Little Miss Tru

You've all seen little Miss Tru before on my blog. Well, since today was one of the few nice days we will have this week, we decided to take advantage of it and go do a photo shoot.

I always love photographing Tru. She's such a natural. She's done this many times. She models for top national clothing lines and companies such as Fred Meyer & Hanna Anderson. She loves what she does and she does it well. Check her out....

Spring is Here!

I'm so excited Spring is finally here!! The sun came out for a while today...I was so happy! It's always nice every year when I step out my front door and see our little cherry blossom tree blooming! It only blooms once a year and it doesn't last for long, so you gotta enjoy it while you can.





Ok, so there are daffodils all over town, and even in the neighbor's yard....but mine?! This is the one and only daffodil that has bloomed in my yard! The others are coming up, but no other blooms yet! So I have to enjoy this one for now.

My baby girl

I haven't posted in a while! Wow! Didn't realize it had been this long. I've been so sick for the past 2 weeks...ugh...first bronchitis, then turned into pneumonia. I'm still battling it, but finally starting to get better.

Took some pics of my youngest daughter, Beckie, today. She's got to that teenage year where she really doesn't like me taking her pics anymore. I think I'm gonna have to start bribing her! She just turned 15...where have the years gone?! Well, anyway, here's one I took of her. Hopefully this week I'm going to sneak and get some more of her! But isn't she just gorgeous!!?

Oh yea, you'll see there's a new logo...ugh...I can't ever decide...one of these days I'm going to decide on one and stick with it!

Tot Trends Weekly Magazine Photo Cover!

Here it is!! - Now Published!
My first Magazine Cover Issue with

Tot Trends Weekly Magazine!

I was so excited when Jillian contacted me about wanting to use this photo for the Accessorize Issue! She's such a sweetheart and really awesome to work with. If you haven't subscribed to this online magazine, do! It's great and full of exciting new items and information. Also check out the Kids Trends Weekly Magazine too for kids ages 5-9.

Stayton Dance Competition

I'm not really a sports photographer, but I sure had a lot of fun photographing Beckie's HS Dance Competition a few weeks ago! .....Enjoy!

Back from WPPI!!

Hey everyone! I'm back from WPPI! Had a great time in Vegas with my best photographer friend, Cherrie! We were non-stop from the get go! Took some classes, met some great Photographers like, Audrey Woulard, Jessica Claire...yea, I even won a pair of Bose Headphones from Jessica!! Thanks Jessica! So sweet of you to give out such wonderful prizes at your seminar! Met Kevin Kubota too....some day I'm going to go to his boot camp!

We also spent some time going through the Trade Show and checking out all the wonderful vendors and deals they had to offer.

I didn't actually meet these awesome photographers, but here are some that I saw and got to listen to them speak or watch them work...Denis Reggie, Joe Buissink, Becker, Ed Pierce, Sandy Puc, David Ziser (met him)...could go on, just too many to list!

I learned so much from these great photographers. The main thing that really stuck in my head was to find your own style, your own niche and do what you love to do. Sooo.....I thought and thought about this and then it clicked in my tiny little brain! I've been doing it all along and didn't realize that I needed to move forward with it!

I've been working with clothing designers now for a couple years doing photo shoots of kids, mostly my youngest daughter and my granddaughters. Now I'm ready to move forward and start working with Modeling Agencies and International clothing lines photographing kids in their clothes! That's what I really love to do. I also love my portrait photography, which I will still be doing also. Gotta love those babies! :O)

So in all this "moving forward", I've been working on creating a new logo. You can check it out in the photo below...on my photography site...tell me what you think? I'm still tweaking it....seeing what I like and what will work...but I think I'm getting there!

So anyone wanting to get some comp cards of their kids, shoot me off an email and we'll get together. I'll be offering some free head shots coming up soon to kick off my new Commercial Photography and build on that Portfolio. If you're a clothing designer wanting to hire me as your photographer, give me a holler!

Tomorrow one of my photos is launching on the cover of the hot Magazine, Tot Trends Weekly, so be sure to check it out!! I'm not sure if it will actually post tomorrow, or if it's on the 25th...but stay tuned!

The Simple Life

Have you ever thought about the Simple life of a child? Oh, they're so carefree...laid back....and their only worries are they can't find their favorite toy. Oh to be a child again! Well, no one wants to go back to the high school years...I'm with you on that...but hey, the little kids...they inspire me. Sometimes life gets so busy and I think we just have to sit back and watch the kids and go into their world. It's kinda nice sometimes! No bills, no worries....just play and have fun.

So as I was thinking of this this morning, I found this picture of Emelie....I remember her just having fun this day and trying to be cool! lol...so thought I 'd share my thoughts of the day. Enjoy & have some fun today! Even if it is cold and rainy outside! lol