Bonjour Family

I had the wonderful privilege to be able to do a quick shoot with my brother, his wife, and two gorgeous daughters. Despite Beth being 38 weeks pregnant and myself being 36 weeks pregnant, we were able to get a few beautiful shots of their wonderful family. I went ahead and did some early edits for a sneak peak:

Sylvie

My fourth niece, Sylvie Estelle Bonjour, was born July 18th, 2010. My dad, husband and I had the privilege of being able to drive up to Tacoma, WA, last week to meet her and visit with my brother and his family. I totally fell in love with her; with her gorgeous blue eyes that caught the light amazingly, and her pretty, thick, brown hair. She's a mixture of my niece and nephew, with her own little gorgeousness thrown in.

Here are some of my favourite photos that I was able to take of her:

Favourite Things (Present & Future)

I am lucky to have the free (and legal) use of Photoshop CS4 for editing my photos. I love it and could not imagine using anything else right now. I'm working on getting CS5:



Thanks to a lovely Best Buy warranty I was able to upgrade my laptop to a MacBook Pro. I've been
an iBook G3 and standard MacBook girl for almost 10 years, but I was ready to upgrade and I love it:



I also love this iPhone app called ShakeIt Photo - it turns your photos into Polaroids:



I'm working on saving up to buy a used Canon 5D. I will have to save for a while, and buy brand new lenses (as my current is a Sony), but I know it will take my photography to the next level:



And just for laughs, I love this blog called Catalog Living:

Wedding Shoot No. 2

I was privileged to do a shoot with my sister-in-law and brother-in-law as well. I had asked them ahead of time to do a shoot while we were together on vacation in Lake Nacimiento. When we got together, Rachael told me that she was really excited about doing the shoot, because their own wedding photos hadn't actually come out that well. I was so happy to do a shoot with them and be able to offer them a better set of wedding photos, 10+ years later!

Here's a sneak peak:

My Long-Term Dream

My long-term goal and ultimate dream for my photography is that I get enough clients and business to be able to pull in my husband, John, to be a full-time partner and photographer. He has joined me on a few shoots and has always been an amazing help; in directing, having a great eye for shots and locations and being a wonderful support. When my brain goes blank, he has an idea. When I'm stuck on one angle, he finds another which I hadn't seen. He can tend to think a bit more outside of the box than I do and brings an area of creativity which is so different to mine but which I absolutely love and need!

He joined me lately on my recent bride shoot with my sister-in-law, and took some amazing photos that I just had to blog them: