More portraits of my new nephew

Here are a few more of my nephew. Isn't he so cute? Just three weeks old. Also, I've been playing around with some new texture stuff, overlaying them on prints. It's nothing novel, just kind of fun. I'll post some of that stuff in the next day or two. I think the last one is sweet with my brother giving his little boy a kiss. Totally spontaneous photo. I love doing family portraits, but they mean even more when it's my family.

ROAD TRIP!

We survived our first road trip with Kian. We dusted off the old "Chalet," our home on wheels, hitched it up to the Subaru and headed off on a prayer. He was a rockstar in the car. Only on the last day (4 hrs from home) did he finally melt down and decide he'd had it. We drove to the beautiful Napa Valley to visit my brother and his wife and their brand new sweet little baby. I got tons of great images but I am worked. Here are a few sweet ones I thought I'd share. More to come as I recover from staying up too late. I love the sweet moments I captured between Amy and her baby. She has the glowing, adoring look of a new mom. I can't wait to share more later. The first ones are from a little place we camped on the way down. Killer lighting! You all know I love my backlight...Oh and those last two are totally unposed. The black and white one was taken on a boat on Lake Berryessa. I walked in to find Amy snuggling the little sleeping angel. Needless to say, I had the camera out and ready. Such a great image. For you Ames.

Simpsonized!

Taking a page from the brilliant Nate Kaiser of The Image is Found Photography, I decided to "Simpsonize" my little family. Here we are, Brad, Kian, and me--Simpson style. Fun stuff.
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Newberg High Class of 2008: Portrait of a senior

As promised, here is the stylish and handsome "C". He was a lot of fun to shoot, easy in front of the camera, great eye contact, great conversation. Did I mention that I love my job??? Not only is this guy cool, he is super smart, athletic, AND he sings. Ok, "C" you can stop being embarrassed now :). Anyways, I got a ton of great images from this shoot. The hard part was picking which ones to blog. So I chose at random. Here you go Cardwell Fam, your sneak peak. I have lots to post later in the week. Check it out...or miss out. Also coming soon: The Paparazzi Party debut. Leave me a message or email me if you want to know what it's all about. If not, keep checking the blog to be the first to find out.

Out on the P-town

My dear friend Danielle came up to visit this weekend from San Francisco. I've known her since I was 14 (She is one year and one day younger than me.) We had a great time catching up and relaxing. Although she works as an occupational therapist, she is an amazing artist and photographer. I was lucky to have her do a couple of family portraits with my camera. It was weird being on the other side of the lens for once. We went out Sat. night and ran into my cousin Tony who drives a Pedi-Cab. He gave us a little spin around the block. Total blast. Here are a couple pics shot with Danielle's little point and shoot as well as one of me and Kian in downtown Tigard that Danielle shot with my Nikon. I loved that funky wall. I have another senior session to post tomorrow. Check back and scope out the handsome and very stylish guy I got to shoot. Ok, later.