new start

As many of you know I have relocated to the Sacramento area, so that my husband can begin law school at McGeorge. My family and I are having a great time! I apologize if posts seem few and far between, but a new location, means a new start for me and my photography business. Which means things may be a little slow for a couple of months. Hopefully you don't mind pictures of my kiddos. They will be my little models as I discover new locations, and try to keep the creative juices flowing. Here are a few pics I have been wanting to post.

emilee.katka

I had soooo much fun at this shoot!! I came home from it and I was giddy because I knew that we had gotten so many good pictures. Emilee is my cute next door neighbor and Katka is a foreign exchange student from Czech Republic that has come to live with Emilee's family for her senior year (she just got here two days ago.... brave girl to get right in front of the camera). It was fun to shoot young, hip teenage girls. They made me feel cool for the 1.5 hour that we were together. They had so many great ideas and were totally willing to do all the crazy poses I wanted them to do. I know I have tons of pictures but this is actually two photo shoots combined in one post (that is my justification for having 18, count them, 18 pictures in this post). Hope you enjoy!!

Katka is so good at the totally serious, America's Next Top Model poses! Love it!!

I love this picture - Emilee runs track so this picture shows her fun, sporty side and her sassy side.

learning cool tricks

Okay, so I have never been a computer genius. In fact, I have been the total opposite - a computer dummy!! Since I have gotten into photography I have had to learn some of the tricks of the trade, computer skills being one of those skills (I feel like Napoleon Dynamite saying that). Well, I decided to take a crack at adding textures to my photos. I was a little nervous because this meant using photoshop - scary! After a few google searches I managed to learn how, and accomplish the task of adding textures. I am sure you will see this technique much more from me, because I am obsessed!

janis and boys

This is my cute mom and brothers, Eric and Matthew. While we were in Fresno I was able to take these fun pictures. Eric and Matthew were so good, and did everything I asked them to do. They are both so handsome! And Hello!! can you believe my mom? She looks gorgeous!





Matthew totally got into the shoot and even posed himself for this picture. He is so cute!

kaitlin.jayden.logan.gavin

I love these kids!! I love them a lot!! They are my cute niece and nephews. I was so glad that I was able to take these pictures, amongst all the other crazy things that we had to get done while we were in California (finding a new house, situating school, etc.) It was definitely one of the highlights of my trip. All the kids were wonderful and such good sports (it was blazing hot). Brianne, I hope that you like the pics, and can I just add again - I love these kiddos!!