Monthly Archives: February 2008

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Little Adalynn





The last time I had a session with Adalynn was when she was just a newborn. This girl has grown so much! Her mom (Becky) brought along a fabulous beaded necklace which I loved with the “naked” shots. Addy did great in her session! Thanks to the Krist’s for coming to see me once again! Here are a couple of my favorites…

A couple more…




Here is a couple more from the McCord Family session….Thanks to the McCord family for coming in to see me. I had a blast as always!

Funny Faces



The cute McCord kids with the greatest faces! I love the tongue twirl….so cute! I will post more from this shoot soon…I am still working on them but I had to post these two shots…..

More soon….

Jamie Maternity Session






You may have already saw one of Jamie’s photos in the competition prints post below but I wanted to officially post a few more shots from her session. I of course shot her first maternity shots and so I had to come up with something different for this round. We decided to have her husband Dave and her daughter Kylee join us for the session. Kylee is excited for her new sister! I love her huge smile! My absolute favorite shot is still the one I entered in competition but here is a few more “second” favorites…Thanks to Jamie, Dave and Kylee for coming up to Portland to see me! Enjoy…

Heather & Aaron Maternity Session







Heather and Aaron drove down from Washington for their photo session (thanks guys!) I know its not THAT far….but I still appreciate it. I had a great time with this session. Last Saturday was a beautiful day so we were able to step outside at the end and take a couple shots. Poor Heather had to expose her belly to the busy traffic going by. But all was well. I love the cute shots we got…There are many more…but here are just a couple of my favorites. Thanks to both Heather and Aaron for coming to visit! I am looking forward to meeting your little one VERY soon :)

Little Natalie….




A little over a year ago I took photos of her big brother Elliott. Natalie was wonderful. I love the innocent face. Thanks to the Warrens family for coming to see me! Here are a couple of my favorites…

Competition Prints…





We have decided to enter our local Professional Photographers of Oregon print competition at the end of the month. Dan and I had a fun time just competing with each other as we prepared our photos for competition. I guess we will find out who won the battle soon. Here are my 4 entries. Let me know what you guys think! I am really excited about the ones I have chosen.

SPA Event





A few posts back I had you guys guess where in the world I was. Well I wish I was as far away as some of the guesses I got…but I was much closer to home in Tucson, Az. Dan and I were attending a convention called SPA. I know that sounds glamorous but we were working and learning. The SPA stands for Senior Portrait Artists. It was a photo convention geared towards shooting seniors. This is an area we are hoping to expand over the next year so we felt this was the perfect opportunity to get excited and get some new ideas. One part of the convention is getting to shoot wish some senior models that were brought from winning studios. These photos are just a couple I happened to catch. The models were great and handled the million and one crazy photographers that had cameras in their face. I am hoping I might be able to get one of my seniors from 2009 entered to be a model. Its great experience and would be a blast to have my client there. Will give more details this summer (this is only for seniors for 09).

Baby Alyxandra






Not too long ago I went to San Diego to take maternity photos of my good friends Genny and Josh. It seems like it was yesterday but I know time flies. So here we have their beautiful little baby girl Alyxandra Rayden. She is just about two weeks old in these photos….I love her little smile that shows her tiny little dimple. She had such long fingers and toes I had to show off her hands and feet. Alyx was wonderful to photograph and I loved being able to spend a few days with her. Thanks to Genny and Josh for putting up with me for a few days! I enjoyed seeing you both. Big Congrats on your new arrival! Here are my favorites…

On a roll….



I have been on a design craze here. This is a baby announcement I did last night for baby Will (see his photos posted below). I love the classic look of this announcement. There is also nothing better than the look on big sister Ella’s face. Does that not just say it all!