I am a California girl at heart who is lucky enough to live in one of the most wonderful, un-California cities in the world, New York. Most days, you'll find me exploring my new home with my amazing husband and our dog, Friday. I love to travel, eat just about anything with peanut butter, meet new friends, shop, read, take pictures, and spoil other peoples' kids and pets rotten. This blog includes my rants and raves about my personal life as well as my adventures in the photography business.

Inspired by fashion, art, and pop culture, I love to capture images using natural light. Although I enjoy taking all kinds of pictures, my style veers towards lifestyle and editorial photography and my favorite subjects are people. I am a photographer purely for the love of it, and I think you'll see that reflected in my work.

Thank you for stopping by and please feel free to leave a comment!

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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Indiana Summer

Exploring just outside of Chicago, we took a roadtrip recently and looked at Indiana Dunes State Park and New Buffalo, Michigan.


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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Summer in the City


... calls for long walks, exploring our new neighborhood, and playing with (happily cone-free) puppy.

I love summer!


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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

City Series (Part 1)


While I love producing portraits that are classic and beautiful, sometimes I want to experiment with the more artistic side of photography.  When looking at some fashion spreads or the work of David LaChapelle, I'm inspired and fascinated by the creative process and how artists can push boundaries.  Recently, I started walking around the streets of my new city and marveling at how much more urban and old looking everything from the fixtures to the buildings look. 

I snapped photos of some of the grittier aspects - the exposed brick, telephone poles, and urban skylines juxtaposed with the more beautiful side of the city such as the trees of the parks, Victorian architecture, and blue skies.  Then, in Photoshop, I experimented with textures and color.  The result is the first of my City Series and is far different than my normal blog posts, but I think that is kind of fun. 

What do you think?


Enjoy!


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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Hello, Gorgeous!

Scott surprised me with this little gem last week and I've been enjoying watching videos and reading books on its huge screen.  Well, huge compared to my iPod touch!  I can't stand the iPhone's keypad but on the iPad it's big enough that my fingers don't accidentally bump four extra keys.  Plus, I feel exclusive getting something that is supposedly really tough to get, although when we went in the Apple store on Sunday to buy a case for it, they had tons of iPads and cases they were selling.  Oh well.  It's still exciting and shiny!


Loving it!

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