Halloween Mini Sessions AND Announcing the WINNER of FREE MINI PORTRAIT SESSION in 2014!!

I had so much fun at our Halloween Portrait Events!! The kids looked great and I love to see how creative their parents get with the awesome costumes!! Thanks all for coming out to our event!

And finally for our wonderful winner of the raffle. For those who may not have remembered. Those who brought their kids for this Halloween Mini Session were also entered to win a FREE Mini Portrait Session of their choice in 2014!! So the lucky winner is...

First Communion {Sanger, CA. First Communion Portraits}

Such a beautiful spring day with this beautiful little lady and her family. Congratulations on your First Holy Communion!!

Because every little princess deserves to twirl in her dress to get that complete princess feeling...I had to have her twirl for a shot!

Tinkerpurple Themed Birthday Party {Fresno, CA. Children's Birthday Party Coverage}

This little sweetie and her big sis are always a joy to photograph! They are always so welcoming with their energetic "hellos" and warm hugs that it is hard not to feel loved whenever I am around them. I was happy to be able to photograph this little princess' party where she was surrounded and loved by so many family members and friends! She also had the wonderful entertainment by Brandon Gray of Wild Child Adventures with his talented balloon making and super awesome bubble show!! I was just as entertained as the kiddos at the party were!! Hee! Hee! :) Here is your preview friends!

The Sailor Man {Fresno, CA. Children's 1st Birthday Coverage}

When a family chooses the "Baby's First Year" package that I offer, not only do I get to visit and capture their darling little one's image during their first year but the package also includes FREE coverage of baby's first birthday party!!
I seriously can't get over how fast this little guy's first year has flown by! He is such a cutie and I was happy to be able to capture some images from his special day! Here is a preview to enjoy!!

Celebrating 50 Wonderful Years of Marriage {50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration Event-Fowler, CA.}

During the summer I was blessed to witness a wonderful celebration of marriage between two very special people. It was a pleasure to be there to see what 50 years of building a life with your soulmate will look like and from what I saw this night with this beautiful couple, I look forward to 50 years in my own marriage. Congratulations to the lovely bride and her groom!

Great Food, Nice Staff, and They Have a Tree in the Building!! {Fresno, CA. Child Birthday Party and Portraits}

The month of June brings the beginning of summer and summers in this area are usually unforgiving when it comes to the heat. June is also the birth month of my oldest child. The first three birthday parties we had for him, the temps were well over 100 degrees which was not very easy on his guests. As he got older, we (mom and dad) got wiser and chose to have indoor parties for him. This last year he had his birthday party at his favorite restaurant, Huckleberry's. He loves the food there, the staff is always friendly with us, and most importantly (in my son's opinion) there is a tree in the building. Now to a 6 year old that is pretty cool! Here are some shots from his birthday festivities~

This is his 6 year old portrait session we shot up and around our local river.



I had the hardest time finding some party ideas for this theme. So for party favors we purchased the small canning jars and stuffed them with chocolate cake crumbs and gummy worms to give it a look of a jar of worms for fishing bait. The invites I saw on the Oh So Beautiful Paper website and went with something similar.

Because his actual birthday fell mid-week we had his party with a few friends on the weekend and we took him for pizza and had a cake at home on his actual birthday.

100 Years of Blessings {Fresno, CA. Family Portrait and Event Photography}

I have mentioned many times before that there are many aspects of this job that I adore! One being the friendships I have made with clients. One particular friendship that I have gained from this job is from my dear friend E. When she called me for these two days of sessions, I was thrilled to do it!

Her wonderful family came into town from all over to help celebrate this beautiful woman's 100th birthday. The first day for the formal portrait session, I so enjoyed not only spending time with the birthday guest of honor but getting to know her daughters, son-in-laws,grandchildren,great-grandchildren, and more! What an amazing family she has!!

The second day session was of her actual birthday celebration where I got to meet more of her family and friends. That weekend helped remind me of the many people we influence in our lives and for this birthday gal, 100 years is a lot of years of influence!!

Thank you so much to her entire family for allowing me to share these memorable weekend with all of you and I enjoyed getting to know my friend E's wonderful family! Blessings to all of you!





I photographed all the beautiful individual families the first session day but wanted to share this shot of this family's adorable basset and beagle since the doggies were not in any of the other group shots. :)


The guest of honor had so many kind and touching words said about her and her life the day of her party.

Storyland and Playland Birthday Adventure {Fresno, CA. Children's Birthday Event Coverage}

I am usually busy this time of year but have been especially busy this year, which I am always thankful for!! Lately, I have been doing a lot of event coverage (which you will see as I get caught up with all my editing). This was such a wonderful, fun, and relaxing birthday party for these amazing siblings!! I was lucky enough to photograph this family a couple of months ago and was super excited to get to see them again for the kiddo's birthday party. Mom and Dad did a great job planning such a fun party and through my camera lens I saw nothing but happiness from their guests and their three beautiful children. Thank you again to this wonderful family for allowing me to photograph such wonderful memories and I look forward to seeing all of you again soon!! ~Many hugs to all of you!