Turning [1]

Little Miss Madison is turning one and her mom was in need of some photos for her birthday party invitions... In comes Nina :) This was my first run at making a little makeshift studio set up. It was an interesting experience and I think it came out alright. I wanted to give them a little sneak peek at some of the shots... hope you guys like them!!!!

Lions and Tigers and Bears - Oh My!!

Thanks to my sister Joanna word got around that I was offering free shoots as a means of practice and through a chain of people I was connected with Michelle & Edgar who just happened to be looking for a photographer for their wedding. They are getting married in June and I am happy to say they will be my first bride and groom and I am honored to be trusted with photographing their special day :) On our first meeting we discussed engagement photos and they asked my thoughts about shooting with "live animals". Of course, I was thinking they wanted to take pictures with their dog or maybe a cat or two but they had other plans. It turns out that friends of theirs have a beautiful wildlife preserve in Homestead, FL (check them out at ) We headed down there and I had the amazing opportunity of shooting them with four beautiful tigers and one adorable (and very large) lion. They were wonderful animals and very professional models. :) I was amazed at how sweet and loving they all were. It really was an amazing experience. I have a lot of work to do on the photos but I couldn't help but post a few for a little sneak preview :) Hope you enjoy!!

Band Practice with [ellacassette]

I met Danny Tiger when I was in 8th grade and he was the new guy at school who was dating my best friend. We spent many nights as underage high school students with nothing to do hanging out at his mom's house listening to music or sitting around the hot tub. Not much has changed since then :) It's hard to believe we have known each other for so long... 10 years!! Wow we are getting old!! But even way back then I saw how talented he was and knew that if anyone was going to make me say "I knew him before he was famous" it was him :) So now he is in this awesome band called Ellacassette and they are pretty fantastic. I took these at their band practice a few nights ago. Also the first night with my new flash :) Hope you enjoy!!!!