Easter Photos....

On Sunday I met with the Voss family...we were shooting Mason & Chole's Easter pics...and they were ready. They had all kinds of fun things for their pictures...a BIG Easter bunny, pinwheels and more. Then to top it off, I found this gorgeous hill covered in blue little violets. They looked NEON! It was awesome....The kids looked great, and as always....super photogenic, which makes my work so much more simpler :) Here's a favorite that I shot...

She just loved the idea of laying those flowers, really, she didn't wanna get up :)

He was on the search for lizards and bugs, and I'm convinced he would've found them if I wasn't bugging him to take more pictures.....

Shadi & Sam

Yesterday I planned a whole day with the kids, but nothing went as planned, lol....We ended up spending the day cleaning, getting ready and passing out wedding invitations....But I did promise that I would take them to the mall, we got three bags of candy....Lots of gummy worms, gummy sharks and gummy bugs...Dylan (my oldest), kept saying "this is the best day ever!" it was sweet. I think next time we'll go the park instead....

On Friday I took some fun pictures of Sam & Shadi kinda like a day after shoot, except it was more like a couple weeks after....It's always so much more relaxing when you do these style of shoots, so many more places to go and more time to just talk...They're also going to be my D.J.'s for my wedding, so I wanted to so much for them

And she just adores her pups, so we had to make sure that they got in on the action :) I think they were just as excited!

And here's one where she's just in a moment, I thought she looked very serene and happy...Shadi you're just beautiful!

I couldn't resist putting some extras from the wedding, here's some of my faves...their wedding party was great, you could tell they really loved Sam & Shadi.

Is it "Hump" day already?

For some reason I'm just soo tired this morning...I've gotta get to my to do list today...it's gotta get completed

I got my car from the shop yesterday, just brakes and an oil change, but when I don't have my car for a full day I just feel soo stuck and then I feel behind in everything. So I tried keeping myself busy by figuring out whatelse I need to take care of for my wedding, it's soo unorganized...I feel really lost in it. Now I get why they're always saying I just want it to be over already, lol.

I've basically got a month until it's here.....eeeekkkk! I could cry from feeling so overwhelmed, couldn't get anything done last week....So this week, gotta focus....*woosa*

The boys are just all over the place, I don't understand where they get all this energy.....just spare me a smidge of what you got guys :) Dallas is right behind them...and the puppy probably peed somewhere when I wasn't looking, it's like he pees every 10 minutes....

*breathe*

I don't know how anyone manages being a stay at home mom and working, it's an oxymoron, it's almost impossible, I don't remember how I even managed to work and spend time with them when I had the 9 to 5 job.

I just want a little "me" time, I don't wanna feel like I'm being selfish and I just wanna catch up...

Proper Introduction....

I'd been thinking, I don't think I really ever gave a proper intro. I'm not really a very good blogger, it's actually quite intimidating to me. I'm still figuring things out...

I'm 27 years old, I have a three little babes, Dylan "4", Jonny O "3", and Dallas "1".....I'm engaged to be married next month, April 10th, I'm getting married in a field at the foot of a hill that has sooo many memories...My fiance, Jonny, is the nicest guy you'd ever meet....really. I don't know how I got so lucky, and I really do believe it was luck meeting him....maybe it was just supposed to happen that way...

Anyways....I got into photography about 9 years ago....I mean REALLY got into photography....I've always loved photography...I grew up with a little 110 film camera and would take it with me on "journies" with friends when we'd ride buses to the beach and such. My mom really got me into I guess, she's the one who gave the camera to me :) But I started working in a photo lab called Wolf Camera when I was 18, then it closed and then I got hired at North County Cameras in Escondido, and then it got bought out by Calumet Photographics. I worked at that lab for 6 years....I loved it....I processed all of the photos and met A LOT of really great people and super talented photographers....Some I got to know really well....dated one, lol.....and worked with them on weddings......I was always interested in shooting, I just never thought I'd really do it for other people....I never thought I was good....sometimes I still question whether anyone really likes my work or not.

I quit working for the photo lab  after I had my second son, me and my fiance moved to be closer to his work, and I found a new job as an event coordinator...which by the way, is not my "thing". I was already on the path to doing photography as well....The company laid me off, which I was really thankful for...because then I could focus on what I really loved....but at the same time I found out I was due to be expecting a new little girl in my life :) It was tough trying to balance two boys and one growing inside....I thought I would have to give up photography for sure....I shot everything I'd already booked, booked more....and decided after having my little girl I would take a break, although that didn't really happen the way I'd planned...I started shooting for another company....it wasn't my own....it wasn't what I wanted to shoot...I did it though because I liked who I was working for, felt potential and LOVE photography.

I started becoming uninspired, unmotivated, disappointed in myself....I didn't feel it was worth leaving my children for....I decided in the beginning of the year I would start shooting for myself again...but I've been really overwhelmed trying to plan my wedding so I wanted to make sure I didn't book anything 'til after mine, that way I could really focus on whom ever wanted me to shoot them....I've been setting shoots up that will help inspire me, where I know I'll feel good, and working it around a really simple and basic schedule....no pressure...I've been reading a lot of other blogs too, although it doesn't help me with my blogging skills they definitely inspire me....Jasmine Star....is my all time fave right, why couldn't I find her sooner? I'm for sure gonna try to attend any seminars with her :)

I was in Riverside shooting last week, and shot a few of these, I'm starting to feel on track....but I decided I would take everything really slow....I've been tuning up my "style", if that's what you wanna call it...maybe I should say "skill"...I love doing this and I wanna always love it, I'm not going to do it if I don't like it anymore, there's no point. It's not just work and what I shoot isn't just a picture.....This is my passion and these images are pieces of me....it's all extremely important, I've figured it out now, well I'm starting to anyway.



After this walk up and down Mission Inn Blvd I felt really good, I felt really inspired, I wanna go back up there to shoot.