My Favorite Model

She's my white whale of a photography model--getting good shots of her face is near impossible for me!  But today I lucked out :)  Isn't she just gorgeous!

Congraduation Steph!

This is my beautiful sister in law Stephanie..yes I know--two Stephanie Zyga's in this world, isn't it great! She graduates this year so we took a golden opportunity to take her senior photos while on a family vacation in Poland a few weeks ago. She is such a gorgeous girl and easy to photograph--she really should model! Stephanie has a lot of spirit and style, I hope this is reflected in her photos.

Playng with some photoshop actions here...what do you think?

This wall we were leaning on is over a thousand years old, it used to be the Krakow city wall. To make a long story short--we should not have leaned on it...a foot and a half in diameter boulder came loose and fell off when I leaned on it! We ran...the photo shoot was over. :)

This is Steph! She's just spunky!

Thanks for letting me practice on you!

Happy Easter!

We took some photos of my daughter in her Easter dress this morning just for fun. She is SO hard to photograph! I have a million shots of the back of her head, she just doesn't want to look AT the camera! Maybe this is why I so enjoy taking photos of other people's kids--they look at the camera!

She loves flowers--and this morning she said "flower" for the first time! Normally she just crinkles her nose and blows out as if she's "smelling" them when she sees one :)
This is the new face I get when I ask her to smile...oh dear!

Love you Lena!

My New Nephew!

OK, so he's only sorta new...He's 12 weeks old already! Though I think he was 3 or 4 weeks only in these photos. He is such a sweet little guy, I'm so in love! Its heartbreaking that he lives so very far away. I can't wait to get my hands on him in 6 weeks when we go for another visit! My sister and I had lots of fun playing photoshoot with him. Too bad I found out the trick to sleepy naked newborn shoots the week after I got home...crank the house heat to 85 and have mom nurse him to sleep...then you can get great naked sleepy photos! We'll try that with Jameson's little brother or sister someday :)

Right Andi?!

What an adorable family. Congrats guys! Thanks for making me an AUNT!

Baby Girl

This, is my all time favorite photo ever.

Ever.

Doesn't this little one have the most adorable little chunky legs you've ever seen?

She is just a honey. Her mommy is a friend of mine and allowed me the privilege of taking her 10 month photos. We had SUCH a great time at the San Diego Botanical Gardens.

This shoot was done along with Kennadi's 12 month photos previously posted. So my lesson learned about white balance still applies...if only I'd known! I can't wait for another shoot to experiment more with this crazy concept and hopefully get more accurate skin tones instead of the skin tone assortment I've been getting! SO much to learn!

Before a Goodbye

A family photo shoot right before Daddy deploys is always a bit bittersweet. These guys made it more sweet than bitter ;) Their little girl is so very sweet and she was so very cooperative it made my job very easy. Not to mention, its easy to take good pictures of gorgeous people! Aren't they a beautiful family?

Love this one--you can just hear her saying "Aww Dad!" in embarrassment!

Thank you for your sacrifice you guys, we can't wait till daddy is home again safe and sound.

Two Boys and Counting!

My friends/neighbors asked me to take some family photos. I struggled during this shoot with two issues...bright bright light with harsh shadows and the energy factor of two little boys who were too excited to look at the camera and smile at the same time. Woah! So we got what we got that day...it sure was an experience!

These two boys are energy incarnate! I don't know how mom and dad keep up with them! And with a third boy on the way! The newest little guy is going to have a lot of fun with these two older brothers!

Thanks again guys for the practice time!