Amy.....

Amy is an old friend of mine from high school and with the help of Facebook and running into eachother from time to time in our small town, we were able to stay in touch. I was honored when she asked me to shoot a few of her and her beautiful children for winter photos and the day was cold and snowy! These kids were troopers and wonderfully! Have a look....

Family

Each year, I get to shoot family photos for my brother and his family...which is a BIG family. They are so much fun and my nieces and nephews are hilarious! What's even more fun? To see their Christmas Cards each year with the best/funniest/sweetest shots of them.

My brother and I decided to get a portrait taken of our children (his and his wife's four and my one) and enlarge it in a canvas for our mother for Christmas. Mom is always helping all she can with our children, especially mine as she and my dad watch Aiden every day for at least 3 hours at a time while Wayan and I are at work. I couldn't do it without her, for sure.

Anyhow, this year, the weather did not play well in our favor (snow and frigid cold) and we had to improvise in my house...on my den floor with the light shining in from the sliding door (with help of speedlight to bounce light off ceiling). Here are some of my favorites...

here's me, Wayan and Aiden....

Back on the Saddle Again, So to Speak: A look back at 2010

This has been such an amazing, crazy year for me. I have taken nearly a year off from wedding photography and decided to enjoy my pregnancy and adjust to parenthood (let me back up- was pregnant and gave birth to a fabulous baby boy in May of this year, Aiden). It was so hard to be a full time mommy and full time counselor and trying to fit in wife and housework...well, thank GOD my husband is wonderful and helps out so much or else I would have lost my mind, lol!

In 2010, I took time out to enjoy Aiden and photographed him all 7 months he's been here and just this October, I shot my 'come back' wedding, as we called it, and it was such fun! I've also did a winter, snow day wedding in December and a few family portraits since and has given me my own 'Renaissance' for what I want for better and creative photography. I need to do this so I can express my art as well as capture amazing images the best I can for those who come to me for this. This year's earnings will go towards the journey to Bali October 2011 so Aiden can meet his father's family for the first time, as Wayan has not been there in 3 years. There's only so much Skype you can do as it does not totally substitute being there in the flesh with one's family.

Please take a look at the photos I have enclosed of my boy and how he's grown. He's my life, for sure, and so dear to my heart.