Elena

It was so much fun to have a beautiful sleepy newborn baby to photograph. Isn't she just too precious for words?



















And here she is at 3 months. Look at he amazing blue eyes and simply delicious red hair.

Christmas Angels

We are approaching that wonderful time of year again and we want you to be ready. This angel session is for one day only, so don't miss out!

We have options for both boys and girls. Just give us a call and we can explain all the fun details.

Bethany - Newberg Senior Portraits

Here's a tiny sneak peak of Bethany's images...

I met Bethany a few years ago as her mom is a teacher at my kids' elementry school and then later my son's 4th grade teacher. I couldn't believe it when she emailed me
last year asking if she could be a senior rep for the following year. I couldn't believe that her senior year was coming up and now its here and she's now a bona fide rep.

I just loved the light we had that day making Bethany's blue eyes totally light up. She is so beautiful and so sweet and a ton of fun to photograph.










I know, some of you must be falling out of your seats. 4 posts in one week!! Well, I totally forgot how productive I am when ALL the kids are in school. This past month has been a bit bitter sweet. Not only did Nomi turn the big 3, she is now old enough to attend preschool (gasp & sniff). Well, 2 days a week, for 3 hours a day, Nomi is at school, which leaves me with a bit of extra time to get some serious work done. Wooo Hooo!!!

Aha!! I finally figured out how to post the images larger in the blog. Yippee!!

The O'Halloran Girls - Oregon Beach Portraits

My assistant, Carol, has three of the most beautiful girls in all the land. When we made plans to do a couple of back to back sessions at the beach, we of course brought the girls along. Can you believe how gorgeous all three of them are?!?! And a ton of fun to photograph. We made a 20x24 of the group image for Carol. I so can't wait for it to come back from the lab!!!









Being that Leah is still in high school, we took a couple extras of her just in case she wanted any extras for wallets... which she did.

We've Moved!

I know, I know. I'm crazy. But it is true. We moved the studio... again! We are now located at 1505 Portland Rd. Suite 206 and we love it!!

Everyone asks why we moved. Did something bad happen? Is the economy affecting us? Did Danielle (the photographer I share the studio with) and I have a falling out? No, nothing that dramatic. So here's the lowdown. The good, the bad, and the ugly.

Danielle and I both realized that we really didn't need that much space. The location of the building totally rocked but we were just not using all the space. But we were paying for all the square footage none the less. When the light bulb went off for us, we decided it was time to move... so we did!

We are going to miss the gallery feel of our old space. And the display windows could not be beat. And man did the location rock! But we are totally not going to miss the not-so-pretty carpet, which totally clashed with the boutique look we are going for.

So our new place is beautiful! It has gorgeous wood floors, beautiful window light, and it is the perfect size for the perfect price. Yay!

And the best part of all, we are right next to Nikki Jane's Boutique! They have the cutest stuff in there... I am so in trouble!!

So in fair warning, someday I might move the studio back home...probably when Nomi is in 1st grade or higher. By then, she will be old enough to realize that crying during consultations is usually not a good idea.

My dream would be to take over the whole house and move my family to a different house... I wonder if they would go for that...

The Vondracheck Family

This family is so cool. They had bid on and won a session at the Relay for Life auction. So awesome to not only support American Cancer Society in the auction but they are also a huge part of the whole organization. So cool!!

Nomi's Day

I love free days and I especially love free Fridays. So today, I was going to spend the whole day with Nomi, doing all the things she loved to do and throw in a few errands that I needed to do.

So first, we went to the post office and mailed off an order to a client in Florida. I love the Newberg Post Office. The folks there are so helpful and so cool. Nomi loves going there because she get to turn on the charm, go "on stage" and be as cute as can be, which is exactly what she did while we were there.

Next we went to the Union Block Marketplace on W. 2nd Street, here in Newberg. OK, so as a photographer, I can so get in trouble in there!!! There was just too much cool stuff. I could totally use everything in there as super cool props. And yes, I did buy the blue couch because it rocked and now I can't wait to use it!!

After that, we went to Critter Cabana (www.crittercabana.com/), only the coolest pet shop in Newberg. Nomi had a blast. She just LOVES the fish. All of them are now named Nemo, Gil, or Sharkbait. She thought the hamsters were hilarious and her laugh was totally contagious as she watched them run in their hamster wheels. The birds were a fascination. She loved it when they chirped and when they "kissed". But alas, it was while we were there when I really took notice to her little cough.

Our next stop, Coffee Cottage. Everybody knows Nomi's name there... it could be because we go there way too often. And once again, she turned on the charm. After I ordered Nomi's favorite, a chocolate cookie and blue berry smoothie, we sat down. Even though Nomi did drink most of her smoothie, she barely touched her cookie and I could see her go down hill from there. Her eyes got red and her poor little nose started to run. One minute, she looked like she was having the perfect day and the next, she looked like she was just hit with a nasty case of the flu. I guess it was time to call it a day. By the time we did get home, she had a fever. Poor Nomi! Its funny how this cold just hit her like a ton of bricks!

That is OK because we still had a ton of fun and it was almost the perfect day.

Below is a portrait I took of Nomi a while ago. Isn't she so cute!!!