in the arms of a woman

My first newborn...ish. He's about 6 weeks old, but I am going to say that it still counts. He's only experienced one season so far and I've decided that's my barometer! I had such fun with him. I can't wait until he starts talking. His mother is British, but his father is from the states so I am incredibly curious whether he'll say "where's the water closet" with classic "Pittsburgh twang" mixed into upper crust English sophistication. He's no doubt going to be a heartbreaker. During this session I was very drawn to the emotion of his mother's hand on his back. I even added his father's hand to it for a few. I dedicated quite a few frames to this, but there was something so honest and nurturing in its simplicity. The beauty of his contentment was amazing. I had a good feeling about the shots, but not until I got home did I realize what a gift he had given my lens. All he understands is that he can just exist in the arms of his mother and his world is perfect. Part of me wants to keep him there forever.









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the great "AW" and a night of flashing people

With everything that's been going on recently I completely ran out of time to acknowledge the incredible Audrey Woulard whose photograph graced the cover of PPA last month. She is in my opinion the greatest contemporary children's photographer around. Based in Chicago, Audrey is in high demand and she could tell me to "get her a latte " anytime she wanted if I could watch her work. This entry is a combination of due praise to her as well as a practice evening with my new kick a** flash. (Santa was good to me and also placed a pretty sweet graphics tablet under the tree as well) No complaints. I now understand even more how incredibly gracious it was that my friend used to let me use his equipment when I didn't have my own yet. I won't let anyone come near mine! When a two year old grabbed my Canon last night I almost had a heart attack and put both of us in an immediate "time out! " (him to learn a lesson and me to calm my heart rate) hahahah

My naive attempt to recreate Ms. Woulard's November "Hangin Out" blog entry

Love the [Red] Campaign at GAP

For futher clarification of what I am talking about click on the green links and they will take you to some cool sights.

Happy New Year.

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what do you get when you fall in love ?

Actually it should be "What do you get when two beautiful people fall in love?" (I'm putting everything "P.C " aside at the moment and not recognizing beauty on the inside and the whole eye of the beholder stuff we say to make us regular people feel better) I'm talking about mixing a tall blond with incredible blue eyes and a tall redhead with a great smile. And the answer is....you tell me after checking out their incredibly gorgeous, well behaved and fantastic children. There will be more of these boys so keep checkin back.

I did absolutely nothing to his eyes! He's a little "Newman" if I ever saw one. Baby Gap Superstar!


He does cry, but even that is adorable and worthy of some photos.


Big Brother. He was not lovin his little bro the day I was there and so my assignment to get a pic with the two of them pretty much went out the window...but how could I be upset with a face like this? Plus, at 2 years old he can already identify Chile, Argentina, Brazil and pretty much any other country you'd like pointed out on a map. AND he pronounces them perfectly. What?!



My new thing is making my "littles" cry during their sessions. It's working for me pretty well and I'm realizing it doesn't take that much effort on my part. This day I just took his candy cane away. ( kidding) I adore this child. He calls me "miss julia" and I melt. Can I put in a special order for kids just like these two?



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liquid sunshine

This weekend I had the great pleasure of being asked to shoot the "Step out to Fight Diabetes" Walk in Richmond, VA. It was a blast and I was so honored to be a part of a cause that I care so much about. Funny enough it hasn't rained in Richmond for about 3 months, but upon my arrival it was pouring. As of 430 am Sat morning, yes I had to be up that early, it was still going and we were afraid that people might not show. But by 9 am throngs of Virginians, "ya'll" and all pummeled upon Monroe Park to take the 3 mile walk along historic Monument Ave (Or as us Yankees would say "the street with monuments to the losing team"). Everyone was pumped to raise money for such an awesome cause and I met so many wonderful people. Adding to the day was a great "Zoomba" workout to warm us all up and the fantastic Sabrina Squire from Channel 12 News helped keep everyone on their toes. Thanks for the fun ADA! "Ya'll are great"



It's never too late to give so check out their website for more info diabetes.org/stepout

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