Congratulations Phillip- Class of 2009!!

Congrats!! now on to the rest of your life! Remember you only have one, make the most of it! You've been given a great foundation.. now it's up to you to build the rest!

Congratulations to Beck & Doug on raising a terrific kid into a great Young Man!!

Jose & Angela +paint + family tree addition = Maternity session Sneak Peek!

I had so much fun with this session! For now I am only posting a few images and not saying anything more.....

we started here:





and ended here:



What happened in between you will have to come back for......

Than & KimDung + Elopement to San Francisco = Sneak Peek!

Kim contacted me to ask if I would be available to document their very secret wedding. I of course was very intrigued. Were their family rivals (Romeo & Juliet)? Had one of them been promised to another family at birth? Was he being deployed in the military? So many possibilities.




The truth was they were eloping to San Francisco just to be romantic. Awwwww! and will most likely have a big family wedding in December. I think it's the best idea ever, especially with as much fun as the first one was. ;-)





After the ceremony we headed over to the beach. Here is just one image.



This is just the sneak peek - lots more images and a slideshow to come....

Adam & Salina = The Engagement

They say that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. NOT so for this couple. Salina was in Vegas for a girls trip from California. Adam was there on a boys trip from New York!! They met and Salina said they hung out till way late having instantly bonded. Adam knew he couldn't be apart from her and moved across the country to be with her. (awwwwwww!) Adam's family is still back East and will be flying in for this event along with his boys! I look forward to meeting everyone. And when they see how nice the weather is here (please weather act right) they might even move here!!





A few weeks ago I gave you guys a little teaser to this engagement session.. well here is the full session!

It was a very cold day in San Francisco despite it being about 100 degrees in San Jose. The drastic weather change caused for us to truly appreciate all the hard work models put in, especially when they are required to shoot in bikinis in beautiful and crazy locations such as Alaska. Here is an attempt of modeling and not looking cold.


The little one wasn't too happy about the weather (nor the camera). How cute is she??? I know she will make an adorable flower girl and give me a great work out, because I'll have to chase her around!



I love this family portrait of all of them.


Salina & Adam are a super fun couple they joked around throughout the whole session. I'm sure their marriage will be full of love, laughter & fun.





I don't think they expected to get in the cold ocean & get wet but with me you never know what's going to happen!






Salina might kill me (after the wedding) for posting this but I thought it was cute. I had asked Adam to approach and kiss Salina in a very sexy- seductive fashion. UM and this is what happened.



I can't wait until the wedding! It's going to be so much fun! Wait till you see Salina's dress!!! I haven't seen it nor pictures but she's described bits and pieces and I'm soo excited!! And seriously as cute as this couple is they could get married in pajamas!! ;-)



I leave you with one last image. A very typical San Francisco foggy day with the Golden Gate bridge playing Peek A Boo!

This little angel turned 6 months!

Time flies! I remember when I first met this little angels parents. And the first time I met him! Now 6 months later I almost didn't recognize him! He's gotten so big.






I love this little baby he is the cutest , best, happiest baby!! At the end of the session I wanted to take him home and keep him forever, unfortunately Veronica & Jose wouldn't let me take him- but I did get to go home with all these great pictures!! Maybe you can pick a favorite- because I couldn't.





The weather has been so weird one day it's super hot the next day it's super cold. Due to weather we had re-scheduled his 6 month session and upon arriving I was worried it might still be too cold. However the weather & photo gods agreed and played nice. The early evening turned out to be nice not too hot, not too cold just right!



I loved this session because along with the parents I got to share a few "baby's firsts".

First visit to the merry-go-round.



First story time on a park bench by the merry go round of his favorite book: What did baby do?





and I believe even first visit to the swing set!! Even though he didn't get a push on the swing set-- maybe we'll do that on his first birthday!!



What "we" did do was play Peek a Boo! Seriously this was my favorite part of the session!








Well that's it! How cute is he?? Were you able to pick just one favorite? I'ld love to hear which one it was you can tell me in the comments section. Veronica & Jose - Thank you so much for sharing your precious little angel with me!

One final one- how cute is his expression in this?

Film Friday! More Springtime Love ..

If you follow my blog you already know that I love Polaroid film. You might also be aware that the company Polaroid decided to stop manufacturing this film in Feb 2008. Sadly it is quickly disappearing. There are still a few boxes left out there and they have quickly gone from $13 a box (10 images) to $20!! and maybe even more. I am happy to announce that The Impossible Project was started to manufacture more of this delicious instant film, hoping to remanufacture this film by the end of 2009. I am hoping it happens!! Until them.. I will be contributing to the increasing Polaroid price as a buyer and seeing as my Economic 101 class proves right in the rule of "supply & demand".



The next two images I took by holding a magnifying lens up.