Two More Contest Winners!

Its been a really good week! Two of my favorite images of my youngest son won honors on two different photography contest sites. "Fresh From the Fun" was chosen photo of the day, people category, on Shutterbugs.biz on June 29, 2007; and "Sweetness" was a finalist for the month of May, 2007 on Betterphoto.com, a contest that attracts more than 26,000 images per month! Of those 26,000, less than 800 are chosen as finalists! Not too shabby!

My Baby's Eyes

Oh those EYES! I love those eyes... big, gorgeous puppy dog eyes... soulful eyes... Matty's eyes. Most of all, I love the way those eyes look at me... like I am his world. One day I wont be, but I'll always have this picture of those EYES!

Some Fun Shots

I spent a day at an amusement park and just had some fun with my camera. These are two of my favorites! The gentleman pictured was a "street performer", who was happy to let me take a shot - isnt he beautiful? And the tiger, wow! He was incredible, but I had to shoot him through a chain link fence. I managed to get my camera to focus on the tiger and make the chain link blur away... and I am thrilled with this shot!

Dirty Little Feet

Summer is a time for being outside, running through the sprinkler, chasing the dog, and just plain having fun. My son was doing all of these things the other day and I couldnt get over the dirt on his little feet. I couldnt resist so I sat him up on my car for this shot of those DIRTY LITTLE BOY FEET!!! Another detail in the life of a seven year old boy captured forever!

Rainy days...

It happens some times. The weather doesnt always cooperate. My family shoot got rained on Saturday - I saw the ominous looking clouds as I drove to the family's home. By the time I arrived, the skys were threatening to open up at any moment. Thankfully we managed quite a few good shots before it really came down. One family member, Janet, braved the rain for this colorful shot!

Photographer's Favorite

I had a shoot the other day with a wonderful aspiring model, Alexa... this is one of my absolute favorites from the shoot - I love everything about it from her pose, to her expression, to the rich colors of the background. Isnt she beautiful????

Summer Fun

I loved to blow the seeds off the dandelions as a little girl... I guess all kids do. This shot was inspired by one taken by my good friend and fellow photographer, Hayley, who also creates the beautiful jewelry I offer to my clients! I loved hers so much that when I caught my little man blowing the seeds off some dandelions I grabbed my camera for a shot! Thanks Hayley!

Intense

My son recently cut off his long curly hair, and suddenly looks so much older... I wanted to try to capture not only his new "look", but the new maturity that I see in him. I love the intensity I see in his eyes here, and that teenage scowl that is so familiar these days...