Aine and Family

Trying to play catch up and likely to be completely out of order.  Just wanted to post SOMETHING since it's been a couple months since my last post.  As usual, my goal is to get back on track with this blog, do something big with it, but as usual I've fallen behind.  But here we go again!! :)


This past holiday photo season really grabbed me by the toes and swung me around till I couldn't see straight, that's for sure.  Not a bad thing depending on how you look at it, but I'm sure glad it's over because I was nearing the end of my stress rope, lol.


These pictures below are of some of my regular clients that I took a little before the holiday season started, just didn't get to blog them yet.  Doesn't this family just make you smile??  They're SOOO easy to work with, my favorite type of client - laid back, let's me do my own thing, let's the kids relax and have fun, smiling, laughing, and lots of interaction with each other.  All of that really does produce a great photo environment. :) :)

I'll be back soon with more photos to blog!! :)

Jeff and Angela Expecting 3!

This past Saturday I had the honor of photographing this extremely sweet couple, who are expecting not only one baby, but 3!!  Triplets, wow!  How absolutely exciting for them.  They're moving to the mountains in a few weeks, so they wanted to capture this special moment in their lives down at the beach before they leave.  It was pretty chilly outside and very overcast, but they were such good sports about bearing the cold and looking beautiful/handsome through it all. :)

Here's a sneak peek of their photoshoot.  Best wishes to you Jeff and Angela!! :) :)

iNMAAKOi Clothing

A very dear friend of mine and her boyfriend are starting a t-shirt company together called iNMAAKOi.  What does that mean, you say??  'I Need Money And All Kinds Of It'...yea, don't we all??  Something relatable, catchy name...and the positive vibe behind it is more than just hustling to make money - it's about working hard, starting businesses, being creative and motivated, determination, and intelligently driven.

Being the friend with the giant camera, I offered to do the product shots for her tees.  I'm really interested in building my portfolio in this direction though, so this was helping me just as much as her.  I've recently decided that my passion is much more in the realm of photographing adults, and in a creative sense.  Fashion allows a photographer to explore themselves artistically and really develop a 'style'.  I'm still working on narrowing down my style, but for now I'm trying out different looks and feels in my photography to see what I like the most.

So I grabbed a few good-looking friends to be models for the tees (2 of which are working models if you're looking for some talent of your own - the blonde (Maggie Silva) and the dark-skinned stud :) (Christopher Williams)).  Super kind of them to help out and we really appreciated their beautiful/handsome faces and bods being a part of this. :)

Here's a few shots that I've gone through so far.  Haven't had a chance to go through everything yet, but wanted to share a little taste of the shoot. :)

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Website coming soon (which will showcase all these pics too!)

BTW - would LOVE your feedback on any and everything about this shoot - good or bad.  I really want to develop myself more in this area and need the constructive criticism to move forward.  So I welcome it all (but preferably written in a respectful way,  I don't want to cry, lol).

Nicole's Senior Portraits (continued)

Just finishing up Nicole's senior portrait session!  Here are a few samples of some of the pics that Nicole and her family picked from her session. :)

Have a great night everyone!!  :)

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Nicole's Senior Portraits

Yesterday I met up with this beautiful young woman to take her senior portraits.  She was super sweet and a joy to work with.  She was very patient with me as I said "Sit right here, actually sit here instead, put your arm over here, but don't put it right there, look over here, but don't really look over here, you know what I'm trying to say, right??"  LoL...yes, I'm working on my verbal direction skills...I know in my head what I want a photo to look like, but I need to broaden my vocabulary so everyone else knows what I'm trying to say too, lol. :) :)

Anyways, here's a little sneak at her shoot. :) :)

Tia and William (continued)

I'm back, with more photos to share!

I did some extra retouching on some of these just because I wanted to really bring out the beauty in this couple...loving it. :) :)

I've also realized that I love doing the retouching of photos...I love the final look that it presents.....with that said, I'm thinking of restructuring final packages for my sessions....I'm thinking that I'm going to start giving less digital photos, and more retouched photos instead.  I gotta think on it a bit, but it's in the works. :)

Here's some more favorites from Tia and William's shoot. :)