Mikai Jubilee

Let me introduce precious little Mikai Jubilee. She is the latest addition to our growing family so it's needless to say you will be seeing more of her in the future. This little girl will be my baby's older cousin in about 5 months. =) For those of you who know me know that I absolutely love babies and this little one is no exception. She has just been added to my favorites list. I really do love all 8 pounds of her! Now on to some pictures.......

Here she is getting swaddled and not liking it

I love how peaceful she looks. This was right after nursing time.

Here she is being examined by her nurse and as you can see she is not happy.

Mikai's first bath

Mikai is now happy in her mommies arms and by the look of this picture you can see that her mommy is totally in love.

Baby Aubrey

Hello everyone! Meet baby Aubrey. She is a beautiful little bundle of joy. She is so small I was scared to hold her but I couldn't resist because I love babies, not to mention I fell in love with her the minute I saw her. I had the pleasure documenting Aubrey during her first week of life. Her parents are overjoyed with her and who could blame them. It is such a blessing to see a papa holding and loving on his first baby. Here are just a few of my favorites.

Sloth

Today was a long day. I've been up since 3:02 a.m. I'm usually home by 2:45 p.m. but since I had something to do after work I didn't get home till after 3:30. Needless to say, I was tired. I took a nap, watched a movie, snacked on mexican candy and then I found myself sitting here with nothing to do. I was actually bored. I didn't feel like doing anything but I knew that I needed to do something. Idleness is not good. I guess you can say that I was feeling slothful. So I forced myself to get up. I should've gone for a walk but I didn't feel like getting dressed and leaving the house besides my hair was way to frizzy and It was too hot to wear a hat. I did the next best thing I got on my iMac and started to go through my hard drive once again. I was pleasantly surprised to come across this set. I took pictures for a "7 deadly sins" concept shoot back in November. Rebekka who represented SLOTH was by far one of my favorites of the day. I know that these pictures are all very similar (they wanted a specific look and angle) but I think they are each unique in their own special way. I love her hair!

The Francos

I had the pleasure of shooting portraits for the Franco family a couple of months ago. It was a blessing to see the love that they have for each other and their two beautiful blessings from God.

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Vicky

I am working on a wedding that I shot a few weeks ago and I decided to take a break and look through pictures of a different wedding. I know it doesn't make much sense but in my mind it does. Anyway I came across this picture and it just grabbed me and begged me to be blogged. I have seen this picture before but something about her eyes just captured my editing curiosity. She is stunning!

Brittani

I first met Brittani about 5 years ago. I was in a small women's support group at our church and this young beautiful teenage girl was sharing how that very same day God had given her the courage to take a stand and walk out of the abortion clinic that was soon to take the life of her unborn child. I was blown away at the courage, strength and maturity that this young girl possessed. I only wish I was that strong at her age. She was and still is a true inspiration not only to me but to those that know her. God has totally blessed her obedience. She is a single mother raising her beautiful little girl, she is attending USC and as she puts it she's an emcee. Let me tell you that Brittani is beyond talented. She is a bonafide lyrical genious. A hip hop rapper for Jesus.
It's been amazing to see how the Lord has transformed her and how He is using her life and her abilities to draw people closer to Him. Brittani, It was a pleasure documenting this stage in your life. I can't wait to see where the Lord takes you. Love you girly! p.s. It was fun almost getting arrested for tagging and trespassing with you that day. =) (A police officer thought that my camera (from a distance) was a spray can--LOL!! but we were trespassing.)

This is going to be a long post. I think my longest post ever. I couldn't help myself I actually wanted to post more.







































This last one is one of my absolute favorites


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Los Angeles Portrait Photographer: Portraits in Downtown L.A.

I spent yesterday in downtown L.A. working on a special project. I am super busy editing right now but I thought I would share a couple of pics from yesterday's shoot.