How am I going to choose??? That is the common question I have been getting at my order sessions with my portrait clients....What should I order?  Where am I going to hang these?  I need help!!!! I absolutely love meeting with my clients for their order session.  We sit down, watch their children's amazing slideshow and relive the fun from our photo session!  Then we talk about their needs for reprints and how they are going to display their images. Here are some display options that I design for my clients before I meet with them to give them ideas of how to  display their images, whether they are canvas prints or framed collages.... The Simple Style Canvas Gallery: The Clean & Classic Framed Gallery: The Mix & Match Framed Gallery: OR....many of my clients are just LOVING this storyboard canvas.  If they are having a hard time deciding on the images because they love so many of them, I suggest this: Happy Thursday!

One of the highest compliments for me is when a past wedding client comes back to me to document their next journey in life...starting a family. Katie and Chris got married 5 years ago. I just loved their wedding day, and their family and friends were so sweet and welcoming to me. I am honored to begin the documentation of this journey. Katie and Chris will be welcoming baby molly in the next couple of months, so stay tuned for some really beautiful newborn portraits with mommy and daddy!

what can i say....look at these beautiful images captured for the Giuliano family....kik, vince, christopher, joey, and graciella.  Love their ability to just be themselves and have fun in front of the camera.  I hope you enjoy these images as much as I have! this is one of those blessed mistakes when you are testing out your settings...honestly, this image happened purely by mistake and I absolutely LOVE it...might be one of my fav's:

As most of you may already know, Cole is our only son, and my husband, Aron has been WAITING for the day that he can teach him responsibility in doing chores....AKA yardwork!!! We have always had a gardener to mow our lawn because it literally takes Aron a good 3 hours each week to tackle this chore, but recently he diverted back to tending to the lawn himself....and bringing Cole on as his little helper. It has always been hard for me to decide whether our kids should receive a monetary allowance for these "chores". As a kid myself, I had a set list of chores I had to complete every weekend before I could play with my friends. I also got allowance for doing them. While we are firm believers of learning responsibility and earning a reward for them, we also feel like our children shouldn't be totally driven by money as their reward...on the flip side of that, it is fun to see our children save their money and finally buy something themselves and feel proud that it was earned entirely by them alone. We do give our children a small allowance for doing chores, but they put it in their savings accounts, and they love to go online with us to check their accounts to see how much they are saving!!! Well, I kind of went a little off track here, but I just really wanted to show off my little boy helping out his daddy on Sunday morning! He is so proud of himself!!! And so are we!!! It's getting HOT!!!

Over the weekend I met up with my clients, Tommy and Lisa for their engagement session. I just love them! Lisa has been emailing me since they booked me last June with fun details about her dresses (yes, there will be more than one!!!), engagement session ideas, and I feel like I know them so well already! Their love for each other is beyond evident. To watch Tommy open Lisa's car door, guide her through the front door, ask her if she was o.k. when she had to lay in the long grass, and especially keeping an eye out for a snake or even a bug of any kind. He held her so close and endearing throughout our shoot. Watching them just made me happy. Happy that they love each other so much. Happy that we were laughing together....a lot of laughing!!! Happy that I knew that they are really meant for each other. I decided that it would be fun to interview my engaged couples so that when I blog their pictures, I can list some really interesting details about their life and things that they love... Tommy: Occupation: Anesthesiologist How we met: She made a pass at me at work (Lisa: soo untrue!) My favorite thing about Lisa: She is so ticklish! :) She is also very loving and caring. My favorite song right now: Jason Mraz "I'm Yours" A random act of kindness I have done: Let somebody change lanes in front of me :D I am inspired by: My parents, they work so hard My best feature: My truck (haha) Today I bought: I didn't buy anything today, but yesterday, I bought a truck magazine! Something you must have: Lisa I am addicted to: Cars Something that is beautiful: Lisa A goal I have this year: Purchase a home In 5 years, we will be doing: Taking care of the kids What I have learned from my best friend: That she still loves me even when I make her mad (Lisa: soo true! haha) Lisa: Occupation: Instructor How we met: We attended the same college and worked at the same clinic (he was the manager and I was a research student). He was my first boyfriend and I his first girlfriend. Little did I know that our paths would cross again many moons later. My favorite thing about Tommy: His endless hugs and kisses My favorite song right now: Jason Mraz' "I'm Yours" A random act of kindness I have done: I make my students laugh I am inspired by: My parents, they always place us first My best feature: My goofy smile Today I bought: Stamps for our wedding invitations Something you must have: Green Milk Boba Tea I am addicted to: Tommy Something that is beautiful: Watching kids play A goal I have this year: To marry the best man ever and purchase a home within the year In 5 years, we will be doing: Lots of snuggling, traveling and starting a family What I have learned from my best friend: Love and laugh often! Here are some of my favorites: The funniest image of the day: My favorite image: When Lisa saw my tire swing at my house, she quickly reminisced about her childhood years swinging on her own tire swing. They couldn't resist, and had a blast playing around!!! One thing you should know about Tommy is that he is obsessed with trucks, and in particular, HIS truck... So much that we thought it would only be sensible to take a picture of them with his truck! So then we thought it would be funny to make fun of Lisa's current obsession: her wedding and wedding magazines! Of course I have to point out that the cover image on Ceremony is MINE!!! Woo-Hoo!!! Tommy isn't very impressed, though! Then they switched...not too thrilled This is what I was talking about..the endearing love that Tommy has for Lisa. It was so sweet to witness, and I know they will have a beautiful marriage!