the many faces of Stephanie

This is the third time I have the luck of photographing this little girl. She's now 6 years old and the first time I met her she was around 3. I'm sure some of you have seen her before....how can't you? she's been on my website numerous times and on promo materials for my business. I just LOVE how expressive she is and how fun her sessions are. Never a dull moment for sure :o). They moved far away from Arizona but I feel so honored that they will continue to come back for me to take her photos. Can't wait to see her again!

I was wondering what she would wear this year and see how she was going to top the little red chinese dress she wore last year. When I saw this I said WOW! Now, how can you top this Mulan dress? I just loved it!

The feet shot :o) hehe!

Everything is o.k.!

My mom's surgery was done today and thank God everything went well. There was only a 15 to 20% chance that she would make it thru due to her heart's condition. As always, she's such a strong woman and made it thru. I'm so proud of her! This was such a tense week and didn't realize how stressed we were until the surgeon came out and gave us the good news. It felt like a big weight was lifted off our shoulders.

Recovery will be long and slow but we're ready for that. Thanks so much again for all the e-mails I received with your good wishes. You guys are the best!

A message to a prospect client -

Hey Lindsey S. I just got an e-mail from you but there was no e-mail address! I would love to reply but since the message was sent from my website, it didn't record your e-mail address. It's regarding Chicky Bella.


Thanks so much!

:: a family reunion ::

I just finished working on these images on my laptop and wanted to share them with you since I want to reinforce how important family reunions are. It has more meaning now for me especially at this moment. I really enjoy photographing families and always have a blast when I do them. This time of year I book tons of family reunions but more around Thanksgiving weekend. This one came in early and I'm so glad they did. They are a beautiful family and their love for each other really shows on their images.

I recommend you take lots of photos of your family this season. Who cares if they are not perfect....it's your family and that's what's beautiful about them. Don't forget to hug them and tell them you love them.

Shhh...don't tell anybody but my favorite part of family sessions are the children...can you tell?

Ah, perfect 'bokeh'!!! ...it's a technical term for those photographers that happen to read my blog. This was shot at 1.7!

And of course....a session is never complete without the feet shot :o)!

Thank you!

Thanks so much everybody for your kind e-mails and messages. It means the world to me! I came home for a little bit to catch up on some e-mails and to get cleaned up (spending the night at the hospital was kind of noisy but oh well.) My mom is set to have surgery tomorrow but there is a small chance that they'll move it to Thursday. Her heart is not very strong and we run high risk either way: with surgery and without surgery. We are just hoping for the best at this time.

Thanks again!

:: Limited e-mail access ::

I will have limited e-mail access for the next few days so if you need to reach me, please give me a ring. Leave a message if I don't answer and will get back to you asap. My mom was admitted to the hospital early this morning and she will be having open heart surgery on Wednesday. I will be spending most of my time with her and most likely spend some nights there as well.

I will continue to work on proofing sessions on my laptop while I'm at the hospital so I assure you the work will get done. I'm working as fast as possible so I appreciate your patience with everything. Thank you so much!

P.S. I will continue to blog here and there when I have a chance.