A field, a family, and some photos in June. And rain.

Always with the rain! I have to keep reminding myself that it is indeed NOT April while I pull on my socks and long pants. I thought we were going to get lucky last night and have a wonderful, rain free photo shoot.

Nope.

But the Orsillos, Rick, Gail, Brendan and Aidan, and I, made the best of it and had a somewhat soggy picnic complete with picnic basket and glass bottled soda. I wouldn’t have changed it for the world, we had so much fun! Jumping, light saber fights, some Star Wars masks, comic books and angry skipping rounded out our evening.

I mean, just LOOK at the fun we had:

One of the best ages to photograph? 6 months!

They can sit, smile and have little personalities! Remember Vivienne? I first had the honor of photographing her during the maternity session for her mama, Veronica,  and then again a few weeks later for her newborn session. Well, she is back, chunky and sitting up all by herself! This little charmer has bright blue eyes and a sneaky little smile that is too cute. She did great considering it was just before nap time and I look forward to seeing her again in a few months for her one year session. Enjoy!

You are about to receive a gift…

Meet Stella Lorraine. She is the sweetest, teeniest little dreamboat of a baby girl.

It is no big secret that the last few of my (completely amazing, wouldn’t trade them for the world!) newborn sessions have been with wide-eyed curious little things which can make my job (if you can call this amazing ride a job,) more challenging. I was beginning to think I was losing my touch! All the worry was for naught as Sweet little Stella reconfirmed my baby whispering skills. She was asleep the. whole. time. and did AMAZING. Great job, baby girl. You are a star.

I could not decide which I loved more… color or black & white…

This last image is by special request from mama and daddy. They met at the track. Sweet, huh?

Thanks for being such an angel, Stella. See you soon!!

Up on a mountain(ish) top…

 Earlier this morning I met up with the Ushikubos (whom we have seen before here) and the Kubotas. Takeshi, an Ushikubo, and Nao, a Kubota but former Ushikubo, are siblings. Takeshi and his family live here and Nao and her family are from Japan. But, no matter how you dice it they are all family.

Anyway, we got together and traipsed up what is at least quite a steep hill, I carried a couch (YES… a couch. Takeshi WAS nice enough to help me bring it back down) and we had a blast! The babies were almost on meltdown after about a half hour, but thankfully I was a photo NINJA and had already completed the session by then. Without further adieu, enjoy the sneak peek!

And now for my personal favorite:

Cute, cuter, cuter-er.

That is the only way to describe this family. Meet Candace and her two babies, Maya & Sean. I have photographed Maya and Candace twice but this is the first time I’ve had the pleasure of getting Sean in on the action. The kiddos did a GREAT job considering the temperature in our studio space was up around 85-90 degrees in order to get things ready for a newborn session that was occuring back-to-back with their session. It was tough for me to pick a few for their sneak peek. I hope you enjoy them!