Pixie Dust

Doesn't this sweet little girl look like a pixie.  She has amazing BLUE eyes and a melt your heart smile! I am so happy I was able to take her 1 year old pictures.  

There will be more to come of her older sister...

More Beauty...

Basically, I loved all the pictures of this little girl.  I don't always say that about the photos I take, but she was so cooperative it made it super fun!  I have learned when I am relaxed and having fun the pictures always turn out fantastic! (now just getting high strung me to relax all the time is a different story!)   Here are a few of my favorites...

She was having so much fun, she asked for a picture as Tinkerbell!

This picture has some significance.  I wanted a picture where she was peering out a door.  Because often I walk past their front door and she will be peering out the door saying hi to everyone that passes.

The lighting was so weird in the picture, but she looks beautiful so I decided to blow out the highlights and fade the color. I love it! 

Such a nice family!  I am so glad I was able to get to know you all better!

I LOVE HATS!

I saw this gorgeous little girl at church on Sunday in this awesome outfit and I REALLY couldn't wait until Thursday when we had this fun photo shoot scheduled!  So most of you know I am a hat junky and so when I saw that my orange hat would match her jumper she just had to wear it.  Doesn't she look adorable...

There will be more to come of this cute girl!

SINGIN' IN THE RAIN!

A few weeks ago I was speaking with my good friend ReAnn about how I would love to do a photo shoot of children playing in the rain.... the only problem is we live in Southern California where it doesn't rain that much!  Until last week when we had a few days of rain and guess who showed up on my doorstep....REANN, with her kids all dressed up in raincoats and galoshes!  I love this family I tell you!!!

Can't you just see this little girls inner teenage attitude...haha

I love vintage photography but it isn't quite my style.  I am not the best at executing that type of style.  Really, I have never felt like I have taken a picture worthy of making it vintage until I shot these children in the rain!  I don't know if I executed it well but I felt proud of how they turned out.  What do you think?  I would love to receive feed back and hints of things that may look better.

Thanks again ReAnn, YOU ARE THE BEST!

Floating Heads

I have always liked those floating head  pictures so I decided to try it out...thank goodness the Gibson family was willing to let me play!  This is a great family!  We have been friends since we moved to California and we were only 5 days married...HA!  Thanks for the fun guys....enjoy!

We never did get that GREAT picture of all 3 kids...but I still think it's a keeper!

Dirty Faces!

I don't think a kid is more happy then when they are getting dirty! I have been photographing this little boy since he was weeks old and some of my best shots of him look just like this...a face full of sand! CHECK OUT HIS BEAUTIFUL BLUE EYES!

And his sister is just as beautiful!

Definitely another pair of faces I will miss soon!

Red Rose!

This sweet babies middle name is Rose, she was born before Christmas. So the theme of her photo shoot was RED! Besides being my favorite color it just is a beautiful color and I think this little one looked beautiful wearing it!

Who doesn't love a baby bum shot?

I love feet...baby ones that is!

Thanks Shannon!

Up Close and Personal!

Cleaning out my files I found a few more of little Addi.  I am going to miss this little girl and her mom so much when I am gone.  She is so much fun to photograph.  Tons of energy and personality!  I will add them to your cd Briana!