The .L. Family

Now this is what I am ALL about; Great light, willing subjects and apparent, obvious, overflowing love! This family's shoot had it all and then some because not only were they willing subjects, right on down to the four year old BOY, but they had poses that were slathered with grace and that wonderful loving feeling... uh oh... I feel a song coming on.... You've got that lovin' feeling, ohowo, that lovin' feeling. You've Got that lovin' feeling now you're gone, gone, gone, wowowo. Sorry. I had to. I am done now.

Thanks L family for braving the cold beach... barefoot :0) Onto the pictures!!







See what I mean about "even the four year old BOY" (he's awesome, by the way!);
















I had some fun shooting around at random stuff and the sunset in between snaps. Here are a few shots I picked up through out my session with the L family;









I think I am going to blow one of these sunset shots up and center it between a couple of these more artistic shots. I'll hang them in my bedroom and pretend like I am lying on an island beach somewhere soaking up the sun!

100mm's of Awesome

I just got a 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM... wow, that's a name! And it lives up to that name!! I LOVE it sooo much! It came fedex this morning after a horrible tragedy occurred yesterday (I missed the delivery guy because I was changing a diaper!) prolonging my wait. There wasn't much to shoot today, flowers are a muddy mess from all the rain and nothing is really budding, so I just played a little to test the water. Well, that water is JUST fine ;0)

Style Guide {Summer 2010}

I have a few sessions scheduled for the beach and some more natural looking places around town in the coming months and so I thought a new style guide might be helpful to both my current clients planning and for the general Fourth Light Follower who might have a beach or outdoors session in mind down the road. I love the more romantic styles amidst the fashion minded right now. It seems the current trend is toward all things vintage and being a fan of the 20s, 30's and 40's I was in heaven creating this style guide... it made me want to go SHOPPING!


Remember when styling your shoot to think about coordinating colors and not necessarily about matching perfectly. You can see in this style guide that the overall theme is blues, creams/khaki and gray but their is very little matching as far as patterns go. I think mixing and matching solids with different textures and patterns is what really makes a simple color palette go a long way.

These styles can be found at Ruche, Old Navy, The Gap and on Etsy .

Diamond Lake

My family and I spent a wonderful weekend in Diamond Lake, fishing, resting, hiking and spending time together. I was able to take my camera out and about, capturing a few shots of this amazing and beautiful place!

My early morning sunrise shot;

Everything at Diamond Lake was still recovering from the bitterly cold winter. While it felt like spring had sprung during our trip, the plants and the lake were still surrounded by the remnants of winter.

A little sunset action;

Another Favorite

Oh, and one more!!