Amanda and Mike Engagement Session (Oct 2012)

Well hello there, old friend.  Blogger.com is a link I haven't typed into my browser bar in quite awhile...although I've been meaning to!  Eeks.  I committed to getting back to blogging quite awhile ago...then life happened.  You know how it goes.  But I'm going to try this again and force myself to post here...there's actually a purpose to it, so hopefully that will help me stay motivated.

So I randomly picked an old session to post here for my first post in a year (and that one didn't even really count as a photo post)...this super cute couple came to me for their engagement session, and rumor has it they just got married in Hawaii last weekend!  Congrats to the beautiful bride and groom. :) :)

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Pauline and Family

I'm back (again) peeps!  Had to take a little time out for some personal things I was dealing with, but life is back on track and boy is it busy!!

Work is beginning to pick back up from the after-Christmas-slump.  My son's 6th birthday is only a couple weeks away and I'm still trying to figure out what to do for it!  My "little" sister's 21st birthday is the week after that and we're planning a Las Vegas trip to celebrate.  AND on top of all that and the day-to-day stuff, I'm moving in a week and a half and have a total of 3 boxes packed so far!!  But I work well under pressure and always find a way to make it all work. :)

Today I wanted to share some photos back from November of some of the most photogenic and beautiful clients I have.  This whole family needs to be in a magazine or something.  Am I wrong??

Actually, I love the littlest girl's look soooo much, that I chose her as one of the two models I'll be using in the advertisements for a new upcoming service I'll be offering - I don't have a name or catchy slogan for it yet, but they'll basically be mini photo shoots for little girl's birthday parties complete with professional hair and makeup design.  I can't wait to roll it out, but we're not quite ready yet. :)

Well I hope you all had a lovely Valentine's Day whether coupled up, single, parenting, chilling with the pets, or whatever it is you did.  I spent the afternoon and evening with my son and had a lovely movie date to go see Chronicle.  Interesting movie, we liked it. :)

I'll be back tomorrow (I hope!) with more pics! :)

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!! :)

Rosie and Family

Happy Hump Day everyone! :)  Wednesday already...where does the week go??  :)

Any fun plans for anyone out there this upcoming weekend?  It's almost Halloween!!  Then the onslaught of holiday fun starts, crazyyyyy...the year is coming to a close already.

As for myself, I'm doing Halloween costume mini-sessions this Saturday for the kiddies (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123889467718115) and a beach shoot on Sunday.  Other than that, just some fun time with my little one and my love. :)  Should be a great weekend!

Speaking of beach shoots, below are some pictures from a shoot I did about a month ago with 2 adorable twins and their big brother.  They all had birthdays right around the same time so they wanted a picture for the party invitation and for the cake topper.  They went with this first one of all 3 of them.  I photographed the birthday party as well so I'll try and post those pictures next! :)

I must admit though, I have sooooo much respect for parents of twins or greater multiples...it's not easy to take care of 1 toddler let alone 2 of them at the exact same age (or to photograph them!)...plus older/younger siblings on top of that.  I tip my hat to the hard work that you do. :) :)

Have a great week everyone! :)

Beach Day!

Adventures of my point-and-shoot camera

See whole series here: Adventures of My Point-and-Shoot

This past weekend was a total lazy day kinda weekend.  I did a whole bunch of relaxing, sleeping in, lounging, picnicking, and hanging out at the beach.  A perfect weekend if you ask me. :)

While I was at the beach (we headed to Torrance Beach this time) I decided to take some pics to continue my point-and-shoot camera series.  This is kinda fun cause I like the look of the "amateur" style photos.  It's a different feel from my usual pics and it's neat to switch things up a bit. :)

So here are snippets from my day at the beach!

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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Blog site here: iNMAAKOi Blog

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).