Studio Portraits with Nugget the Bulldog

What a ‘model’ pet!  Nugget was a ton of fun to photograph. This 4-year-old English Bulldog was perfectly content in front of the lens. Catherine, his incredibly talented owner, plans to publish a line of greeting cards. Here are a few of my favorites (bummer that I can’t post them all!)      

Lodi Family Keeps Growing!

I love this family! It’s been great watching them grow over the years. I photographed Jasmine and Ross’ wedding back in 2006 and then I can remember when she called me wanting maternity photos. How fun to photograph both girls as newborns and toddlers. Now they are expecting a little boy!  Congratulations to Jasmine and Ross and thank you for choosing me as your…

Senior Portraits – Mequila

What fun to photograph a former student of mine! I remember Mequila as a bright, ambitious and helpful young student at Wagner-Holt Elementary.  Now she’s a Senior at Lincoln High! She was also one heck of a runner and I was thrilled to find out that she’s running track. (She is nursing a broken bone in her foot, so we opted for studio photos). …

This young man is going places!

Last week I was thrilled to photograph a young man who is on the path to success.  Andrew is just starting his senior year at Tokay. He is smart, polite, fun and full of ambition. I love seeing his attitude toward the future and the way that he embraces life. He is wild about science, reads all the time and plays a great game…

Potbelly “Miss Bits” Visits my Studio

I had a very unique visitor to my studio this summer! Meet Miss Bits. She weighs 4 pounds and likes Cheerios or anything else that you will share with her.  She is clean, cute, VERY well-loved and ALWAYS entertaining!  Thank you Luan for bringing her in!          

Smokin Hot Football

I had a great time shooting some studio portraits of Tobi, one of Rio Vista’s exchange students from Austria. He brought the same intensity to the studio that he carries on the field and you can see that in his eyes. Very determined young man. Thank you Studio b in Rescue California, for showing me the technique on the flames! This was not done…

Congratulation Annie! Rio Vista Senior Portraits

It was a pleasure working with Annie last week. What a smart and beautiful girl!  She’s a small town girl with big time goals (hopes to design wine labels one day) and soon to graduate. I wish her the best of luck!  Here are a few of my favorites from our shoot.

Family Portraits on the Beach!

I had a great time photographing the Granger family last week on the beach here in Los Barriles.  It was great to watch the family dynamics and see them all together. Fran and Bill and the boys… Oh…and this is where a dog came up and peed on my camera bag! Check their expressions! And after I took care of that…a group tickle And…

Marine Corp Engagement – Oorah!

Marine Corps Engagement! Lauren didn’t really have love on her mind when she left with her mom to go and visit her brother, who is a U.S. Marine (Oorah!) stationed in Pensacola, Florida.  But when her brother invited Lauren to go out on the town one night and she stepped into the living room to meet her brother’s friend Justin…well, here…I’ll let her tell…

Sarah and Nick – Engaged!

When Nick stepped out of the car I commented “Hmmm…you sure look familiar. ” I had met and really like Sarah, but this was the first time I’d met Nick….or so I thought. The conversation went like this: Me: “Where did you grow up, Nick? Nick: “Stockton” Me: “Where’d you go to High School?” Nick: “Bear Creek” Me: “Where’d you go to Elementary School?”…