Nostalgic Portraits of Children

This lovely photo shoot is the start of my new look for my children photography. Soft and sweet images of little nostalgic images reminiscent of days gone by, fairies and angels, little athletes and sports heroes, cowboys and pilots. Children love to immerse themselves into the magical experiences of dress up and parents love the amazing portraits created. Please schedule early because these sessions are booking quickly.

Nostalgic Portraits of Children

Babyhood

Lots of my Mothers are having their babies so I'm busy photographing newborns. It is such a pleasure after photographing the pregnancy to come back and see the baby. Lots of baby boys. In the last two weeks, I have photographed three baby boys!! This is baby Ethan. I had photographed his Mom and Dad back in January (See blog entry....January 7, 2009). I'm in the middle of post-production from that shoot. I just love this image of Ethan and his Mother so much. It is so sweet and tender. I have so many more post production to work on plus two shoots this weekend. Lots of juggling. Will try to blog more soon.

Babyhood

Baby Natalie

I may have posted this news in one of my blogs that my photography was going to be featured @ Beach Cities Midwifery/Women' Health Center http://www.beachcitiesmidwifery.com/ opening up in Laguna Hills in January. They did open up and they have seven of my images on their walls. Plus they have been giving out my packages to expectant Moms.

The first baby was born at the new center on January 31st, a baby girl, Natalie. This past Friday, I had the pleasure of photographing this adorable baby at her home.

I had gotten a tag printed up many months ago with “Special Delivery” on it. Last month, I found the perfect basket to use with it. My vision finally came together. That is a good feeling.

I also put Natalie in a bowl. She will never be this small again. Natalie was a real trooper letting me put her in a basket and a bowl!! She is on my Baby Plan, my next shoot with Natalie will be during her seventh month.

Baby Natalie

Twitter

Last night, I went to Twitter 101 class to learn how to use this social networking that is the in thing. It is almost 5:00 in the morning and I just signed up on Twitter. Twitter is life in real time. You can follow people and see what they're up to at any given moment. You can have people following you, too! I already have a follower!!! I am following some of my friends and a photographer that I admire. I just added Twitter on my Blog so you can follow me in real time!!

Twitter

Zenia Drosou Photographer from Greece

I am fortunate to have a talented photographer assist me on this maternity shoot. Her name is Zenia Drosou, and she is from Greece. Zenia comes from a family of photographers, her Grandfather, Dad and Brother. They have a business in Crete and specialize in weddings. We met for lunch one day, and I was blown away by Zenia’s portfolio. Not only does she shoot wedding but she has photographed a lot of high fashion. I was excited that we would be doing some shoots together. Here is a combination of our images from this shoot. I particularly like Zenia’s image of the father and daughter with the mother in the background. That is wonderful candid moment. My favorite photo that I took is the one of the little girl hugging her Mom’s tummy. The light was beautiful at the park and just really enhanced our images.

This Sunday, Zenia and I are photographing a family and then next week a newborn. I am going to be so spoiled having an assistant that I will miss Zenia when she goes back home in April

Zenia Drosou Photographer from Greece

Photographer @ Work!

Here I am @ work photographing two beautiful girls. It is fun for me to see photos of me in action. Today, I delivered the girl's photos. That is one of my favorite parts of my job is for the client to see the end results. These photographs were printed on metallic paper which enhanced their gorgeous blond hair. They loved their photographs and that made me very happy.

Photographer @ Work!

Claudia @ Seven Months

What I love about my job are the friends I make during my journey as a photographer. I have been documenting Claudia’s pregnancy (see my blog entry for November 7, 2008), and we had a lot of fun along the way doing shoots at her home, park and beach. Here are some of my favorite images from last week’s shoot. I particularly like the one of her looking at the American Baby Magazine. I saw the magazine in her kitchen and popped it in the shoot.

After shooting at her home, we went for a sunset shoot @ Moss Point which holds special memories for Claudia as she used to live within walking distance.

The baby is due in April and we do not know if it will be a boy or girl. Stay tune until spring time when I do the newborn shoot.

Claudia @ Seven Months