Oh the Places To Go!!

One more hi-5 for 2010! So far it's looking like a big travel year, which is ALWAYS all right by me! First up this year is Seattle in April! Here's a few reasons to be excited about this city:

1) The birthplace of grunge [music]
2) Home to tv's hottest surgeons (Grey's Anatomy anyone?)
3) Hot vampires and werewolves roaming around a small little town by the name of Forks! (yeah, it's real people!)

Traveling, whether it be a couple hours away or 1,000 miles away is absolutely one of my favorite things in the universe! I can't even begin to tell you how psyched I get looking for plane tickets. Going to my usual ticket search engines, plugging in my dates and destinations, push "search"....then watch and hope in excitement as all the best deals are laid out right there on the screen for me. Love it! I do have to say though, one traveling fault I have is always, always over-packing. Seriously. No matter how much I try to save space/pack light, it just doesn't happen. I just always seem to fall victim of the "well, what if I need it?" mindset, hence me having to sit on my suitcase to zip it up. Oh well, at least I always have plenty of clothing options when I'm globe hopping. So while I've been ticket and activity hunting, I found these images that got me all inspired and excited!





*oops, how did that get in there? ;)

Clarissa’s XV Portrait Session

Right after Christmas I had the opportunity to shoot my first XV (Quinceañera) session. A little intimidated at first, due to the formal nature, I was so happy when she said she wanted some casual pictures done as well. Now we’re talkin’! I wanted her to have some unique formal portraits as well, but I have to say I was more revved up for her casual session, lol. She did great though for her formals, given the nerves and seeing as how it was freezing that day. Her casual session was done at my favorite graffiti wall which has a beautiful park right across the street with these amazing old trees that have tons of branches just laying on the ground, begging to be climbed and posed on, haha! Overall, we had 2 great days of shooting and I’m so glad she liked her pictures! Here are some of my favorites. Feliz Quince Años Clarissa!

Puppy Lovin'!

Happy 2010 everyone! Yes, I know it’s a little late, but hey, it’s still January and I think you’re able to say it all month right? Anyway, so far I have to say this year is off to a pretty okay start. I need to make a resolution list again. It’s actually kinda cool to scratch things off as the year goes on and see what you’re actually accomplishing. One big (well, little for “now”) beginning to the new year is my new puppy Ray! Lol, my little lady killer. Don’t be fooled by that innocent face with handsome gray eyes though. He’s still 1000% puppy, so that means if there’s trouble to be found, he’s probably already shredded it. I named Ray after the great Ray Charles. I don’t know, it just seemed to fit him for some reason. I tend to look to music/musicians/lyrics/etc. for a lot of inspiration both personally and creatively, so needless to say, I was pretty sure I’d find him a good name with all the greatness out there, and sure enough I did. So here’s a few of Ray in all his puppy glory. I’m sure he’ll be featured more as he continues to grow, but for now, here’s a few from his first photo shoot.