There are many things in this life that I count as blessings…. my beautiful children, my loving husband, my wonderful friends, having a business that I truely love, AND Coach Andi!!!!  You probably know that my kids have dreams of being Olympic Swimmers.  They practice 5-6 days a week, 2-3 hours per day, rain or shine.  This has made them amazing athletes, but the lessons they learn at Nova Swim Team extend far beyond the swimming pool.  Like, the importance of setting goals and measuring their success, and how to make friends with other kids from different cultures with different family structures, and how hard work pays off!  Coach Andi has been a fantastic influence on both my kids.  So, it was my honor to photograph her beautiful twins.  With much love and lots of giggles I want to sincerely thank you Andi!  Enjoy!

Happy Friday everyone!  I just had to share my family shoot for 2011 that Kristin did.  As always, the girl did a stellar job.  We had so much fun in Venice and Laguna Beach with her.  Even though my little man was not in a picture-taking mood {the kid is 2 and has his own ideas on what we should be doing on a Saturday morning…..so stubborn…..I have no idea where he gets that from….. ;) }, Kristin was still able to get some great shots of him as well as everyone else.  It helps that she has killer skills and speed with that camera of hers.  Thank you Kristin for the great pics!  Now I can get cracking on our Holiday Cards!

Weddings and families and kids, oh my!  Thank you to everyone who is contributing to this crazy, fun, busy summer of photography sessions at Blue Sky’s Studio!  I am enjoying the madness, but regret that I haven’t had much time to blog lately.  I am planning to make up for it this week with lots of fun shots from this summer.  My most favorite session this week was with the winner of last years’  Rascals to Rebel’s model search.  Since last year she has been a busy girl getting some great print ads and even a roll in a Soap Opera.  It is no wonder, she is darling both outside and in!  We had a blast playing and dressing up and spinning……. Thanks to her beautiful Mommy for putting together so many cute outfits.  Enjoy!

The first warm, sunshiny day of the year, we headed down to old town Orange with this troop of super cute girls. Oh, and we brought Dad along too! Mom was ready with a suitcase full of new clothes and the girls agreed to model for lollipops…… so we headed off around town. We discovered a few new funky spots as well as revisited some of my favorites. All in all, we had a great time and at the end of the session, I waved goodbye as they headed out on a car trip! Enjoy!
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Wow, I really love shooting in January and February.  As most of you know, these are the months that we book our creative sessions.  Typically we spend about an hour on a photography session, but for the months of January and February, we take our time and spend at least 2 hours on each session.  This give us plenty of time to walk around slowly at each location and find tons of great areas to shoot in.  It also makes every session very unique!

I met up with these super cute kiddos last Sunday morning in Newport Beach.  It was one of the first beautiful days of the year and perfect weather for a bright, colorful session.  Of course, we brought our super cute pettiskirts and other fun accessories to give the session a little pizazz.   I love how great both of these kids were at giving me the pouty model face that I so love!  Thanks so much Heather for getting up bright and early!  Enjoy!