My life & your images: Tonight, the eve of Thanksgiving, I am burning the midnight oil to get all caught up on the pile of Christmas sessions and orders. Its like this every year. Thanksgiving for my family is often no more than a one-day break from round the clock work. Usually, we don’t even…
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Day Eighteen. Picking up where I left off.
My life: Have you ever heard the phrase “If you want something done, ask a busy woman to do it.”? Well, it is true . . . usually. I have a gift, though, of asking myself to do things, crazy things, when I am the most busy. Things like posting every day for a month…
Day Seventeen. My lovely assistant’s family & some busy-work.
My life: Well, ’tis the season of chaos and late-nights. As a portrait photographer, I find myself doing about 50% of my year’s work in just two and a half months. It can be exhausting!! But somehow we always come through for our clients and we always get it all done, with time to spare….
Day Sixteen. Ten, nine . . . seven?
Your images: Last August I found myself at the HOTTEST photo session of my career. Not THAT kind of hot . . . more like 105 degrees farenhiet hot. The kids took it all in stride, as they are native to San Antonio, and high temperatures are more normal than not. But I found myself…
Day Fifteen. Such a doll! Photo session in Capitola.
My life: What can I say, today, about my life? Perhaps that it is amazingly full. In some ways, at times, it feels TOO full. Too many responsibilities, too many balls in the air. But then, I think I like it that way. I mean, I can’t honestly remember the last time my life wasn’t…
Day Fourteen. My best friend’s beautiful children.
My life: I have one of life’s most precious gifts, and one not everyone can claim. I have a best friend that has been my friend since I was three years old. That’s 30 years of sharing life. That’s amazing to me. We have been through all of life’s trials and heartaches, triumphs and joys…
Day Thirteen. A beautiful story of triumph in San Jose.
My Life: I am in San Jose this week, capturing 20 families and meeting with 11 more to share their images from October. Its a busy trip! I am so happy to be enjoying my lovely hotel room at the Pruneyard in Campbell. Its heavenly. The best part of my trip is my little assistant,…
Day Twelve. A new beginning in San Jose.
This family is among my favorite families. They are so fun and full of life. This photo shoot was especially wonderful because it came at a time of new beginning for this family. Just over a year ago their home was lost in a fire. They lost most of their worldly possessions and tragically, the…
Day Eleven. My baby turned 16 today.
I can hardly believe it, even as I type it; my little boy is 16 years old! I remember the day he was born with vivid detail. I was just 17 years old that day; naive, scared, excited, sad, confused, yet so sure of my decision. Months earlier my father and I had a meeting…
Day Ten. Leaving on a Jet Plane. . . again. So sad in Milwaukee. :-)
Darn! I missed a day!! Life’s been busy around here with kids and work and some great friends. We had lunch with our friends, the Scaiffes, who are missionaries in China on furlough. We met them in California at a pastor’s retreat a year ago and serendipitously they moved to Chicago right about the time…