The Counts Family

The USC Horseshoe has been very popular among my clients lately!

This is the Counts family. My good friend Michael wanted to have a session with his kids to give to his wife for Christmas (great idea if I do say so myself!). Now, due to Christmas quickly approaching and other scheduled photo shoots, we had one shot at this. Well...it happened to be on a not-so-pretty day, but we made it work and they actually turned out better than I thought. They were a blast to shoot (in photography terms, of course). Do me a favor and make sure you take notice of Eli (aka Mr. Cool Guy) in each picture. He has quite the inventive style when it comes to taking pictures ;). At the end of the session, I told them that they are a beautiful family and Eli's reply was "why, thank you" in his deepest manly voice. Just hilarious.

Check out the tongue on Michael Jordan over here on the right ;)






Talk about SPITTIN' IMAGE!

SOME INDIVIDUALS:
JESSICA
JENNA
JESSICA
ELI
MICHAEL

This is their wedding picture...so sweet...Michael wanted a shot with it.

Almost one week until CHRISTMAS!! YAY! Merry Christmas!

It doesn't get any better than this

My sister and her friend came to visit this weekend!! They took a "college day" from school on friday and my good friend Katherine gave all of us a tour of USC. I had a photo session later that day on the Horseshoe, so before my client arrived, I did a mini shoot of the girls. It was so much fun and so easy since they are both so adorable! It was a weekend full of loud music, pizza & movies, guitar hero, and junk food. The best ever. It really doesn't get any better than this.

The am in love with this lighting!

Here are my favs from the MANY jumping shots I took (I know... apparently it's jumping season):

Let me just say that Heather's eyes are that blue! I promise I did no enhancements in photoshop whatsoever! She has the prettiest bluest eyes I have ever seen!

Haha...there is a story behind this...


I call this one "Off to College" :)

PITTS Radiology Doctors

The group of doctors I work with hired me to do their group and individual portraits. Now, I didn't agree right away because #1, I don't have a studio YET and #2, I don't own studio equipment YET. I mainly do lifestyle photography...you know...NATURAL, pretty lighting! With some persuasion, I agreed but was very apprehensive about the whole thing. So, here you have it...my first studio-type job. I took these at the hospital in the board room with the fluorescent lighting...nice...at least I got a big challenge out of it!

This was the first time since, I believe, 1990 that all of the doctors (except 1) were able to be in the same place at once with coats and ties and smiles on their faces...just imagine how hard that is for 27 DOCTORS! (click to enlarge)

The Brunson Family-B&W

So I decided to do something a little different for this post. One of my friends from work wanted me to photograph her family. She loves black & white pictures...soooo I am featuring her family in all B&W! What a beautiful family...and SO much fun to shoot! I made them climb all over slippery rocks and such...thanks for being troopers, you guys!

Jenna LOVES her big brothers

JENNA
JACOB
JEREMY
JOSH
A cute candid between posed shots

Mama's Girl
Jenna absolutely ADORES Josh (the oldest)

She was so thirsty! I guess I was workin' them too hard ;)
Josh's girlfriend Brittney came along for some shots at the end of the session with Josh. They are such a cute little couple! I almost wish I could post one in color so you could see the color of her BRIGHT blue eyes...but I am sticking to my guns...JUST B&W!