Beautiful Mama

This is my friend Tanya. We have know each other now for about, wow, 12 years. I met her when I came to Sac State to play volleyball. She was on my team and lived in the apartments next to me. SHe is the sweetest person and has the most incredible personality. Doesn't she look beautiful pregnant ? Here are a few. ( Her sons Luke and Kristopher are in a few too )

By the way: She has 2 boys, and is pregnant with her first girl !!!

The Stylish Adams Family

This is one of my favorite families in the world. The Adams Family. They are all so beautiful and kind. They were so much fun to shoot because they were up for anything, and they were all so natural in from of the camera. Here are a few of my favorites. I realize there are a lot, so please don't feel obligated to critique all of the. I will post by session more than likely, and anything that stands out, good or bad, mention it. Or, feel free to just browse. I hope you enjoy these. Let's chat !

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Aren't they fabulous ???

I can't have frick, without frack...

Here are a few from earlier in the year of my other daughter, Kamryn. These were for her first birthday. Kami did so good, although it IS hard to take pictures of your own kids. Not to mention for some reason Kami just didn't seem to understand when I asked her to "turn her head to the right just a pinch. " :) I hope you enjoy these. Again, as a mom, I sure do. How should I feel as a photographer with a lot to learn ? Don't forget to become a member of this blog so you get updates, and tell your friends. I can use all the help I can get. Let's chat !

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With this one, I actually had to desaturate the eyes. I just love this pouty face.

Let's Get Started..

Here are a few images I captured the other day of my daughter, Jordyn. They were shot at a park near my house in the late afternoon. I have obvious emotional connections to them, because she is my baby, and I love her to pieces...but let's get objective. Let's chat !

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I've got to start somewhere...Welcome to my blog.

Since my journey in photography began less than a year ago, I have used other photographer's blogs as educational tools. It is so fun and inspiring to go daily to the blogs of other photographers with such talent and ability, and years of priceless experience. I feel like I get to be a "fly on the wall" of some of the best photographers in the country. I believe in the saying " garbage in, garbage out". With that in mind, looking at poorly constructed images day in and day out only breeds that level in my work. If instead I look at the best photographers, and their awesome works of art, that is instead what I train my mind to achieve.

Now, I realize that this is a pathetic excuse for a blog, but I just couldn't get myself to put in the time and money for a high end professional looking blog, with NO ONE TO SEE IT. So, if this blog becomes a must see, I will upgrade. Until then, I will use it to serve it's purpose...as motivation and for education. Motivation, because I can't very well have a blog without regular pictures and updates, so I will have to work to get sessions. Education because as I post my work, I open it up for discussion. For anyone that visits, and for myself. Please feel free to leave candid but respectful comments on the technical, aesthetic, and emotional components of any images I post. I welcome any comments, good or constructive, that any visitor of this blog would like to share. I hope to learn a lot from everyone that visits, and in turn hope that visitors can learn something as well. I look forward to meeting each and every one of you ! Let's chat !

To start...A question. How can I get my logo on my header, centered, and in the colors it was created ? I see blogs all the time with custom headers. How do I do that ?