The weather has really been beautiful lately and we have been spending time outdoors enjoying our backyard and of course cooking on the barbecue.

The grilled asparagus was so yummy and looked so good while cooking I just had to take a picture.  If you haven’t tried this I highly recommend it.  I marinaded the asparagus a while in Italian dressing before grilling.

Bon appetit!

 

This a video of an engagement session I photographed of a wonderful couple that will be getting married this month. It is such a privilege to be asked to photograph the special love and bond between two people. She is so pretty and sweet and it is definitely obvious he works out. What fun!

 

I have posted a short video of some “Before and After” shots of my Desire Portrait sessions. This is just the beginning of a wonderful experience for these lovely women. After she arrives and get her “before” picture taken there is time for pampering with hair and makeup, then after the beautiful transformation the photo session begins. During the session I work with her to feel comfortable, confident along with full direction on posing. These sessions are amazing! With every session I do, I can see a progressive change in how she feels about herself by exuding confidence and knowing she IS special and beautiful. If this is something you have been thinking of doing for yourself, please contact me so we can talk about what I can do to create a session just for you.

I saw this recipe for a Blueberry Muffin Pound cake which I thought looked really good.  Boy it was a process to complete but I thing it was worth the effort.  Since it took a while to create I thought it deserved me taking a photo of it to show you.  Brad got the first taste, but I kept myself from having a slice until I had taken a photo of the cake first.

Ruth booked a Desire Portrait session with me to give to her husband an album of her beautiful photos on their anniversary.  From the beginning I praised her for taking the step to book this session.  I hear so many women say “I have always wanted to do a session like this but…….”  and then comes the excuses.  They will say, I’m too fat, need to lose 10 lbs or more, too old,  I’m not sexy etc. etc.  None of these things matter.  All women are beautiful and a session like this should be on every woman’s bucket list, no matter what.  These sessions a styled specific to you and what You are wanting and fits our comfort level.  You get professional hair and makeup and I will guide you with posing and lighting that will reveal your inner and outer beauty.  So yes, I praised Ruth for braving these excuses and fears and did this for her husband but I have to say every women I have photographed have had an amazing experience.  I can’t tell you how exhilarating it is for me to see how these women blossom and become a beautiful powerful woman before my eyes.  Whew! I love it!

I am posting  before and after pictures of Ruth as an example.  I hope you can really see for yourself what a beautiful and powerful women Ruth reveals in her after photo.

 

           I did a conceptual photo session with one of my high school seniors with the idea of “Light and Dark”.  We had so much fun even though it was a cold and rainy day. She was a real trooper putting up with the weather and me in order to get these photos. I made the flower and stick head pieces and was really excited to use them in this session.  There is beauty in all things and I love to capture beauty wherever I find it.  I styled the session and the makeup was done by Jackie Holden.