P H O T O S

I tend to think Summer Sunsets are my favorite

but these past few years I've look backed through

my photos and noticed my November/December

ones have been truly spectacular. I'm now thinking

Winter Sunsets are the way to go.

I truly have a passion for sunset shots

and it brings me a lot of joy being outside

and watching the sun go down.. it's very

symbolic and refreshing to me.

I have a Canon Rebel t3i and I love it.

I have 3 different lenses..

10-20mm ultra wide angle - real estate and wide scenery

18-55mm - portraits/light weight walk around lens 

 (i use this one the least)

and 55-250mm I love this one for zooming in

up close and getting great detail shots from 

far away.

Here is some of my recent sunset shots

that I edit in Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CS6.

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My Work Friends

Over the past year and a half I've had to opportunity to meet and become friends with some people I do business with! It truly is another world I never knew existed but I am so glad I found. 

In having my own photography business since May 2012, I've grown so much as a person, business woman and friend. With in that time I've become close with some great people that I otherwise would have never met! 

And we sure have a lot of fun together at 

all our OCAR Events that I get to Photograph!! 

Christy 

tracy & Abe

peter g. always looks out for me

and trys to help me network

gary, friend and fellow photographer

but thankfully not a full time one!

photographer i mean....

Shelly, my mama cheerleader

my buddy dan, aka danny zuko

my bestest friend tracy

sarah

joyce who has always helped and supported me

Lisa! we do bikram hot yoga together...

I am so blessed!! :-)

Life Lately

Wow, i feel like i just can't catch up anymore

life is busy with work and church and working out.

it just never ends. I don't want it to end up

but sometimes you just need a break. 

so glad we got to do that this weekend

with some friends from Idaho, 

Kevin & Gretchen

we went down the HB Pier 

enjoyed a stunning sunset

& ate at Rubys

The next day was hoping the beach would 

be warm.. but Laguna failed us.. it was

so windy and cold.. no sun :-(

we stayed about 1 hour, ate lunch

then headed back to our apartment pool

where it was much warmer!

aaron loves those chinese therapy massages..

we've gone to get massages twice this month 

already! we are in pain....

Aaron and Trigger napping... we find ourselves

here a lot..

                                      

Trigger and I running some work errands! 

it was about 100 in the car and 95 outside...

therefore the tongue is waaay out.

                                     

i love this little guy

with the weather being so nice in the evenings its

fun to go hiking or running nearby.

the aliso creek trail is a famous one for sure.

i find myself on it quite often.

the views to saddleback are great and i love

exploring back there.

the recent Super Moon.. it was way better

to see in real life!

 

I've found myself at the beach a lot

for work lately. I'm not complaining, trust me.

I have this awesome telephoto lens where

you can zoom in and see something a few

miles out. I spotted this ship in 

San Clemente one day!

another great shot from a Dana Point job I had.

I seriously love my job.

and I love my job so much that they even

put me on the cover of the magazine?!

I was soooo stoked! I'm front and center in the

purple shirt with my camera wrapped around

my neck. I have to say, in the 1 year i've had

my business... I never thought i'd make 

an impression so good as to get on 

their magazine. I must be doing something right.

YAY

Life has been great, just super busy.

I kinda like it that way though.

Things to look forward to:

4TH OF JULY

ARW PARTY @ HOUSE OF BLUES

5TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

ANNIVERSARY TRIP!!!

work lately...

Work has been insane lately!

I can't complain but i've been 

seriously busy lately! It's hard

to fit everything all in a day when 

I have so much to do and so many

places to be at. 

Real Estate Photography definitely has 

its ups and down, busy seasons, etc...

So I need to say YES to everything

that comes my way. 

below is a great pano shot of

a 1.5 million dollar listing in newport coast.

it was so much fun to take photos!

 I also am the 2013 OCAR Photographer for 

all their events throughout the year.

I love interacting and networking with

every one, it's so much fun to get

paid to have fun!

here's me and my friend Peter chauffeuring 

me around the Tijeras Creek Golf Course

in RSM as I take pictures for

a golf tournament. We had a blast!

He only has a drivers license from 

disneyland.. so it was a bumpy ride!

One very cool thing that happened out of

the blue was being able to photograph

a 1 year anniversary event at an escrow

company in aliso viejo. They hired

Joe Youkhan from The Food Network,

he has his own food truck based in Trabuco 

Canyon.. The Tasting Spoon. It was

great to meet him and get a pic with him.

He's going to be on the show CHOPPED

in the fall competing. Honestly, you

never know how things will work out

with the people you meet from work.

So this one was a cool one!

delicious food he made!