Cute Kiddos - Children's Photograpy in San Tan Valley, AZ

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Need I say more?  These chitlins are too cute for words!

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Flashback Friday: Saturday Nights at the Cellar Door (and other fond clubbing memories)

Is this my second post on clubbing?!  What can I say?  I like to dance?

When I was in high school (millions of years ago), there was an underage club in Richmond, VA called The Cellar Door.  It was an interesting place; the music alternated from hip-hop (not my thing) to punk/new wave (my thing) every half hour.  The demographic of the dancefloor cycled continually throughout the night. 

My bff, Jennifer, and I would punk out and hit the Door every Saturday night (sometimes Fridays, too, but the crowd was better on Saturdays).  I really looked forward to it...really really really (read: hot punk boys)!  Sometimes afterward, we'd converge on the Burger King up the street, or sneak through the Fan (a district of Richmond where 2 teen girls should definitely not have been out in alone after midnight) or Hollywood Cemetery.

I've loved dancing from the Door days on.  I didn't go out much after high school...college and work took most of my time.  Then I joined the Air Force and didn't go out clubbing until I hit Misawa, Japan.  I know this will sound improbable, but that small farming town had one of the BEST Goth clubs EVER!  It was called The Garage and a couple of Americans dj'ed there, Basil and later, Jose.  Of all my hang-outs, The Garage is my all-time favorite.  I had some amazing friends there.  Great times!

I kinda have the clubbing itch, ya know?   

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Creating a Stir - Modeling/Senior Portraits Williams Field High School

I think these speak for themselves  ;o)

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With or Without Face Tattoo?

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Okay, not really a face tattoo...just some extra embellishment.  This is what I did today (bored and under the weather) for my new facebook profile pic (yes, that's me!).  Can't decide whether I like it better with the vine or without.  Help me decide.

Oh, and yes...we'll be offering this sort of image to customers very very soon, I promise. 

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Black and White Fetish

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Maybe it's a remnant from my days of developing photos in the darkroom; I don't know.  But I definitely have a fetish for black and white.  If you visit my house/studio, you'll see a LOT of black and white displayed on my walls.  Here are some of my faves from the urban family session that I finally finished editing last night.

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Cute Family Portraits in Phoenix, AZ

Can I just start this post by saying the last 10 days have been very trying? Thanks. I needed to get that out. First my teen daughter was taken to the ER and admitted for 2 days for being on the brink of DKA (she has type ONE diabetes, which is an auto-immune disease NOT caused by diet and unpreventable and which requires insulin to stay alive). Then, yesterday, after my morning shoot and on the way to my late afternoon shoot, my teen son called to say his tooth had been half broken off and his lip was cut clean through. Long story short: another ER visit and one urban session rescheduled. There's lots more work to be done on the tooth; stitches took care of the inside and outside of his lip (which is so swollen it's unrecognizable). Poor kids; rough week. 

So, back to photography. The session I did Saturday morning (which I'm still processing, since the ER visit threw my schedule off) was with a family I did a studio session with a couple weeks ago. The urban session with them was SO FUN! Their little man was tons happier in the great outdoors than he was in the studio. Here a few sneak peeks; more later...if I find time to post.

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Look at That! Two Posts in a Row! Fun Teen Portraits in San Tan Valley, Gilbert Arizona

A couple months ago, I received an email from a girl named Monica.  She wanted info on a portrait session, and I sent it to her.  Week after week, she would tell me she was going to "come on Wednesday" if I was available for a session that day.  And week after week, she would email me to tell me her mom couldn't bring her.  I could just imagine her arguing with her mom at home.  hehe.  Her persistence paid off.  Mom finally brought Monica over for portraits yesterday.  Here are a few from her combo (urban and studio) session:

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Blog Neglect and Red Mountain High School Senior Portraits

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My poor, dear blog, oh how I've been neglecting you lately!  I can't even remember the last time I posted even just a quick Friday Flashback.  Forgive me; I've been uber busy.  Here are some images from a studio/urban senior portrait session to keep you company 'til I'm better about posting. 

Sara was such fun!  She's cute and sweet and we had an absolute blast with her!  (Juniors/Seniors at Red Mountain in Mesa, see Sara for a discount card for your senior portraits!)

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