Fathers Day Gifts

Mothers day is almost here and Fathers day is just around the corner so moms you have another two weeks to get your sessions completed if you want to get your prints back before dad's big day. If you haven't emailed to book your session do it now, I have a couple of openings that just became available.

Here are a couple of the fathers day gifts I gave to myself!




UPDATED: Here are a couple more self gifts!!

win.32GB iPod Touch

For those of you who know me you know that I quit photographing weddings about 2 years ago. Well, after attending WPPI this past March and meeting some amazing photographers and seeing how the wedding industry has changed over the past couple of years my wedding fire has been reignited!

To kick of my renewed love for wedding photography, I am giving away a shiny new 32GB iPod Touch containing all of your bridal, engagement and wedding day images together valued at over $800. How do I enter you ask... well the only way to enter is to book a wedding with me between now and June 2nd, 2008 and if I did my math correctly, that's 40 days! So ladies... if you want to impress your new husband-to-be this could be a great chance. If you book a wedding during this time, your names will automatically be entered into the drawing... it's that simple.

Deciding who wins will be left up to you... my loyal blog readers. Sometime in early June, I will post images of each couple along with a short story about them at which time you will be able to vote for the couple you would like to see win.

You can find out more by emailing me today.

blog.FaceLift

Well I figured it was time to give the blog a small face lift. I have had a black color scheme since my blog debuted and I thought it was time for some change. Hope you like the new look... I am in the process of creating a new site and I will probably revamp the blog when the new site rolls out so at this point I've decided to keep it simple.

Thanks to all of you who visit or have RSS'd me.

If you've been here before, you know that I always include images with every post however this time I am running late and I don't have time to. I promise I will make up for it later.

Care to join me in California?

Since I will be in California in early May I thought I would invite you to come with me. I have beach sessions available for $200 each for the first two people who email me with the words "Beach Me" in the subject line of the email. This is a great opportunity to replace those old family portraits with a beautiful new canvas gallery wrap wall portrait... or maybe you want your senior portrait done on the beach instead of the same places everyone else is doing theirs... or perhaps you are recently engaged and would like to have a a romantic engagement session as the sun sets behind you. You may need some new images of your children playing in the sand. What ever the reason, I will be there and ready to photograph you in all your glory!

I only have two session available so if you are interested let me know quick before the sessions fill up. I hope to see you there!

dear.BRIDES

Are you planing a wedding... are you looking for some wedding inspiration? I came across a site while blog stalking Jessica Strickland's blog and I thought I would share it with you!

Snippet & Ink offers daily wedding inspiration and they have ideas and photos for pretty much any color scheme you can think of. Check them out and let me know what you think.

The images below are just a sneak peak of what you will find on their website. Be sure to add them to your rss feed because they add new stuff every day.

Retro/Vintage theme

Water front theme

Backyard theme

I was going to put this one first but I didn't want to scare anyone away. This one is for all you wild and crazy brides who aren't afraid to be different!

Sneak Peak... Belly Session

As I have mentioned before, I love maternity sessions! Here is a sneak peak at a maternity session I completed recently with the wonderful Mrs "K" and her beautiful daughter. We had a lot of fun... at the end of the session, big sis colored on mom's belly with markers(don't worry, they were washables)... and then she decorated herself.




These next two are my favorites from the shoot.

Dear Music Lovers... check this out!

I had the honor to photograph the concert of an extremely talented singer-songwriter named Alison Sudol better known as A Fine Frenzy. She is currently on tour for the release of her debut CD One Cell In the Sea. If you haven't heard her music you are missing out on something very special. She has only been playing the piano for 4 years and the guitar seriously for about 2 months. I was introduced to her music about 6 months ago and I have been a huge fan ever since.

Here is the video for her most popular song... Almost Lover!


Here are some images I took at the show.








Here I am with Alison before the show.

This is Buddy... one of the opening acts.

Bellies and babies

I have been getting some requests to show some of my maternity and infant images so I figured I would post some here. I really love doing maternity sessions and working with new parents because they are always so happy during this stage of their lives... preparing for a new addition can be very exciting. It can be even more fun when there are siblings who want to participate in the session especially if they are toddlers... it's fun to see the interaction between the toddler, the mom and the belly!

Hope you enjoy these!

WOW... I can't contain my excitement!!!!!

All my fellow photographers will understand what I'm talking about but for those of you who are not photographers let me explain. I just found out yesterday morning about a photography work shop being hosted by two of the most talented photographers in the world... the wonderful Nate and Jaclyn Kaiser from This Image Is Found based in sunny San Diego. As I scrambled to print the registration form and fill it out, I realized that I was no where near a fax machine or a scanner so I drove 25 minutes to the nearest scanner (that I knew of) so that I could get my registration in to ensure my front row seat. Anyway, I'm happy to say that my registration made it in time and I am so excited to be a part of this experience.

Laguna Beach at sunset.