The Juraseks!

Yup it's that time of year!  Lots and lots of Christmas sessions.  Here are the Juraseks.  I love that Tracy brought her own plywood and spray paint lol.  You can't tell by this photo but this was one of the COLDEST days yet.  It was freezing and super windy.  Her little girl hated the wind and was afraid a tornado was going to hit the desert so she was NOT having the photo session but we still got some great photos and even managed to get a smile or two out of her ;)  To see more from this shoot click on the title ;)

George & Martha are getting married!

George & Martha are getting married!  Next weekend as a matter of fact and I can't wait to capture every special moment of it.  Here are some of their engagement photos.  To see more click on the title!

The Match book launch event.

I love to photograph.  It just makes me happy so I enjoy everything I do and every event wether it is a family shoot, a wedding, baptisms, golf tournaments, etc etc they are all special to me BUT I have to admit that the work I have done for Donate Life Hollywood is soooo emotionally rewarding.  I first photographed their VIP person of the year cocktail party & film festival gala back in June and that was a blast (I'll blog about that later since I never did) but a couple of weeks ago I had the absolute honor of photographing the L.A. launch of The Match.  For those of you who have not heard this story you are missing out.  Susan Whitman Helfgot, the author of the book, is the widow of Joseph Helfgot.  Joseph was a heart patient who after two years gets his heart transplant but unknown to anyone suffers a brain hemorage during the surgery and never awakens.  Ironically his heart transplant was successful.  His wife is then asked to donate his face to James Maki who lost half of his own face in a terrible accident. I am not finished reading the book yet but so far I just love it and I really feel like I knew Joseph and he was my friend.  It was such an honor to meet his wonderful widow and to photograph this special event for her.  I really recommend this book.  Although the story is a heavy one it is not written that way.  It's actually the opposite.  I believe that you will enjoy this book as much as I am enjoying it thus far.  Well enough talking here are some of the photos from that night.  If you want to see more pictures from this evening  just click on the title of this post.  

The Lowerys

Last week I had the pleasure of photographing Gigi & Noah. This is the third year I have photographed them for their Christmas cards & it is just so neat to see how they have grown. I'm honored that James & Evette want me to do this for them. Thank you guys!!  Here are a few of my faves! 

Tiffany's head shots

Some time ago Tiffany contacted me about doing her head shots.  After setting it all up she asked me about clothing.  Well, I have become friends with Nicole who owns Indulgence Boutique and have had the opportunity to photograph for her personally and professionally quite a few times over the last few years.  She has such an amazing sense of style and just comes up with outfits I would have never thought of putting together (and I'm a pretty creative person) so back to the point when Tiffany was asking me about outfits I thought Nicole would love to style her for this and I could trade  some photos for her site for her styling services so that is how this session looks so great.  Thanks so much to Nicole for styling and to Tiffany for trusting me with her head shots!  Hope you love them.  To see more click on the name and it will take you to my facebook fan page.  There is also a link to Indulgence Boutique on the right side of this page.