. There’s nothing quite like a Military Homecoming to send your emotions into overdrive.  The anticipation, the overflowing pride, the pure joy.  I like to compare it to the excitement of Christmas morning multiplied by a billion.  It’s no wonder I love photographing these special occasions.  As the wife of a U.S. Marine, I […]

  The other day I was testing some lighting in my living room and of course my son wanted no part of being my model.  He used to LOVE my camera and he’d get really excited when I stuck it in his face.  Nowadays he just gives me a blank look, and turns away.  I […]

 .   Memorial Day weekend was extra special for me this year, as I was able to spend the following Tuesday photographing a homecoming at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center 29 Palms.  Elisha’s husband just finished up a tour in Afghanistan and he pretty much brought me to tears when I heard him say […]

  I’m super giddy to share this session with you all because I love showing off my family!  My little brother Javier is like a best friend to me (even though we’re 9 whole years apart) and I can’t believe he’s almost out of his teen years.  It seems like just yesterday I was changing his diapers, forcing him […]

  I just love Amy and Ricardo.  I know I say that about all of my clients, but there’s something so special about these two.  They share a kind of love that you can see twinkling in their eyes and hear in their laughter when they’re goofing around.  It’s a sweet love that was overflowing […]