The Change Is In The Air

One more week of school.  We are all chomping at the bit.

To say it has been crazy around here doesn't even begin to describe it.
People, like me, talk about how busy they are all the time.
Well, I'm over it, I'm ready to slow down a bit.

Audrey told me to stop checking my e-mail all the time.  I put down my phone and said, "look, hands free", and she rolled her eyes and said, "yeah right".  Really?

So, one last night of insanity, working on a special project for the girls' school and then that's it.

I'm slowing down, living life hands free.  You'll see.

The Girl's Got Mad Style

I have always said that my oldest girl has great style, since she was just a little one rockin' her princess nightgown and tiara with her black high tops and hoodies (much to her Grandma's chagrin--sorry mom).

I gathered up some of her favorite things to wear and a bit of heart inspiration from a photo contest and we put a little something together.

Check. Her. Out.

With. Love.

I know I am biased, but she is just too much for me.  xoxoxoxoxox

Tomorrow I will post some photos of someone else's kids...;)

PS To see some more pics from this shoot, check out my Facebook Photo Page!

January--A Month Of Classes

January has been really good to me. I have been busy learning new stuff and trying new stuff.
Stuff like, this E-course Blog Love from A Beautiful Mess and this one, Blog (Design) Love, which is next on the list.
I have also been reading through this organizing guideline, POYEL, to organize my entire life!  Who doesn't want that?!
I have reached out to a couple of friends who have mad Photoshop skills to help me with a couple of items I haven't been able to teach myself.
And I have been re-learning how to cook, using a plant based list of ingredients. Which has turned out to be surprisingly easy and delicious and I have lost a few (pounds not friends!) in the process.

What new tricks do you have up your sleeve? I always wanna know.

Pulling It Together

Happy New Year.  I am excited for 2013.  Of course I am always excited for the new year.  I love the idea of a clean slate.  A fresh start.  Starting anew.  I have been thinking of what the new year holds for me and my family and the phrase that keeps coming to mind is..."the year of living differently"...I live well now and we have a good, happy life, but there are most definitely some changes I want to make.  Little changes that will produce big results.

Here are just a few changes that I am looking forward to: Organize my home and create a peaceful and inspirational space for me and my family, get a better sense of what I want this blog to be, become a better photographer, create photos and paintings that are a sincere expression of my vision, spend meaningful time with my kids.

So, here we go, straighten our ties, put on some sparkle and be ready for what 2013 has in store and what we can create for ourselves.  What's on your slate?  I want to know.

xoxo

PS The photo is from the Holiday pics I did of the girls.  I will most definitely post the session soon.

Success

I have been working hard----on many, many things.  I always do, with family and friends and kids and jobsssss and creating happiness around me. I have no choice, the same as other women and men with and without kids all around me, there is always in there some form of hard work and "busyness".

So, this is not a post about work and the always present and spoke of "busyness".

This is a post about the success that comes out of the hard work.  Money, well wishes, folks telling you that you are great, what you have created is great?  Yes, for sure, that is good.

What I am really talking about is the moment when you quiet your inner critic and you let all the little stuff go and stand back and you say to yourself....and your work partner...."hey, good job, we did it, we did what we said we would do and we did it with hard work, style, grace and a can do spirit"......that's the success of it.

The bonus is we still had time to run home and grab a shower.

If you are in LA, come to the show tonight.  1638 Wilcox Ave (just south of Hollywood Blvd.) 5 to 9.

xoxo

Old Skool

Welcome to one of my recent shoots with a super family, going to their home was a quiet step back in time.

See for yourself and you will know the reasons why I love this family; a sweet, punky, rock-a-billy, rock and roll, retro, old skool, tatted up, down to earth, mindful, thoughtful and generally normal, loving family......

...(mostly normal) ha ha....

....cool kid, right?.......

Oh, and they have the cutest puppy I have ever seen.....

...and I mean really-really super cute puppy.
Those eyes slay me.

I have to say, I am in love with photographing families in this way, a non-traditional way.

Families showing me who they (you) are, so I can record it for them (you).

Happy Friday folks.

To see some more pics from this session, visit my Facebook page.....here.

Let's Rethink This

Well, I kind of dropped the ball on my little posting challenge, didn't I?  No worry, I will just start again and cut myself a bit of slack......how about three times a week for the time being and then if I have something so terribly, earth-shatteringly important to say or to show you, I can throw in an extra day or two?

Sound good?  Good, thought you would think so.

Here's the good news (not that there is any bad news), I have been really busy taking some nice pics.

Look who's pretty.

I just now decided that I won't say too much about these pics and just let you see.

I will say though, that this was a really fun shoot to do.....

....easy and breezy and everything flowed very calmly and naturally......

....and prettily.

Happy Tuesday, see you next month.

(kidding)

Smile For The Camera

A few of my favs from recent headshot sessions.

Cool dude.

Oh so pretty.

Nice guy...or possibly a devil in disguise?

Funny girl.

Best friend.

So cute, right?  And all super nice and talented people.

If "get new awesome head shots done" is on your list of New Years resolutions then you must call me now! 

Or message me, or leave a comment.