Showing posts with label Personal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Personal. Show all posts

Friday, May 7, 2010

You're The Best Mom In The World

I'm Shannons husband and even though I know she won't like it I'm hijacking her blog to say what an amazing mother she is!!! Shannon you are truly the best mom in the world. When we met in HIGH SCHOOL, I thought you were so cute and kind and thoughtful. I had no idea you would be a great mother on top of it. My whole life I wanted to be a young father and you gave me that and much more. You are the rock of this family and that will never change. Thank you for balancing your business, your kids, and me. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. Happy Mothers Day!!!!!


Love,

Shawn














Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Lucie: 6 going on 16 and BREAKING my heart!

Uggggg. Every time I turn around, she looks older and more mature. She melts my heart:-)

Monday, March 22, 2010

New Year's Resolution Part Two - Mama's Boy

So, like I mentioned in an earlier post, I have severely neglected my responsibility of taking pictures of my own family in the last couple of years. I spend a lot of time taking pictures of other people and when it comes time to document the moments in my life, I slack off. This year, I vowed to myself that I would make a conscious effort to take more pictures of John, Lucie, Shawn, and myself. So, here is part two of my New Year's Resolution post! Yay!

My little guy is four and a half. He is almost always barefoot, wearing pants with holes in the knees, and with dirt under his fingernails. Now, before I start to sound like a really bad mom, let me explain. This child is ALL BOY. He practically came out of my belly with bruises...come to think of it, he actually did enter this world with a bruised nose and swollen lip. When other babies rolled around on their backs contentedly admiring mobiles, my little man was trying desperately to pull himself up on the furniture, falling all over the place, and getting into everything!

These days, he insists on dressing himself to my chagrin. He seeks out danger (I spent two mornings in a row in the ER a couple of weeks ago...for separate incidents!). And no matter how clean he looks when he gets out of the shower, the dirt appears under his nails within a couple of hours. So, that said, I really wanted one batch of pictures of him with shoes on and gel in his hair. Don't worry! We spent about twenty minutes taking pictures before he talked his way into an ice cream cone... so much for the clean face!






Monday, March 8, 2010

Meet Emma

Emma is the 7-week-old daughter of my very good friend, Larisa. She is just the sweetest thing ever and it's hard for me to be around her because it makes me want another baby girl. Nothing against boys...my little guy rocks my world every day but there is something to be said for baby girls. Her big brother, Jake is a sweetheart too. Larisa is one lucky Mama and now her family is complete. I am so happy for you, Larisa!










Saturday, February 6, 2010

New Year's Resolution Part One - Beautiful Girl

2009 was such a crazy year! I was really busy and spent a lot of time photographing people I barely knew. It became apparent to me that I had not taken very many pictures of my own family when I sat down to make our annual calendar. Usually it is a HUGE challenge to choose which pictures will make the cut and find their way onto one of the twelve pages. This year, however, was different. Shawn and I had to scrape together pictures from the year. It was at that moment that I came up with my New Year's resolution. Take more pictures of my family.

So here I am almost halfway through February and just getting around to doing what I resolved to do in 2010. But isn't my Lucie beautiful?








Friday, February 5, 2010

Out in the Open

As I mentioned a few days ago, I am working on a fundraiser at my son's preschool. It has been such an amazing experience! The children are really fun to photograph. Their natural curiosity provides so many opportunities for learning and growing which makes them perfect subjects!

I just made the images of the children available to the families in an online gallery. They can order prints to help support the school. This all sounds wonderful but I have been feeling a little vulnerable and it just occurred to me why. This is the first time that my work as a photographer has been on display for a large number of people to see. It makes me feel excited and nervous (you know that dream where you are standing on a stage in front of a crowd naked?) at the same time.

So far, the fundraiser is doing well. Parents are placing orders and I am getting some wonderful feedback. Fun stuff!

Here are some more images from the fundraiser...




Monday, February 1, 2010

The Joy of Learning

When the director of my son's preschool propositioned me about photographing the students for a fundraiser, she recalled a photograph of her sister standing at an easel when she was a child. I knew right away what she envisioned. The images would be candid, capturing the children at "work" and would be black and white, giving them a timeless quality. The more I thought about it, the more excited I became. I know how fleeting childhood is. My youngest will be off to kindergarten in the fall and I can hardly believe how fast his first four and a half years have gone by. I still think of him as my baby but then I see his body stretch three quarters of the way down his bed and realize that he is growing faster than I would like. Right now he is like a sponge, absorbing every new experience with pure joy and wonder. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to give the families of these children an image that they can treasure forever, a glimpse into the world of their preschooler.

These are just a handful of the images I captured while spending time with these amazing kids.





Tuesday, December 15, 2009

I'm back!


Hello friends! I know it may seem as though I disappeared off the face of our planet...and in a way I kind of did there for a while! The last couple of months have been a whirlwind of activity. Between TONS of work and my family's move (from our home in Danville to one in Pleasanton), I've been more than a little overwhelmed. But the end is in sight...as the holidays rapidly approach, work has slowed down a bit (at least enough for me to catch my breath!) and I decided to sit down and do a little blogging.

I will not blog about each session that I have done since my last post as that would take all night! I will, however, put together a group of some of my favorites so that you can see what I have been up to.

Oh, and one last thing...I just have to say that I have been RAVING about all the absolutely wonderful people that I have had the honor of working with lately. My clients have been a blessing to my life and have enriched my experience as a photographer more than they could ever know! THANK YOU!















I have to include one of my little ones on Halloween...so dang cute!

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Welcome to my blog!

I thought it would be fun to have a blog where clients can get a sneak peak from their sessions and where anyone interested can see what I've been up to! The plan is to post a few images from each session within a day or two of taking them. So let's get started! I am going to backtrack a little so that we can get some pictures on here right away...enjoy!