Welcome Baby K

Orange County Infant Photographer

As I was browsing Pinterest, as I do all too often, I found this pictures of a baby in a fire helmet and I just HAD to get that in my portfolio. Well, luckily for me, I know a lot of firemen (not because I'm some firefly, but because my husband is a fireman.... hehe) and even MORE lucky for me, one of them just had a beautiful baby girl.

Now, when I showed my husband what I wanted to do, he said, "There is no way I would ever put my newborn baby in my fire helmet, what makes you think that the Kibby's would." My husband is always super concerned about the harmful "stuff" that coats their equipment. Well, thank you to firefighter Kibby for taking all the stuff out of his helmet, cleaning the whole thing and putting on his turnout jacket in the heat of summer so that I can get this picture. =)

Baby K, only 7 days old, was really really cooperative considering that I was trying to get her to sleep in a fire helmet. =) anyway.... I got the shot!!! and here it is.

...and then, the Kibbys invited me back 2 days later to get some more great shots! She's so precious.

Johnson Family

Fullerton Family Photographer

This was one crazy shoot! not only was it almost 2 hours long, but also coordinated for 5 cars to meet up and find the perfect spot in Hillcrest Park for these pictures. The Johnsons are our close family friends and since we met 2 1/2 years ago, I've been doing pictures of the Johnson girls, maternity pictures and a few family shots for them. Well, all of this was leading up to this massive family phtooshoot. =) Kami, the amazing crafter and owner of Sticky Kisses and Dirty Hugs made all the headbands, and so perfectly coordinated their outfits. She had her two sisters come along to help out with the girls and props AND her cousin, owner of Vintage Affair Designs came to prep and design our sets.

All this planning put a lot of pressure on this evening, but with just a little reminder to HAVE FUN, we did just that.

A big thank you to Jessica for the the amazing sets that will soon be offered to all of my clients for their wedding events & family and portrait sessions.

The Johnson Girls with our Dresser/Suitcase set

Anyone is encouraged to bring balloons if you want them

Trunk & Suitcase Set

Lyla was about done by this point, but you can totally see her personality. pretty princess, silly girl. =)

The girls were pretty much done at this point and just didnt want to look the camera anymore, but they sure did find their shoes interesting. hahahah

Peach Sette

Warchuck Family

Anaheim Hills Photographer

Oak Canyon Nature Center

Class of 2012 reps

Senior Portrait sessions are in full swing! Meet Karlee and Kalya who did a "best friends" shoot in downtown Riverside and a "secret field" that I like to shoot at. =)

Karlee, our blonde here, is a graduating senior at Santiago High, my alma mater. She's a total natural in front of the camera and was relaxed the whole way through. So much fun!!!

Kayla, who is also my wonderful, hard working intern (and babysitter), is absolutely beautiful, but needed a little joking around to get relaxed. Both of these girls have been friends their whole lives and we had a ton of fun doing this session. The only regret I have was not leaving 3 hours to do all the pictures because I wanted to take SO many more. =)

So I guess they're not both the class of 2012, but it works for me.

Meet Karlee:

Meet Kayla:

Best friends doing "engagement" pictures

My New Camera

Canon EOS 5D mark ii

My new love! I am so happy to say that I now have two camera bodies at ALL times!!! My original professional and first love, the Canon EOS 5D, and my brand spankin new mark ii! I tried it out yesterday at Lorence's 2nd Birthday party (the best birthday party I've ever been to) and of course these were mostly snapshots, without planned lighting, but I'm completely in love. So crisp, so fast, so everything I could want. What in the world is Canon going to outdo with this up and coming mark iii. I havent even tried the 1080 HD video feature. Who knows what I'm going to get with that! Here's a few from yesterday.

(using my 50 mm f/1.8.... much lighter than my 24-70)