Epic Climb

Posted on July 10, 2010

Remy is a climber, some kids just are.  I can totally picture him climbing Mt. Everest when he grows up…or at least a large boulder.

I love my little guy.

Happy Father’s Day!!

Posted on June 19, 2010

A very happy Father’s Day to all of the great dad’s out there in the world.  Special big love to my dad and to my dear husband.  You’re a great man and a fantastic dad.  Keep it up, baby!

Little Grumpy

Posted on April 26, 2010

The other night Rem climbed in to my freshly made bed and started rearranging the pillows into one big super-pillow.  He looked so comfy that I asked him if I could take a picture.  He said it was ok so I ran off to get my camera.  When I came back in to the room, he put his arms behind his head and threw me the biggest crusty I’ve ever seen on a little dude. 

That kid is hilarious.  

My Baby is Two!!

Posted on March 24, 2010

Whew!  March has been a heck of a month.  Between all of us getting super sick and my husband travelling out of the country, it’s been hectic.  In and among all of this, my little guy has gone and turned two years old!  I can’t believe how the time has flown.

I have some fun shoots coming up soon.  I can’t wait to share them all with you.  In the mean time, here’s a little collage of Rem opening a present from his Grammy Irene.  She got him an Elmo DVD collection.  Just perfect for my Elmo-obsessed little monster.

Vegas!

Posted on March 9, 2010

Whew!  I just got back from WPPI 2010 in Las Vegas, the annual convention for wedding and portrait photographers.  What a whirlwind of lectures, networking, vendor displays, and walking, walking, walking.  (My hotel was across the street but it took 30 minutes to get to the convention center – those hotels are HUGE!).

I feel like I just got six months of education in four days.  I can’t wait to work with some of the AMAZING album and canvas suppliers that I met.  I will definitely be adding a new lens to my collection (thank you Canon!) and I have all kinds of new ideas on how to connect with new clients.  I can’t wait to share what I’ve learned.  Stay tuned to the blog!

This is some of the new public art that has been installed in Vegas’ newest hotel cluster called City Center.  The Mandarin Oriental, Aria, Vdara, Veer Towers and the Crystals mall are all a part of the complex.  It is so cool and futuristic, it feels like something out of the movie Gattaca.  If you’re looking for Louis Vuitton, Tiffany or Carolina Herrera, this is your place.

This is a super long hallway that leads to the West Wing Bar at the MGM.  It felt like a modern version of something out of The Shining.

Boudoir Album

Posted on February 27, 2010

I ordered a leather album to share my boudoir images with my clients and it came out so beautifully that I just had to share it.  It is a flush mount album which means that all of the images are part of the pages themselves and are not merely glued on.  The pages are thick and have a small gutter (or space) in the center between the pages that allows the book to lay flat.  Because of the gutter, this album is more suited for a simple layout rather than an album with double spread images.  If you like a clean look that allows each image to shine on its own page, then this is the album for you.

Coming up on a Milestone

Posted on February 1, 2010

I have been taking pictures of my son Remy on Saturday of every week since he was born.  At first, I was hoping to make it to 6 months.  My next goal was to make it to one year.  In three weeks, we will be at week 100, just four weeks shy of two years.  I love looking back at the way my little guy has grown up and how my own skills as photographer have grown right along with him.  It is a great record of his life and even though it will be many years until he appreciates it fully, I am happy that this will be there for him to enjoy and possibly even share with his own children some day.

I have the whole collection in a folder on my flickr page if you would like to view it.  As you can probably guess by some of the images, my son’s level of cooperation fluctuates from week to week.  I have to say, the weeks when he is not interested are my most fun in some ways.  Trying to photograph a grumpy almost-two-year-old can be great for honing people and camera skills (baby photojournalism?  sure why not!).

These are not fine art images by any means, but they have been a lot of fun to make over the past 97 weeks (so far!).  I hope this idea inspires you to take on your own photo project, whether following your children or taking a photo a day for a year, photographing 100 strangers or whatever else you can think of.  I’ve been thinking a lot about week 100, I hope it is the first of many 100s to come.