Celebrate YOU!!!!

Celebrate you!

I have spent a lot of years being the one behind the camera in my family.  I love to take photos, whether it be of my family, kids, nature, or anything in between, I have always had the camera in hand.  So I can imagine, like most of you reading this, that there are not as many pictures of me at our family events.  I also don't have the best self image of myself, so it is REALLY easy to say, 'oh, I'll take the picture'.  But recently, I got to thinking more outside myself and my insecurities.  I started thinking about when I am gone and my kids are looking through the millions of photos of their childhood, how few pictures there will be of me.  So as uncomfortable as it is, I am starting to hand the camera to others and get a photo taken of myself at our events. 

And that is where I came up with my Celebrate You promotion.  I know we all want to change things about ourselves, but I think it is super important to love who you are today and embrace all the amazing things that make up YOU!  Step out from behind the camera and have some beautiful pictures of YOU hanging on your walls right next to the hundreds of kids pictures in your home.

These photoshoots are designed to be fun...make you giggle, and feel silly, but most importantly, document how amazing you are today!  So if it has been to long since your last photoshoot, give me a call to set up a session that will make you feel beautiful!!!

California Cold

My friends back east are being hit with some major snow and wind, so I feel a little silly even typing this post, but I am going to, because in California, three days of 'weather conditions' are something to post about and most certainly photograph.  This morning I was on my way to take my daughter to practice, and my car was covered in ice....the kind of ice that I had to TUG on my car door to get it open.  We had a good laugh about not being able to get our doors open, then I had to run in the house to get my camera.  Lesson in all this, take my camera with me no matter what everywhere I go and leave an extra 5 minutes to our travel time for de-icing the car. 
I do hope all my friends back east stay warm, and like I have said before, come to Cali if you need a break from the cold and snow!!!!!

Have a great day!

Running in the rain

Running in the rain has got to be one of the most invigorating activities I have ever done....If you have never tried it, you MUST!  It was POURING today and I was out on one of my longest runs to date.  I was worried about getting cold, but it was wonderful...I realized I was even smiling while I was running...I can't even image what the passing drivers must have thought of me!  Even though I am a sunshine girl, I do love the rain (but just for a short time)!!!  Here are some pictures I grabbed today while it was coming down!!!  I hope you have a beautiful day!!!

 

I should have been a weather man

I should have been a weather man. My favorite weather is, clear, blue, sunny and HOT!, but this morning I awoke to thick, dark, gloomy FOG...it was cool. So, as I was rushing my daughter out the door, I grabbed my camera. Fog can be hard to photograph. You have to have a subject to show the fog, or it is just WHITE WHITE WHITE....so what better subject than my amazing daughter...oh, and the neighbors tree! I hope you enjoy the fog :)

 

 

 

Joy

Taking time to stop and smell the roses is essential to life.  I LOVE the sunrise and sunset!  I am fortunate to have a teenager that requires me to drop her off at school during sunrise and pick up from practices during sunset.  I have seen many AMAZING works of art in the sky!  As a child I grew up in the San Bernardino Mountains and we would see the most SPECTACULAR sunrises/sunsets off the 'rim'.  Such beauty will take your breath away!  As a photographer, I am always trying to capture that feel, the essence, of whatever is in front of me, be it a person, or the sky.  I hope as I grow, learn and gain more experience, that I am blessed to be able to capture the 'feelings' that are surrounding the image!  I hope you have an amazing day, and witness some miracles of your own!!!!

The Germain Family

This was the GORGEOUS family I was given the opportunity to photography this week!  We met at one of my favorite locations in the Temecula Valley, Old Town Temecula!  There are so many wonderful backdrops that the possibilities are endless.  Not to mention the are a gorgeous family!  Thank you Germain's!!!!  I look forward to another session soon!!!!!

 



Window to the soul!!!!

STUNNING

 

That is all I have to say about this beauty!  We all have our own unique look and for some of us it is a big, happy smile, but for others, it is a serious look.  BUT then there are some that you ask them to give you a serious look and their inner soul FLOODS their eyes and there is so much beauty and depth that it leaves you SPEECHLESS....that was how this young lady's session was.  She has a beautiful smile too, but her eyes are some of the biggest windows to the soul I have ever seen.  She is so gorgeous and I was blessed to be able to capture her beautiful soul.