This past weekend was her 10th birthday. I guess watching her older sister get photographed over and over again by me (per her request thank-you-very-much), she finally felt a little green. She told her mom "I want a session with Titi (tea-tea, spanish for auntie) Margie for my birthday". So, her mommy (my sister) called me up and kindly requested a date for the soon to be 10 year old diva. We shot on her actual birthdate. I picked her up at her house and she was all ready to work it. Evelyn is a VERY confident young girl. I mean, you should see the things this little girl wears to school. Fashionista and a half. I was a little surprised at her outfit choices for the session. Very conservative to say the least. On our way to the shoot I found out her mom gave her restrictions. Aha! No wonder. At any rate, she looked adorable. I had a great time having her in front of my lens. She was very comfortable just being herself and laughed at all my silly jokes and gestures, made me feel GREAT:D Someone else other than me thinks I'm funny! Yay!
Evelini, you made me feel all fuzzy inside when I found out you specifically requested little ole me to take pictures of you. I am very proud of you and the little girl you are growing to be. I love you very much and pray wonderful blessings on your little fashion statemented life! (If that's even a word;)
So, I needed a recent photo of my kids for a personal project I was working on. I was WAY past due with it and I needed it like...RIGHT NOW. I had to do the unimaginable...shoot my kids in 15 minutes. Mind you, it was raining outside. So much easier to just take them outside, let them run around a bit, and shoot away. But no, that was not an option for me. After some whining, and a thousand "are we almost done", I got this shot. Fifteen minutes. Mission accomplished!
Dad, I can't express to you how much I love you. It's been a rough year for us, especially you, but I'm so grateful to God that I still have you in my life. Thank you for being the strong man that you are and for always being there for us no matter the circumstances, as we will always be there for you. I Love You!
Hubbs, what can I say to you that I haven't said already? You are a wonderful man. THE BEST husband, and even greater father. Here's a little something that the kids and I wanted to share with you. Hope you like.
Can't take the all the credit for originality, I was emailed this idea last year. I whipped this together in about 4 hours (photo session, photo editing, and slideshow editing). Very last minute but, my hubby is SOO worth it. Not bad for my first slideshow huh?
I recently had the pleasure of spending a late afternoon with two of the prettiest young girls in Miami. These two lovely princesses got all dressed up in efforts to capture a very special time in their young lives, their first communion. Little Ms. S and little Ms. V were so well behaved and an absolute joy to be around. I loved shooting this session. Something a bit different for me (MY first communion session) and a great experience for that matter. In case your wondering, they're not sisters, they are good friends and so so cute! I fell in love with them all over again while editing their session. Ahhh, the beauty of childhood innocence, I love it. Barbie and Kathy, thank you so much for allowing me to be a part of such a special time in your baby girl's lives. May you enjoy the special and sacred day planned for your two angels.
This is baby "I". He is so cute! Mom and Grandma did such a great job preparing him, he was just in a perfect mood. Ready to be a super star. I actually let my little girl tag along with me for this one and she was a great help. She would get his attention along with mom and grandma in the background. I was cracking up while taking these pictures. I could here them having a work out trying to get the baby's attention. I wished I had brought a video camera to get all that in action! Next time...lol. It was a pleasure capturing this gorgeous baby just being himself and also bonding with mom and grandma. Oh Grandma, thanks for the bubbles and entertaining my little girl.
Is going to turn 5 and mom wanted a special photo shoot to capture this new stage in her life. Believe it or not, yesterday this princess had hair way past her waist but not anymore. They donated 12 inches of hair and little miss thing is loving her new haircut. That hot momma you see here is my cousin and her beautiful daughter..."Ms. L". This little girl is so funny. She knows what she wants, when she wants, and where she wants it. She's so fun to be around. I must admit, she was done with the photo shoot about 5 minutes into it but, she was a great sport. Thank goodness for kids short attention span. She would be crying one minute then I'd get her attention back and she'd be smiling the next minute and back and forth we went. All and all it was fun. This was the indoor part of the photo shoot. We also did some outdoor shots...that's a long story which we'll share in another post. "I'm federal baby!" (Inside joke between the cuz and I...lol!) Love you girls! Hope you like!
This little boy melts my heart! He was way past due for his 6 month shoot so...it turned out to be a 7 month one but it was just as perfect. He was such a happy baby, I just had to catch him being himself. Dad tried his best to make him laugh but he got tired and gave up. Of course Little Man "R" waited til he was buckled in his car seat to start cracking up. Aw...the joy of being a baby and the pleasure they get when they mess with our heads! He was just perfect.
This adorable little girl turned one last month and her one year session was way past due. She was in such a great mood, perfect for pictures, love it when that happens. There were ducks all over the park and she was loving it. Guess who she is? My cutie patootie niece, the baby-est of them all. I took so many pictures, I almost posted them all! Isn't she cute? Just want to eat her up!
Look at these two cuties! They are only months apart. My darling best friend ask me to capture these fun times between her son (light hair cutie) and her cousin's son (dark hair cutie). Most of her family lives in Venezuela so although they are a very close in relationship, the distance makes it a little hard to see each other as much as they'd like. The kids had a blast just being themselves and trying to eat grass and sand whenever possible. The mom's got a workout trying to focus the kids attention towards each other or towards the camera to get good shots, oh yeah, and keeping the grass and sand out of their mouths. I just smiled the whole time and clicked away while thinking "I love my job". Aren't they cute?
