Category Archives: photo shoots

“…and let them play.”

when we chat before a session about a vision and the mom says  ”…just wearing bathing suits and let them play…”, i know it’s going to be a sweet shoot…

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my video for corey

a couple years back, i met corey photographing her magazine-worthy beautiful family (view here & here).  she is a lovely fellow photographer locally here and has photographed for, and been featured by, TEA Clothing, Peek Clothing, Anthropologie, and the Dream Foundation.  when she asked me to do a video of her ~ featuring her photography...

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a fighter

this beautiful, lively, cheerful girl just turned six. she also is battling leukemia & is having a bone marrow transplant. the bond between brother and sister is strong and getting stronger… little brother will be the perfect match bone marrow donor.  it’s an incredible story, of a strong & beautiful family. little rina is a...

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i really like this spot…

and them. especially the grandma. i think she’s just swell. if you knew her, you would too.  (pictures from last time two years ago here)

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photographing friends

it always makes me a tad nervous – but it is my most favorite. probably why i end up becoming friends with those i photograph. it’s pretty special. and this family… very very special.  a little mini-post of a few gems (the gems being them).

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a mini post

i really adore all these families i get to photograph and watch grow over the years.  i wish i could do blogs about each & every one, but i just can’t find the time… i’m hoping though, over the next couple of months – when i do so many shoots, to get little handfuls from...

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“…doing things together. loving & living…”

mom’s request was to have me photograph them in their home… “document us as we live”. she had a fabulous list she had made of things they do together, a few things included — playing games, swimming, sitting around the table, praying, etc.  so we just hung out in their house for a few hours...

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a mother and her girl. her girl named diesel.

we sat sipping coffee. talking about who she is. and how to reflect it in an authentic way. about who they are together, to each other. and the vision for the shoot started to unfold. beauty in the unexpected places. authenticity. innocence & simplicity with an edge & rawness.  and as sarah said with a...

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whitley designs

when whitney approached me about a photoshoot of the jewelry line she has with her sister, hailey, of hand-crafted jewelry – i jumped at the vision & idea… without even seeing the line, but just knowing i’d love it.  then i saw it and we ran with it for a beautiful, natural vision for the...

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diesel

with a crawling baby and a energetic 5 year old boy — i rarely finish a conversation, thought, project, or idea…  (i’m a little behind on email, text, phone calls – my apologies)  but when i have a second i can’t wait to sit down and blog and post several shoots i have been up...

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