when Carrie of Urban Baby contacted me about shooting a portrait session for her family.  I don’t shoot a ton of family sessions and find them both challenging and fun.  The challenge for me is that usually there is at least one family member who doesn’t want to be there (example - see below! haha).  But the fun for me is that like weddings, family sessions can tell a story.  They tell a story about where that family is at that point and time and more specifically where the individual members, mostly the kids, are.  I find when I approach the session with that in mind I LOVE family sessions.  So here is the story of the Cooke family, Carrie, Jonathan, Finn and Harrison, November 2008.  Thank you all so much for letting me record a moment in your lives!  

while I was out in New Mexico for Amy and Ana’s wedding I shot some bridals with Nicole.  Nicole came out to shoot the wedding with me and brought along her gown so we could have some fun.  She’s getting married next year were just not sure when yet.  I wish more gals in CA would do bridal shoots.  I kind of think of them like a day after shoot without the groom who doesn’t want to be there!  I’M KIDDING!  I know all MY grooms really love the day after shoots!  Anyway here’s a little peak of Nicole’s bridals Part I.  I say Part I cause who knows if we will do more.  These were done in about 45 minutes at about 7 am.  After shooting a wedding the day before.  And it was cold, cold.   My fingers were frozen.  And poor Nicole was turning blue towards the end.  I think you’ve got the picture.  But still, I think I might want to move to New Mexico, what a goldmine of shooting opportunities.

well lots.  I just returned from Amy and Ana’s amazing wedding in Pinos Altos, New Mexico, it was great!  Now I’m home for a full 10 days before heading off to Jamaica for a destination wedding I’m so excited about.  Before I leave I plan to blog a few weddings (I think there are 6 in a holding pattern waiting to make an appearance on the blog!) and a few other fun things.  So please hang in there.  I know things have been quiet on the old blog lately but my shooting schedule is slowing down a little and wedding season is coming to an end.  That means time to share some of the wonderful weddings I haven’t had a chance to share yet.  Meanwhile…here’s a photo from a bridal shoot I did for my good friend, and wonderful photographer, Nicole while we were in New Mexico this weekend.  This was taken with the 45mm tilt shift and I love the dreamlike quality.  More coming soon.  And yes, some in focus.

I know I’m not the only photographer in the world right now who wishes time would stop while they kept working for about a week but I just had to take a moment and share some of my nyc and jose villa workshop holga pics.  I’ve had my holga forever but have just really started to enjoy it.  Wedding stuff coming soon….I have 4, yes !4!, weddings to blog.  Yikes!!!

NYC was a blast and I certainly could have stayed a few more days but it’s nice to be home!  Today’s my husband’s birthday and tomorrow is our anniversary so today I’m going to be attending to emails and phone calls and then be back to work for real on Thursday.  Here are a few pics of New Yorker’s I took while walking around the city.  Just random people I stopped and asked if I could take their picture.  I will post more about the trip later this week.  It was exciting.  I met with a few past brides, a really awesome coordinator and got together with a lot of my NYC photog friends. And I met and talked to someone really, really famous - hehe!  But I promise I didn’t act like an idiot.  More soon. Have a great week!