Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Posted in Life
This girl is so much fun. We’ve been talking about this portrait session for some time, and finally we got it scheduled, creating these beautiful portraits just a few days before her big triathlon!
We had the girliest time primping and posing and playing with lighting. She is such a “sport” in every sense of the word! Up for almost anything, she is extremely fit, and is such a natural in front of the camera. (Okay, in a few of these pictures, doesn’t she look like Michelle Pfeiffer?! I think so!) In addition to being a natural beauty, her energy, enthusiasm and fitness level inspire me to no end! Maybe there is hope after thirty (for me).
Miss J, you really must wear those jeans more often – off with the tags and onto the dance floor already!
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Posted in Love
This boudoir portrait session marks a big step forward in Miss A’s life. She celebrates many things right now, things that the rest of us might take for granted on any given day. I cannot tell the whole story here, but what I can say is that I love love loved creating these images with this carefree, lovely, energetic, beautiful woman! Our goal was to capture a little drama, a little romance, a little mystery, and alotta fun so that she can surprise her sweetie and they can be on their way to happier days knowing they have forged a very significant bond this past year.
I just think she’s dreamy. I bet her husband does, too.
Thursday, July 1, 2010 Posted in Life
Time to get your eyes checked! If you need to visit an eye doctor, go see Jennifer, in Kirkland (and tell her I sent you). She recently requested my help in creating new professional portraits for her website. Along with her new website portraits, we also created some sister portraits (featuring her sister, Susie), and pet portraits of her darling dog, Starla. It was more fun on one shoot than I had had in awhile! There was a lot to pack in to just one session! But, in the end, one hour is all we needed.
We started in Jennifer’s beautiful offices (I loved the color combo she had selected: warm, welcoming, yet crisp and very stylish). It was tough to keep Starla off her lap. It probably didn’t help that for the first bit I was calling Starla “Stella” so she was not responding at all. 
But in the end, we were able to get plenty of images of just Jennifer, some with Susie and some featuring the lovely Starla as well.
A selection of some of my favorites are below. I will be excited to see her new website unveiled! Thank you Jennifer, Susie and Starla for a lovely evening session!! (Pssst! Aren’t they gorgeous?! They literally stopped traffic.)
Saturday, June 26, 2010 Posted in Life
Congratulations to Kristen and Justin! They are expecting a new addition to their family in August, and so I had the pleasure of creating some maternity portraits for them following their baby shower last weekend.
I cannot imagine looking this beautiful when pregnant – Kristen pulls it off with amazing simplicity! (At least that is how it seems.) With her olive complexion and long limbs, she is elegant, yet strong and full of life and color. She is just a lovely person to be around! And as you can tell, she and Justin do their share of laughing when together! It is actually quite difficult to get a picture of them together when they are not laughing.
Our mini-session resulted in some great images. Congratulations Justin and Kristen – big hugs!!! xoxox
Saturday, June 26, 2010 Posted in Life
There is nothing in the world that is prettier to me than a pregnant mommy. I know some women feel beautiful while pregnant, and others don’t, but regardless of feelings, ALL YOU PREGNANT LADIES ARE JUST BEAUTIFUL. :) Take that. Go revel in it.
Karie’s maternity portrait session took place on a kinda gray, partially drizzly Saturday morning in Walla Walla – but that didn’t stop Karie and I from having a great time creating some beautiful portraits. It turned out her baby shower was the very same day (and ironically, I was headed to a baby shower later that afternoon as well – more to come on that).
We ended the session at Karie’s mom’s house – get a load of Karie’s eyes against the beautiful old garage door at the back of her mom’s property. I just loved the color! Karie, best of luck to you during your last month or so of pregnancy. I hope everything goes well, and I hope you enjoy the images from our mini-session!
Saturday, June 26, 2010 Posted in Life
What a fantastic way to pass some time in Walla Walla: with beautiful five-year old twins, Ava and Grant, and their lovely mom, Brooke! We had the perfect combination of luscious Walla Walla wheat fields, a little sun, and fabulous clouds for our portrait session. Ava and Grant have the sweetest little giggly voices you have ever heard, and in just a few minutes with them, you can tell they are buddies through and through and have the makings to be lifelong friends.
And their mom, Brooke is as darling as she was in high school! I seriously cannot believe she is a mom of five-year olds! I loved Brooke’s ideas for settings: she wanted both wheatfields, and portraits of her kids in one of her favorite childhood climbing trees (at Grandpa’s house). It ended up as the perfect morning for both locations. Brooke, thank you for sharing your morning and your dahhhling kids with me last weekend! I hope you enjoy these portraits.
Thursday, June 17, 2010 Posted in Misc.
Check it out! I will be in Walla Walla this Father’s Day Weekend, and am offering mini-portrait sessions both Saturday and Sunday morning, June 19 and 20! I know this is a last-minute opportunity, but give me a call if you’ve got 20 minutes in your schedule and want updated portraits for you, your sweetie, your parents, your grandparents, or your family! 20 minutes in the park or at your house or some other favorite spot is all it takes! Session fee is only $100 and will give you access to an online gallery with hand-selected and professionally edited proofs for selection of final images. Enlargements, prints, canvasses, and coffee table albums cost extra, but all at a reasonable rate and custom designed! Call now if you are interested!
Thursday, June 17, 2010 Posted in Life
Guess How Much I Love You.
“I love you as high as I can reach … as high as I can hop … all the way down the lane … and right up to the moon …” (Little Nutbrown Hare to Big Nutbrown Hare).
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“I love you right up to the moon – and back.” (Big Nutbrown Hare to Little Nutbrown Hare).
There is nothing better in life than time with Mom.
Portraits of our furry friends: Giovanni working as a chauffeur; Starla giving the stare-down and then comfortably in the arms of her momma, Jennifer; Tanner and Pepper getting morning loves from Luke; and finally Pepper with her regal profile, sneaking in a nose-kiss on Luke. I just had to post this little collection of images that make me happy. Oh, for the love of dog!!!
Thursday, June 3, 2010 Posted in Love
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