The 12 Days of Blogging- Day 9 "Leaping!*

I can't believe there are only 3 days left after this one! Time flies!

Here's the recap:
Day 1: A roommate and a Christmas light or two
Day 2: Two parents and their sons
Day 3: Three-ee vacations
Day 4: Four loving shots
Day 5: FIIIVE of my FAVES
Day 6: Six funny moments
Day 7: Seven skaters skating
Day 8: Eight year old Cole

Did you warm up your singing voice???

On the ninth day of blogging, I will bring to you, nine lovely leapers.

The theme- all jumping or leaping photos. I usually don't post jumping photos because they aren't my favorites but they are definitely fun so here are a few from recent shoots!

Let's start with a traditional jump. I like to call this one "the star" leap.


These leaps are a little more on the difficult side. I call these "the super heroes" leap!


Aww, the heel click... classic. Not to mention perfect technique!


This I call "a leap with a purpose". She's on a mission to get somewhere.


This is the "I don't want to get wet so I'll leap into my mother's arms". Much more difficult then the others. This takes a coordination and trust.


We can't leave out the "I'm only two so I don't jump very high" leap.


Another classic- the "I'm pretending I don't want to get wet so I jump when the water is coming but still land in it and splash everyone around me" leap.


I would call this one the "junior super hero" leap. He's not quite there, but close.



And to finish- the "I'm going to jump as high as I can, think it's a fun shot, until I see my facial expression and hope that nobody ever sees it" leap. No, it's fun! I love their dedication to the jumping shot... it's awesome!


Hope you enjoyed all of the talented leapers! Be sure to check back for Day 10. I can promise it will make you say "awwww".

The 12 Days of Blogging- Day 8 *Cole*

I'm really excited about this blog. I've been waiting for Day 8 to share these photos. So, here's the recap:

Day 1: A roommate and a Christmas light or two
Day 2: Two parents and their sons
Day 3: Three-ee vacations
Day 4: Four loving shots
Day 5: FIIIVE of my FAVES
Day 6: Six funny moments
Day 7: Seven skaters skating

You better be singing it by now!

On the eighth day of blogging, I will bring to you, eight year old Cole

This is one of my favorites. I love this blue door!



More blue... love it with her blonde hair.

If you saw the Day 5 blog you saw my favorite smoke photo... this is my second favorite.

Cole was getting slightly annoyed with me at this point. haha

I love this because she just sat down on the concrete for a quick snack break behind a bar. Recognize the red door from the Day 6 blog?

I love this spot!

Look at her sparkling brown eyes! She's adorable.

Cole having a rare serious moment. =)

Love the background for this one. I see a new trend starting... dumpsters and minivans.

Let me tell you a little about Cole. She is one of the most fun 8 year olds I know. She also happens to be one of my ice skating students. Cole is a great actress and needed new headshots so we walked around for two hours on probably one of the windiest days of the year... and there happened to be a fire too. Although it was a challenge we had a ton of fun!

The 12 Days of Blogging- Day 7

I feel like I keep posting these later and later but the weekend of Christmas parties have started and my free time is becoming less and less. Still I am going to have all 12 days of blogging up on the day they are suppose to be up!

Recap:

Day 1: A roommate and a Christmas light or two
Day 2: Two parents and their sons
Day 3: Three-ee vacations
Day 4: Four loving shots
Day 5: FIIIVE of my FAVES
Day 6: Six funny moments

Here it is... day 7... sing it!

On the seventh day of blogging, I will bring to you, seven skaters skating.

These were all taken at the Anaheim ICE Christmas show this year. There were some great soloist and these are some of the best shots. Enjoy!

Mrs. Claus can hip hop!

Beautiful landing position!

Stealing home?

Love this layback spin!

Wow!

This was a cute program!

Love this one with the shadow.

The 12 Days of Blogging- Day 6 *Funny Moments*

Here's the recap

Day 1: A roommate and a Christmas light or two
Day 2: Two parents and their sons
Day 3: Three-ee vacations
Day 4: Four loving shots
Day 5: FIIIVE of my FAVES

I have 20 minutes until the end of Day 6. Yes, I know, I'm cutting it close today but it was a busy day!

Be sure to sing it!
On the sixth day of blogging, I will bring to you, six funny moments.

This first shot it of my 89 year old grandma at the beauty salon. It's funny for multiple reasons... at least to me. First, her stylist is dressed like an angel (it was on Halloween). Second, my grandma has been getting her hair done about once a week for as long as I've been alive and I have never seen her salon, or in curlers. I'm so glad I caught this moment. We were all laughing and having fun too!


This one is funny to me because it shows that I don't have my own kids and I have no idea what size a newborn is. I brought this basket thinking Brody would fit in comfortably. haha, not quite.


I don't think I need to explain this one.


Don't worry, it's not a real jail cell but aren't their acting skills amazing!


This is Cole. She found this sign shocking. haha


Adam was loving the lollipop. His facial expression is priceless!

The 12 Days of Blogging- Day 5 *My Favs!*

Here we are, day 5, the biggest day of them all. I promised something good for this day and I hope you think I've stuck to it!

The recap:
Day 1: A roommate and a Christmas light or two
Day 2: Two parents and their sons
Day 3: Three-ee vacations
Day 4: Four loving shots

And now, day 5!

On the fifth day of blogging, I will bring to you, FIIIVEEEE of my FAVES!

I was going to say favorites but it didn't fit as well. I know you are all singing it now so I'm trying my best to make the words fit. =)

I picked these as my favorites not because they are technically perfect but because they are fun, different and I like them. None of these were planned out poses or even locations. I think that's why I like these even more... I couldn't have imagined them until I took them.

This is Emily from Day 4. I love this one because of her expression and her pose. We were both standing in these giant concrete pipes and I wanted a shot of her down low. Both of us being competitive figure skaters when we were younger makes posing easy. All I had to say was squat down and she did the rest. Love it! Oh, one other reason I love it is because it is in black and white. I normally love color but this shot looked like it was older and I felt like the black and white fit perfectly.


I'm not sure why I picked this one. It's cute. She was actually trying to get away from me and I only got to shoot one of two. Luckily this one was in focus and when I look at it I knew exactly what I wanted to do in post processing. It kind of has a greeting card feel to it, yeah?


Avalon has been one of my favorite kids to work with. Just the fact that she was willing to lay down in a parking lot makes her pretty cool. Like I said at the beginning, this shot wasn't planned. I had her sitting on the curb and then I noticed the compact painted for the parking spot. First I had her sitting in front of it but I didn't like it so I had her lay down. She just happened to be the exact length of the word "compact". This couldn't have been planned even if I tried.


This is one of my favorites because it makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. They look as though they have a love for one another that is beyond my understanding. I can only hope that I meet someone who will look at me the way Hunter is looking at Dana.


Ok, the last shot... drum roll please. I think this is my favorite of the year mainly because it makes me look like an amazing photographer. haha This was definitely not planned. There happened to be a fire. I happened to want to go to this location. Although we were over on time, and Cole was going to be late for High School Musical, her mom was willing to go to one last location. I loved this brick building and thought it would be good for headshots. Little did I know the smoke from the fire would be so spectacular. After I took this shot, I looked at it in the camera and couldn't believe I took it. Oh, side note, it's real. People keep asking me if I photoshopped in the sky. I didn't. I did darken it slightly, but really, just slightly. I think this is a "wow" shot and I think it's pretty cool that it's mine. =) There is more of Cole to come soon so be sure to check back on the other days of blogging.

The 12 Days of Blogging- Day 4 *Aaron and Emily*

Wow, day 4 already! Let's recap:

Day 1: A roommate and a Christmas light or two
Day 2: Two parents and their sons
Day 3: Three-ee vacations

And now, day four. Be sure to sing it. I've heard some people are just reading it and, trust me, it's not the same (Heather)!

On the fourth day of blogging, I will bring to you, 4 loving shots...









Emily is one of my bestest friends and she asked me to take the Christmas card photos. Of course I said yes because first, she is one of my bestest friends. Second, we have a ton of fun together no matter what we are doing and third, look at them...they are a gorgeous couple!


I'm very excited about day 5 so please check back tomorrow. It will be fabulous!

The 12 Days of Blogging- Day 3

So you should be figuring out how this works now but here is a recap.

On the first day of blogging, I will bring to you, a roommate and a Christmas light or two
On the second day of blogging, I will bring to you, two parents and their sons

Here we are on day 3! Be sure to sing the tune

On the third day of blogging, I will bring to you, three-ee vacations

Here is a taste of the three trips I went on this year. I feel so fortunate that I was able to see so many beautiful places.

This is in Spain. I went this summer to watch my friend Angela receive her masters and visit all the beautiful sites.


You can't visit Spain without having Sangria!


We were so close to Morocco we decided to go for a day


This is in a Moroccan pharmacy


In October I went on a cruise to the Caribbean and spent one day in Flordia. This is a nice alligator I ran into.


The ship docked in Grand Turk


My Last trip was a quick trip to Ohio for my Great Uncle Alden's 90th birthday. Doesn't he look great for 90?!?


My gorgeous cousin, Alicia


It you want to see more photos from my trips, they are on my Facebook. Be sure to add me as your friend!

The 12 Days of Blogging- Day 2 *Valles Family*

Be sure to sing in the tune of "The 12 Days of Christmas"!

Recap: On the first day of blogging I will bring to you, A roommate with a Christmas light or two.

On the second day of blogging I will bring to you, two parents and their sons, and a... (repeat first day)












I met up with the Valles family on a few different dates. It was a challenge with all the crazy winds lately to meet up on a day when the air was still but we finally got to finish their family session on a beautiful day with an amazing sunset! I had fun with the Valles and even got to go on a boat ride! What a treat!

Dorian, I loved working with your family. They were such good sports! I'm looking forward to working with you again... maybe we can try out the Christmas light idea.

The 12 Days of Blogging- Day 1

So I've decided I have a lot of blogging to do so why not do the 12 days of blogging.

Be sure to sing the next sentence to the tune of "The 12 Days of Christmas" otherwise it's just not as fun.

On the first day of blogging I will bring to you, a roommate and a Christmas light or two.



This shot was inspired by a client that I did a family session for. She wanted a fun shot with her family wrapped up in Christmas lights. I thought I would experiment with my roommate and see how it would look. Keep in my mind the original idea was for a family of four (who will be in the 12 days of blogging) with the big, colored traditional lights. Not quite what was originally pictured but a fun shot for sure.

What do you think?