… I like to try to take self-portraits

The final bit of my afternoon with this sweet family. Out on their street…. just doing what they do. I love to capture families AS THEY ARE… rather than all wearing pretty clothes, standing stiffly, smiling at the camera but otherwise acting unnaturally. This family was just so much fun to capture playing and laughing [...]

A few more of this family just hanging out and being together … You can just tell they make each other laugh … so fun. (the last one is one of my favorites!)

Remember, a few weeks ago when I decided to give away a free portrait session? Well, some friends of the family (Dave and Jenni) won and I spent a Sunday afternoon with their family not too long ago … We pretty much just played for a bit in and around their house. Here’s the first [...]

Just a really quick update to let you all know when I’ll be out of town (i.e. away from regular email monitoring) and where I’ll be in case anyone is interested in some portraits (please contact me!). Phoenix, AZ – July 3-5, 2009 – I have some flexible availability for portrait sessions that weekend. I [...]

Sunday night I went over to take some family photos of Dave and Jenni and their kids. Chaos. No, of course I’m kidding. But it was so so fun. Here’s just a sneak peek:

For Easter weekend, Andrew’s family (aunt/uncle/cousin/cousin’s boyfriend) came down from Central California to celebrate with us … Sarah (Andrew’s cousin) is one of the coolest girls … it’s always fun to see her. Plus she’s ridiculously cute (and photogenic) …. So, I was sitting, reading, minding my own business and my mother-in-law comes in and [...]

I’ve decided to give away a portrait session… for fun. And for the love of spring. And because ever since I’ve started working on my new logo/website/etc all I want to do is take new photos to go with the new look. Leave a comment here by Tuesday night and I will choose one at [...]

Just wanted to tell you all about last weekend when we went to the Getty Center … I love living in LA and having so many cultural options all the time. If I could afford it, I’d go to the Getty every week. Yes, I know that admission is free, but parking was raised to [...]

Katie is my amazing sister-in-law and Joe is her awesome boyfriend … For Katie’s birthday a couple weeks ago, we did a couple little impromptu photo shoots. … at the beach, and then later at the family birthday party… Katie and Joe are so much fun because they are both so goofy and are so [...]