I’ve never been a huge fan of your typical school portraits. I mean, they do a pretty good job considering how many kids they have to get through in such a short amount of time, but to me that’s never been conducive to really capturing a child’s personality. And if I’m going to have a…
It’s amazing to me how I can sometimes show up at the beach and still have what feels like an entire beach to ourselves – a private beach almost, in summer in beautiful Laguna Beach. This was one of those days. I was super excited for this session, because I had so much fun with…
While I had the patriotic set up in my studio for the 4th of July this year, I thought I would use it to capture my niece Emery’s age three portraits. She was visiting for the Independence day holiday and was dressed up super spiffy for the occasion. Because her birthday is this month (the…
Independence day is one of my favorite holidays. I love the freedoms that we enjoy in this country and I appreciate the sacrifices that have been made so that we can enjoy them. I am proud to be an American. I love spending the day with family and the pancake breakfasts and the BBQs and…
I’m so excited to have just launched a whole new line of products. Whatever look you have going on in your home, I can create a piece of art that fits your decor perfectly – from framed pieces printed on fine art paper, to the ever popular canvas gallery wraps to one of my newest…
While I love the dreamy feeling evoked by these portraits by the pier, in reality it was a cold and windy last day of May. This baby, who travelled all the way out from Tenessee, was such a good sport however, and really seemed to enjoy the sand and the waves, in spite of the…
Father’s Day was officially signed into law in 1972 by President Richard M. Nixon. But did you know that the Father’s Day celebrations as we know them began in 1910 thanks to the efforts of Ms Sonora Louise Smart Dodd, the loving daughter of a civil war veteran and widower who raised his 5 children after his…
This is a follow up post to family portrait taken of my friend Jason and his lovely family in Red Rock Canyon, Nevada, shown here! Because it was so cold and windy that day, I set up a tiny little portrait studio in their hotel room early the next morning. Little Eliza was still running on…
Jason and I have been good friends since my sophomore year in high school, and he is the man primarily responsible for all of my clients who found me by “googling” Orange County Photograher or Newport Beach Photographer or many of those search terms. He’s done a lot of the back-end work on my site…
“M” is a very special gal. Beautiful on the inside as well as the outside! And so very natural in front of the camera. She’s the oldest of five equally amazing kids (like me!) – and also like me, she’ll be attending the best school ever in the fall – Brigham Young University (Go Cougars!)….
I’ve known most of these kids since they were teeny tiny babies – I have photos of the oldest boy and my middle daughter together when they were two…and now they are in the same class at school! Mom wanted to do a secret, surprise session to surprise dad with some neat images for Father’s…
I had so much fun catching up with Daley Erickson, who will very soon be launching a new website for her awesome new business, and is, as she puts it, “a happy wife and mother, health advocate and Personal Power Planner helping people meet their goals and craft their very best lives.” She’s also a…
