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Its been a lovely weekend, photographing some sweet and precious babies! I enjoyed meeting this sweet family today. This is their first baby, and she was an angel at just two weeks old! She was asleep when I arrived, and she slept through us posing her and moving her little arms around. She was a little champ! Here is your “sneek peek” – I hope that you love them as much as I do… 
Being a photographer, my kids are used to the camera on them. I feel so bad though, because I rarely get them dressed up specifically for a photo shoot. So I decided to do that this weekend. We had plans to see my parents, and they live on a gorgeous piece of property in the country. So we took the opportunity to have a little shoot out.
tanja: those are some very sweet shots! adorable kids!
CrystalL: Oh my number 6 needs to be huge!!!
Sarah Cornish: They are truly just BEAUTIFUL!!!! The kiddos and the photos!
Kelly: Love all of these. The light and colors are beautiful.
It was a pleasure working with these two new parents, and their sweet little bundle L. It is challenging working with older newborns, and at 5 weeks, she didn’t want to be out of her parent’s arms! Who can blame her, dad was the bouncing master… and she fell alseep every time she ended up in his arms. She was so adorable, and we did manage to get some really adorable shots. More to come soon, but here is the sneek peek for mom, dad and proud grandma.
And a cute little outtake – love her little face!
Brandy: I love the lips in the 1st picture! Great job.
CrystalL: Oh she's a doll!
Sarah Cornish: Oh my!!! I love her expression in that last noe! She is so cute!
Jennifer Morse Photography: What a cutie!!
Kelly: Aw, what a sweetie. Just precious.
Christy F: so precious!
Wow, I had SUCH a great time second shooting Angie and Nick’s wedding in South Lake Tahoe yesterday. I shot with an amazing photographer Emily Main, based out of Reno. I had such a good time getting to know her also. The couple were SO beautiful, and the groom was quite adventurous. During the bridal party photos at the golf course, he and his groomsmen took off their shoes and sock, rolled up their pants, and went for a wade in the creek for photo! Images below.
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Brun: What a beautiful wedding and the location could be in the Eastern Transvaal of South Africa, a lot alike in scenery
MeghanW: Beautiful wedding!!! Gorgeous!
carrie crowder: What beautiful photos. I love the bride and flower girl one.
Nicki: Beatiful images, you did a great job on these, I am sure they are going to love them!
Karin: Beautiful photos! Love her dress:)
mrsjling: Beautiful wedding and gorgeous couple!
Jessica Price: Beautiful!!
Sari: So beautiful!
mandy: what a beautiful location! i love the one of the guys with their feet in the water :)
Pamela Topping: Gorgeous wedding! I love the location!
Allison: Wow to that dress! And I love the ring shot. :) Great job!
Kelly Q: Beautiful work! Love the location!
Hilary: Looks like you had a great time! The bride's dress is stunning!!!!! Great shots!
Judie: Beautiful captures!
shannon: so, so beautiful!! i LOVE all the detail shots!
kelly klatt: Oh man-what a gorgeous wedding! Such a beautiful couple and beautiful scenery! You got a TON of great shots!
tanja: what a lovely location! love the groomsmen in the water shot! Great session!
Hannah: Beautiful wedding & images!
Sara: Beautiful photos & gorgeous couple!!! :) Great job - I'm sure they were thrilled with their images!
Lisa Batey: beautiufl job! LOVE them ALL!
Lauren P.: stunning photographs - great job capturing their special day!
Stephanie: These are simply gorgeous! Love them!
Jen P.: GORGEOUS!!!!!! Love them all!
Krystal: These are beautiful! Love the group shot!
Tori: What a gorgeous couple. You did a fabulous job capturing their day!
Had to share some niece cuteness. We had a trip to Tahoe about three weeks ago and I am just now getting to those edits. She’s so cute!
Brun: She is so sweet and that little soft toy is adorable
Christy F: Precious with a capital P!!!!!! Love these!
Aimee Nelson: Oh, she is such a little beauty!!!
Pamela Topping: Love these ~ she's adorable!
Allison: Love her crazy hair! Such a cutie!
Melissa K: She is adorable! Great shots!
Haley: Adorable!
Stephanie: She has got a sweet little face!
Emily: What a sweet little girl! Love the blonde hair and blue eyes!
I did work a little while on vacation in Monterey a few weeks back. I did an engagement shoot, and met up with a friend and her husband, who are expecting their first baby in just a few months! They live just 20 minutes outside of Monterey, so they joined us for dinner! Before dinner though, we headed off to Old Town Monterey. Monterey Old Town Historic District, which is a National Historic Landmark, includes buildings from the 18th-19th centuries that illustrate the Spanish colonial era of the town, including the Old Customhouse (the only customhouse north of Mexico from 1828-1845), the Thomas Larkin House, 1835, one of the first two story adobes in California, and Casa Alvarado, the home of Juan Bautista Alvarado, the governor of California from 1836 to 1842. All I can say is PERFECT for portraits! It was slightly overcast and the lighting was perfect. Here are some images from the afternoon!
Crystal: Great location for the photos! Beautiful couple! They're glowing with excitement!
Melissa K: What a beautiful couple, and awesome location! Great job on these!
monica: She is glowing!! Great location!
Noa: Beautiful photos -- they have quite a whimsical feel to them that I adore!
Jenn: Wow, this is an amazing location. Gorgeous coup and great images!
Nicki: Beautiful photos and location! Great job!!!
JennyO: They look like a lovely couple and you captured them well in a beautiful setting.
Becca: These are pretty! I love it :-)
Allison: I am a sucker for trees! Love these!
Brun: They look so happy. I love the greenery!
Christy F: Gorgeous mama-to-be - and I love that door shot!!!
Liana: They are so beautiful. Great captures!
I had a week long family vacation in Monterey a few weeks back (blogged below). The first day of our trip, I did fit in an engagement session for Maureen and Fernando. They are getting married in October in San Jose, and they agreed to meet me in Monterey for their shoot. We were going to walk around Old Town and capture some photos there, but the home that we were staying at was just gorgeous. So we did the shoot in the backyard and front of the house. I cant wait to shoot their wedding!
shannon: what a beautiful couple. great work!
Pamela: great couple! Beautiful shots ~ I love the depth of field :)
Melissa K: What a beautiful couple - fantastic job on these!
Tammy: What a cute couple! Love the last shot of them laughing together :)
Jennifer Lauren: What a cute couple, they are very clearly in love!
sara: great work! love that ring shot!
Jenn D.: Gorgeous couple! Fantastic shots :)
kelly klatt: These are beautiful-they look so happy together! My favorite is the 4th one down-awesome shot!
Crystal: You did awesome!! Well done!!!
Jenn: Adorable couple. You got some awesome shots, great job!
Annie Pennington: Wow, I love your location!! The last photograph is my favorite! I LOVE laughter!! Beautiful work!!
mandy: Great work on these!
Allison: They look so happy! Great job!
Had to share some cute shots of animals that we know… kitten is our new baby, JillyBoo. And the lab puppy belongs to a friend of ours.
Bethany Fields: So cute! Love the kitten!! Pet photography is such a challenge and you did a great job!
I am so excited to be second shooting so many weddings lately! I shot my first wedding for a family member in Lake Tahoe, CA back in May 2010. Since then I have found three talented photographers in the area that have hired me to second shoot with them, and it has been such a great experience for me. All three have allowed me to use images for my growing portfolio, and I have made the decision to launch another photography website, Lovely You Photography! I will continue working with newborn babies, children and families, as I still LOVE portrait work. I want to have a separate site featuring JUST my wedding work, plus “Lovely Baby Photography” does not really work well for weddings. I am shooting my 8th wedding in Lake Tahoe in a week and a half – so I will be launching my new site and blog later this month! Stay tuned!! In the meantime, here is my new logo and some marketing materials, all designed by me (I am also a photography logo designer / branding designer – take a look at that site, Lovely Ink).
kelly klatt: Good luck with the wedding biz-the pictures in your new marketing stuff look AMAZING!!
I created these gorgeous tri fold birth announcements for a client through my design business, Baby Card Expressions. I had to share them here! I love this design… my daughter’s room is decorated with birds, so she was my inspiration.
I will be releasing 2010 Holiday cards shortly! If you are a photographer, I will be releasing a handful of exclusive designs for resale within your photography business. They will be released through one of my other websites, Lovely Ink. Contact me if you’re interested!
Nicki: adorable. nice work!
tanja: oh what a cutie! I love the white blanket!
shannon: so, so beautiful!
Tammy: what a beautiful baby girl! I especially love that first image, precious!
Jen: Miss Ella is gorgeous!! Love them all!
Brandy: What a cutie pie! I love the ruffle diaper cover, SO cute!
CrystalL: Love that first one, too cute!
carrie crowder: ooooh. LOVE that last one. So cute.
jolie: Awe I love the one of momma comforting her baby! Great job on these.
mandy: oh she is just precious!
Jenny: So pretty!!
Kristine: Precious little one, the first is my favorite, great job!
Sarah Cornish: Awww these are beautiful!!
Stacey S: These are beautiful! I am especially in love with the first image.
Nance H: Gorgeous pics of a beautiful baby!
Jennifer Morse Photography: Such a sweet baby! Love them all!
Kelly: Beautiful. Love the one with her mom in their too. Well done!!
Sara: So precious! I love the ruffles & headband - super cute!! My favorite is the photo of Mom looking over little Ella - I love seeing the "moments!" :)
Emily: These are beautiful. love the headband
Stephanie: Oh my gosh! What sweet poses! The one with the pink fluffy clouds is my favorite.
Melissa: The first image is jaw dropping! Truely!
Bethany Fields: Okay I need. I want. I must have a cute ruffled diaper cover. Precious baby! Precious photos!! Great job.
kelly klatt: Lovely Images!
Julie: What a sweet little bundle! Beautiful images!
Haley: Adorable!