Bekah Turns 10 - Modesto, CA - Northern California Wedding & Portrait Photographer

Later in the afternoon, after doing The Peterson's Family Session, we headed across down to my uncle's house to gather my younger cousin Bekah for a mini session of her own.  After getting her & her American Girl Doll all dressed up and ready to go, we headed out to a small little park to photograph her and her now 10 year old self.
It took some convincing and arm twisting, but between Lisa & I, we were finally able to get her to break the mold and smile with her teeth!  Bekah has such a great smile, and I'm so glad we were able to get that out of her :)

2011 Photographer Favorites - Families

A big portion of what I love to do photography wise involved the family portrait side of things. When I'm not off working one wedding or another, I absolutely love spending one on one time with a family group creating portraits for them to display in their home for everyone to see. I often hear the statement "We haven't done portraits since my youngest was 6 months old, and she's 15 now!" Believe me, it happened with our own family too. There is no need for a special occasion for family photos, but instead should be used to celebrate and document where you were at that point in time with your kids. They'll be able to look back in years to come and see their WHOLE family in their portraits, not just mom or dad because the other was behind the camera taking the photo. My advice for 2012? If you haven't made time to have a family portrait done in the recent years, make a goal for it! I would LOVE to help document memories for each and every one of you :)
Desha Family Hoskins FamilyKrueger Family Myers Family Dickey & Molatore Family

Preview - Jacob's Sr. Portraits

On Halloween, I did some photographing for my aunt in order to get the ball rolling on my cousin's Sr. Portraits. Here is one of my favorites, with more yet to come!

Banana Cherié Skirts & Accessories

you loyal readers of mine have all met my cousin lisa. well, maybe not met her, but you've seen her, the husband man, the two year old cuteness, and in more recent shoots, the baby boy to be. and if you're an uber loyal reader, you've been to my other blog, and seen that i'm crafty. and well, as genetics have it, so is lisa! well, here we are, at the end of september gearing up once again for this year's craft fair at bella vista high school. with this being our second year there, we are taking in our experience, and trying to amp it up for this year. This is where me and my lovely camera come in. we're working to bring in more of an online/visual marketing of some of our products, and we're first starting with lisa's pettiskirts. she has spend the last weeks/months/i-can't-remember-because-its-craft-fair-time-and-it-all-starts-blending-together working on these pettiskirts in various colors, prints, and holiday themes. our first "shoot" happened in our grandma's back yard on saturday, and bekah (lisa's little sister) was a trooper-even when i made her sit on the random wood pile. who knew an 8 year old could work it like tyra banks (guilty pleasure of mine = america's next top model. i admit it) so with all that said, here are a few of the different skirts from saturday.don't you just love the zebra print with the pink? i'm not one of those die hard animal print lovers, but this combo on this skirt style... LOOOOOOVE. and the bows. super fab with those skirts.
here is your best bet for no calorie candy corn. seriously, can you get any cuter without everything blaring out ghosts and goblins for halloween? yeah, i didn't think so either.and yes, believe it or not, christmas is right around the corner. and i KNOW you families are thinking "hm. how can we get festive without going the ugly sweater route?" ding ding ding! we have a winner! seriously. can you NOT imagine your little girls in these skirts, spinning and twirling for your holiday card photos? yeah. i totally put the image in your mind. no need to thank me :)
i will be photographing more skirts coming this week, so stay tuned! plus, there might just be a special offer coming soon after i'm off this craft fair prep week. those of you with an adorable girl in your life will want to stay tuned! to commune with lisa about pettiskirt potentials, you can email her at carrollcousincreations@gmail.com (if she doesn't reply... you might get me. i love to answer emails. and i am one half the carroll cousins that do the creating. heehee)

bekah&desi

a sampling of what was taken over easter weekend at grandma's house. i'm so bummed it was raining outside, but we got some okay shots with the backdrop indoors. i'm having color correction issues with these photos for some reason, so please forgive me if they seem a bit intense.