First Christmas
This will be Marley’s first Christmas! I took some snaps of Marley in utero (he he) and then when she was a newborn. She is so adorable and is just now pulling herself up to stand! Kat says she was a little fussy today. I guess she was napping and hadn’t really woken up yet [...]
Proud Mama
At the end of July I did a photos for Christopher. He’s an actor and attends LACHSA. A really great kid. His mom is too. We work together. I’ve know Rebecca for a very long time. She’s the “tell it like it is” type, no BS. Fun and funny too. We get along just fine. [...]
Happy Holidays from Fox Music!
So, as I’ve posted here and here and here before I pretty much took it upon myself to create an e-card for the music department every year. Last years was really cool. I rented a tilt shift lens and Emily painted posters to create a stadium card trick. It came out really nice and everyone [...]
Same Time Different Year
Around this time last year Elaine got married. I went to her wedding at Casa del Mar literally right after I got off the plane from Chicago on my Oprah trip. I had taken some engagement photos of Elaine and Chris last June. A memorable day not only because I got to spend a great [...]
Kindle Kindle Kindle!
I finally got my book Sweet Things on Amazon Kindle! Dang, it was easier than I thought but it took a while to get there. So in June I put my book on iPad as discussed here. In September it was featured in the cooking section! It took a long time to figure out how [...]
That Time Again
It’s that time again! The holidays are encroaching! Today was the Fox Holiday card shoot. A lot of work and a lot of fun! Wewere super lucky to get to shoot on the Newman Scoring Stage. So iconic and historic. You could feel the history in the room. It was set up for a session so we [...]
Arbus-esque
This keeps happening at work. Two people show up with the exact same outfit on. We’re now keeping a record of it. We used the Diane Arbus photo of the identical twins as inspiration. More to come?
Greg & Stef’s Wedding
I was honored that Greg asked if I could “snap some pics” at his wedding to Stefi. Of course I said, “of course”! I’ve been saying over and over that I’ve been super busy lately - but I made time for this. Luckily I had a tiny window in my work that would allow for a [...]
Charlie’s Angels?
OK, so Marissa looks very much like Annie Ilonzeh, one of the actresses in the new Charlie’s Angels TV series. Emily pointed it out when we were driving down the street one day. I think Emily looks very similar to Minka Kelly so I thought…we should recreate that picture! We just needed a blonde to [...]
Posterino
A few months back I downloaded my first MacBook app from the App Store. I didn’t even know I could do that but one day I found a new icon on my dock that said “App Store” and lo and behold I could now buy more software for my computer! Very convenient. I don’t know [...]
Storytellers
I was honored to be invited to the Long Beach Searches for the Greatest Storyteller in the 562. It was a story telling competition. Each person had 5 minutes to get up in front of the audience and tell a story. Any story. At this event there were 8 storytellers. All of [...]
Featured!
I should have posted this last week but I’ve had a pretty bad ear ache and it’s taken me a while to get it together. Anyhoo, I’m on it now! Last week the iTunes email featured a spotlight on Cooking and a link to dessert books. So, naturally I clicked on it as well, you [...]
One Year
This year was better than last year for me. Last year was a tough year. On all fronts. This year has not been without it’s serious stresses but I’ll live. Summer was pregnant last year and now we are celebrating the one year birthday of her daughter Nora. Nora is simply adorable. Sweet and girlish [...]
Birthday Mirthday
Yup, it was my birthday. I had a good one this year – mostly. First, Didi had to go to the vet. Partially for her annual checkup but in the past month she got tons of scabby bumps all over her body. She also has Feline Herpes (which she probably got as a kitten) and [...]
Video: Love Is
I shot this quite a while ago when Eleanor was here for an ASCAP event. I kind of forced some of the shoot but wanted to experiment with shooting video. It’s much different than shooting stills. Especially with the Canon 5D mkii. It’s hard to hold the camera steady if doing handheld, it’s hard to [...]
Didi Didi Bo Bidi
Banana Fanna Fo Fidi, Didi! Oh she’s my girl. My little baby girl. I love her so much I can’t stand it. She loves to play and interact face to face and she has a lot of energy. Yes, she’ll sleep, like a cat does, for hours on end but she has a lot of [...]
Nags Head
Well I’m working late and am finally getting the time to talk about my trip (a report is running so that’s why I’m not actually “working” at this moment). Anyhoo, I went to Nags Head, North Carolina for a week. Stayed in The Beach House. Finally. My parents bought this house in the 80′s and [...]
Fig Cake
So I’m back from my trip. Before I can settle down and get back to work I had to bake something. Went to the farmer’s market today and the Figs were outrageous. So beautiful! Peaches too. And tomatoes. And avocados. I can’t believe how lucky we are here in California to have such a bounty [...]
Marshmallow Bars
I’ve been in Nags Head, NC with the fam this week. I got an itchin’ to bake. Yeah I know it’s the beach and it’s hot and there’s sand everywhere but I gotta bake something anyway. It’s relaxing for me….. I took an 11 mile bike ride this morning. On the way back I stopped [...]
Headshot
Becky asked me if I’d like to take some headshots of her son Chris. He’s an actor and attends a performing arts high school. I’ve met Chris before but hadn’t seen him for years. I think he was like 9 years old when I saw him last. Well he turned 15 on Sunday, so it’s [...]
Almost
Janet is almost there! Still preggy after all these years. Well at least months, weeks and days. Still hanging in there! She’s absolutley gorgeous. Really. Now that she’s relaxed and knows she will have two healthy children she is positively glowing. I had put on my calendar that tomorrow would be the day she would [...]
I Wish I Knew More
Yeah I have a camera and a fancy computer and big ole monitor and stuff and I take pictures but I wish I knew more. Color settings? I have no idea. I got an X-Rite Eye-One Diplay LT monitor calibration tool and calibrated my monitor. I then edited a ton a photos. It reminded me to [...]
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