Wedding Fair Santa Fe 2010

I had such a great time at the bridal fair today. I met some amazing people. Here are a few portaits I snapped.

To my surprise and delight, Jessica and her mom Dina were at the wedding fair. I used to work with Dina at an after school program for Challenge New Mexico. The location was Agua Fria Elementary. Jessica was a cute little squirt back then. I did a portrait project -- black and white images of the kids. I took pictures of Jessica and her sisters when they were children. Now she is getting married! She booked me on the spot. I am so grateful and excited to be photographing her wedding. How cool is that?

Supporting Our Troops for Valentines Day

I read about a wonderful organization, Portraits of Love that was dedicated to sending family portraits to deployed soldiers during the holidays in 2009. Photographers donated their time taking family portraits. The printing of these portraits, the paper and postage was donated too. I wanted to participate but the holidays were over by the time I read about this great effort. Some of you know that I am fairly liberal in my political views. While I don't necessarily agree with the leader who put us in Iraq in the first place, I do support our troops. So I decided to offer free 'Boudoir' sessions, printing and postage to soldiers who are currently overseas. This way they could receive a beautiful Valentine's Day portrait of their loved one. One happy officer e-mailed me all the way from Iraq to say thanks. He told his wife that the beautiful pictures of her were what was going to get him through. That makes me feel good. :)

Hello blog, it's been awhile.

I'm so lucky, I love the people I meet. I photographed Amanda's wedding on September 26, 2009. When the folks at her work needed to update their head shots, she thought of me. It was so much fun meeting the staff at Jane Terry Financial Associates. They even had me take portraits of their wonderful office kitties. Thanks for such a fun session! Here are a few of my favorites.