Living What I Love

The golden hour

This shoot was at the Bellevue Botanical Gardens, late in the afternoon when the sun was perfectly filtering through the trees and made for some beautiful photos. The little guy is only 3 months old, and I could definitely tell how much love his family has for him! We had his parents, aunt, cousin and grandparents all together, and no matter how many times he got passed around, he was a pretty content (and sleepy!) little guy.

I love the grandmother's sari and the bright colors she and her daughter both wore. Take note: bright colors make for gorgeous pictures!

Laughter also makes for great photos. =)

Granddaughter + grandfather

Father + son

Mother + son

Grandparents + grandchildren

Toddlers: keeping me on my toes

I thought this little guy was quick the first time I took his photo; I was wrong. Good thing I wore shoes that were easy to move in! A few of my favorites:

Rose, Travis + Adrienne

Favorites from a family/holiday card shoot for close friends of ours last weekend in West Seattle:

Aniruddha + Pragnya

Last week I met up with Aniruddha and Pragnya who are recently engaged to do a photoshoot at the Sculpture Park. Even the rain couldn't keep the smiles off the faces of these two! =) And talk about true love: they are currently living in Seattle, WA and the Netherlands (separately!). It was awesome to do an engagement session again. We had so much fun and definitely made the best of the less-than-ideal weather. Wishing them all the best!

Fall + families

Work from a family session I shot this past weekend in South Lake Union. Check out these kids' gorgeous, curly hair!

Late September family shoot

Another lovely family who I worked with a few weeks ago with a beautiful four-month-old baby girl, and grandparents visiting from China. There's just something about those grandparent visits - crossing oceans to see their newest family members ... it just really pulls at my heartstrings. =) Maybe I just miss my own grandparents who also live far away; not as far as China, but far enough that I don't see them often enough. I hope this sweet little girl gets to see her family a lot over the years as she's growing up. They certainly adore her already (as do her parents!)

mini explorer

I had a few family sessions this weekend and had so much fun meeting more tiny people! Filtered sunlight, crisp air and an empty park made for a perfect shoot. This is Luna, who's 18 months and very, very busy, and very interested in the natural world (rocks and sticks and leaves) but not so much the dirt - her dad had to brush it off for her. =)

Family.

A sunny, warm day in Seattle, a happy, smiling baby and a light breeze mixed well for a great family shoot this past weekend at the Olympic Sculpture Park. I loved little Lily's expressions! Babies at this age are so fun to work with.

Saturday morning

This past Saturday I drove out to a cool little tucked-away park to meet up with a super fun family of three to shoot some photos. Their son was 14 months and man could he move fast! Probably half the shots I snapped of him were blurry; luckily I always keep that shutter clickin' and am left with plenty of great ones. =) When my photos of him were in focus, they turned out great - he just had this little glint in his eye all morning that was too cute.

Baby M's First Birthday

I had the pleasure of shooting the first birthday party of Baby M last weekend. She had the biggest, prettiest eyes and had everyone at her party wrapped around her finger. =) Can you blame them?

And what a party it was! There were gift baskets and bubbles and squirt guns for the kids to play with, a bouncy castle, a mini swimming pool and SO much food. It's so great to see families and friends brought together to celebrate, and I had a fabulous time getting to know Baby M and her parents and grandparents.

Baby Adrienne

We went out of town with friends last weekend and my camera couldn't stop snappin' photos of their beautiful 7-month-old daughter. Those eyelashes!

(Forgive the avocado, she was just saving some for later.)

 

family portraits

You guys, it's been forever, I know. It's bad. But I've had some awesome shoots recently and would love to share them with you! First up: a lovely family from the East side who wanted to capture their newest addition on a rather sunny Seattle morning.

We met up in Fremont and strolled around the waterfront, the Sunday Market and then headed up to Queen Anne for some views.

Do you know any families, couples, high school seniors or pet owners who'd love to spend an hour or so with me and have some really great photos taken? Send them my way!

Nicole + Erik

Last weekend on a brisk but beautiful Sunday afternoon, I met up with Nicole and Erik at the Olympic Sculpture Park for my very first Seattle engagement session. I swear the sun seemed to shine for them that day, because I hadn't seen it much prior and it's been hiding again ever since. Ah, Seattle. ;) We had a great time - congrats again you two!

Pumpkin patch!

A few weekends ago Chad and I went out to a pumpkin patch in Renton with his sister, brother-in-law and their twin girls. It was a sweet little farm, complete with geese, chickens, a calf, pigs, old tractors and trucks to climb on and plenty of pumpkins. The girls picked out one each and Uncle Chad surprised them both with a mini pumpkin, too. =) One of my favorite fall things, for sure. Hope you're getting out and enjoying the season!

My photos on Groupon

Yesterday I noticed through a friend's facebook post that a photo I took back in Ann Arbor at 826michigan last spring was the photo featured on Groupon's deal of the day. Pretty exciting! It's from a field trip, where 2nd grade students come by bus to 826 for a 2-hour creative writing workshop, and leave with their very own storybook. Anyway, I love this photo and it's always fun to see your work pop up in unexpected places. I've been told that a set of my photos has been enlarged + presented in a place I'd probably least expect them to be showcased... more on that later, stay tuned!