The JOURNAL

It’s not often that I’m asked to shoot subjects other than grown-ups… and it takes a change of gears for me, but I love being challenged. A friend of mine, Allison, gave birth to a beautiful and healthy baby boy earlier this year and now that they’ve settled into each other, she asked me come […]

Somehow, I caught a bug this past week… and have been trying real hard to kick it… but it likes me a lot and wants to stay for 3 weeks. SOO between blowing my nose, coughing, and trying to sleep… I’ve been trying to keep my “work as usual” routine. I’ve had several excited music […]

Larry’s been in the family since the very beginning of my mom’s career as a therapist. Way back when, he IQ tested my sister when she was like 3 to make sure she wasn’t dumb (Just kidding… he did it for a bit of research he was doing for work… and she’s a ridiculously intelligent […]

I used to be taller than him. Really though… at one point in knowing Chris Brown, I was taller than him. I mean, it was like 5 years ago, BUT STILL! It was a glorious time in life. But at some point, he grew like 10 feet over night and totally passed me up in […]

I know, I know… it’s been a whole week since I last blogged. I have lots to share in the coming weeks from the many different shoots I’ve been doing. But today I wanted to share something with you…. Last night I photographed The Good Kids in concert at the House of Blues in Anaheim. […]

Today was beautiful. Today was inspiring. The air felt full of creative vapor. I took a deep breath and gave it my all. Here’s a sneak peek from today’s engagement shoot with Chris and Chelsea…. more to come….

It’s always been the assumption that I got the creativity gene from my Aunt Karen. (Even though technically, it would have run through my dad’s genes as well) She’s the artist….. a stinkin’ good one. Many fond memories from my childhood are the times Auntie Karen taught me how to make something cool….. like an […]

Sometimes I wish I could be more like Figero. He knows how to enjoy  life! Every morning I wake up with him sound asleep on my feet… I go downstairs to make breakfast and coffee… and when I come back upstairs to start my work day, he’s still asleep. About 10am, when the sun’s shining […]

I never turn down an opportunity to shoot with my friend Jack. He’s awesome. The brides and grooms he gets to shoot are SO sweet… it’s always a pleasure to hang out and shoot. This particular wedding took place in the beginning of December 2009… when the weather was still wintery. (I figure I should […]

His hand-made moccasins had a hole in the toe and showed traces of everywhere he’d been that summer. A tiny dusty grimy hand grabs hold of his and drags him down the forest path, past the towering canvassed tipi’s, and toward the sound of playing children. As they reach the trading post, he catches the […]