starting with {feet}
i came across this on susannah conway’s wonderful blog {ink on my fingers}… you already know you’re going to love it. she offers online courses of sorts for photographers, artists. unraveling. it’s easier to explain this way… The Unravelling process is a new way to view your world, taking time to appreciate the beauty around you. And we do this in the simplest way – we stop and look. Beginning with your feet, you’re going to go on a photo safari into your own life to reconnect with who you are, where you’ve been and where you want to go next. i missed th

model portfolios . lots
i am so behind on my model session posts that i thought i’d do a collage of a few for now. and anyway, i love to look at all of them this way too… i have to say that i’m amazed at how mature, composed and confident many of the younger girls are today. i was never any of those things at their ages. not even now, sometimes. with so much available visually and more at their fingertips, i hope that somewhere, someone is reminding them not to rush, that life will come, one way or another. i hope they savor the path, remember to stop and look and breathe. i remind my own three daughters of this, a lot. as sophisticated and sultry as they

commercial child photographer . zogirl
oh how much i love surprises! i just got permission (hee hee) to post the other half of the top secret, coolest, trendiest, newest, stylish goodies from julie martin’s zogirl designs!!! the first half was sherbert butterflies and sophia, and now it’s lime polka dots and gabriella… along with the amazing headbands of butterflies from cagas wagner design. this time in the deepest blues. oh so beautiful. you can always get yourself any of julie’s amazing, playful creations from her

honneycombs {la bande magnificant}
in this life i am constantly being reminded that one never really knows what’s around the corner. lately, i love ‘around the corner.’ when april talked to me about shooting for the band, i was a) totally excited. b) momentarily forgetful of the fact that i’ve never shot a band before. c) got really really nervous and then, d) said…yes! of course it helps that i love the melodic sounds that float around the room when they perform, and you might also recognize april from this post earlier this year. this session was many things, some of the best was spending a g

commercial child photographer . zogirl
julie martin {aka zozobugbaby and zogirl’s creative mistress} has done it again. actually she has outdone herself. i received the top secret package last month…this outfit and gabriella’s are not suppose to be released until february, but that changed today, yea julie! so i am officially allowed to blog sophia’s. we will all have to wait for gabriella’s….ooh, it hurts! now…to go along with her orange and lemon sherbert butterfly halter dress