An Expecting Beauty

 I am always so happy when I get the opportunity to photograph an expecting mother.  This woman is having her second baby and could not be more lovely!  This will be baby boy number two for their family and even though I have gone through a pregnancy myself,  it still seems so crazy and amazing that a womans body is made to do this!  What a beautiful journey we are able to experience and I am truly honored to be a woman and an artist who gets to share in these moments with other women.

WE ROCK LADIES!!!

a Philosophy, a little man & a little lady

These almost didn’t happen, as I thought I wasn’t going to make it back down to San Diego for a while, but somehow it all worked out and I traveled back down to southern California last weekend.  I was honored to be an assistant to a fellow photographer friend Helene Cornell and work a photo booth at the Philosophy booth at the BlogHer conference.  It was held at the San Diego Convention Center and it was AMAZING!  It was certainly eye opening to see how blogging has grown and how women have become so empowered.  I will definitely be looking into more blogs in the future.  Plus, I absolutely adore Philosophy products so it was a huge bonus to be able to work with them and pick up a little swag.  smile.  If you aren’t familiar with thier line, check them at www.Philosophy.com….I can not say enough good things.

Next up I had the opportunity to photograph a family that I have come to really enjoy.  Katharine and David brought their first baby boy into the world roughly

three months ago.  They look so fantastic you would never guess they are sleep deprived!  I photographed Katharine about 9 months into the pregnancy and I am so

happy to have been able to photograph her and her family again.  I feel so lucky to have an amazing client base.

And finally, I was so happy to add one  more newborn baby shoot at the last minute.  I photographed Anna around noon and was airport bound a few hours later.  Angie

is now a proud mother of two absolutely beautiful girls.

Thank you everyone for sharing your lives and moments with me!  I am blessed because of it.

John & Kim’s Wedding

Mt. Palomar Winery in Temecula, CA is a beautiful place for a wedding.  It was very hot this day, but not unbearable and with such a beautiful couple to work with,,,I had a blast!  Here are some favorites…

Congratulations to Kim & John….It was an honor to be part of your day

Old Friends

Getting good quality time with our friends is sometimes harder than it should be.  So when we got to spend some time with some old friends yesterday, we were so very happy!  Ravenna got to show off her new digs to one of her bestie’s Griffin.  Both of them loved romping around on the property and the ride behind the lawn mower.

And here is our new gnome that Ravenna has left on the trail

Oh the thrill of the ride ……

Thank you to our friends!  It was as lovely day.

Welcoming Arianna

What a beautiful little being!  This weekend I had the pleasure to take a few shots of a gorgeous baby girl only about a week old.

My little girl is two now, and seeing Arianna so small just about melted my heart with the thoughts of remembering mine so small.

Thank you Hill Family for sharing your joy with me!!

Nicolette & Jeremy The Wedding Bowl, La Jolla, CA

What more can I say besides….BEAUTIFUL!  Nicolette and Jeremy were a blessing from start to finish.  They are an amazing couple with so much to offer to the world, I am so thankful that I had the oppportunity to photograph their wedding on April 2nd, 2011.  The guys were super easy going,

And the ladies…..well Nicolette stole the show for sure.  Such a beautiful person inside and out.

Their ceremony was a perfect slightly overcast day on the beach in La Jolla.

The wedding bowl has so much to offer and I absolutely love to shoot there….its casual but elegant and you can use the beach, the grassy areas, or

the rock wall that is close…amazing backdrops all around.  I loved what Nicolette chose to do with her attendants and their colors.

More is to come…check back soon

Duvall

Enter a new day for our family!  A few months back we made the difficult decision to leave our friends and family in San Diego, CA and transplant ourselves back to the Northwest.  My husband and I are both born and raised Northwesterners.  We were welcomed here with lots of snow, the wonderous oppportunity to snowboard on Washington hills, and by some of the best rain Seattle has to offer .  We lucked out on finding a place to live as two of my greatest artist friends have a wonderful home on 5 acres in Duvall, about a half hour out of the city, which they were going to be leaving for a while.  (Cassandria is debuting another gallery in Carmel and we wish her tons of success!!!   Check out her work at www.blackmorestudios.com.)

So….we get the run of the place for a while and our whole family is loving it.  The garden is proving to be one of our favorite undertakings…..resurrecting it that is.  About 5000 sqft of it!!  Funny to think that the last place we lived was about 1100 sqft….ha!  Hopefully all will take root and provide bunches of goodies in a few months!  Ravenna, my almost 2 year old, is a big helper in the garden.