That First Time

I love the first time I get to shoot a family.  It's the newness, I guess.  Getting to see them interact, and how their family goes together.  This family reminded me that I love to capture those interactions between each of them.  The connection--that's what I love.

My heart beats a bit

I have stepped back from my photography as my life as taken me in different directions.  I haven't stopped, just slowed down. And seeing this shoot--my heart starting pounding a bit, I forgot how much I love it.  When I get those candid moments--the open mouth laugh, the slightly blurred shot, the things that remind me that God gave me a gift to be able to do something creative, because art is not my thing, but this is.  Maybe I will direct myself back here, because this light, these smiles and this capture in time is what I deeply love.

Fairy Forest

There is a hidden fairy like forest by the lake.  And this gorgeous girl was a blast to shoot there.  Finding green in the AZ desert is a dream come true.

Negative space

Negative space and color.   Sometimes work is play.

Are you kiddin me?

 How ridiculously cute is he?!

Ring around the Rosey

I still shoot. I just never post. Here is a recent one I am in love with--because I have one of my girls kind of like this and I will treasure it forever.

That Dreamland in the middle of the city

Take an oasis in the middle of a desert city, a gorgeous blonde with a beautiful smile and great laugh, add in the right patterns and colors in wardrobe, and don't forget the hat--and you have . . . well . . . this.  And it's rad.