to say that 2008 was a joy is an understatement. i can’t even begin to express my gratitude to all of my new and returning clients for allowing me the opportunity to document so many very special family moments.
wishing you joy and sweet memories this holiday season and always! 
please note: we will be closed for the holidays until Tuesday, Jan. 6th. all emails and voicemails will be returned after this date. thank you and have a safe and wonderful holiday!
if i gave an award for the most unique holiday session, this family would certainly win! for this musical family, this theme was perfect and so much fun to shoot! here are some of my favorites:
i think we have some future rockstars and models on our hands.. these girls can really sing and this little guy can sure shake it.. watch out LA! 
..is what makes my work so special. i photographed these beautiful babies at 4 weeks, 4 months, and here they are at 7 months.. a few of my favorites from our most recent session:
i have this problem with wrapping up a session quite often. i’ll just keep taking my camera back out of its bag, shooting here and there, after we’ve considered our session to be over. i can’t help it and this is why..
..i almost always capture an amazing moment within the last couple of photographs i take, after we’ve “finished.”
it’s been busy around here with plenty of 6-8 month old babies (my favorite!)
i met this little guy and his parents last weekend and they were so much fun to photograph. he was all smiles, just cracking himself up, as you can see…
thanks again for the opportunity to photograph your beautiful family; i hope you enjoy your sneak peak!
A few years ago, I met Barack Obama, twice… before there was even a whisper of him being President, before I knew his name. He came to my workplace at the time to speak (Chicago Children’s Museum), and I was sent to his, the Illinois Capitol, to take photographs. I have shaken his hand, heard him speak, and walked and talked with him and Michelle.
Instantly, I was moved. I felt their sincerity and I liked them, but more importantly, I trusted them. I saw two intelligent, thoughtful, beautiful individuals that had such clear potential and an incredible path to follow.
My instant and innate feeling was: This man will be our President someday… someday. He has to be…
Here’s to hope and moving forward, breaking ground and rising above… to a new President that will inspire us to tears. Until now, I didn’t think that was possible and I never considered that “someday” would arrive so soon.
there’s something about 6 month old babies that i can’t get enough of. i think it’s how they show so much personality and innocence at the same time. there’s so much joy.. yet they are just starting to become independent in the tiniest of ways.
i met this little guy on friday. walking into his home and meeting his parents was like reuniting with old friends. we talked for hours, literally, and there’s nothing else i would have rather done on a random friday afternoon.
this first photograph makes me so happy! while we were taking this, Austin stood there balancing on his own for record time (with his Dad standing just outside my frame of view).
