My best friend turned 20!

Last Friday, Shalom turned 20! Yep, she's no longer a teenager. Her mom, sister, nephews and niece, Josh and I celebrated her birthday by having some homemade dinner and just hanging out, enjoying the summer. It was so fun! Shalom, thank you for being you. I love you so much.

Shearer Family | Portraits

Over Memorial weekend, I was asked by this family to photograph their eldest son, Thor's, 3rd birthday celebration. We took some time out too and I was able to capture some frames of the fam. Hong, his mom, used to be my Sunday school teacher back when I was a little one. How rad is that! Her husband, John, is really into photography as well and offered me his 5D MarkII to shoot... um yes please! I was more than happy to come by and spend some time with them. Their two kids, Thor and Percival, are the cutest boys! Seriously, I'm not being bias or anything ;)

Haha look at his face!

Percy was so sleepy...








Love all the colors in this


Thor and some of his friends who came to celebrate!

My Brother is a Stud!

I'm not doing a very good job updating and keeping up with this blog. I just started school again last week. My 2011 Senior Reps have been chosen and I'm in the process of booking those sessions and photographing them. I photographed one this past weekend. They turned out great and I'm way excited to show you.

But for now, I'll leave you with two frames of my studly 11-year-old brother. These were just some shots I took during church Easter day. Khiet decided he'd wear a blazer to church that day... so random! But he looked so grown up! I can't believe how fast time goes by...

Aronson Family | Lifestyle Portraits

I am so excited to share these images with you all! If you've been following my blog ever since I started, you should remember the Brotherston family portraits I took last June. Ellen and Kyle contacted me a week ago and wanted some portraits of their new baby girl, who is officially one month old today! I was very excited because I'd never photographed babies before. It proved a little bit more difficult than we all anticipated, but it really taught me patience as a photographer.

The Aronsons welcomed me into their lovely home yesterday and upon entry, I noticed so many cute details around the house that evolved around Linnea. I really wanted to capture it all so it's important you see these images all together (hence the collages I made). This is one of my goals as a photographer to really shoot a story rather than one single picture. This was my first attempt at a lifestyle shoot, but it won't be the last! I'm glad that Ellen and Kyle were up to being guinea pigs. I don't even know if they're aware of that ;) Regardless, I will say that this has been one of my favorite shoots in awhile. I love the high-key look and just so 'light' these images feel if that makes any sense to you at all.

Anyway, sorry for all the blabber! I loved so many of my captures so this is a lot more than I would normally blog. Please leave some comments and let me know what you think. I would love that :)

Ellen made these headbands herself!

Mommy reading to little Linnea!

Matching bracelets grandma made!

A painting passed down a few generations... so beautiful.

Probably the only image I got of Linnea semi-smiling? Love this.