Bridal Shower: Orange and Pink

A week ago I photographed a blushing bride named Emily at her bridal shower. She was radiant as she welcomed all her guests and answered questions about her soon to be husband and herself. It was fun to hear stories of their engagement a top a building in downtown LA. I can't wait to hear stories about her secret honeymoon that the groom is planning. I secretly think they are going to Figi, since it is the one place she wants to go in the world and her groom seems like the kind of guys that would want to make her dreams come true. We'll see! Here are some photos from my first event shot in manual. I have been taking baby steps as a photographer, but am happy to have have tried something new. Here we go. Feel free to critique and leave your opinions.

Delicious food

Blushing bride gets some unexpected gifts...love these ladies faces:)

Isn't this a beautiful ring?

The Pink and Oranges details were perfect, from the polka dot straws to the orange ribbons.

She was so happy!

Friends that hosted the shower. They have been friends since elementary school

Groom sneeking in for a moment with his bride. I caught them:)

Newborn: Childs Family

Newborn: Emily Grace

Seems like yesterday I was at the hospital photographing Miss Emily Grace, now she is two weeks old. This little bundle of joy was so excited for me to take her photo that she was wide eyed and awake for over half of the time I was at her house. Her momma, Renee was calm and soothed her to sleep and we got these beautiful shots of little Emmie.

Moments after momma soothed her to sleep. Just the sound of mommas voice calmed her...it was so sweet.

Sleeping Beauty

This little bonnet was made by Emmie's grandma...she will one day use it as a handkerchief in her wedding:) This material she is wrapped in was in her Great Grandma Kitchen and was sewn into a blanket by her other grandma and Auntie while they prayed over Emmie and her momma. Love the history in this photo.

Newborn: Emily

Miss Emily Grace was born On February 26th, just missing a leap year birthday:) Fortunately for her mom, she came earlier than expected. Here are a few photos of her at the hospital the day after she was born.

Maternity Portrait: Childs

Bryan and Renee were expecting there baby girl to make her arrival sometime next week. To there surprise she came the day after we took these photos. We were a little bit limited because Renee had been on bedrest for about a week and could only stand for a few minutes at a time, regardless though they turned out beautiful. Renee was glowing. I told her she should be a model because she is so photogenic. Here are a few of the results.

Ocho Cinco was the nickname that they had for the baby before they found out she was a girl, but it stuck:)

Real Estate Photography: Shadow Grove For Sale

Even though my passion is for portrait photography, I have been dabbling in the real estate photography world lately. I have become Dave Knight's personal real estate photographer. He challenged me to learn the art of triple exposure photography also known as High Dynamic Range (HDR), so I have been working on that. He has been happy with my work:) He uses all my original work on his website.

Prince William: Newborn

Prince William is the second of two for proud parents Deborah and Jonathan. His is second on the throne with his sister, Princess Katelynn taking the lead:) William was one week old in these shots. He made a royal entrance into the world on October 21st weighing 8 lbs. 3 oz. and 20 inches in length.