Idaho Family Photographer| Summer with friends

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I just got back from a trip to Idaho to visit a very dear friend of mine and her family. I have known her two oldest girls (the blond and brunette together) since they were 2  and 3 years old. Now, here we are…almost 10 years later and she now has a ‘bonus’ daughter (the girl in the first photos) and a 20mth old. What a fun, gorgeous group they are huh? Unfortunately we didn’t get a photo of all 4 girls this time. Trying to schedule all of the girls to be in the same place at the same time proved to be pretty impossible. I guess I will just have to go back for another visit :)

2010 Senior – Brittany | Atlanta Senior Photographer

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Sorry for the photo overload! I was thrilled with this session and had so much fun doing it. I have known Brittany since she was 4yrs old so I was super excited when her mom called and wanted to hire me to take her senior photos. We cruised all over downtown on a hot saturday afternoon and Britt was such a trooper and so much fun to work with.  It was really easy to take her photo because she is such a gorgeous girl to begin with!! When the session was coming to an end her mom came by with her 3yr old sister and we had a little mini session with her. Such a gorgeous, fun little family. Thanks so much for the day guys. Britt is has been such a pleasure watching you grow over these past 13 years. I wish you all the best girlie! xoxo

Orange County Family Photographer | Party of 17

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Wow. I am so very behind in my blogging. I hung out with my friend Amy during her session with this awesome family. Every year these guys meet up from all around the country for a family vacation here in Balboa! We took photos for a good 3 or 4 hours and the kids were such troopers…very minimal fighting, crying and whining. Truly a great group to work with!

Thanks so much for letting me tag along friend! I had a blast!

Southern California Photographer | Graduation week with the family.

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Ok, my blog posts are getting way out of order. Sorry about that folks.   I graduated from the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, CA on June 21. A lot of my family flew in from GA to celebrate with me ( my mom, sister, cousin and her family).  I had a great time showing them around town and sightseeing. We also went down to the San Diego zoo where my little  cousin Aidan got his face painted. :)  We spent part of the week in Oceanside and on my cousin’s last night in town we went for a boat ride and did some whale watching. Truth be told, we didn’t see any whales…but we did see a whole slew of dolphins!!!  I just wanted to let me family know how much it means to me that they all came out to share that special day with me. I have the best family ever!!!

Atlanta Child and Family Photographer | Special Visit July 11 – July 28

Summer is here! Your children are happy, healthy, rested and tan. Sounds like the perfect time for portraits to me!!  I am traveling to Atlanta and will be there and available for portrait sessions from July 11 – July 28. Please contact me ASAP to book your session and find out about special rates! 

Speaking of  traveling: A very good friend of mine moved to Australia over a year ago and they came back to California for a visit last week. It was so awesome to see them and meet their two new babies. When she left California she was still pregnant with these little ones and now they are almost a year old! Crazy how time flies.  And because a blog post just isn’t the same without some photos here are a few I snapped of the twins and  their 4yr old sister on our visit. 

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Southern California Baby Photographer | Miss R.

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I photographed this cutie as a newborn and I was thrilled when the opportunity arose to get her gorgeous face in front of my lens again. Just check out those blue eyes! Thanks for a great morning guys, hope you enjoy your sneak peek. :)

Preparing for Graduation.

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It’s official! June has arrived and graduation is less than 3 weeks away!!!! I can not believe it! This has seriously been the fastest three years of my life. The decision to move across the country to pursue my dream of going to photography school was not an easy one but I feel like it was definitely the best choice for me.  I have learned so many things, met so many great people and grown so much as an individual and as a photographer.  

One of the things they ask us to do in preparation for the graduation ceremony is to choose a few photos that will be displayed in a video montage as you walk across the stage and will also be displayed in the school photo gallery ( as prints ) after graduation. I wanted to share with you guys the photos that I have chosen to represent my time at Brooks.  What a great ride it has been!

A is for aviator hat.

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A few weeks ago I was switching the lens on my camera and my beloved 50mm f/1.4 slipped out of my hand and fell four feet down and onto the cement. Crack! Really stinks because I had just sent it in for maintenance before the warranty expired. Now, it will probably cost me a couple hundred to get it fixed. It will be taking a trip to Camp Canon shortly. 

So, I got to play around with my friends Nikon D700 this weekend and snapped the above photo of adorable Mr. A.

Getting the urge now to switch from Canon back to Nikon.  Someone stop me, this probably isn’t a wise financial decision at the moment! ;)

I’m joining the blogging world!

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After my friends have been on my case for many, many months, I have finally set up a blog! (thanks Carrie

This weekend I hung out in North San Diego and helped my friends out with the very first baby as art workshop.  Really, I just hung out with Lily (Carrie’s 3yr old) the whole time while they did all the work. I’d say I got the better end of the deal :)

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