Over the last few weeks, I shot a lot of Oilily at home and at Hume Lake. It’s such cute stuff, so I wanted to share it with you here!
Between trips to the beach and the local frozen yogurt shop, you need to head over to Rascals to Rebels. They are having summer clearance and the deals are crazy good! I pick up swimsuits for my kids at the beginning of summer and then when they start to look a little ragged mid-summer, I can score a new one for a great price. Especially with the Indian summers we have here…as in: we’re still swimming in October, one swimsuit won’t last all summer!
And speaking of Rascals to Rebels, I wanted to share a few backdrops from over the years. I love to create and these backdrops have been so much fun to make. I only use them for the store, so it makes it extra special for all the Rascals to Rebels customers! When I went through my photos, I forgot how many I’ve done! These are only from 2009 and 2010!!
As promised, here are some more beach sessions from earlier this summer! Love these guys!!
I photograph a lot of birthday parties and the reaction to eating cake and frosting for the first time undoubtedly makes some memorable pictures! Lincoln so thoroughly enjoyed his cake that the rest of us couldn’t help but just crowd around and be entertained.
Even Lincoln’s big brother Hudson got in on the fun!
I was going through the archives and found one of my very first photo sessions. It was the summer of 2007. I had just bought the Canon 5D and I was practicing on every willing friend. Looking back, I’m really lucky my friends were so gracious to me as I worked out my skills and business practices. I noticed in these photos that my style is still much the same…babies and kids. Being cute. Being themselves.
I love this curly redhead! I’ve been photographing her since she was a baby and now she has a new baby sister. I can just envision our future photo sessions with two little sets of red bouncy curls. Love!
It gets worse before it gets better.
Isn’t that how a lot of things are? We have to tough out the hard stuff to get to the good stuff. When I blogged at the beginning of the week about my accident last weekend, I was in a hydrocodone-induced fog with a little frustration mixed in from the whole one-handed thing. I haven’t let my injury stop me from having fun with the kids, eating way to much ice cream and paddling across the lake. Well, Brent paddled, and I got to enjoy the scenery. Being at Hume Lake, away from our fast paced life, is wonderful. And I’m glad I didn’t decide to stay at home to feel better. Feeling better is best done under pine trees with a milkshake in your hand. Trust me, I know.
Here’s a bit of sharing from my recent mini-sessions at the bay. I have lots more to share, but the whole-slowing down thing makes blog posts take forrreeevver. So, little by little we go. Oh AND I have 2 amazing recipes coming up from my friend Ben the Chef. He’s the real-deal, guys, and I can’t wait to show you what we did!
I posted the other day about Ashton’s birthday party, but also wanted to share his one year portraits. We met on a separate day to spend some time documenting the life of a busy one year old! He’s such an expressive guy. His little surprised look was my favorite. 🙂
A few weekends ago, I photographed Ashton’s first birthday party. He loves Clubhouse Disney, so they went all out and created a party that would make Mickey himself jealous! Every detail was to perfection and every vendor I worked with was at the top of their game.
There were hundreds of photos from the party, but I tried to narrow it down so I could share the highlights of the day!
Event Location: The McCharles House in Tustin
Event Planner: Kathy Jo Weddings
Catering: Room Forty
Linens: Wild Flower Linen
Here’s what I’ve been up to! Don’t you love this guy’s hair?
Here’s one more Mother’s Day session that happened last week.
