Pear Blossom

I’ve got some yummy outfits that either have the tags on them or are like brand new and only worn for pictures!  Every item is at least half off the original price and all pieces are current fall items.  A total steal!

Jottum Plaid Saffa Dress $100 Size 6 (116 euro) Only worn twice for pictures

Catamini Red Drop Dress $40 Size 6  BRAND NEW WITH TAGS

Room Seven Dress Size 4 $35 BRAND NEW WITH TAGS (shirt not included)

Paper Wings Red Dress (perfect for V-Day) Size 5 Like New $40

Room Seven Button Down Long Sleeved top and matching Blue polka dot skirt $60 for set Size 6 (skirt has tag and shirt has never been worn)

Deux  Par Deux Size 4 Sundress in Chocolate Brown BRAND NEW WITH TAGS $30 (sweater not included)

I’ve had several people ask me if they could use the templates I’m selling for their photography clients and the answer is YES!  Please use them to help market your Valentines Day shoots!!  These card designs are great for personal use as well as business.

Shannon

I am going to use this post as an update for the direct sale items.

Sold - Room  Seven Size 8 summer dress $40

Sold - Jottum Black Dress Size 6 $40

Sold - Cakewalk Button Down Dress Cord Material $30 Size 4 

SOLD - Cardigan

I decided to do a post with no rhyme or reason … so here you go.

I can’t remember if I ever posted about our new family members, we recently adopted 4 chickens.  They are so cute and the kids love them.  Thankfully they are super fast and leave our dogs in the dust.  We recently had to give away two of our chickens because they turned out to be males.  Los Angeles City does not permit Roosters (because of the loud factor) so we had to give up these two Brahma Chickens.  Here they are on their way to their new home and below is a picture of one of them at only 4 weeks old.

Clover acts like their mom

Madison, Mimi and I went and saw Alvin and the Chipmunks.  It was very cute.

Joe got me a polaroid camera for Christmas … he even let me open it early so I could snap pictures of all our friends and family … sweet!!!

we went to disneyland

This family was such a delight to photograph, even their beautiful dog Flash was a great little subject.  We met on a super cold day, it looked like it could rain any second.  We finished just before the sun was minutes away from peeking behind the mountains and the cold air was freezing.  The weekend before was sunny and hot, you never know CA weather.  The girls were troopers in their sleeveless tops and dresses.  This entire family is gorgeous, Kim is insanely beautiful and her two kids are beautiful as well.  Lucky family!!!

I was so sad today, I had to finally realize that I had to list two of our roosters on craigs list.  City of LA does not permit Roosters (only hens) and when we ordered our chickens we blindly ordered and crossed our fingers we’d have more girls then boys, luck would have it we got 50/50.  Our two girls are adorable but I really got used to having four chickens.  Joe thinks I’m crazy for wanting any more then 2 but really I think we’ll need to order more to make up for our boys leaving us.  The chickens are now 9 weeks old and so big!  I’ll have to snap some pictures of them in their new nifty chicken coop that Joe built.

We are leaving this weekend, looking forward to finally relaxing.  Next week the kids are off.  I think I need to come up with a wake up rule, you know since we can sleep past 7 we should!  8:30 would be perfect for me

Katina and her family looked so sharp for their holiday pictures!  The kids were dressed to the T and Miss Katina was working her pencil skirt and heels … girl had it going on!

well it took me one good week of working non stop to get caught up, have holiday cards ordered and delivered and get print orders out.  Now it’s time to share all the amazing families I’ve been working with!!

The mix of vivid reds and yellows in this series of photos was so beautiful to me.

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From the moment I met this family I could feel the energy and fun, even their wardrobe was bright and cheerful.  It’s hard to believe this lovely mom is the mother to four kids, she herself is a bitty little thing and could have looked like an older sister in the girls group shots.  They were my start to day two of my Thanksgiving extravaganza photo shoot and they kicked it off right.  My energy level was up and I was ready to chase some kids down if need be!

As a side note to my current clients, I am working on getting everyone their gallery within the one week period quoted so therefore you will not have a blog update (sneak peek) before your gallery is up.  My main priority is to get you your gallery so that we can get all orders in and delivered before Christmas!   OK, back to work!

Last year I had the privilege of photographing Simones family and this year I came back to photograph her entire family.  She was hosting Thanksgiving and as a added treat she had a photoshoot for her entire family.  She did an amazing job at organizing the entire thing.  Her color scheme was perfect (never too matchy but oh so complimentary to each other).  The shoot went about as smoothly as a 4 person shoot, it was pretty awesome.

Here is the gorgeous women and mastermind behind the shoot … Simone

the babies

Thanksgiving is my busiest weekend of the year!  I was shooting back to back this weekend, even shooting a family of 14 (which turned out awesome!).   I got to photograph one of my favorite people, ever! Miss Nancy as my kids call her, she’s amazing, both on the inside and outside.  She’s a total knock out, I can never get over her beauty, partly because she has such a charming personality that once you get to know her she only looks more beautiful then before.  She’s so sweet and extremely kind, more reserved then you would first think and she’s got a heart of gold.  She was my first maternity client!  OMG I was so nervous that day, freaking out about lighting and positioning.  She was so amazing, she just made it all work and from there on she has always been a favorite subject of mine.  She’s pregnant again and I’m already planning her maternity shoot in my head.  I want something dark while also vivid.  Can’t wait!