5.19.2009

networking

So as I peruse through other awesome blogs I feel inclined to leave a comment on the photos that strike my fancy. When reality hits I am only allowing myself to sit at the computer not being 'productive'in my sweet hubby's terms for half an hour sometimes a bit more a day. I have to justify sitting infront of the computer when the kids are busy with playdoh or crayons or in the back yard or crossed fingers napping... ya right mr m is 5 and miss e is almost 8 mr d is the only one who naps regularly. Off that and back to . . . I love being inspired by photography blogs lately I have fallen head over heals for Jasmine Star'sblog.
If you haven't seen it you simply MUST. She has this presence that you can feel literally through her blog and her photography. I really do admire her. And she is a beautiful gal to top it off. Plus her hubby is her second shooter. Lucky!!! I would have to get a sitter to watch my monsters. Scott is a good photographer when he thinks about it. He is a graphic designer so he has an eye for art. LOVE HIM!!!
Now I just need a second camera Mark II maybe (malicious grin) then he could come with me. I love it. Back to Jasmine you've got to check out her blog. Let me know what you think.

So just know that I am making my rounds very slowly these days and love to get emails or comments of awesome photography blogs. Then I'll link them here for others to share in the wealth.
Thanks for your comments.

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love session J & A

This was a great session. Normally the guys get weird or self conscious. Not John. He had fun and looked comfortable. Angie was extremely sweet and beautiful. This dress was beautiful on her. The color was perfect against her skin. She was so natural we even had a mini flirt session. John loved that. These two have a summer wedding date. It's going to be gorgeous.

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You were great. Congratulations!

bitty C session

This session was supposed to be a itty bitty session but she grew. Mom would call 'she's sick' or we would go on vacation or life just happened. By the time we got this session going bitty was 6 months old! Holy moly time flies. She was soooo sweet. I love when they get drooly and their tongue is all over licking their gums. She was clearly teething. I think that catching the drool actually hang from her lip was the cutest thing. Not sure if mom liked it but I loved it so innocent. They are right when they say better late than never.

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Thanks again mama c

welcome session

This session was so fun! I really enjoyed this family. All of them! There is this amazing couple that I know and they have been unable to conceive. So without telling everyone they went through the adoption process. About a month before they received this blessing they announced "we're having a baby!" they were glowing ok so daddy wasn't glowing but he was beaming. So excited for their special delivery they had their bags packed for the flight when they hoped to be there for the delivery. This wonderful woman had chosen them to be the parents of her precious child. About three weeks after they arrived home is when I come in. They asked if I could shoot the welcome shower. I was truly honored. The couple is amazing and they could easily be modles! Their little bitty is the sweetest thing around. She was alert and bright eyed till the very end. So sweet and all spoiled already. Who says you can spoil a baby? I don't think so.
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Thank you again!

Bright glow session

This is one of the most awesome families there is. Mom bright is the sweetest. She was expecting number 5 and I had found out that she had never had a photo session while expecting. She was such a great sport! I loved this session. All of her bittys are sooo adorable. They all have these amazing eyes that just pierce the heart. Watch out boys... girls too (they have 2 handsome boys now) I am hoping to get to do another session with them all. Oh did I mention that mom and dad to these bitties are both gorgeous! You can see mama and two bittys here but haven't gotten daddy and 3 of the kiddos yet.

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bitty K session

This baby was the sweetest to work with. Only weeks old and already full of those cute rolls. I love the hair! The nurses in the hospital gave her a faux hawk when they brought her to mama after some testing. How fun! Just a dreamy bitty.

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Thanks again bitty blaus!

we are LIVE!

So for about a year now I have been in desperate need of an upgrade or an external hard drive (found out that it would just upset my main brain since I had no way in the world of getting any extra RAM to jump start the thing) or something drastic to happen to my main brain. Well our friends had access to some refurbished equipment and TADA my computer no longer takes 2 minutes to rotate an image or 5+ to run an action! Yippee I am seriously giddy! So it still isn't the fastest but light years ahead of my 10 year old system. Can you see me doing the happy dance?!?! Ya I'm doin it.

So I am now playing catchup with the images that I have been hoarding and not sharing with anyone. So look for many posts with images consecutively.

i wish that I could just not worry all the time about things. I went to this awesome building supply place the other day with my friend and fellow photographer Amy. We had so much fun! This place is a maze of amazing stuff. Seriously there were times that we were concerned that we may not make it out alive but alas we are both still here and no tetanus issues. We were scouting for doors. Yup full doors that we could do crazy photography stuff with. I loved it... then Amy found this area of antiques that were in serious need of love. There was everything from a stone wheel for sharpening tools to old tiny ovens... the small ovens are why people ate less calories then. If my oven was that tiny and we had 5 people in the family everyone's portions would definitely be smaller. They had old horse bits and farm tools also. This place is a serious hodgepodge of eye candy. Remember that I have a weird brain and look at everything through a photographer's eye I see beauty in texture and light.... my hubby questions why I photograph the ground and rust spots.

This is the first image of many. One day I was at the LDS Mesa Temple and the flowers were beautiful as usual. I wanted to try and get some different angles of flowers than I had recently gotten. While laying on the concrete my sweet two year old said 'mommy get you!' he was letting me know that there were bees aplenty.
This one stopped and posed. Lovely having a trained bee don't ya think.
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5.05.2009

bright eyes

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Miss E looking so sweet. Just begging for a pic. Seriously she came with me on the senior shoot and literally begged me to take her pic over and over. I had to break down on this one.

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favorite hand

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This is my grandfather's hand. He has worked hard his whole life. He was a jh science school teacher, electrician in the Navy, handyman worker, photographer, dad, husband, grandfather, and great grandfather. He can smile knowing that each of his grandchildren love spending time with him and learning from him... whether it be hiking Mt. Timpanogas and telling the guide more about the caves than even they knew or what fossils are or what the rule of thirds means in photography. Love you grandpa.
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Old carousel horse in San Diego at Belmont Park.


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catch up

New Senior session from March. So slow at posting sorry. She was truly a blast to work with. I dragged her all over down town Mesa. Adorable. Thanks again K!

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