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Arizona Storm

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:03:21 +0000

We usually have sunny, dry, warm-to-hot weather in Arizona. It’s not often that we cancel anything because of weather. But when the weather does change, it can get freaky. I was shocked at the number of trees that simply fell over after rain fell out of sky almost sideways from the whipping wind. As I drove through the neighborhood, spotted this poor little bush, pulled up by the roots of the tree. Sure kept the landscapers busy!

Hood River, Oregon

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:46:01 +0000

I spent last weekend on a girl’s trip. We went to Hood River, Oregon for some hiking, shopping, eating, and girl time. Here are a few pictures from the trip. This was our hike to Punchbowl Falls. Very pretty and worth the effort.

Saturday after my friend went on 22 mile training run we all shopped in downtown Hood River. This was the most awesome salad that I ate for lunch. I’m not one of those photographers who always documents their meals with a photo, but doesn’t that look good? Pears, hazelnuts, dried cranberries, gorgonzola, and raspberry vinegrette. Yummy!

Free Canvas for Military Families

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:51:58 +0000

Canvas on Demand has a cool new program for military families called Operation Hi Honey! The program gives deployed military men and women a free fine-art canvas that will be presented to their spouse on their anniversary. For details visit www.canvasondemand.com/hihoney. I love it when companies are good to our troops. Thanks Canvas on Demand!

Baby books are here!

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:23:57 +0000

After two years of designing wedding albums, I’ve crossed over to babies. Here is the first album straight from Graphi Studios. The First Year of Life album chronicles all the wonderful and fleeting changes that occur from birth until that first birthday.

Awesome Birthday Party Idea

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:16:44 +0000

Kelly of Create Your Own Joy Studio is now doing birthday parties and they are amazing! She does sewing and craft parties out of her sewing studio. I recently photographed three of her parties. The first was a craft party. The girls had a blast painting their pots and making flower pens. The second was a sewing party. The girls all showed up in pajamas and made pillow cases…what fun! The third was the Alice in Wonderland party that I posted earlier. It was so great having her do crafts with the girls. I was actually able to relax and take all the pictures I wanted! My daughter can’t wait until next year’s party!

Sophia's Closet

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:09:07 +0000

The newest gallery to my website is Sopia’s Closet. A few weeks ago I photographed my friend Kelly’s sewing studio located in Chandler. One step inside her studio makes anyone want to learn how to sew. The room is full of beautiful fabrics, jars full of buttons, rows of ribbons and bins overflowing with patterns. It just makes me giddy! You can see a list of her classes at http://www.createyourownjoy.com/. If you like her stuff but just don’t want to make it yourself, she does sell baby blankets, aprons, etc.

Renee & Jeremy

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:28:19 +0000

After searching for months for just the right music, I finally found it! ”We Are One” by Renee & Jeremy. I play this sweet song and waltz around the room with my littlest one. You can hear all the songs from their collection at the Renee & Jeremy website.

Photoshop that rocks!

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:09:33 +0000

I spent the day yesterday learning from a fabulous Photoshop instructor, Bridgette. She not only is a wizard at Photoshop, Bridgette is a great photographer and a model too (way to be greedy with the talent, Bridgette). Anyway, I learned a lot about how to make my subjects look BOTH fabulous AND natural. She is having her next class on February 21 in Chandler. If anyone is interested, you can visit her blog: http://bridgettemarie.typepad.com/bmp/2009/01/photoshop-seminar-101-and-102.html

Wedding at the Boojum Tree

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:43:30 +0000

I shoot weddings exclusively for Aegis Images www.aphoto.us out of Scottsdale. At the end of each year we all get together and look at our favorite images from that year. Here a few that I shot from a unique venue called the Boojum Tree in Phoenix. I plan on posting more of my wedding images from 2008.