Finding Beauty

Why is it that something this beautiful is ripped form the ground and quickly discarded?

Found this in my neighbors yard. They were pulling weeds and were getting ready to pull it. I ran over and saved it- it now is in a vase in my living room. 

My neighbor's son was very puzzled as to why I would want a weed. I simply told him sometimes you have to look beyond and find the beauty in something others would consider ugly. 

This post is dedicated to a hard working man who like this dandelion was pulled from earth too quickly.

RIP: 07.14.38 - 06.20.08

Myrna & Juan Carlos

Myrna & Juan Carlos: THANK YOU For allowing me to be part of this very special day!!! 

I couldn't have been blessed with a  more laid back fun awesome couple if I had advertised for one. These two ROCKED!!!! Not only are they super in LOVE but they also gave me complete creative freedom. They were down for everything-- even standing on rocks for pictures. Sorry Myrna - I hope your feet survived!!  

Juan Carlos was soooooo excited he was jumping and clicking his heels!! No joke! He did it on his own.  I was Fortunate to capture the moment. During the Groom and Groomsmen pictures I was inspired by Reservoir Dogs, but the guys were more inspired by The Godfather. 

I could talk forever about this awesome couple but instead I will let you see for yourself. There are soo many awesome pictures - I can't even decide on a favorite ONE.  

I will be posting more .. stay tuned. 

Myrna & Juan Carlos

A small teaser of what's to come in the next few days. 

Thank YOU Myrna & Juan Carlos for allowing me to document this very special day!!!

Spunky Brides!

Sometimes on the wedding day it's hard to get those images inspired by high fashion, fine art & creativity - due to different factors such as time constraints & being worried about getting dirty.

I like to do what I call a "Spunky Bride" Session. You may have heard of these fun shoots by other names such as; "Trash the Dress", "Fearless Bride", "Bohemian Bride" and many others. Regardless of the name they all have one objective in common- to have fun & create beautiful images!!

This session allows us to let loose and be super creative without all the constraints of the actual wedding day. They can be as safe or risky as you are comfortable with. A simple dry cleaning of the wedding dress in enough to restore the dress to like new appearance. Of course I cannot guarantee this if we go and paintball with the dress on. ;-)

Here are some images from a recent Spunky Bride session:








More can be found on my flickr stream

Elyce- ANTM!!

Wow! I've been pretty busy lately.



Last week I had an urban outdoor photo shoot with Elyce. She's a naturally talented up and coming model. Giselle, Kate & Heidi better watch out! The shoot was coordinated by fellow photographer Steve Smith. We teamed up to give Elyse two completely different sets of images to enhance her portfolio. We met downtown and went on a stroll. This girl was a trooper- it was pretty cold but she didn't complain at all. She was even adventurous enough to hang out in a very grimy doorway.

Here are the Photos! I had so many favorites there are a ton. I might even post a few more later..







Hey Tyra!! You should call this girl I'm telling you she rocks!!! She's definetley America's Next Top Model!

Happy 5th Birthday to the cutest Tax baby ever!!

Saturday was my favorite tax baby's birthday party. This little cutie officially turned 5 on April 15th. However due to her busy schedule (karate, dance, cheerleading and the list goes on) her parents weren't able to celebrate her 5th bday until now. AND celebrate they did! Besides the "normal" food, cake, balloons & bouncy house there was also a magic show performed by a fairy and a real live petting zoo with another magic show and face painting!!! All this took place at their home. This is one lucky kid.

I arrived camera less to this party (ok my camera bag was in the car but I wasn't going to pull it out- really) and made it through the magic show performed by a real life fairy princess and even the cake cutting without taking a shot. Well ok I did grab my friend's camera for a family portrait at cake time but I only took 3 little shots. ;-)

But then.... a mini pony showed up at the front door!! I couldn't resist and ran for my camera!! The pony was followed by a couple of ducks, some guinea pigs, a dove, a bunch of rabbits, a labradoodle puppy and carriage! Did I mention all this came out of a mini van- it was like being at the circus and watching 15 clowns come out of a mini car. All the adults were wowed just by watching all this.. geez - we are easier to amuse than kids.

It was the funnest birthday party ever! I want to be 5 again!

oh and did I mention it's Springtime?? The rabbits turned the party X-Rated, so if you go with a petting zoo party for any of your kids birthdays make sure only same gender rabbits show up and keep it G Rated ;-)

here are the pictures I must warn you there are lots of pictures...