Yesterday afternoon the rain cleared up and clouds parted just in time for Nick and Erin’s engagement session.  We took a walk around the arboretum and took advantage of the yummy light that happens right after a storm.

Lina posted the following on March 1, 2010 at 10:13 am.

When people are meant for each other, it’s obvious. Beautiful work!

Julie posted the following on March 3, 2010 at 3:02 pm.

Wonderful job on these. They look so happy. Love the third one.

Zoe Berkovic posted the following on March 3, 2010 at 3:21 pm.

These are fantastic! I love everything about the third image!

Julie Wagoner posted the following on March 3, 2010 at 3:40 pm.

These are wonderful. Love the little taste of spring with the blosssoms in the photos!

mollie posted the following on March 3, 2010 at 7:11 pm.

congrats to the lovely couple!! :) nice!

Katherine posted the following on March 4, 2010 at 9:38 am.

Lovely portraits!! They will definitely be thrilled with these! Fabulous job!

Sarah Albert posted the following on March 4, 2010 at 2:29 pm.

What a sweet couple! I love the black and white image. :)

Jeni posted the following on March 5, 2010 at 6:29 am.

absolutely beautiful-I love the connection you captured between them!

Samantha Suzuki posted the following on March 5, 2010 at 12:46 pm.

They look so comfortable together, very nice!

This little girl is so cute.  She wasn’t very sleepy and wanted to be held, but we got some good shots in.

Look at that smile!

We ended the session with proud big brother.  What a ham!

Thanks for making time in your morning for me!

Kristin Rachelle posted the following on March 3, 2010 at 6:40 pm.

Gorgeous shots!!!!! What a beautiful baby too!

Jane Eaton Hamilton posted the following on March 3, 2010 at 8:40 pm.

You did a nice job here. Love the sib shot esp.

Amber posted the following on March 3, 2010 at 10:45 pm.

Those first two shots are just fantastic. The most kissable looking little baby. Color is perfect! ++

Jeni posted the following on March 4, 2010 at 7:02 am.

Oh I just love the one with big brother-great work on these!

This little miss is so full of spirit and confidence.  She was non stop our entire session!

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Mom is such a trouper!  She hurt her foot and smiled for the camera.

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Thanks for coming out guys!  Next up on the blog…a newborn session! Stay tuned.

Nannette posted the following on February 20, 2010 at 10:30 pm.

Thank you Megan for your incredible patience with Olivia today! They look great!! I can’t wait to see them all :)

Jenny McMasters posted the following on February 23, 2010 at 3:23 pm.

I adore her! She looks like she has so much personality! Love the shot with the balloons!

Jessica Hamlin posted the following on February 23, 2010 at 3:24 pm.

What an adorable little girl!! These are beautiful!

Kari posted the following on February 23, 2010 at 3:28 pm.

I absolutely love the dandelion shot! They are all beautiful captures- great job!

Beira posted the following on February 23, 2010 at 3:45 pm.

I love that second to last one! She is a little doll. Nice work.

Amanda posted the following on February 23, 2010 at 4:34 pm.

She is precious and these all show such great personality! Great work :)

Lina posted the following on February 23, 2010 at 6:28 pm.

She is adorable! Such a great captures. Beautiful work as usual.

Zoe Berkovic posted the following on February 23, 2010 at 6:32 pm.

Beautiful little girl! Great location too!

NinaMarie posted the following on February 23, 2010 at 8:01 pm.

What a cutie! Love the balloon shot.Nice work!

jennifer adams posted the following on February 24, 2010 at 5:38 am.

what a gorgeous little girl, and I just love the locations, especially that orchard!!!

Cindy posted the following on February 24, 2010 at 7:08 am.

Adorable session, love that location!

Jessica posted the following on February 24, 2010 at 8:57 am.

Love the black and white! What a doll!

Ashley Duckett posted the following on February 24, 2010 at 9:31 am.

Looks like you did a great job keeping up with her and capturing her personality! Nice work!

Lisa Little posted the following on February 24, 2010 at 9:51 am.

She is such a doll and gorgeous images!!

TaraMc posted the following on February 24, 2010 at 4:47 pm.

These are adorable! What a pretty little girl. I love that image of her blowing the dandelion, so beautiful.

Katherine posted the following on February 24, 2010 at 6:30 pm.

Beautiful images of a beautiful little girl! You did such a fabulous job!!

Yesterday afternoon the clouds parted and the lighting became magic for my senior session.  She wanted lots of nature, so we headed to the redwoods section of the arboretum.  First order of business was a few shots with the boyfriend.

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And then the sisters.  You may recognize the sister on the left from her senior session a few months ago.

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Maybe I still have my recent cruise on the mind where I was bombarded with Titanic references, but doesn’t she look just like a young Kate Winslet?  Gorgeous!

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Jessica posted the following on February 8, 2010 at 10:20 am.

Gorgeous–she’s just gorgeous! Love that last one:).

Angela posted the following on February 8, 2010 at 10:30 am.

These are just stunning, Megan! Gorgeous girl, great light and colors!

Janice posted the following on February 8, 2010 at 10:57 am.

Gorgeous girl and gorgeous shots Megan! The lighting is fantastic!

Lindsay posted the following on February 8, 2010 at 12:42 pm.

she’s gorgeous and you did an amazing job with these! she (and her parents, boyfriend and sisters) must be completely over the moon!

Heather posted the following on February 8, 2010 at 1:21 pm.

Beautiful! I just love that last one in the grass!

Lina posted the following on February 9, 2010 at 6:44 am.

Gorgeous work, and such a beautiful girl!

Laurie posted the following on February 10, 2010 at 6:14 am.

Wow, what a gorgeous girl! These are fantastic!!!

Tanzyn posted the following on February 10, 2010 at 7:43 pm.

These are gorgeous! Love your work!:)

julie posted the following on February 12, 2010 at 9:43 pm.

These are beautiful!! I kept scrolling down saying this is my favorite…then i would get to the next and think the same thing!

Cherron posted the following on February 13, 2010 at 9:11 am.

I just love the one of her on the tree!

misty Jones posted the following on February 14, 2010 at 8:33 pm.

Stunning!

Kati posted the following on February 17, 2010 at 5:41 pm.

stunning just stunning megan

Natalie posted the following on February 21, 2010 at 11:01 am.

Megan I absolutely love my pictures! I can’t wait to see the rest.

Wow! Thats all I can say about the blog contest. It was intense and I was worried for a while there about a 4 way tie! Votes were almost double what they’ve been in the past coming in at 467. Number 6 was the grand prize winner getting herself a free session and $100 print credit. Rounding out the winners circle are number 4 and number 3. Congrats guys!! Now its the time many of you have been waiting for. Using random.org I picked one lucky commenter to win a free session. The lucky winner is….commenter 1! I’ll be in touch soon Naomi!

Now comes the “see you later” part. I am currently posting from the balcony of my stateroom on the Oasis of the Seas. That’s right, I’m taking a cruise baby! We’ll be happily soaking up rays for an entire week. Please bear with me if I dont respond to emails and calls until after the 6th. And because what is a post without a picture…here is my view. We haven’t left port yet.

I’ll start with big sis.  With a smile this infectious how can you not love her?

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She took me in to her girly pink room decked out in Disney Princesses and read me a story

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When she was done, baby sis was nice and asleep

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Thanks for spending the afternoon with me!

Mindy posted the following on January 28, 2010 at 9:28 am.

What beautiful captures of beautiful girls! I especially love the use of negative space in the last one! And the baby’s hair is so cute!!

az wedding photographer posted the following on January 28, 2010 at 10:00 am.

adorable.. the babies hair is just the cutest! love it :)

Trina posted the following on January 28, 2010 at 7:13 pm.

aww adorable! Beautiful girl. I love the expression you caught in the first!

Kristin Rachelle posted the following on January 29, 2010 at 10:25 am.

Oh I looooooove these. Love the ones of the sweet baby!

mike pattullo posted the following on January 29, 2010 at 11:08 am.

my vote is for #6, nothing is more beautiful than a new baby girl, and i know that they will have you around their little fingers very soon.

Ashley Duckett posted the following on January 29, 2010 at 4:49 pm.

Nice work! I love the compositions of the newborn shots!

Chelsie posted the following on January 29, 2010 at 5:48 pm.

Adorable!! Love these!!

robyn posted the following on January 29, 2010 at 7:03 pm.

Aw, what a proud big sister! She certainly has a beautiful baby to be proud of. Lovely images.

Jane Eaton Hamilton posted the following on January 30, 2010 at 2:29 am.

I just love this child’s hair! What a cutie.

Lina posted the following on February 9, 2010 at 6:46 am.

Beautiful! Such a fun little girl and cute baby!

Recognize this little guy?

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He is entry #10 in the contest I have running.  Haven’t you voted yet?  Click here to check out the details.  Anyway, Mr Man is now a big brother.  Check out the cuteness!

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Angela posted the following on January 24, 2010 at 5:10 pm.

What a gorgeous baby! Love the skin tones in that last shot…so creamy! Wonderful!

Lina posted the following on January 25, 2010 at 8:20 pm.

Super nice shots, such an cutie pie :)

Trina posted the following on January 27, 2010 at 6:13 pm.

awww adorable! Your skin tones look great!

Jodie posted the following on January 27, 2010 at 9:33 pm.

Beautiful pictures..and I agree with the above posted, your skin tones are beautiful.

Jodie

robyn posted the following on January 29, 2010 at 7:04 pm.

I love that last image. Lovely work!

Jane Eaton Hamilton posted the following on January 30, 2010 at 2:30 am.

Sweet, sweet. Love the skin tones, too!

Best of 2009 contest!

January 22, 2010

Wow, where did the year go?  I went through the blog and picked some of my favorite images from 2009.  There were so many great shots that I wasn’t able to include all my clients.  Never fear however…if you don’t see yours your didn’t have the chance to book a session in 2009 with me I have something for you too.   Thats, right, I’m shaking things up this year.  Instead of one winner there will be four!  Thats right…four!  The top three images with the most votes will win a free session with me (a $100 value!).  To keep things interesting the one picture with the most votes overall will also get a $100 print credit.  Where does the fourth winner come it? If you are local leave a comment on the blog. I’ll randomly draw one winner for a free session as well. I’ve picked favorite images, now it is time to vote for YOURS! To vote just scroll down past the pictures and click on the box next to the number of the picture you choose.

The contest will run through January 28th and will end at 11:59pm.  To keep things fair, only one vote per household please!  And don’t be tempted to vote more because I can check IP addresses.   Sending your family and friends on over is totally legit though.  Have fun and get voting!

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If you are viewing this from facebook click “view original post” below to get to the voting page!

Naomi posted the following on January 22, 2010 at 1:02 pm.

I love the big brown eyes of the little girl in 16. I bet she’s a great big sister ;)

Monica McAuliffe posted the following on January 22, 2010 at 1:46 pm.

I want to vote for 11

Kelley McAuliffe posted the following on January 22, 2010 at 3:14 pm.

Monica, this is such a wonderful photograph!

Beverly posted the following on January 22, 2010 at 3:40 pm.

#3 is a beautiful kid and a great photo!

Xochitl posted the following on January 22, 2010 at 3:52 pm.

All the pics are wonderful, but I just love the smile on #15. Good luck to all participants!

Jean Hurst posted the following on January 22, 2010 at 3:56 pm.

Can’t help it… gotta vote for #3!

Marisa posted the following on January 22, 2010 at 6:50 pm.

If I didn’t have ;) to vote for my own daughter I would have picked #11 Love that picture!

Melissa Cyr posted the following on January 22, 2010 at 6:59 pm.

I love them all but #1 is just priceless.

Mara posted the following on January 22, 2010 at 9:02 pm.

All of the pictures are beautiful!!! I love that you were able to capture a special moment between my little guy and me!! #20

Jasmine posted the following on January 23, 2010 at 12:17 pm.

Thank you Megan for including Tyler! Go number 4!!!

Jackie posted the following on January 23, 2010 at 2:03 pm.

I Love them all! Of course #15 of my little guy is my favorite!

Lori W posted the following on January 23, 2010 at 3:10 pm.

I would like to vote for #4!

Lori W posted the following on January 23, 2010 at 3:13 pm.

Is this where I enter to win a session also? If so I would love to enter..your work is amazing!

Tamara posted the following on January 23, 2010 at 6:12 pm.

I LOVE numbers 1, 11, and 25. The lighting in #1 is so perfect. I love how #11 captures so many relationships in just one photo. Everyone feels comfortable and the shot is so cute! #25 makes me think you caught that little girl in action doing her thing. Her personality shines through!
Had to go with #11 b/c how hard is it to get a GOOD family photo??!!

Brandi posted the following on January 23, 2010 at 9:38 pm.

It was so hard to pick one! Your love for photogra[hoy shows in every shot! Amazing!

Lina posted the following on January 24, 2010 at 11:00 am.

Cuteness, how one can even choose the favorite?

Kimberly posted the following on January 24, 2010 at 5:21 pm.

Love #11 – it was hard to choose though

Crystal posted the following on January 25, 2010 at 2:25 pm.

# 20 should win. It shows the best love of all, a mothers love.

Abi posted the following on January 25, 2010 at 8:16 pm.

so many great pics to choose from! What an awesome year Megan!

Misty posted the following on January 25, 2010 at 9:37 pm.

Absolutly, breathtaking. Amazing work Megan!!!

niki c posted the following on January 26, 2010 at 10:33 am.

i love#6

Kim posted the following on January 26, 2010 at 9:18 pm.

Awww! I love those beautiful blue eyes!

Angelique Baldwin posted the following on January 28, 2010 at 9:26 am.

I love your pictures! You’re an amazing photographer!

Erin Sales posted the following on January 28, 2010 at 11:16 am.

Thanks for the extra chance to win! I hope we make it, if not in the contest then my the comments drawing. Thank you again Megan, you’re great!

Cassie Kirkbride posted the following on January 28, 2010 at 11:40 am.

That was hard to pick! All the pictures turned out beautifully.

Connie Uhl posted the following on January 28, 2010 at 11:59 am.

Beautiful pictures. You should be very proud to have talent
like this !!!!!!!!!!!!

Nick posted the following on January 28, 2010 at 3:42 pm.

I was a big fan of 10 11 until I saw 26. The baby’s expression sealed the deal for me!

David Sales posted the following on January 28, 2010 at 6:21 pm.

Go Jack and Owen! Vote for #6!!

Bobb Douthit posted the following on January 28, 2010 at 7:34 pm.

My wonderful # 1 grandson is the light of our lives. He is smart, witty, and very charming. His personality is shown through his eyes and this picture you have taken makes him shine like the person he is.

Spence Le Gate posted the following on January 28, 2010 at 8:25 pm.

#3 is simply irresistable!!

Spence Le Gate posted the following on January 28, 2010 at 8:25 pm.

#3 is simply irresistable!!

Lauren posted the following on January 28, 2010 at 9:54 pm.

What a tough choice, they are all wonderful!

Dave posted the following on January 28, 2010 at 11:06 pm.

#5 is the cutest!!!

Katie Hamrick posted the following on January 29, 2010 at 12:09 am.

What an amazing expression captured in this photo…love it! Morgan (#27) rocked this shoot! ;)

Kristin Rachelle posted the following on January 29, 2010 at 10:24 am.

All such beautiful shots! Looks like you had a wonderful year!

Allen Bray posted the following on January 29, 2010 at 2:15 pm.

I like to vote for # 1 – what a guy!

Denise posted the following on February 1, 2010 at 9:58 pm.

#1 is #1 . My vote is for #1

I love these kids.  Seriously…they are so stinking cute!  Look at their eyes…so liquidy and reflective…Gorgeous!

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Lindsay posted the following on January 17, 2010 at 9:25 am.

ooooh my gosh, they are so cute! love the one of the little guy resting his chin on his arms, and the little girl’s expression in the second to last. priceless!

Heather posted the following on January 17, 2010 at 12:38 pm.

These are super wonderful!!! I love the sibling shot!!! It is just perfect.

Angela posted the following on January 17, 2010 at 5:18 pm.

Oh, these are fantastic, Megan! Love the liquid-y eyes so much and your conversions are fantastic…really great work!

kelly evelyn posted the following on January 17, 2010 at 9:53 pm.

Oh my gosh!!!!!!!! The one of both of my kids is oh my gosh,wonderful!!! I just want to take it out of the computer! I love them all so far megan! Great job,thank you

Lina posted the following on January 18, 2010 at 7:45 am.

Those are some seriously gorgeous kids, amazing!

Kati posted the following on January 18, 2010 at 9:16 am.

oh my megan… these are to die for. that last one is totally perfect, it would look awesome big. beautiful

Heidi Sowers posted the following on January 18, 2010 at 10:42 am.

These are my best friends kids!!! They are so beautiful!!! What amazing pictures!! I can’t stop looking at them!! BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!

Leandra posted the following on January 18, 2010 at 9:42 pm.

Such a perfect brother sister shot at the end.

Jessica posted the following on January 18, 2010 at 10:14 pm.

Man, oh man! Those kids have some beautiful eyes! Love #4 and that last shot of the two of them! Great session!

Janice posted the following on January 19, 2010 at 6:04 am.

These kids are so adorable! I love how you captured their expressions. I love the black and white of the brother and the sibling shot is so cute!

keri posted the following on January 19, 2010 at 6:15 am.

These are all stunning!!! Such gorgeous kids! Beautiful work Megan!

Julia Wade posted the following on January 19, 2010 at 7:23 am.

oh my!!! those eyes on those kids!!! :) :) you did such a beautiful job of capturing them megan!! awesome!

Melissa posted the following on January 21, 2010 at 7:38 am.

Wow! they really do have fabulous eyes! So deep and brown – beautiful! Fabulous work!

Laurie posted the following on January 21, 2010 at 9:26 pm.

Fantastic! What wonderful images of such beautiful children!!! That last one leaves me speechless, it wold be huge over my fireplace.

Jennifer posted the following on January 22, 2010 at 3:28 pm.

#15 was my vote because it just took me back 4yrs. to when my little girl was a newborn – just precious!!!

I normally blog my sessions the same evening or day after they are done…so I’m sure this family has been anxiously waiting for these!  For my last session of 2009, we started in Old Sac for some fun relaxed pictures around town, and then went back to their place for more formal portraits.

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He gives great model face!

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Thanks for spending the afternoon with me guys!

Zoe Berkovic posted the following on January 6, 2010 at 2:38 pm.

These have such a classic beauty about them!

Amber posted the following on January 6, 2010 at 3:14 pm.

These are so classically beautiful! Love your lighting!

Heather posted the following on January 17, 2010 at 12:39 pm.

What a good looking family! Mom is gorgeous in that second one!

Janice posted the following on January 19, 2010 at 6:06 am.

Love the urban shots!! They are a beautiful family!

Tina posted the following on January 19, 2010 at 6:25 am.

What a gorgeous family! You did a fantastic job