After my newborn session Saturday I drove straight to Folsom to photograph a 5 year anniversary dinner.  Before the guests arrived we took a few shots out front.  Congrats guys!

Meet Vince!  He is a local author who needs some new headshots for his website.  Check out his work at http://www.vincentmwales.com!

This weekend marked the last of my holiday sessions.  I don’t have any sessions booked for the next two weeks but don’t worry…I’ll be staying busy finishing proofs, ordering pictures and cards, and getting things ready to be shipped.  Thanks to everyone who made this a very successful year!  Remember, 2010 brings a raise in session fees, so reorder your sessions at the current price now. 

A post is never complete without a pictures…and what better way to end it with these two festive cuties.

Yesterday I got to photograph some really cute toys made by Abi of Monkey Tree Creations.  She makes a variety of animals including these owls (which we all know I love) and penguins.  Abi recently started to sell patterns of these little fellas and needed some pictures so people can see what they are making.

I couldn’t help but take a few of her own little monkey in the end.

The day started out with a morning session at the arboretum.  It was freezing cold and totally foggy.  Little man was a champ and put up with the cold until fingers started to turn blue (mine anyway!).

Later that afternoon I met up with a friend of my boys from preschool.  The goal was to get family portraits, but he is such a performer I took a few on his own so he’d settle down for the family shots.

This is one of his rock star poses

Hey look…it worked!

This morning I woke to blue skies, relieved because the forecast had called for 100% chance of rain and I had a session in that evening.  With a quick email exchange we confirmed that things were still on.  As the day grew on the skies started to get darker and darker, before it started to down right pour.  Disappointed I gave a call to figure out the game plan.  Because my schedule is packed we decided to forge ahead with a change of venue.  Old Sacramento is perfect for days like these…The wooden sidewalks are all covered so we can stay dry and take advantage of the awesome lighting.  In the end the clouds broke just before our session began and the rest of the afternoon was gorgeous.  So here you are…the session that almost wasn’t.

The last round of mini sessions was a success!  Thanks to all the families who came out on saturday.

I wont lie…the last family of the day was the most difficult.  They were a photographer’s worst nightmare!  Don’t worry…I can say this because the family was my own!  In the end (and after a lot of photoshopping, lol) I did get a keeper of the four of us.  I’m not going to show it.  Hey, I need to keep the surprise for my own holiday cards!  I will share my favorite of the day though. 

This evening I met up with one of my photographer friends from the Bay Area.  She did some family pictures for me and I did some headshot for her website.  It was a lot of fun working with a peer!

Sigh…can you tell her son has been in front of the camera way too much?  The life of a photographer’s child!

Many of you probably wonder if I fell off the face of the planet…lost in the twilight zone after riding on Tower of Terror or something.  Nope!  I’m around, just busy busy and enjoying my vacation.  I purposefully didn’t book any sessions for 2 entire sweet weeks.  I’m back this weekend though with a wedding and a family session!  Stay tuned for those.  Anyway, we did in the end make it back safely from Disneyland.  We had a lot of fun last year but this time was 10 times better! Part of it was because the babies are tall enough to ride all the roller coasters so we weren’t restricted as to what we could ride on. They loved splash mountain (aka “the log ride”), rode space mountain over and over again, and even went on the tower of terror (aka “the scary up down ride”) twice! Job was a blast to ride with…he’d throw his hands over his head and make comments like “you sure bout this?”…”Whoa!”…and “Whee!” I am so happy we have adventurous little boys! Anyway, on to pictures. There are a ton for me to show…I just couldn’t pick a few. These are a mix of pictures by me and Aaron (the husband). Enjoy!!

The boys were thrilled to meet the man himself…Buzz Lightyear. This was definitely the highlight of the trip for them.

Meeting Mickey was pretty cool too.

Most of the trip was spent like this:

Or like this:

The pixar parade over in California Adventure is always fun to watch. The boys get so into it!

As always, Job loved the carasol.

Jerah was hesitant (He rocks the Tower of Terror but is afraid of this? Funny!)

Obligatory sword in the stone shot.

These signs on the rides cracked me up for some reason.

One of my favorite rides was Midway Madness in California Adventure. Its Toy Story themed midway games in 3D!

Luckily we didn’t have too many of these:

Aaron was trying to warn me that there was a drop ahead.

Teacups!

This was a pretty big deal…we are those mean parents that don’t give our three year olds candy…so when they do get it…joy!!

Thanks for sitting through our vacation photos!!

Spots filled up fast when I first made the mini session announcement…I have since had one spot open up and decided to add two more.  Please contact me today if you would like to take advantage of one of these special sessions offered at only $25 and 10% off prints!

Openings:

12:30: booked
1pm: booked
1:30: booked
2pm: booked
2:30: booked
3pm: booked
3:30: booked
4pm: booked
4:30: booked
5pm: booked

Of course I can’t leave without a picture of one of my cuties!