Portrait of A Gentle Spirit

I took this portrait in Mexico last month. This woman came to the medical mission outreach. She was standing waiting for a family member who was getting seen by the doctor and I asked her if I could take her picture. I love this picture not because of anything I did, but because her image shows strength of character and quiet resolve. The community that was being served was extremely poor, living in lean-to's that had dirt floors. Despite the hardship, there was still gentleness in this woman's eyes. Kindness and gentleness. And I will remember her.

WPPI 2008 delayed

Okay, I know its been just about a month since WPPI. I'm slow. Really slow. But I sat down this afternoon to go through the pics and have a few to share. I had so much fun hanging out with Mariann, Dawn and Jen. I'm so glad we were able to swing that trip girls. We need another trip but no convention this time. Just our cameras!

Yard Sale!

My kids have a really cool band teacher and she has a really cool husband! :) They are in a band called Yard Sale and they play a couple of times each month at Java Joe's in Yorba Linda. We went to hear them last weekend and we really had a blast. I took a few shots. Here is their website






These are teachers, administrators and counselors from El Cerrito who came to enjoy the music and cheer for the band. How cool is that?

Tim's Studio Shoot

Hi everyone! This is Tim. He's graduating from high school this year. He did a great job modeling for these pics. I told him he could be a model but he told me he'd rather enlist in the Army and JUMP out of airplanes. I couldn't talk him out of it. Congratulations Tim on graduating! And God Bless you in your future.

(color settings are washed out on this post of the blog...trying to determine why true image color is richer).

Just for Fun!

Well we had a blast tonight.

Sam's friend Kendall came over to hang out with us tonight and we just laughed and posed and giggled and smirked. Totally fun. I love having kids this age. I'll trade this for diapers anyday! haha!! Sam turned on his charm again with these photos...he's getting to be quite the photogenic one isn't he?!

Mexico Mission Trip

Last weekend Grace and I had the privilege of going on our first mission trip to Mexico.



I was invited to take pics and while I was completely pooped by the end of the day I was so encouraged by the generosity of spirit I saw that day from my fellow travelers as well as from the kids we came to bless. They turned around and blessed us more than we could have ever imagined.

Please visit this link to check out the slideshow of all my pics.

CLICK HERE for the slideshow

Harvest Christian Fellowship Blog

Hey folks,

We are launching a new Harvest Christian Fellowship blog to give church members a way to share, connect and grow in the Lord together. I'm excited about this project and have been working on building it up since late December. It will soon be unveiled to the public but I wanted to share it with you all. Please visit and comment on what you like about it.

My favorite aspect of this blog is it is a tool we have to make a big church feel smaller and it builds community.

I hope you enjoy!

Here is the link:

www.blog.harvest.org

Oh Baby Baby!!

I had an amazing time with Amy and her little one Troy who just celebrated his 6 month birthday. I fell in love instantly with his quirky little smile and bald head. By the end of the session Grace and I were competing for who got to hold him while Amy packed up. And I think you'll agree that he is a great little model too!

I still have a card to go through but here are a few favorites so far...

Mt. Rubidoux or bust

It took us 8 years but we finally made it up Mt. Rubidoux. Dawn inspired me as she has been going up almost everyday. We packed a picnic dinner/lunch and ate it here on these rocks where I took this first picture. The sun was RIGHT THERE but to me it just seemed heavenly. So warm and bright.

The recent rains have wiped out all the smog and given us lovely green grass. It was the perfect thing to do today. I'm pooped out! Going up was hard for me but I made it!




The kids asked to do it again tomorrow...so I think despite the 24 texts to their friends during the hike...they liked connecting with nature. I included this picture as proof that their phones are their constant companions.

Raymond Gregory

Ray's new CD is coming out soon and he asked me to take pics for the cover. He wanted a clean studio look so we set up the lights and here's the result. You look like a rock star to me Ray!
Thanks to his wife Erin for being his inspiration during this session! We are all looking forward to an on location shoot in the coming weeks...so stay tuned.
In the meantime check out his myspace page

Little Jovie

What a blessing it was to photograph Jovie!!
Some of you might recall the pictures of her parents, Lauren and Ty a few months back. Oh I just love these pictures. What a sweet sweet baby and a beautiful family. God Bless you Jovie.

Welcome Asher

I had the privilege of shooting some baby pics of the newest Wiggins on the block. Mr. Asher Israel Wiggins. Steve and Misti now have four little ones and they are all gorgeous! Welcome little Asher to the world. We love you. Hopefully there will be more to come...he's a cutie isn't he??