Category Archives: photo shoots

they wiggle & giggle

year after year, these girls have been sweet energy for my camera. this year, i took just a few seconds of shaky clips throughout their shoots, just for fun & to explore more this newfound love of photography in motion.  just a little 60 seconds at the end – of this sweet family… jeffery from...

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in their home, through my eyes

i find so many similarities to lifestyle “in-home” photography and when i used to be a social worker/therapist.  seeing their world, their space, their relationships with a different and fresh set of eyes and then reflecting it back to them for them to see… i find this version of “reflecting” a little less strenuous however....

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sometimes…

yes. sometimes a beach photoshoot is magical. and sometimes just a blanket in my backyard seems magical. either way – it seems like depsite the most active holiday season of photography to date, i think my heart is growing more and more with my views and visions for photography. that perfection and a beautiful photograph...

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what i am working on…

with pictures streaming in and out around here – it helps to pull a few out and see how diverse, unique and special each shoot is. when it goes so fast – it’s so hard to feel like i’m savoring things.  it’s like our days – they move so fast, but just stopping for a...

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beyond special. with tears in my eyes…

i asked my friend emily to just write a little paragraph about what she had hoped to get out of our shoot – and her words, combined with the visuals of the photographs has made me tear up. it’s beyond special. she is so gifted in writing. so here are her words – to go...

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what i am working on now…

wrapping up editing on some shoots… loving each one for it’s uniqueness & how it expresses something about each of the people in them.  

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a beautiful scene

i wish i could blog every photoshoot, but there just aren’t enough hours in the day. i couldn’t resist posting these beautiful scenes. this family wanted family photos to enlarge on their walls that included the beauty of our area. of the sun, the torrey pines, the ocean, the birds… as i post these, the...

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home

there is surely a reason there are a gazillion quotes & poems & songs about home. and it endures as my number one spot for a photoshoot.  simple, relaxed, & just it’s own unique & personal beauty…

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together

yesterday – together with my sweet girl corey – we photographed two beautiful people come together.and here is corey – posing for me to test lighting… hoping for many more collaborations together, as long as she’ll take my nutty & scattered ways. 

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life moments

i kinda think of the photography i do as stopping little life moments and capturing them… some moments pretty insignificant or small, others that mark the beginning or end of a life stage.  this family shoot was to capture a retirement… the family celebrating a career for dad of 17 seasons – and moving to...

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