• children & families

    the lef family

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    "Met" this great family a few weeks ago by phone and it turns out that the mom owns her own business as well. She is the owner/teacher of "Music Together" which is a great music and movement class for kids of all ages. I have heard great things about it and know many of her students who rave about her classes. Check it out here: Musictogether

    I’m going to be doing a class shoot for her soon, so be on the lookout for that sometime this fall.

    We had a bunch of fun on our shoot. Her littlest son (according to mom) has two speeds- on and sleeping. Man, he is a busy kid. He found it necessary to hold on to the towel that his mom was cleaning him up with (it was a bit muddy at the park) and wouldn’t part with the thing for the rest of the shoot- and believe me we all tried! At least it was colorful and looked good in the pictures. The older two kids were sweet and so easy- they both had a great time posing for me.

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    It was so great meeting all of you! Hope you like your pictures.

  • children & families

    the mor family at the beach

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    My very good friends and their sweet, adorable, photogenic as anything family and their latest shoot. This time down at Malibu. This is Timmy’s future wife (or at least prom date, I hope). Thanks Sharon for the babysitting today. I owe you! Payment in creative picture displays coming soon….

    There’s not enough I can say about them, so I’m going to just let the pictures speak for themselves.

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  • personal

    a little stormy

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    These were taken during the "tropical storm" we had here a week or two ago. Completely unimpressed by the storm- we’ve had way worse rain with thunder and lightening during the summer. Nevermind the fact that the stupid market and A & S (the italian deli, not the old clothing store) looked like armageddon was immenent. I just went there to do my usual shopping, but the cashier at the stupidmarket said it had been crazy since 7:30 that morning. Whatever, people. It’s just some rain.

    Timmy and Patrick came outside to play in the rain. Jack wasn’t particularly interested.

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    On that note, good thoughts and strength going out to all of those people dealing with REAL weather issues in Texas and elsewhere.

  • children & families

    the wal family

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    Another one of those "oh, I know you!" shoots where it turns out that I "know" the mom from town. Our kids go to the same school, and I have seen her around. And now that I really can say I know her, she’s super nice.

    Got to photograph these delicious blondies at the beach, and they were all so cute! The boys were very, very boy (read: very busy) and had that mischevious glint in their eyes. We had some fun running around the dunes and the beach and with the promise that the boys could practice their star wars moves, we got some good shots. Their little sister, was just mesmerized by her big brothers in action. I kinda tried to keep them a little separated from her, as I was afraid she was going to get smooshed or trampled in the middle of things. We did manage to sneak her into the mix for a few.

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    Hope you like the pictures! I had a lot of fun with all of you!

  • personal

    be back soon…

    been a crazy busy weekend. a shoot and a wedding shoot yesterday with Beth W, and two shoots today. Been editing and shooting non-stop so no time to post.

    A few quick snapshots from my birthday outing friday night. Thank you to everyone that came by! And thanks B for all the (embarrassing but fun) bday wishes. And thank you to John for dinner and my nice new lens, text messages, and bday love!

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