Dan and I shot Jan and Ben's wedding before the Christmas holiday. The wedding was beautiful and the weather held out for us right up until we headed inside for the ceremony. We could not have asked for a better day. It was a blast wondering around outside the Hilton in Eugene, Oregon (where the wedding was held). There was lots of great places to shoot. Here are a bunch of my favorites. Thanks to Jan and Ben for letting us be there for your special day! We were very honored! Also an extra special thanks to Michael and Anna Keating for sending Jan and Ben our direction!

I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

You all know my little bliss girl Demi....Well Demi is now a BIG sister :) Brady was born on Dec. 17. I was able to sneak a peak and say hi two days later. I only had about 5 minutes with the little guy but here is a couple images I snagged. Congrats to the Reynolds family....I will see you guys soon for Brady's first official photo shoot!

My good friend Todd Zeller is the co-owner of Vivid Wedding Films and the owner of Eden "Z" Films. You may have heard of Todd through Eden "Z" but he has now joined forces with Vivid. These guys (Todd & Ryan) are awesome videographers. If you are looking for a videographer I highly recommend you look into them. Todd took video at my wedding and I LOVE IT! Back to the video shoot.....Last week I went to Eugene to help out on a promo video that the boys are working on. Not only did I give an on camera testimonial I also played model for a couple fashion shots they wanted to get. It was a blast. I of course got to play bride again. I wore a Maggie Sottero Dress borrowed from Connie at The Brides Corner. The gown was beautiful. Here are just a couple shots that were taken during the shoot. Just wanted to share :)

I always love it when my clients comment on how "Patient" I am. If you asked my husband just how "Patient" his wife was he would crack up laughing. Patience is not really me :) But for some reason with kids I always find the Patience I need. I know part of this is I have accepted that you can not MAKE kids do anything...So I try to observe and work around what they are willing to do. These kids gave me the test. Its much easier with one child...even two but 4 is always a challenge. These kids mom's are good friends and they wanted to try and get a shot of the four kids. I LOVE the candid black and white shot of the four kids. This was pretty much the session all wrapped up. I wanted to thank Jody and Kate for coming to the studio with your kids! I had a great time working with you both and look forward to working with you guys again in the future! Here are my favorites...

Sorry for the lack of posts. I have been trying to meet all my Christmas deadlines so I can keep my clients Happy :) I have several goodies to post and will try to do so a little later today so check back!

Happy Holidays!

Here is a couple more Christmas Cards I have designed this year.

Tristyn is finally a year. Yes I am always waiting for this as I am making a book for him and can't wait to get it finished! But then there is also the "a year has went by already" shock that hits. I was there when Tristyn was born...Literally. I was very honored and have adopted him as my little "nephew." I just love him to pieces. Here are couple of my favorites from his session as well as one of the two of us! Thanks Heather for bringing Tristyn to Portland for his shoot!

As promised here is the Bonaldi girls (the room in the last post belongs to them if you missed it). I had a hard time picking my favorites....Too cute. I love shooting these two. I traveled to Rancho Mirage, California for the session. It had been raining the couple days before the shoot so I was praying that we would get a nice day. Luckily the rain held off but we were dodging the wind and the cold. I shot the photos around their house which was beautiful! There were photo spots everywhere I looked! I was so excited! I am looking forward to going their again for some more photos soon! Thanks to Mia, Maddy and their mom for sticking with me even though you moved to Cali! Hugs!

Is it just me or are kids rooms getting cuter and cuter? I LOVE this room. It has nothing to do with the fact that my photos are hanging everywhere either :) This room belongs to my favorite little twins the Bonaldi girls...Mia & Madison. I love the colors and the style that was put in this room. I of course did not go see them just to take a photo of their adorable room...that was just bonus. I will post a few of the girls very soon so check back.

Hello everyone. Sorry for the long delay of NO POSTS. I have been in San Diego with my good friend Genny who is having a baby this Jan. Of course I insisted on throwing her a shower even though I live so far away! The shower went great and I was even able to do a few shoots while in town. I will post soon some maternity of her and her hubby plus a shoot of my favorite little twins....The Bonaldi Girls. In the meantime...Here are a few shots of me that Genny took. I feel silly posting shots of me but I really wanted to do it so I could also give a BIG thank you to Genny for taking some time to take photos of me. I am not the most cooperative subject but Genny did awesome. I havent had much chance to look through them all but here is just a couple of my favorites...THANK YOU SO MUCH GENNY! I really, really, really appreciate it!