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In Touch Weekly

Yay!  One of my shots of Dominic made it into In Touch Weekly.


Susannah Hicks

I love that Susie got a haircut cuz that meant she needed a new shot...which meant I got to spend one on one time with her.  It's really quite special the way we work together.  We talk talk talk all about life stuff...and in between talking...we grab moments. Like literally...we stop talking and she stikes a pose and I snap...and then we go back to talking. 


Philllip


I'm pretty sure the last thing a 13 year old boy wants to do is hear me say ..."Okay...eyes right to me.  Soft smile. "

Phillip handled it very well.  He is quite the gentleman. 

Cassandra


Cassie has a BIG personality.  I like shooting her...cuz when it's just her and I...and the camera...I get to see glimpses of the private Cassie.  The one who is seen through her eyes. 

Birthday Party

I recently shot a "Dress Up In Historical Costume"  Birthday Party.  It was an absolute pleasure calling each girl to the sofa by the window so that I could capture them as they arrived.



I still find it hard to believe that two of the girls in ^ this montage are twins. 



I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

Psalm 139:14

Justin

This boy is all boy.  Every single time I turn around...I am not lying...he is climbing a tree. 


Aubrey




 The very same girl...a short two years ago. 




ABC's The Chew

What a pleasant thing...to see my shot of the adorable Lopez children right there on The Chew


Christmas Cards


Spider in a Web


Not what I usually post...but ever so breathtaking. 

“I’ve got a new friend, all right. But what a gamble friendship is! Charlotte is fierce, brutal, scheming, bloodthirsty—everything I don’t like. How can I learn to like her, even though she is pretty and, of course, clever?”    Charlotte's Web

Christmas with The Lopez Family / Part Three



Seriously...this shot kills me.



Christmas with The Lopez Family / Part Two


When precious baby boy, Dominic woke up from his nap...we stuck a camera in his face. 

HOW cute is this child????!?!????

And Julio showed up again.  This dog is like another kid.  He's too much.  


Christmas with The Lopez Family / Part One




It's been such a joy watching this little one blossom through the lens.

This time around she was all set to go!  Dolled up and ready to pose.  I got a big hug "hello" and then we got down to business with Gia's solo shots while baby brother was napping.

Capturing the perfection of her favorite ornament on the tree was necessary. 


Julio...he made an appearance & tried to steal the spotlight.







This girl obviously loves her Daddy.  And he knows exactly what it takes to get her giggling. 



Merry CHRISTmas








Christmas Cards

Homeless 14


Reality LA Baptisms










And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight immediately, and arose, and was baptized.  Acts 9:18

Homeless 13


We've decided to bake a whole bunch of potatoes...wrap them in tin foil and pass them out as we go.  Now that it's getting cold.

Bradley Gregg





Homeless Man @ Scottsdale 101



Facing Addiction

Veronica showed up to our Session loaded.

October 23, 2009.

We took pictures anyway and I got her to talk.  She opened up about lots of stuff.  Painful stuff.  Stuff that I wish had never happened to her.

There was no way I was gonna let her leave in the state she was in so we kept talking.  And talking.  My husband was working behind the scenes to get her into a facility that night.

She did not want to go.

She was not ready.

She climbed into a taxi and it pulled away. 
























 







This morning, I asked Veronica's permission to post her photos here.

She gave it to me.

I also asked her to write down her thoughts on addiction.

November 9, 2013.

This is what she sent...


On the dark side of the spoon your dreams get mutilated beaten and fucked raw. Hell doesn't know it's fury. There wasn't a force on earth that could have prepared me for the roads I was going to walk. I made it out of the muck barefoot and barely breathing. On the dark side of the spoon you are as lost as a blindfided person in a black room looking for a black cat that isn't there.

I watched her eyes search for me through all the chaos. Too busy playing too deprived of a mothers love so Sweetly so hurriedly desperately blindly she followed the sound of my voice until her eyes found me and her fingers touched me to realize I was not the mother she knew. she knew i was lost on the dark side of the spoon.