Pretty scene for high school seniors...

This is a busy time of year with high school seniors! This is one of my favorite locations to photograph, the light is so beautiful in the afternoon and the background is so pretty....

Sweet baby Erik

I love photographing newborns, it is such a special time, the changing of lives, and the new beginnings and the love of a new one. John and Ahnyah are a couple that I photographed a few years back at their wedding, now with their little one, it is so fun to see how families grow and change....

a beautiful weeekend at the Lavender fields

What an unbelievable weekend! I photographed at the lavender fields this weekend and the most amazing part was that every photograph could be an oil painting. The light was sunny but provided beautiful back light romantic feel. This is one of my favorite images....

Beaverton Police K-9 unit

So yesterday 5 police officers came to the studio to be photographed with their dogs, he told me it would be tough because some of the dogs didn't get along and that it might be hard to pose everyone. In a matter of about 10 minutes, I had posed and taken the shots needed. He said "really we are done?"--surprised that it was all done so fast. Well it was a good thing because about a minute after that, they got a call and all had to go because there was a bad guy on the run... Ah but the funniest part was that my little studio was surrounded by 5 cop cars, people must have thought "what the heck is going on?" A little humor for the day!

Down Home Christmas

it's what comes from the heart

"Read a good book lately? Have you ever thought what makes your favorite author such a great writer? Do you wonder what kind of pen they use? Of course not! Nor does a good camera "take good pictures". Although I recently upgraded to the newest, best camera on the market, it's still just a box that captures light, nothing else. People always ask about my lighting technique. Sure there are lots of technical things I can teach, but I feel that it still comes down to something personal. I think that with all artists, what's in your heart comes out in your work. I daydream about crazy ideas like a bride in a field of tulips, a couple in a waterfall, and babies in cute situations"

This was actually a quote taken from another photographer, but it is how I feel exactly...

So thankful...

Today I photographed the Children's Cancer Assoication annual luncheon at the Mac club. There was an inspirational girl that had no arms past her elbows and no legs beyond her knees, yet she was a dancer. She was amazingly inspirational and when I took a photograph of her and her Mom, she commented that she liked my shoes. I cried the entire way home from the event.... It totally touched me and put my life into perspective.