Lindsay’s Pilates Sessions Are Open for Business! Thu. May 29, 2008  |  people You might remember Lindsay because of her super fun awesome wedding last year which I photographed. Her husband Braedon also second shoots for me sometimes, so I've gotten to know these guys pretty well. I was totally surprised last year when Braedon mentioned one day that Lindsay's dream was to... See the Full Post > 18 Appreciated Comments

Hey Photographers: Come Shoot the Sh*t with me! Tue. May 27, 2008  |  photographers **to clarify--you do not have to HAVE your session before july 4th, you just have to book it before then** A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT FROM ME This is a weird post for me to write, but here it is. I am SWAMPED with emails from you all. I absolutely love hearing from everyone, and I tried hard to do the... See the Full Post > 21 Appreciated Comments

Is anyone as excited as I am??? Mon. May 26, 2008  |  gossip 12:01am Thursday night, the Sex and the City movie opens!! I would love to go that night, I can't believe there is a pre-release midnight showing right by my house, but I promised my friend that I would wait for her till the following week. The dang movie people are making that quite difficult... See the Full Post > 33 Appreciated Comments

Buy a shootsac and win free lenses this month! Sun. May 25, 2008  |  gossip Those of you who stay up to date on the Shootsac blog and email list know that this month there is a killer promotion going on! If you spend more than $75 on the site during May, you get entered to win whatever lens you want (up to something crazy, like $1800). Honestly my favorite part of this... See the Full Post > 21 Appreciated Comments

The Ladera Swim Team Tue. May 20, 2008  |  my life Wow, was I ever gone for a long time! Between my traveling and shooting in Chicago, NYC, and North Carolina the past two weeks, I needed a vacation from my not-really-a-vacation, but I am now back into the swing of things, thank goodness. One thing that I really missed while I was gone is my... See the Full Post > 43 Appreciated Comments

One more from the Lawrenson Shoot Wed. May 14, 2008  |  my life You may have seen this photo already if you made your way over to Nathan's Blog, but I realized that I forgot to post this one of me holding Gwyneth! We were at the hospital and I was shooting, when all of a sudden Nathan asked if I wanted to hold her! I totally did, but I never would have asked,... See the Full Post > 39 Appreciated Comments

The Lawrenson Family: portrait experience Wed. May 14, 2008  |  people **I have been getting a lot of emails today from people visiting here from Nathan's blog asking about what I'm doing to the photos to "make them look like that". I am using: TOTALLY RAD actions and Kevin Kubota actions. The Boutwells ones I use for a lot of the actual processing (antique tone,... See the Full Post > 217 Appreciated Comments

Luke & Alisha: Engaged! Fri. May 9, 2008  |  will you First of all, I have exciting news of my own--I am now an official guest blogger on The Pioneer Woman!! I just love Ree's blog, her "Black Heels to Tractor Wheels" love story, and everything about this blog! Go over there and click "photography"--you'll see my first post. Another one will be... See the Full Post > 145 Appreciated Comments

Ami & Scott: Chicago Edition Wed. May 7, 2008  |  will you You might remember Ami and Scott from a session we did down in Laguna Beach earlier in the year! I am shooting their 10 year vow renewal at the very end of this year, and since they didn't have the opportunity to plan something fantastic when they actually got married, they are making up for lost... See the Full Post > 47 Appreciated Comments

The Soundtrack of your life Tue. May 6, 2008  |  my life Did you ever notice that hearing a certain song can bring you back to a particular time in your life so quickly and realistically that it feels like you're actually there? I have many different songs like that for different times in my life When I was in college my sophomore year, my roommate and... See the Full Post > 48 Appreciated Comments