Portraits

About 16 years ago, a beautiful girl was born. My humongous family ordered pizzas and gathered at hospital visitors room and waited for Jocey to make her grand debut. It took awhile! Long enough for me to write a letter… May 20, 2006 Dear Little Flower, Dear Jocelynn Rose,  Three months ago I was here, […]

Two things struck me when the doctor first placed you in my arm: red, rosy lips and unruly eyebrows. Your face was crumpled up but you didn’t cry. You just looked around, eyes glossed, chin quivering. You’ve always been the bravest child. Last week you whispered to me that you had something important to ask […]

Tanya contacted us because she wanted a photography session to celebrate her huge accomplishment of graduating from college! She sent us some photos of her outfits beforehand, and we just knew she would be extra in all the best ways possible. (Heck, yes, bring a fur trench and red hat!) We brought along a few […]

Sometimes you just need to book the dang girl’s trip. The laugh-till-you-pee, talk-till-you-cry, shop-till-you-drop, dance-party-in-the-car kind of thing. So this month we did. We had a blast tromping around Joshua Tree and taking a break from the regular grind of life. It wasn’t a work trip, but I managed to talk everyone into looking cute […]