless. Please keep little Mr. *L* occupied and loved by family while his world is flipped upside down this week. And give Miss *K* the strength she needs for this surgery and a speedy recovery. And allow her to feel the love of all the staff and family that will surround her.

Please put your healing hands on this family and wrap them in your love.

Lord, please hear our prayer...
Michelle and Family...

*{Email Blues}*

So I woke up this morning to a dead website and email!! If you have emailed me and not heard back, please email again because I have responded to every email that I am aware of!!! Sorry for any inconvenience!

And for those still interested, I am still taking names of anyone interested in my WA sessions. I am looking as though I am probably about booked up...so email ASAP! I will probably email invoices out today and you get timeslot preference by first come, first pay!

And one last reminder...this is the last week I am taking nominations for Giving is Awesome!! I know you all know someone...don't be shy! Get those nominations in soon! We all have someone in our life that could use a little photo-love!

Until next time...
m

*{Washington???}*

I have had a few clients contact me asking if I'd ever be interested in traveling back up to that cold frigid place called Washington for some photo sessions! I actually would love the opportunity to work with all my old clients again and see those smiling, familiar faces...so on that note...

I have decided to open up the possibility of that over a weekend in July 2009...and if I have several willing to commit to it, I will book my ticket on a jet-plane!

Details:
Session Fee- $150 (due at time of booking...non-refundable due to the nature of me flying!)
Sessions would be in the Downtown Tacoma/Dupont or Steilacoom area.

Email me if you are interested, and I will send you my current price guide...and get your friends on board!

I would like full-commitment by the end of April.
m