Yearly Archives: 2008

latest Manhattan Beach session {beautiful mommy, adorable boys…}

This was one of my most *meaningful* sessions to date. I first met Elizabeth last year when I photographed her first baby link to old blog post. We went out to lunch and became fast friends :) but then life intruded. Last summer she was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer and her whole world...

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beautiful baby girl, two labrador retreivers and a fun rustic ranch at malibu lake

horses and dogs and babies, oh my!!! i somehow KNEW from the very first email, that this mommy and i would hit it off (you can just tell when people will be *your people*!)- but i didn’t know how much i’d fall in LOVE with her family (and her in-laws ranch – i want to...

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back from teaching a children’s photography workshop at the Golden gate School of Photography!

I lived! Seriously, I had such an amazingly fantastic time teaching this workshop! I was both flattered AND nervous when I was invited to be an instructor there (the other instructors all had such rock-star resumes!) BUT, they asked me, so I figured they wanted me :) How (pleasantly!) surprised was I to find out...

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a few more photos of madeline and matt logelin…

Thank you all so much for the kind words and emails…I’m glad you are enjoying them :) Here are just a few more… How come babies are so cute when they yawn??? sweet baby lips… Matt was so cute about this outfit he picked out! He did a good job, dontcha think?

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sometimes sessions touch your heart in very special ways…

I wish I had the words to say how much this session meant to me. Madeline is a beautiful little baby girl who was born 11 weeks ago. Tragically, her mommy Liz died just 27 hours after she was born. Daddy Matt has been doing an amazing job getting through this obviously painful and bittersweet...

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my son… i am so proud of him!

First for graduating pre-school yesterday – I can’t believe he’ll be in kindergarten in just a few months. I am so proud of how far he has come this past year. But mostly, I am just proud of who he is (oh darn – now I’m all teary!). See that totally adorable part about the...

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Out of town!! We’ll be back Monday, June 2nd!

Yep – its time for our annual road-trip to Lake Havasu. The in-laws spend three months there each year and we make an annual journey the same time as my BIL, SIL and cousins – so it is LOADS of fun (for the kids at least!) I will be out of email contact until the...

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gorgeous family I photographed on the beach in Malibu….

okay….this shoot was soooooo long ago…can’t believe i am just now posting it but i have the MOST STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL coffee table book sittting here waiting to be delivered to them this week so I thought I’d post a sneak peek. I am DYING to post photos of the book….but I ‘ll be patient and...

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more from the Kubota workshop…

just one more….i was just poking around on my external hard drive and found this…. (edited to add – I have NO idea why this post keeps disappearing! Then I repost, then *poof* it is gone again. ‘Tis a mystery…..)

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Handsome little man in Calabasas! 4 month old baby boy…

Look at this cutie! He is so adorable! I think 4 month old babies are SO much fun to photograph. All cheeky smiles and squeezable little chunky thighs – I just love em! I think this first on eis my new current *favorite photo*… His impish grin just melts my heart – and his daddy...

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Look what we have at Kevin Kubota’s Digital Workshop…

SNOW!!!!! I was SO excited when I looked out the window this morning! Just one photo for now, I’ll be back later after my brain has exploded from all the new info I’m learning… Okay, I’m back with a few more! It is SO beautiful here! If you are a photographer, you should RUN right...

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Out of town (& out of touch!) until April 28th!

Yep. Early tomorrow morning I’ll be leaving my kiddos for SIX days. I’ve never left them that long before, and while I’m currently working myself into a sad mommy state, I’ve mostly been REALLY looking forward to a break! Of course, this is not a *real* vacation – for all the photogs out there who...

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