Life Through the Lens: September 2006

Little Girl in the Big City

Monday I met my cousin Joanne and her daughter Emer for a little photo shoot in Central Park. It was a gorgeous day and we had a blast strolling through the park and taking some lovely photos. Emer was a fantastic little model. Really, it couldn't have gone any better than it did. Thank you Joanne and Emer!!!

Irish Girls

Yesterday I did a practice session with Sarah and Ella and also did some family shots. As you can see, they are dark haired, fair skinned beauties. We had so much fun and I hope that shines through in the photos.

19 months of Serious Cuteness!

Sunday I went to my cousin Donna's house to do a little practice session with her 19 month old son Declan. He is gorgeous, full of energy, and oh so serious. Dylan was helping me to get him laugh. We had a great time and I look forward to shooting with him again.

Fun with Friends

Today we had a playdate with our friends we met in Gymboree back when the kids were babies. We try to get together once a month and it's always a good time.

We went to Barb's house today and then to the park for some running around. It was a lovely day weather wise and we all had a blast!

Lenore and Nuriel were kind enough to take a few minutes out of our day to do an impromptu posing session. They were great models. :)

Here are some "who cares" photos from the park. The lighting was spotty and crazy, but the kids were too adorable to not capture.

I spy a water fountain!

Dylan could barely contain himself here because a Corvette convertible was coming down the road. My son loves cars and can name more makes and models than anyone I know. He told me today that when grows up he is going to design a car for Toyota and call it a Suprema.

Just life

Nothing fancy, just some everyday snaps. :)

This couple was a riot! I was focusing on getting a nice photo of Ruby's (located at the end of the Huntington Beach Pier) and as they got closer to me, the man said laughing, "Now we are even!" Fair enough. :D

Portraits from California

Well I wouldn't be me if I didn't practice portraits while on vacation. I had a whole new crop of people to work with who were nice enough to indulge me.

Here is my niece Julie who will be 17 this month. As you can see, she is absolutely gorgeous.

Here she is again with her sister, beautiful, redheaded, college freshman Tiffany.

A beach photo of my sister-in-law Lynda and niece Meghan.

A family photo for our friends Steve and Michelle and their new baby Wilson.

Father and son

American Girl Place, Los Angeles

My niece Avery turned 4 while we were in California so we took all the girl cousins up to LA to The American Girl Place to celebrate. What an amazing store! Although Katie has a Bitty, she is not too into dolls just yet. She still enjoyed the store and loved the tea party luncheon for Avery. The food was lovely and they even had special seats for the dolls.

At American Girl Place, girls can get a bitty baby (starter doll for the very young girls), character dolls, and/or dolls that look like them. They sell all sorts of clothing and accessories so that a young girl can dress just like her doll. They also have an American Girl show in their theater for the 6 and up set. The place is a gold mine!

Katie's Grandma bought Katie a crib for Bitty and two outfits for her and Bitty. The outfits are adorable and I will show photos of Katie and Bitty in them once I can rope her into sitting for photos for me.

For now, here are the photos from our day.

Riley with her doll