Update from home

Sorry for the lack of updates. I've been home in Texas shutting off the world and focusing on family time. Its incredibly liberating, as I spend a lot of time online from either editing, catching up with other blogs, emails, and researching. Phew! I really hope my eyes don't turn into squares like my mom used to tease me when I was younger =p. Anyways...Today was my mom's birthday! I was super happy to be able to spend it with her here too. I've probably missed her day a couple times since moving. So she took ME to Crack Barrel, my favorite breakfast spot here at home. I know, right? Her day and she takes me. Well, shows how much she does love me. :] Then we shopped around all day taking care of a couple things, and swam and tanned together (although, I never tan. Even if I bake and use special tanning lotion). We went out to dinner and had a good time too with the whole family. It was nice. I leave tomorrow and I'm not looking forward to it! I'm coming back about August time once my weddings slow down again, one week was just not enough!







Um yes... The best place for vintage candy. Drool!









Happy Birthday, Mum! =p





Enjoy the photos. I feel a little rusty when doing personal work. It feels weird not to cater to someone else's interest's but mine.

PS. my wedding season starts in less than a month! Sooo excited!

Kyle&Breanna

I am so excited to share with you a couple session (c-sesh) I did yesterday with my good friends Kyle and Breanna. I took photos of them about 3 years ago when I first moved back out to Ca, and that session still holds some of my favorite photos. After this shoot, it blew those out of the water. I'm so happy with my results, and continue to drool over my 5d and its magical powers. We headed over to Shabarum park in Hacienda to get some shots in an earthy environment. The wheat fields were amazing and I loved the views!

Something fun we included in this shoot were these cool wooden palette chairs that Kyle makes. They were so cute and personal to their creative and innovative personalities that I had to have them bring them to the shoot! They were cute and fun. Enjoy!






























I made a cute hearts banner in paisley for them to hold with their names on it :]











The chairs are custom made, and involve a really fun design element. Kyle is in the process of making more! Tables, too.























I asked Kyle to take some pictures of Breanna on my film camera while I watched, and I love this sweet moment of them laughing together. Cute!






This was actually a mistake when I took it, but I could not have been happier with a goofy shot. I love it!

Me, and myself.

It's been a while for me and self-portraits. My 365 ended almost a year ago, can you believe it? I can't... It seems like something that happened farrr away from now. I decided I should curb my habit of hiding behind my camera, which I have been doing since I ended my 365. So I stepped out into the sun in my grandma's beautiful backyard. More to come, hopefully!



I'm really loving the blurred close object compositions. It creates a focus and draws my eye to what the subject is more clearer.

I am still amazed by my 5D. A little obsessive, I guess. Why didn't I upgrade sooner!!

Bridal Show Pictures

Yesterday was my first bridal show at the El Prado Golf Club in Chino. I had my best friend Nikki help set up that morning, and I am so grateful she was there with her helping hands and great design eye. We had fun checking everything out at the show (can you say chocolate fondue?) and chatting with brides. I learned a lot from my first show (like how small shows can go SO wrong. I was given a "booth" with no backing. Even though I was told I had a curtain to hang photos. Luckily the director was nice enough to switch me with a cake person who I found out later was pretty mad. opps!) Anyways, it was a good first experience, and I can see where a lot of revenue and appointments can come in with bigger shows, which I hope to do next (BrideWorld is amazing). A lot of vendors there were friendly with me, and some advised me the best way to "get in" was to smooze other vendors so they would refer you. I like the sound of that! Anyways, enjoy my display.

Bridal Show!

My first bridal show is this Sunday! Super excited to meet all the fun brides and learn about their stories.

I'll be giving away a free engagement shoot there too, so if you're getting married, come by and enter to win!

New Album Cover Sleeves!

I've been crushing my brain (i know, not really a nice thought is it?) and working like a horse finishing up my bridal show display. Its really fun amidst the craziness, and has brought me to new ideas about my presentation. So again, I'm here today to show off another little goodie my brides receive when they either purchase or choose a package that has an album in it. Its a cute new "sleeve-type" cover for you to carry around and show off to all your family and friends! Each bag is sewn unique and features a bow enclosure on top! Fabrics will include a variety of quilt squares and others sewn together. Since this is just a sample sleeve, in the future I note to sew inside a little thicker fabric to house the album and keep it safe from bangs and bumps it may encounter.



Hope you enjoy! My brides are going to be spoiled this summer =p

My dream come true.

I know this isn't my usual post, but I'm so excited I have to share it on here to you all. I've been dreaming about riding a motorcycle for about a year now. And now that I'm hooked on the supercross, I had to make it come true. So I just wanted to post a photo of me and Jeremy in our full gear :]