Rylan Crosbie's Newborn Photoshoot

I had the pleasure of being present for the birth of Rylan Grace Crosbie. My best friend, Trinity and her husband gave me the best gift of all and that was to be there for her birth. It was the most amazing experience second to my own son's birth. I came back up North to Sonoma County 5 weeks later for the birth of another friend's baby (pictures to come in a few days). So I spent a day with the Crosbie's taking photos of baby Rylan. We took some family photos and some of just the 2 kids and some of Trinity's Mom and her grandbabies! Matt is a police detective with the Santa Rosa Police Department so we got the good idea to put Rylan in his vest with Matt and to put his badge around her neck. We could hardly get her to sleep the whole photoshoot but of course when we put her in the vest she stayed sound asleep!! We had a great time! Here are a few of the photos. There are more posted on the website under newborn and some under family.

As Frank says "some days are easier than others"

My gorgeous friend from High School, Michelle has met a very handsome and sweet man, Brian. They are getting married in August and I have been given the privilege of being their wedding photographer. We shot their engagement shoot in West Hollywood yesterday. I wanted to get the lighting and all the details right so I asked one of the instructors from Tri Community to come assist me with the shoot. To my surprise he said yes!
When I left the house it was cold and gloomy with dark clouds in the sky. As I drove down Beverly Blvd, just as I passed the Birthing Center (which was directly across the street from the Erotica 24/7 store-you gotta love Hollywood!) the sun began to appear and the only clouds in the sky were beautiful and white separated by bright blue skies! I couldn't have asked for better weather! Brian and Michelle knew of this cool abandoned old tire shop so we began the shoot there, continued on to this amazing place called the Crown Bar, and we ended our shoot at this amazing fashion boutique that we stumbled upon! I couldn't have dreamed of a better day! Thanks to Michelle and Brian for being the ultimate subjects and thanks to Frank for coming and helping a green grasshopper like me!!

The Albe Family

On Mother's Day I did a photoshoot for one of my Bride's family. I photographed their family at Heritage Park in La Verne. As I was finishing up I met a lovely Woman named Jennifer. She later called to book a family shoot for her own family. Her sisters all live long distances from their Mother. One actually lives in London so they don't often get to all be together at the same time to take family photos. So they invited me to come to their Mother's beautiful home in Glendora to shoot each family, the entire family, and Jennifer's Mother with all of her grandkids. I had a great time! The were such a fun family!!

Jenn and Brian's Engagement Shoot

So as most of you know I go to the Tri Community Photography School in Covina. On Thursday nights I go to an Advance Wedding Photography Class taught by Frank Wise. We often shoot either models in wedding dresses or we try and get real couples to come model for us. 2 weeks ago I asked my friends Jenn and Brian to come model for us since they hadn't taken engagement photos yet. We took them to downtown Covina and got some great shots.

Ok I finally gave in and listened to the many requests

Many of my friends and family have been trying to get me to start a blog for the photography part of my life but I kept rejecting the idea because I feel like I spend hours just updating each of the blogs, my website and social networking sites that I have for Aidan, for me, and for my photography business. But I have finally decided to listen to you wonderful people and start a new photography blog! Please bare with me while I get it started!