Beautiful Spring Flower Fields

Of course life has been super busy and I am falling behind on my postings but though I’d get this up in case anyone wants to go and see (or take pictures) in the beautiful spring flowers before they are gone. I had the opportunity to take some pictures of this adorable little girl. We meet up at Fairmount Park in Riverside but so much of the park in under construction and lots of the “good places" were not accessible but we found a nice little spot in the shade and took some great pictures of Leah in several cute outfits. At first Leah was not very cooperative but after a little playing and putting her at easy and of course once she figured out that her Mom was staying there and not leaving her with me she really let her personality come through. We then headed over to the flower field to take some pictures in her lime green tutu with those bright pink converse high top. What a bright beautiful field of flowers. If you want to enjoy this beautiful fragrant treat it’s in Riverside on Blaine and about Watson. They won’t last once the California summer sun gets here but what a great treat for now.

Baby Abby and Family

I haven’t had a chance to go through all the pictures I took of this precious little girl yet, but this is my favorite so far. Abby was only 21 days old and was so precious. When I was giving instructions to her Mom on how we would go about taking her diaper off for some shots she warned me that she pees and poops almost constantly. I assured her that all little ones tend to go when their diaper is off and I was ready with wet ones and cloth wipes to absorb and it would be fine, just don’t drop her and we will “clean as we go”. Well she really held up her reputation and now holds the record for the most clean ups in one shoot, but also the record for some of the cutest pictures. At one point her Dad (who had laughed at his wife when she got “wet”) was to hold her without the diaper and I jokingly said to little Abby “If you tinkle on your Daddy I will throw in a free 8x10”. I wonder which pose they will choose for their free 8x10.

The real star of the day though is the big brother. I have never had a 2 ½ year old that was so corporative in being posed and being so good between shots. What a great little guy he was. The shoot took a little longer than normal as topping off Abby made her happy and we defiantly wanted a happy girl. What a great family that took some priceless pictures.

Austin's Senior Portraits

Had the opportunity of taking Austin Senior pictures Tuesday night. He is the Drum Major at his high school and is so busy with rehearsals and school activates that the only time he had was the evenings which meant inside with only backdrops and lights. His Mom was really interested in the “classic” type senior photos but we still got to take some more “artsy” ones mixing the classic with the fun to capture some of Austin’s interests. As you can see he is really into music and we had some fun with that guitar. It was a pretty instrument. I was thinking about trying to talk him into some sort of a trade but then remembered I don’t play and it would just be one more thing for me to dust. We did find a few minutes in his schedule for next week that we can get together before it gets dark and we are going to meet at the railroad tracks to capture a few with his guitar and leather jacket on the tracks. I think they will be neat. Watch for them to be posted the end of next week. If you know Austin and would like to see the rest of his senior pictures click the printroom gallery on the side bar and scroll down to his gallery.







Here is some of the fun we had with his guitar.




And just a few more fun ones.