Archive for July, 2008

Rockin’ it out ( oregon senior photographer )

July 30, 2008

Scouting for rad locations, just one of the many duties of a photographer.  Found this place in North Portland and had some teens & high school seniors meet up with me for some fun photos!

Here’s Kenzie.  She’s not mad.  She’s just showing me her serious side. :)

Here’s Andrea.  Look at her cool pose and check out the awesome graffiti behind her!  I played around with the over-processing in this one.

And here’s my sister and her posse, I mean friends.  :)

And the last share is Kenzie showing off her jumping skills!  Go high or go home!

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A sweet family session. ( oregon family & child photographer )

July 15, 2008

with a family that I’ve known for forever!  The mommy, Heidi, and I have had our shares of infertility challenges.  But here we are now!  Two kiddos later!  I met up with them at her parents house by the beach and boy was it a magical morning.

Here’s their little boy running to his momma.  Truly a magical moment.  :)

a boy and his momma, in a secret garden by you.

And the two kids having a cup of tea together in the backyard.  Don’t you just love their dress up costumes!

tea for two by you.

And here’s a tender moment I captured between a granddaughter and her “Oma.”

a little girl, her teddy bear and her oma by you.

Thank you Heidi and family for allowing me into your home to take memorable pictures of you!

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Congratulations Neena & Clinton! ( oregon wedding photographer )

July 14, 2008

You remember them right? My cousin Neena and her fiance were my first engagement session.  Now they’re finally husband and wife!  Congrats you guys!

They had an awesome wedding photographer so I made sure I didn’t step on too many toes to grab a few pictures.

The beautiful, yummy cake!

the cake by you.

The gorgeous couple!

neena & clinton by you.

Ring the bell so the bride & groom could smooch!!

My two munchkins were flower girls and they loved dancing on the spiffy dance floor.  Hehe.

my dancing flower girls by you.

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And baby makes three. ( oregon newborn baby & child photographer )

July 5, 2008

I did a maternity session in Yakima about a month ago and was able to return to do a newborn session!  It’s a boy and he’s a cutie pie!

Here he is!  Baby boy Carter.

baby bokehliciousness by you.

Here’s sweet picture of the daddy and Carter.

the classic "daddy holding baby" shot by you.

And an equally adorable one of the mommy and Carter.

love love love by you.

And lastly here’s the last shot with all three kiddos.  Older siblings Grace and Jake.  Baby Carter.

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Much thanks to the Heintz-Russell family for your graciousness.  I had so much fun with you all for both the maternity/family and newborn/family sessions.  I can’t wait to see you all again!

P.S.  Thanks to my wonderful second assistant, Andrea too!

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Born in the USA

July 4, 2008

In honor of county, I decided to have the girls play around with a little bit of colorful tulle.  The tulle just happened to be RED and BLUE and they were standing in front of a WHITE background.  Hmmm symbolism maybe?

They’re a little too centered for my taste but photographing my own children is quite a task.

Malia decided to roll around in the tulle and became quite entangled.  That brought out the giggles in her.

And little miss Jenna always tries to run away from my camera.  But I always manage to get her!

God Bless the U.S.A.!

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My first business headshot session! ( oregon headshot photographer

July 3, 2008

There’s a new physical therapist and pilates instructor in town and she asked me to take her new headshots! We used numerous outfits in the session. Some poses were simple/casual and others were fun/innovative. It was so fun!

It helped that she was a fine and toned gorgeous lady. She was so relaxed the entire time.

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We tried out a new fun backdrop!

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And we have a winner! This is the eventual shot that she chose for her new headshot! Yay!

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Thanks so much Diedra! Much continued success to you and your endeavors here in Oregon!

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