Gina Wheeler Photography

Brianna. . .

2011-11-30T20:27:00.000-08:00

Miss Nicole. . .

2011-11-04T22:09:00.000-07:00

My Little Trip to Oregon . . .

2011-09-28T01:21:00.000-07:00

Mike and Sharon - Married! {Rancho Cucamonga Wedding Photographer}

2011-09-23T18:15:00.000-07:00

Downtown with Emilio - {Rancho Cucamonga, CA Portrait Photographer}

2011-09-18T23:50:00.000-07:00

Baby Danny {Rancho Cucamonga Portrait Photographer}

2011-04-04T11:14:00.000-07:00

This is another little guy I shot a while back. Danny is one of the most handsome baby's I've photographed. Tamara and Mark, you guys make some seriously good looking kids!!! Can't wait for our next shoot!!

Sebastian {Rancho Cucamonga Portrait Photographer}

2011-03-31T13:42:00.000-07:00

Meet Sebastian. I shot this little guy a while back, and while he was more interested in everything but me, we managed to get some good shots of him nonetheless.

My favorite shot of the day! It just screams "little boy" to me and I love that.

So much for New Year's Resolutions. . .

2011-02-28T16:32:00.000-08:00

Instead of having a new years resolution to blog more, perhaps I should have made a resolution to not procrastinate. I'll have to project on actually accomplishing goals I set for myself. Since it's been so long and Christmas has long passed, I've decided to share just a couple of my favorites from some Christmasfamily portraits I did. I'll also be sharing a romantic,"naturesque", engagement shoot.

I had the pleasure of shooting the Hyder family portraits as a gift to their mom and dad!

Melissa has officially named me her "family photographer". I couldn't be any happier! Melissa, her boyfriend Mike, and their son Emilio:
Brothers & Sisters:

And just because he's so damn cute:

I wish I could post more, maybe this'll teach me to stop procrastinating! :)

Now on to probably one of my most favorite shoots ever. I love the location and I couldn't have asked for a better couple. Emily & Donny were so relaxed and up for anything I asked them to do. They're high school sweethearts and truly in love with one another. We decided to meet up at the Padua Trail in Claremont.

<3 Emily & Donny <3

Candid always works for me:

A favorite:

Another favorite:

Favorite of the day:

Um yeah . . I was going to say "another favorite", but it's really hard to say. I had ALOT of favorites:
The End:

Coming soon!!

2010-12-30T22:37:00.000-08:00

New Years Resolution. . . . Post more often and preferably closer to the actual time of the shoot!!

In the meantime. . . A sneak peek of what's to come!!

Happy New Year everyone!!!

Just Because

2010-11-05T16:28:00.000-07:00

. . . I love her to pieces!!!

Happy Friday Everyone!!

Amanda & Kelly Married!

2010-11-03T23:50:00.000-07:00

Amanda and Kelly were married on 10.10.10 at the Cafe Harvard Square in Claremont, CA. It was a very cool little place, with an amazing salon upstairs where Amanda got ready!! Amanda and Kelly. . . . You guys are so totally amazing!!
Amanda gettin' ready:

The girly fun stuff:

Gorgeous:

Definitely a fave:

Excited and ready to be married:

I'm infatuated with this little series:

You may kiss your bride:

Married:

I heart me some laughter and apparently Kelly's good at getting Amanda to laugh:

Probably my favorite shot of the day. There are a few. Amanda!! You are gorgeous and you and Kelly make a perfect couple:
This girl knew how to work the camera. Another favorite:
Kelly knew what he was doing too:

Yummy cupcakes:

A couple favorites of the first dance:

Cup"cake" cutting time:

And goodnight:

Until next time. . . .

Tahmmie & Scott Married!!

2010-11-02T00:01:00.000-07:00

I can not believe how fast time has flown by. It has been a long while since I have posted anything. I've shot lots of things since the last post and even moved!!

Back on October 2, I had the pleasure of shooting Tahmmie & Scott's Wedding. They were a lot of fun and I am so happy that I got to be a part of their awesome day!!

They had their ceremony and reception both held at Mountain Meadows Golf Course, in Pomona, California.

What started off as a little drizzly ended up being a beautiful day for a wedding!!

It just so happened that the fair was going on. You can just see the ferris wheel:

The groom all ready to be married!!:

Meanwhile, the bride was still tucked away getting ready:

Details, Details:

Married:

Probably one of my fav's of the day. What I love most about this is that they had no idea I was there. It was an intimate moment:

We wondered around the course and ended up with these:

Mmmm. . . Cake:

And. . The Happily Ever After:

Until next time . . . .

The Pine Boys

2010-08-24T15:18:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks back I shot Tamara & Mark's three boys, Luke, Logan, and the newest edition of the family, baby Danny. It's always exciting when kids are willing and even eager to have their pictures taken. They all had personalities of their own and I had a blast capturing it!!

Love that they're starting him young!!! Good job Tamara & Mark:

The face to go with those little Angel feet:

Danny wasn't really interested in me at all so we had dad get involved. It worked out well:

A couple more of the little guy:

All three of the boys together. What great lookin' kids huh?:

Luke is the oldest:

Then there's Logan. Really sweet and quite active. Haha:

A couple of Luke and Logan together

Love everything about this shot and that sweet little face:

We ended back up at their house and while we were talking, the boys decided to play video games. I couldn't help but turn my camera back on and snap a shot of it. I also couldn't resist the little furry face I'm going to end this post with:

Tamara and Mark, you guys have a beautiful family and I really enjoyed my time with you guys and your boys!!

I'm back

2010-08-18T00:47:00.000-07:00

I'm not going to even attempt to bore you with excuses as to why I haven't blogged, well let's just say, in a while. I've had a very busy August, with no slowing down yet. I love it!!

It's been so long, that this next post was supposed to go up at the END of July, even though it was from the beginning of July. Sad I know.

My niece's son celebrated his second birthday, along with my sister whose birthday we also celebrated that day. Cake and ice cream and more cake, oh my! It was a lot of fun hanging out with the family and doing what I love most, taking pictures!! The kids we entertained with a water slide/bouncer and tons of fun in the sun. And did I mention cake?

This is Taylor. My nieces oldest. Just watching her made me tired:

It was a little too much for Michael to be out in the hot sun and in the pool with the bigger kids, so he opted to stay inside most of the time. Just look at this face!! Too cute:

I'm not sure what it is about this picture, but it just says summer to me:

Oh man, watch out for this one. I have a feeling he's going to break a lot of hearts:

All that running around, even he needed to take a little break:

Love this of Taylor!! Laughter is one of my favorite things:

This is what you call summer in the high desert:

Two birthdays. . . Two cakes. This is little Michael's cake:

Angel's (my sisters) cake:

By the time it was time to bring out the cake and let Michael have his way with it, he was beyond ready for his nap. Just look at this poor little face:

It didn't really take too much to wake up enough to have some of the Elmo cake:

Angel opening her gift. With a little help from her grand daughter of course:

Michael trying on his helmet for the bike he got:

He sure does love his mommy:

Papa cracking him up. Again, love the laughter:

My niece and her fiance's other children. Furry ones:

And my boyfriends personal favorite, Betty. He loves her short nubby little legs:

It happened to be 4th of July weekend, so I figured this just fits.
It was my first trip to Bass Pro Shop:

Be sure to check back often!! A cute family portrait session is coming soon:

Well it's about time. . .

2010-07-22T16:40:00.000-07:00

I got to thinking a couple of days ago about how when I first started this blog it was to showcase my photography. I wanted to share with friends, family, and people who were looking to hire me, my work. However, I also wanted to give a little insight into my personal life. My experiences, and opinions, and things of that nature. I have not been great with the personal stuff. After all, I have never even featured my one and only - Bailey!!

What a bad mama!! How could I not share the cuteness of her face and the oh-so-much personality my little furry love is just overflowing with? Because of my neglect, I am not going to lie, there may be quite a few images on this post. Not just because she is so damn adorable, but also because I feel like a real bad mom!

The face of an angel (hmmm. . .contemplating on whether or not I used the right word:

Notice her ears back? This is after she has just gotten done tearing ass throughout the house. Perhaps angel wasn't quite the best way to describe her:

Believe it or not. . . she is a GREAT little model for me when she wants to be. I literally put the toy in her mouth and told her to stay. She's amazing:

Will work for biscuits:

I like to shoot as often as possible to help me constantly learn and get better, who better to help me with that than Bailey:

And done:

I also would just like to say that all too often I see stray dogs running around and it just breaks my heart. I literally cry when I see them. I wish all people could really appreciate and LOVE their pets like they were truly one of their own family members, because in all honestly, they really are!!!

PS - I love all animals and want the best for em!! Dogs just hold a REALLY special place in my heart!

The Gentile Family

2010-07-15T14:37:00.000-07:00

I am so excited about this post!! I was lucky enough to go and shoot an amazing and beautiful family last weekend. There is nothing I love more than documenting memories for people to cherish for a lifetime!!

Thanks SO much Nikki, Jim, James, Cody and Jordyn, I had such a blast!!

This is Jordyn. . . Isn't she a beauty!! She was a fan of those little balls and as a matter of fact those balls were a little life saver. You'll see why! :

She was very intrigued with walking on grass. . . ahhh the small things in life:

Big brother Cody!! & oh holy moly. . . his eyes are to die for. Not to mention his sweet personality:

And even bigger brother James. He was such a good sport and great in front of the camera:

The boys:

I love this:

And now for the girls:

Jordyn has this thing she does with her eyes. . . It was too cute:

What a gorgeous family:

I can't exactly pinpoint what it is about this picture. . .But I l.o.v.e. it:

One of my fav's of the day:

She's a just a little hard to resist. I love how she's reaching for daddy's hand:

We ended up taking it out into the neighborhood:

I decided that Jim and Nikki needed some of just them:

Another fav of the day:

They really are such a sweet couple:

I told the kids "adult" time was done and Cody was clearly happy about that:

Haha. . I love this. It looks likes she's contemplating how she's going to get across the street:

Obviously with help from mom and dad:

When I told the boys to go and razzle dad, they had NO problem with it:

I'll end this with a sweet shot of Nikki and Cody:

Again. . . Thank you guys!! You rocked!!

Bringin' Back The 80's. . .

2010-07-07T00:51:00.000-07:00

I was asked by a friend of mine if I would be up for shooting his brother's 40th surprise birthday party. Absolutely!!! And what's that you say friend? An 80's themed party? Oh hell yes!!! I was so totally stoked on the idea that I KNEW as soon as I found out it was 80's themed that I'd be shooting in the proper 80's attire.

Yours truly (taken w/ my iPhone):

This is going to be a pretty long post, so enjoy!!!

Just a couple detail shots:

Yvonne planned this GREAT party for her hubby's 40th Birthday. He had no idea what he was walking into. The kids all waited patiently as everybody was told to quiet down and get ready. Well they waited. Maybe patiently isn't the right word:

Now don't be fooled by the look on his face. He really was surprised and very happy to see everyone. I think at this point he just straight up had no idea what was going on. His son was the first person he saw:

A big hug for dad:

A quick change and John & Yvonne came out ready to party:

Some people dressed the part and some people didn't. Either way. . . it was a great time:

Brothers!! (Rick, John, & Todd):

John and his beautiful family:

More party goers:

Remember that little face? I shot Emilio's baptism a little while back. You can check out that here:

I love when I capture people laughing:

And now everyone's ready for their picture complete with a smile on their faces:

Emilio decided to take a break and get a breath of fresh air:

After this:

Came These:

And resulted in a lot of this:

How funny is the look on Emilio's face?? Bahaha. I love it!!:

I just want to share a few more of my favorites of the people there to help John celebrate:

This next little series is a fav. Too funny:

Cake Time:

I'm not sure how great of an idea it is to, hold a knife, take a shot, then cut the cake. But it makes for some great pictures:

Yvonne had put a slideshow together from the beginning of John's life until now. It was really sweet and funny:

They held hands throughout the whole thing. Well between the fist pumps and peace signs. Everybody was quite entertained:

It must have been a brotherly moment:

I'll end this looong post with the party towards the end of the night:

I absolutely adored this couple:

I love love:

Phew!! That definitely was a post!! I hope you all enjoyed!! I am so happy that I got to be the one to document John's special day and share it with him as well!! It was a great party!!!

Until next time all!!

Rita. . . Just Because!!

2010-06-25T01:54:00.000-07:00

Hey all!! It's been a while, but have I got a great shoot to share.

Rita contacted me a little over a month ago about doing some "just because" portraits of herself and her sweet and so cute, but not so well at listening pups!! Trust me, I felt Rita's pain. I have a sweet and so cute, not so well of a listener dog too. Oh and let's not forget stubborn. I love the crap outta her though!!

Anywho, I had a great time on this shoot and I am totally stoked on how everything turned out!!

Thanks Rita, Daisy and Gypsy! It was truly a pleasure getting to know you!!

We warmed up with just some shots of Rita:

Yes people, I am THAT funny:

And eventually Daisy and Gypsy joined in on some. I had NO idea how hard it was going to be not only to get two dogs in one spot, but to get them to LOOK at me. It was quite a challenge:

Uh huh. . . that's right. . . I got them to at least look towards me:

I just happened to capture this on her little 2 second "break":

A quick wardrobe and location change and we were well under way. Gypsy and Daisy didn't come along with us for these ones. Don't worry though, they'll turn up towards the end of this post:

One of my absolute fav's of the day:

Another fav of the day:

I told Rita to take a stroll in the water, but to watch for the waves:

We both didn't watch too well:

This is my FAVORITE of the day. I love every single thing about this shot:

I told you they'd be back. We ended the evening back at Rita's condo, where we got a warm welcome from this face:

And this one **smiles**:

Rita. . . You were fabulous. . . and you rocked it!!:

And stay tuned for my next post. An 80's themed 40th Birthday Party!!!:

All Things Bottles

2010-06-10T14:51:00.000-07:00

In my last post I touched briefly on Helendale, CA and how I had NO idea where it was nor had I ever heard of it before. Well after Dean's 90th birthday celebration, I was packing up my gear when my friend Toni started telling my boyfriend/assistant and I about a house with a yard full of bottles on hwy 66 that we just HAD to see on our way out!! Well that's funny, I thought, I for sure would have seen a yard FULL of bottles on our way in, but had no recollection of seeing anything of the sort. So I told her that we'd keep an eye out for it on the way out.

Crazy enough. . . Sure as she told us, there it was!! A yard decorated with bottle art!! It was amazing!! Immediately I told my boyfriend/assistant (haha. . . I'm sure he'll love me even more for that title), to PULL OVER. . ."oh my god, I gotta get my camera out, hurry hurry, pull over!!!". Yes. . . I was that dramatic about it!!

I walked up to the gate and began rapidly shooting everything I possibly could from behind a gate, until my boyfriend noticed the sign on the front of it. It had said something about "go ahead and come on in". Well "come on" I said!! So we slowly made our way in wondering if this was ok to do, even though the sign said to go ahead, there was no one around and here we were on someone's property. So we continued to walk around and "ooohhh" and "ahhhh" over the amazingness (yes, I just made up that word. . . Don't judge!!) of this place. All of a sudden out of the corner of my eye I see this man making his way out and headed towards us. I immediately begin freaking out. I don't know why, but it came natural. Little did I have to worry about. The man was SO nice and sat there and talked with us and told us the history of his place and how he had come to collect the bottles and everything else. Sadly I must say the thoughts going through my mind were "no one can hear us scream if that's what it comes down too". I am not proud of myself for thinking that, but let's be honest, this place reminded me of something out of the movie Wrong Turn!! I'm just sayin!! Clearly it didn't come down to that and the gentleman excused himself and told me to feel free to walk around and continue shooting!!

I give to you. . . The Bottle Yard!!

Hope you enjoyed!! Until next time!!!

Pure Frustration. . . And a post!!

2010-06-09T02:14:00.000-07:00

I need to vent. To whoever will listen, or in this case, read! While I'm waiting to have a custom blog made special for me, I am really trying my best to "customize" this one. It is not going as smoothly as I would like. I just seem to succeed at frustrating myself. Let me just say that I'm glad there are professionals out there who know exactly what they are doing!!

I'll just stick to photography!! Thank You!! Venting completed!!

Now. . . Finally. . . On to a new post!!

I was asked to go out and photograph Dean's 90th Birthday party out in Helendale, CA. My first thought was, "YES. . Of course" and my second, "Where the hell is Helendale" and "That's is California???". Well I found out that, yes, it certainly is in CA and I also found out what a GREAT guy Dean is and what a great family he had to share this special day with!!

Dean was a kind soul. He made me feel like I was part of the family and is a big fan of hugs:

Helendale folks:

A couple details:

Dean's great-GREAT grandson. Pretty cool huh:

Dean's grand daughter Toni. She was the one responsible for having me there. Thanks Toni!!!:

I just love this little series:

I love this because there are 5 generations here. Too cool:

He also had lots of other family to help him celebrate:

And friends:

And after some good eats:

It was a great day and I'm so glad I got to be there to photograph something so special!! Until next time!!

Where have I been?!

2010-06-02T00:42:00.000-07:00

It has definitely been a while since I've posted anything. It's not because I haven't wanted too!! Time just flies!! So fast!! I've got quite a few things getting ready to make their way on here, but while I'm getting it all together, I thought I'd share this picture with you internet.

I've been wanting to put this on here for quite some time. Let me start by saying that I am a HUGE lover of love!! I am that girl that goes to see all movies romantic, reads love stories, who's always oooh'ing and awww'ing at couples I see hand in hand or in sweet moments, just the sight of hearts and the word "love" spelled somewhere makes me happy, yes people. . .That is me!! I AM that girl!!

This is my grandma. She lost my grandpa years ago. And that man she is laying one on is her boyfriend Jerry. He lost his wife as well. My dad is the reason that they are together now. They have been together for a few years. Every time we have a family function Jerry makes sure to remind us all that between my grandma and himself, that they have over 90 years of marriage. It's that amazing!! While they will always love the ones they lost and while the ones they lost will always hold a special place in their hearts, they have found love again!! They are like 19 year old's all over again. They laugh together, they sit and hold hands together and they have a hard time keeping their hands off each other!!

Isn't love just grand? I sure think so!!

Simply Sophia

2010-04-30T00:26:00.000-07:00

I met Megan back in about November of last year. Back then she had a barely there baby bump. We continued to get to know each other over the next couple of months, and her barely there had become not so barely.

Fast forward to now. A couple weeks ago, I got to meet 7 week old Sophia. She was such a great little sport in her very first photo shoot.

Hope you all enjoy!!

Already so strong. . . Look at how ready and willing she was to accept me and my big ol camera:

It wasn't long before mom pulled this little gem out. Needless to say. . . I had a field day with this:

You can't really tell, because mom was hid really well, but Megan hid behind Sophia while holding her up. This is what came out of it:

Here we used the couch to hold her up:

OMG. . Does it get any cuter than this? And yes. . . I just said OMG and I'm ok with that. This is one of my fav's of the day:

Megan had the cutest little house in Orange. The window was ahhmazing and the light that came through the window. . . AHHHmazing:

Another fav of the day:

There's just something about her little feet flailing around, sticking out of that adorable pink tutu:

Pink. . . I LOVE YOU!! Enough said:

We were just about done, until I decided we needed to get a picture in front of a pretty sky painting that hung on their wall. I have to say. . I heart it!:

It's hard being a star! I'm pretty sure by this point, she was ready to eat and then nap:

Thank you SO much Megan for letting me capture sweet Sophia!!

Lovin' Liberty

2010-04-19T21:48:00.000-07:00

Where do I even start? Liberty is the little girl of my best friend of 13 years, Kristy!! To say that I am a proud Aunt is an understatement. Although, I may not be related in the traditional way to Kristy and Liberty, Kristy is like my sister and Liberty my niece. I l.o.v.e. this little girl to pieces! Unfortunately a bit of distance between us makes it not so easy for me to get to visit them as much as I'd like.

Liberty is fun, sassy, smart and beautiful!! I went to visit them this past Thursday and finally got there early enough to get to actually visit with her before she had to go to sleep. I'm sure she doesn't remember my big ol' camera being in her face when she was just days old, but she was like an old pro this time around.

Enjoy!!

Here are a couple of pictures of Liberty when she was just a wee little thing!!:

Here she is 1 year and 1 month later:

Just. look. at. this. face. This is also one of my fave's of the day:

She did make me work a little at catching her:

Mom finally got a hold of her for me. I love this little series. She is definitely a happy baby!!:

My ABSOLUTE favorite of THE day:

We headed inside to have some dinner, but did that stop aunt Gina from taking pictures?? Uhhhh NO:

And how can I possibly forget about Madison (aka Maddie)? You see, Maddie is Kristy's oldest girl. While she tolerates having Liberty around now, I have no doubts that she will learn to love her. Probably not until after Liberty stops pulling on her hair and ears and smacking her in the face. How I could I leave sweet Maddie out? =):

Emilio & Friends

2010-04-15T13:33:00.000-07:00

Last Sunday I had the pleasure of joining Emilio, and his family and friends, who were all gathered for this little guy's baptism! He was such a good boy and quite good at taking pictures!! I'll let the pictures do all the talking.

It was held at the Saint Clare of Assisi Church, in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. It was a sweet little church:

The adorable Emilio:

He was all decked out and ready for the big day:

Before long, we were under way. The pastor was quite the comedian:

Mom, dad and the godparents. Leslee (godmother) didn't know she would have to read out loud and was quite nervous, but she did a great job:

I love the way dad is looking at his son. He wanted to make sure he was hands on as well:

The little guy wasn't sure what to think about what was going on, but nonetheless, he was a great sport:

Leslee after her speaking debut! I told her what a wonderful job she did. You can just tell how relieved she is to be done with the whole public speaking thing:

While the services finished up, Emilio was quite the little gentleman and kept himself occupied:

And on to the portraits. . . Here are mom and dad:

Leslee and Chris (the godparents):

And the whole group together:

After the ceremony, the celebration continued at grandma and grandma's house. I mean just look how excited he is (haha):

A much happier face after he got into some more comfortable clothes and it was time to eat and a nap. . . Lucky guy:

The cake:

The rest of the time I wondered around and took pictures of family and fellow baby/child friends. Here are some of my fav's:

This is Carlie:

Carlie was HILARIOUS. . . Just look at this face:

Emilio was quite the ladies man. . haha:

Here are the proud godparents opening a gift from Emilio and his mom and dad . . . It was a sweet moment:

I'll end the post with this little one. When I first saw him, I knew I needed to snap off a few shots of him. His eyes were to die for. I not so patiently waited for him to finish his piece of cake. Ok ok, I kind of semi stalked the poor kid. Can you blame me?:

Thanks Mike, Melissa and Emilio for inviting me to be a part of this important day!!

Tis the season. . . for babies!! (Sneak Peek)

2010-04-13T16:04:00.000-07:00

It seems like I've been around a lot of little bittle babies lately. I have to say, this is the most I've ever shot of em. It's been a blast!! I've got two new posts coming shortly. A baptism for Emilio and a shoot of 7 week old Sophia.

A sneak peek for now!!

Emilio just before his baptism. Look at this little cutie. . . and those amazing eyebrows!!:

And sweet Sophia:

Stay tuned for the full posts on these two!

As Promised. . . A month ago!!!

2010-03-23T15:05:00.000-07:00

So a little over a month ago, I had mentioned something like, there would be more pics of little Luke soon. Clearly, that was not the case. On to the photos!! After all, they're more fun to look at than the words I type!! =o)

Here he is about 2 weeks old:

He was SO good while lying in a bowl (who'da thought):

Here's Luke with Mom:

And dad:

I love how he's looking right at Mom:

While Brindie's just a little jealous of the little guy, she still loves him:

Sweet moments with dad:

I just adore this beanie. . . Rock on Luke:

Per moms request:

And out for the day. . . Well at least a few minutes:

Baby Luke

2010-02-18T13:46:00.001-08:00

This post comes a little late since one of my good friends Candace gave birth to her baby boy, Luke, January 27. Better late than never, right?

As it's been 3 weeks already, I've already taken so many pictures of this little guy. More of those to come soon. For now, we'll start with the introduction of Luke!!

It was so sweet seeing grandpa hold his first grandchild:

I LOVED this beanie they had him in. . . Rock on Luke!! Haha:

Here's the proud Daddy with Luke while Candace was getting a well deserved rest:

A couple shots of the little guy:

Candace's mom and first time grandma:

Candace and Luke spending some time together:

I caught this of Randy and am totally in love with this picture. I think it says a lot:

Just a couple more fave's to end this post:

Stay tuned for more pics of this little guy!!

A Family Affair

2010-02-11T15:52:00.000-08:00

So I had some major plans for this blog. I wanted to post not only my images from shoots, but also some personal things as well. Throw out my thoughts and opinions on things. However, I have not been so good at it. . . At ALL!!

My goal is to change all that. I WILL be better at this blogging stuff. I will. I will!!!

So, with that being said the first post of the 2010 year is from a shoot I did with my cousin and her family!! I'd been wanting to set something up with her, but time would pass and I still hadn't gotten the chance to do the shoot. FINALLY. . . Just a couple of weeks ago. . . I got the chance.

We headed out to a park near their house and when I pointed in the direction of the swings, the only ones real excited about that were Nicole and Nolan. . . Haha. . . But I got them all on there and I'm glad I did, otherwise we wouldn't have gotten this fun picture:

A couple of the kids:

Once we got done with the swings, we just took off wondering about the park:

Meet Nolan!:

And his sister Nicole!! She's going to be quite the heart breaker:

We decided to let the kids go blow off some energy and I snagged some sweet images of my cousin Melissa and her husband Derek:

One of my fav's:

Melissa had mentioned how Nicole didn't get school photos taken this year, so I took them for her:

Ok ok. . . This was before we got to the park:

I love the feel of this picture. The trees, the color & how no one else is in it:

These two were quite the characters and FULL of energy:

And I'll end this with one last family shot:

Hope you enjoyed!!! Until next time!!

Cathy & Frank-Wedding

2009-10-27T13:34:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks back I shot the small and intimate wedding of Cathy & Frank. It was simple and perfect and I absolutely adored it!! The wedding and reception was held in the couples backyard. Just wait til you see it!! I couldn't believe how gorgeous it was. I have to say, Cathy & Frank were a couple of the sweetest people I have ever met and they did a superb job at making me feel like I'd known them for years!! I am so glad that I was the one to get to document their wedding day!

They had tables set up around the backyard where their guests would later enjoy some cocktails and delicious food:

They had little frogs everywhere so I thought why not use it in a nice detail shot of the rings:

I love how this next ring shot has a "classic" feel to it:

Cathy was a bit camera shy, but we got her past it and she came out looking beautiful:

Here is the groom looking dapper:

And how bout Bodie. . . He was also quite the looker:

Cathy's mother walked her down the aisle:

And they were one step closer to being Mr. & Mrs.:

What'd I say about their backyard. GORGEOUS!!:

A sweet moment. . . standing side by side:

Frank and Cathy each have two kids. They were becoming one beautiful family and were later referred to as "The Brady Bunch". They were led in prayer and I just love this shot I captured of the new brothers and sisters:

One last shot of the ceremony. I really like how the big trees add to this photo:

And. . . MARRIED!!!!:

This picture makes me happy:

They had the greatest family and they wanted a picture of all of them together:

A couple of detail shots and a couple more looks at the backyard:

Need I say more:

Details:

I love this shot of the cake. I like how the blue of the pool is so vibrant and the glow of the lights:

Cathy's mother was so spunky and sweet. She didn't catch me taking this shot of her, she did catch me later. I LOVE this shot:

A little first dance action:

The cutting of the cake:

And the happily ever after. . . .

Krystle and Ryan-Wedding

2009-10-13T17:40:00.000-07:00

Hi There and thanks for visiting my blog. Please be patient with me as I bring this thing to life.

What better way to start this blog than with a smokin' bride & groom and a super fab wedding. Krystle & Ryan were married a few weeks back at The Coco Palms. I am so stoked that they chose me to document their very special day!! And now, because my photos are so much more better than my words. . . I give you Krystle & Ryan!!

Krystle had two gorgeous dresses:

Prob one of my favs of the day:

The groom wasn't lookin' too shabby either huh:

So mafiaesque. . . Love it!!:

They had a kicka$$ mariachi band:

THE fav of the day:

The first dance:

CONGRATS again you guys!!!