What makes us click

Jan 18 2013

drinking the fog

It’s been a few very busy months since we have moved to the west coast and while Eugene is very unique and hip…it is not quite New York-as far as fun celebs and events to go photograph! So I’ve been a little slow to find things to post here on the blog.

I went from being surrounded by huge amazing buildings (and didn’t think anything could beat that view) to being surrounded by these huge amazing trees. When seeing them covered by a misty fog, it takes my breath away. Here are a few snaps from this week.

Tagged Eugene, Eugene Oregon, Fog, forest, misty fog, misty trees, Oregon, west coast

Jan 07 2013

The A Family

I love that my last session of the year was with this special little family. Poor dad was just getting off night shift so we tried to make it as quick and as painless as possible for him! With the weather being as cold as it was, we all were glad to cut the session short!

Little Miss ‘G’ recently turned 2 and is quite the little entertainer. I wish you all could hear her rendition of Taylor Swift’s ‘We Are Never Getting Back Together’. It would have you in stitches while she wags her little finger at you, cause you are NEVER EVER getting back together, like EVER! But what utterly stole my heart was when this sweet little thing attempted to say my name. Ah’issa. Consider me wrapped around her little finger…

Tagged decorating the tree, Portrait under an orange tree

Dec 13 2012

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about us, food, parties

Simon turns 5

I keep telling this kid that he’s not allowed to grow up. And while it took me forever to post this entry, it doesn’t mean that his birthday didn’t happen:( He’s a five-year old boy who wishes school was 8 days a week, wonders what God looks like and thinks girls are weird. He orders caesar salad at every restaurant, thinks convertibles are just cars wearing hoodies and makes up phrases like ‘criminal festival’ and ‘chicken butt’. So even though I can only get away with kissing him once he’s sleeping, he’s still my little baby who’s not allowed to have anymore birthdays.

What’s the hardest thing about being a kid? That you can’t do anything.

How old are you when you are a grown up? 13 then 15, 16 and 17.

What are you going to be when you grow up? A power ranger because they save people.

Who will you be voting to be president? Mr. Popper.

Would you want to be the president? Yeh, so I can boss people around.

If the Queen came to lunch what would you serve her? Pea soup.

Do you think you will ever get married? No, because at the party I got the coin so I’m going to be rich.

Where are you going to live when you grow up? At my same house.

WHAT?! You going to live with us? I thought that when I grew up you were going to be dead. I see.

Where would you like to travel to? Hawaii because I’ve never been there.

Who would you take with you? When I’m older I would go by myself.

Tagged 5 yr old questionnaire, Angry bird party

Nov 08 2012

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portraiture

The G family

Like most moms, for her birthday this Mom/Grandma wanted a family portrait done. But instead of putting it off – like so many of us do – her family obliged. And I’m so thrilled they did. This family was seriously so much fun to photograph. With nothing but smiles and laughs they made my job easy! It was clearly evident that they loved to be in each others company.

Oct 24 2012

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portraiture

6 month old Baby Z

Baby Z is growing like a weed. It’s been neat to see how his features have changed since his newborn session…I think he’s looking more and more like his brothers!

We started out with the naked baby pictures but didn’t stop there because Baby Z’s mom had picked out some great old school pieces from Janie and Jack.

This grin is as good as it got. It’s not that Baby Z didn’t like me, it’s that I didn’t really impress him. Not my funny noises, not my obnoxious sounding purple stuffed bird and I’m pretty sure not the 900 different ways I called out his name!