Another family that will be featured in the upcoming book I mentioned....I have no business blogging right now but I have to post a couple of their pics. I will share some more but this will do for now....love, love my time with them! What a fantastic group of people and the kids --oh my soooo adorable -- I can just go follow them around all day! There are more pics of their family I wish to share but I'll see if I can come back here later tonight.
I hope Nanette and Rodolfo like Audrey's pictures --because I do -- not because I took them but Audrey is soooo stinkin cute -- and nobody can deny that! She was (and still is) such an angel when we did her shoot...makes me want to have a girl -haha!!
Anyway, I'm just glad to post these today and see her beautiful smiles and expressive eyes...I had a bad day today when I picked up my parents from the airport...my wallet was stolen --and it hurts.. :( Oh well, life must go on as they say...
Presenting Audrey...
Talk about an energetic girl...Meet Karina...fun and playful....This are shots taken during our conversation....love it!
A couple of weeks ago, I attended the Pre-school Faire that was sponsored by the FUN Moms Club The task of choosing what the right school --ok the best school for your little one was quite daunting. As a mother, we'd always like the best for our kids. We want them to be in the best school, to get the best education, to be in the best environment...and as much as I did this for my first son years ago (well, that was a long time ago), there is still that fear: Will his dad and I make the right decision - will we put him in the school that is best for him? And yet, accompanying that 'natural fear" is a mixed sense of anticipation and nostalgia....
I am eager to see Troy go through the next phase of his life and yet, I cannot feel a little melancholy that he is growing up too soon. But I guess, that's just a natural stage for every parent out there....
For moms, dads and everybody in between, a poem I read from one of the literatures I took home:
A child who lives with gentleness
will touch with gentle hands,
A child who is understood
becomes someone who understands
A child who lives with patience
learns a way to wait for things,
A child who is taught to smile at life
is one who laughs and sings
when children find acceptance,
thats another trait to learn,
And children who are loved a lot
will give love in return.
Here are some photos of Lavina and her two cute girls. It was late afternoon, the rain was pouring intermittently - it was cloudy, gray and dark. And yet, these two girls did not seem affected by the gloominess of the day. Hmm..that's why I really love to take pictures of kids....they seem to always be in some protected forever summer capsule...I especially love the eyes of these girls, bright, expressive and always full of wonder.
Some pics...
A couple of months ago, I took photos of Isabella when she performed with her dance group in Pismo Beach (http://owenphotographie.blogspot.com/2007/05/test_29.html). This month, I had the priviledge once again, to take her photos and it seems like she has already grown so much in such a small amount of time.
Somebody once asked me, why do I "have" to take so many photos? Well, aside from the fact that that is what I do and love to do, I find that time goes by so much faster with children. They are wiggly little babies one day and gleeful pitter patters, talkative toddlers the next day. As a parent myself, I would love to hold on to their years of growing up and see how they look like in every stage of their childhood....and if a photograph would give me the pleasure of bringing back a visual glimpse of that memory, then so be it.
This is Ava. She is definitely one-of-a-kind. She is as fun and free spirited as her beautiful wild curly hair. We did the photo shoot late in the afternoon and I remembered the day was gloomy and the weather cold. But Ava's radiating smile and sunny disposition just took away all the gloominess of the day and we had a fun time shooting as if it was summertime....well, being with Ava seems like it was summer indeed.
What is a blog without a blog post? Yes, my blog is long overdue but whew, these last few months have been very interesting...sometimes, life just throws stuff at you and you have no choice but to just slow down and take it one step, one day at a time.
But my camera sure did not slow down...in fact, I have quite a few to share with you all. Let me just start with a few halloween photos I never got to post in time....
Here are some photos of my dearest Troy and his buddies at the daycare...
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As unique as her name, Jeazelle's smile made getting up early on a Sunday morning so worthwhile. Jeazelle has this radiating quiet innocence and intelligent beauty in her and I hope I was able to capture that in her photographs.
I'd like to thank mom for working with me on her outfits and making it fit for our location, dad who also happens to be a photo enthusiast, for assisting during the shoot, grandma, for being there to support Jeazelle and ofcourse to Jeazelle, for making my job the best job in the world :)
Here are some of the images from her shoot. Enjoy the slideshow :)
Here's an idea of how you can combine several portraits to make a nice photo wall gallery. I currently have the classic black and white frame there but it will look equally or more elegant if these photos are converted into canvas.
One of my favorite images in a Christmas card.
The title says it all....Andrew made my day! I arrived at their house with Andrew calmly stitting down in his high chair. I can tell he is ready for his big shoot and outfit changes...Thanks to mommy, some milk and those little round cheerios. As mommy and I narrowed down his clothes, he just sat there watching us all quiet and contented. I knew it was going to be a good shoot...and it was.
A is for Andrew and is for Adorable....the two of them go so well together.....
Love it - love it !!!!!
Andrew in Red
Andrew in cool blue
Me as an octopus
