Karate fun!

These three young men just got their black belts in Karate and wanted to do a photo shoot. It was a blast! They brought all their weapons and did some crazy jumps. It was an action packed shoot. This first photo is one of my all time favorites. The sun was setting and it turned out just like I wanted it to. So fun!

dressy, casual, and super fun!

This is probably one of my favorite photo shoots yet because of the photos towards the end of this post. Not only did I get to take pictures of this Senior on his dirt bike, but I found a new location to do pictures as well, a little road off of Lehi that will be perfect for sunset pictures and pictures with mountains in the background. The dirt bike pictures were really fun, I'm really happy with the images I captured. We also did his dressy and casual photos at Mesa Center for the Arts. This senior is the son of one of my friends. They have 5 boys and 1 girl. This particular son is their tallest one coming in at 6 feet 7 inches. Yes, I brought my step stool with me and it came in very handy!

MLB Players

A few weeks ago, our church hosted a free baseball clinic for the community featuring Adrian Gonzolez who plays for the Boston Red Sox. There were several MLB players who were there and probably about 800 kids. It was so much fun. I wish I could name all the players but baseball is not a "smart" area for me. I know they are all pretty popular though! I love how being a photographer has it's perks, like having a front row seat to these "famous" players. While I was taking pictures a man came up to me who represents a hispanic baseball league on the west side, he asked if I could email him a few pictures and he is going to use them in a hispanic magazine and newpaper he writes for. So all in all, this turned into a pretty good gig! 

Aqua Tots publicity photo shoot

A few weeks ago I did a photo shoot for Aqua Tots, a swim school that our friends own. They needed some updated photos to use for their publicity. It was so fun and the best part is I got to use my kids as models. I am in love with these three pictures of them. They melt my heart. Just the first three are of my kiddos while the other ones are just a few of my favorites. I think I took close to 500 photos, but luckily I didn't have to edit them. I can't wait to see the finished product(s)!

a boy and his board

1 boy + 1 long board = a very fun photo shoot. This sweet 15 year old boy was the subject of yesterday's photo shoot.  Yes I said sweet; I know "sweet" and 15 year old boy don't usually belong in the same sentence but this boy sure was! I did his photo shoot at Mesa Center for the Arts along with about 20 other photographers, yes 20. This time of year, that place is CRAZY!!!! I do have one little confession, I get camera envy when I see the other photographers at work. It puts my Canon Rebel xsi to shame but I suck it up, stand up straight, and go about my work. And after I get home and download my pictures all my envy goes away. I sure am  happy with these pictures and I know his mom and grandma will enjoy them for Christmas. They don't even know anything about it so it will be a great surprise! His mom's best friend set this all up. I wish I could see her face when she opens these up!

Volleyball team pictures

I had the honor of taking Volleyball team pictures for this great group of girls, for the third time. But this time I also got to take pictures of the younger team in addition to the older girls team. These gals are so adorable and know how to ham it up for the camera. The past two times I have taken their pictures against a very boring brick wall. There just are not many places to choose at the gym they practice at. So this time I decided to take them out to the grass and do them there. But after editing the photos I am thinking the boring brick wall might be the best area because there is just too much background in these pictures and they look more like soccer players than V-ball players. This is what you call learning from your mistakes, but as the photographer I am probably being very critical of my own work and I have a feeling the parents will still be pretty happy with their players pictures especially since they got a great deal.









As I was going through some archives I forgot to blog about the photo shoot I had with this beautiful lady a few months back. She wanted to have some pictures of herself to send to her dad. We did them at the bird park in Gilbert. There is a fancy name for it, but it's a place where bird lovers can go and see all kinds of birds, thus the bird park. It offers some native arizona scenery and that's what we opted for.