Sisters!

It's the dead of winter here in Bellingham which means I'm not doing much shooting lately, but I did have some fun a couple of weeks ago with Danielle and Suzana, a set of sassy sisters who were willing to brave the cool temperatures for a photo shoot together while Suzana was home from Arizona for a family visit. We met at Boulevard Park on a bright but chilly morning, and while we didn't last long, we got some pretty darn cute shots of the girls and I'm  very much looking forward to seeing them again with their whole family this summer!

Can You Say 'Lollipop'?

Never one to abide by the rules, I've long encouraged the kids I work with to drop the 'cheese' while doing group photos and say 'lollipop!' instead... let's face it, when you say 'cheese' you get CHEESE, and besides, lollipops are a lot more fun (until you're an adult anyway - imagine the confused looks I might get if I encouraged everyone to say 'Jalapeño Gouda!")

Most parents have some form of bribery tucked up their sleeve when they arrive at a shoot so I thought, why not take the pressure off the parents and bring along my own bag of tricks? And what better than for my tricks to be in the form of  LOLLIPOPS! After about six weeks on back order, my shipment of these colorful little treats arrived last week. Yesterday I borrowed my neighbor Hannah  so I could share the news with you. Now I'm looking forward to business picking up again so I can see how my ploy works! 

ps: I promise I will always ask permission from parents before mentioning the presence of lollipops : )

Welcome to the World, Jasper!

Just one week after I'd visited the home of Catriona, Chris and Ruby came their sweet baby boy, Jasper Ian. I returned a few weeks later to find one nap-refusing two-year old, one banished-from-the-house cat, two visibly exhausted parents and one very mellow newborn. Sounds about right, no? I had such fun documenting this family loving on their new addition and just as much fun editing the resulting images. It's not often that I am compelled to create the majority of photos from one shoot in both color and black & white but this shoot worked beautifully in both. Perhaps I will share them side by side on in a Facebook album and let you decide which you prefer! Until then... enjoy!