Shooting Romeo

I bet all the ladies would have loved to have my job on this particular day. The photographer, that’s me, get’s to direct the talent, that’s him.

Lil’ Romeo is no longer Lil’, but has grown into a fine leading man! Judging by his performance on our shoot for his upcoming movie, “Madea’s Witness Protection“,  at which he took perfect direction and nailed every look, he is going to be one very busy leading man for sure!

Romeo, may your star rise and shine above all those around you! You are a pleasure to work with!

Here are a few of my personal favorites from our session. Keep your eyes peeled for more, I’m sure they’ll be everywhere soon!

Goodbye Hollywood! Hello Valley!

Today is a new day.

It is my first day working in my new office.

I have not been in front of my computer for a week now, and I have to say, it feels good to be here.

My office has a door :)

that closes :)

and locks:)

NICE!

I have so many things to post, so I guess I had better get busy!

I intend to be a better blogger. I was using Tumblr for a while, but have decided to go full force into the blogging world and really do it right. I think I may have to take a blogging class. Do you know of any good ones? In the valley?

Moving on…

The last job that I did was to photograph my old house for my landlords who are putting it up for sale. Houses are not like people, but they do have a personality. This house is very open and has a chill vibe. The yard is amazing. If you’re interested in buying it, I can put in a good word for you! Here are all the important images to make your decision.

The front of the house as you drive around the corner to the little dead end driveway…..The backyard super nice for Hollywood where you usually find a small pavement patio instead.The kitchen, perfect for entertaining as we did week after week when this was our home.

And one last gem…. our bedroom. Pierce was born just there in front of the french doors leading onto the porch. Needless to say, this is a magical room where magical things happen. We are now living elsewhere and loving our new home. We will have to bring another babe into the world so that the magic will come here too!

My Day with Kayla

Kayla has gotten engaged! We played photoshoot this week and had a blast! It all ended up with a nice sugar high and a latte from Magnolia bakery! Here are two of my favorite shots from our day… This on is just my fav. It has a THING about it. This dreamy quality that I just love. Beautiful!

And this one is just so fun! We ate cupcakes and got a bit jacked up on coffee, we took the last wee  light of day and squeezed this last shot out. The artist who did this wall is amazing, Retna is his name. Check it!

Thumbtack listing!

I have listed my services on Thumbtack. I’ve been getting a great response! Love it! Thats the link down there in yellow. Don’t you just LOVE yellow?!

Check out my listing and call me if you need me… and if you don’t NEED me… and you just WANT me… call me then too :)

Much Thumbtack love!

Hey! Put a pin in it!

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El Mirage

Driving to El Mirage has gotten easier. I remember the first time we drove out there it seemed to take forever!  Now we don’t even look at the map and we arrive before we know it! We like it here. There is nothing like having open space all around you with no one in sight. You just feel different. Free. People come here to break speed records. The lake bed is 5 miles across so you’ve got plenty of room to step on it! On this day there was a guy doing just that. He came out here to speed it up! Unfortunately cars have what is called a “governor” so he only made it to 131mph.

Here is Roman. But you can’t SEE Roman so you will have to take my word for it! :)

I did a bit of fun split toning just cuz it looks cool.

My Mom :)

I am very proud of my mom. Lorraine Anderson. She recently lost a significant amount of weight on a diet that calls for a lifestyle change, not just a temporary fix. It has worked for her and she is now leading other to it as well. It is called ‘Ideal Protein’. Check it out, it could work for you!

Music Day !!

This past Saturday I organized a day of music for our little ones… We learned a Kswahili lullaby which we are now working on for next weeks music day! The babies love the music! Here are some images of our time together!