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Posted on June 4, 2010
In what other land save this one is the commonest form of greeting not “Good day,” nor “How d’ye do”, but “Love”? That greeting is ‘Aloha’: love, I love you, my love to you… It is a positive affirmation of the warmth of one’s own heart-giving.
– Jack London
Posted on May 30, 2010
One year ago: a fabulous family get-away to Cali…
So crazy to look back and see how things change in one year (and how others stay the same). In some ways it feels like this was last week – and then I look at baby J and realize how much she has grown. At the time of this trip she wasn’t walking steadily enough to master the sand so she crawled along the beach. So funny to see how she is on all fours doing a bear crawl in some of our pictures and to think that last month in Maui she was running and jumping in the ocean waves!
And, of course a collage series…
This has been the HOT seller for my clients this spring. I have made many wall canvas collage prints in the last few months using anywhere from 4-42 images on one display. I will have to post pictures soon to show various examples. I have so much blogging to catch up on! The busier you get, the less time you have to post all the details online. One of my summer goals is to transfer images hidden away in files on my computer to the blog and website. I have not updated my photo portfolio for months (and when I look through it there is a great urgency to update and revise).
Posted on December 25, 2009
It’s the night of Christmas and I finally found time to make our family holiday card. Better late than never! I thought this would have been a Valentine’s card for sure but decided to stick with Christmas (even though it is late). I had some festive and fun pictures from our recent trip to CA so I decided to go with a Cali Christmas card. I have been busy with card orders all month so our own family card was delayed (common practice with photogs…many send New Years cards instead). I’ve attached the front of the card here so you can see it here now (the printed version will be sent next week).
Posted on October 21, 2009
Just completed an awesome session with 2 adorable hula hooping sisters!
Can’t wait to get to work on the pics but had to flash this one as a teaser. How fun is this?
Watch for more images in the next few weeks!
Posted on September 8, 2009
I am loving the sun fade look right now.
I am also loving the pure joy that can be seen in a little girl learning to swim and achieving her goals step by step.
I took ‘M’ swimming last night for some one on one time together. We have been in the water many evenings this summer and it’s fun to see ‘M’ learn new things week to week. Some of the tasks have been taught in swimming lessons — but many have been learned from simple play. Since she is able to play and swim without being held constantly, I was able to snap some pics before getting in the water. Once I put my camera away and got in the pool with her it was serious playtime. ‘M’ jumped in and out of the pool over a hundred times before she was tired enough to call it good.
Fade is the new fad for me. It doesn’t work with everything but it sure is fun for just the right batch of pictures. Check it out…
As you can see, the little mermaid swam with us (she usually does). Ariel is the best water/bath toy ever! This doll has kept both of our girls entertained for hours. We’ve had her with us on most swimming outings this summer so I was glad to get some pictures of this. A good summer ’09 memory.
Thanks for looking. It’s a different look but I like to experiment. This satisfies my need for sun faded creativity today.
Posted on August 27, 2009
Check it out: awesome faded sun effects! It’s kind of vintage with a color pop.
I like to call this style I’ve been out in the sun too long…
These pictures were taken earlier this summer in San Diego but I’m just now getting around to working on them in some more creative ways. I love to play with fading and sun flare! This is not my typical post-processing but I’m really starting to like the faded, yellowish flare for certain pictures. I think I may be doing more of this in the future. If you are interested in this style, please let me know so I can plan for it in your photo session. Awesome for beach pics!
I actually made it into a few pictures that you see here. No, I did not have my tripod along (at the beach? too much trouble…) but I was able to get my camera settings as I wanted them and then asked my sister or husband (whomever was willing) to push the shutter button. The picture up top was a shot that my husband took of me the day we left – there I am saying good-bye to the perfect tranquilty of the pacific ocean.
Since I’m always the one behind the camera I’m typically missing in family photos. I’m trying to get in more of them. We have hundreds of amazing pictures of our clan and I cherish them all - just wish that I were in some more of them.
Photog friends take note: I did not process all of the images here with total consistency. That was not the goal. This batch was all about experimentation! I tried different techniques on each picture. Fading…flaring…texture…different effects. How fun is that?
I love the first images here.
Faded. So clean and light.
When I saw this little site on the beach I really wanted to be in front of the camera for a few shots with my girls. I entered my camera settings and asked my sister to snap tons of pictures of us while we played around the lifeguard stand. She did the job well – she must have shot over 30 pictures. Then I just chose my favorites for editing. Thanks Kjerstin!
Faded + a little texture too…
I am simply in love with this reflection picture…
Isn’t that soooooooo cool? Here’s another below:
The girls loved climbing up and rolling down the sand piles. Oh, the joy!
Can you tell I loved the lifeguard stand? We took pictures here during our first day at the beach and then again after dinner another night. I was wishing that I would have promoted a photo session and set up plans with some locals in San Diego. Our trip was a bit spontanious so I was not able to do that but next time I would love to shoot a family at the beach. If you are from the area, drop me your name and number and I will let you know when we plan our next trip. After working on these images today I am soooooo eager to get back to Pacific beach!
The yellow ‘treat’ shop right at the beach is my favorite place ever! Awesome color…interesting signage…totally beachy look…ice cream treats…what more could I ask for (other than to pack up the shop and move it to my backyard)? And by the way, just how great is my sister with her little nieces? You can just see the relationship in these pictures. I’m so thankful for that.
Our sweet babe had just started walking when we took this trip (now she’s running all over the place so hard to believe this was just a few months back). She preferred to crawl in the sand rather than walk (do you blame her?) so I have tons of shots of her on all fours. I love that! I’m thankful that we went right at this time and I was able to capture some pictures of her on the beach in the last days before she took off running.
I love this one here:
1. for the expression and 2. because big sister is running circles around her and you see that her presence is always right there beside her little sis.
She did start walking when she met this little guy, however….pretty sure she was trying to impress him! I think we witnessed her first crush here (he was pretty cute and so sweet too).
By the way, if you love the hat make sure to watch out for it in an upcoming designer spotlight! More where that came from soon…
