BEAUTIFUL VALORIE SHINES IN KNIGHTS FERRY

Valorie is turning 15!  That is a BIG birthday~fiesta de quince anos!  To celebrate Valorie’s mom planned a portrait session for Valorie.  She looks just beautiful!  The timing was perfect ~ Knights Ferry was filled with flowers!  I just love the styling of their session.  The hair, makeup and clothes look awesome!

Brooke Lopes Senior Session-Can you just see the character in BROOKE??? What fun this session was. She wanted something different and I think we pulled it off:) I LOVED the swan outfit Brook made for Donkey Basketball it reminded me of the Black Swan which happens to be one of her favorite movies. Brooke thanks for the FUN session!!!

-Sierra is a Senior-Setting out in the very dreary grey month of January…..Sierra (my daughter) and I decided to take some senior pictures. It is truly hard to believe that she is graduating from high school this year. It seems just yesterday I was dressing her up in cute little outfits sitting her in flower beds trying to get just ONE good picture. I am going to try to post some of the oldies. Yes…it requires scanning…ugh. Sierra was my inspiration to shoot. I just loved to take pictures of her! Seventeen years ago I decided to put one of her images in the Merced Fair and was SO surprised when I received Best of Show. I could not believe it! I was so excited to win I decided I should take a class or two and learn how to use the camera. Enrolling in Allen Beymers Photography class at Merced College I found myself challenged by the assignments of light/line/shadow/texture. Somehow I always found a way to incorporate Sierra’s picture into my assignments. I loved getting lost in the darkroom. There is nothing more exciting to see a plain white sheet of paper come to life in the darkroom. […]