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Such a great image! I processed it with a free action {magical sunset} from the wonderful CoffeeShop Blog.  Mom's idea, she wanted the score board in the shot.  I thought it would be cool to add a score! Congrats class of 2012! 

Downtown Riverside... 

Inspired from a recent pin on Pinterest! Have you heard of Pinterest? If not, hurry over and start being  inspired..!! 

Downtown Riverside

This picture is just what I saw it to be... again, I pinned a similar idea on Pinterest, and tweaked it.  Love the result.

Christie and Hayden, thank you for asking me out to take your senior pictures.  I had a lot of fun!

{xoxo}

got tattoo?

I know this really awesome girl, who happens to be an amazing artist, who also happens to be a bad ass tattooist! Her name is Julie, and she is the owner of Another Twilight Fantasy in Riverside, CA.  Julie has tattooed me several times- I can't see myself going anywhere else.  I love her work so much, I had my mom, my little brother and my little sister get tattooed by her! 

I was super stoked when Julie asked me to help her out on a project that she is working on... She is putting together a book of her art.  She sent me her models and I did what I could to represent.  

Julie told me she hates to have her picture taken... I can understand, its not my favorite either.  I think I managed some awesome shots of her- and I hope she approves of them.  

Julie working on a new tattoo 

can't go wrong @ the tracks.

tracing paper beginnings... my tattoo is there, can you guess which one I just got?

close up

Maria

Maria

Michelle, I LOOOOOVE the color!

Jordan

Jordan

Jordan

Crystal

Crystal

Tyler

Tyler

Ashley

Ashley

Ashley

Thank you, Julie, for inviting me to be a part of something that means so much to you... Thank you to all the participants!! You were all cool and fun to shoot, and I am glad to have made your acquaintance.  I can't wait to see the finished product!

{xoxo}

amazing senior from Ramona HS, meet....

I was so happy to take Celina's senior pictures.  I have known her for about two years, met her at the park where my boys and her brother play ball.  She's a neat kid, with a genuinely good heart and lots of spunk... We met at the first location that I was really excited about... But.... can you say FAIL? Yea, epic fail.  It was a flower field, but once we walked in the flowers were so so so low to the ground that unless Celina and I were tiny sized, it just wasn't going to work... so instead of wasting too much time, and precious light, we headed off to our second location... 

Open fields, under construction (insert SAD face here) but for now a really great location... 

 I love all the faces that she makes! So freaking perfect!

 Prob my favorite! She's amazing.

I didn't know Celina when she was a little girl, but for some reason this last picture reminds me of when she was a little girl.  Its just so innocent.

After we finished up here, we headed just down the way to Downtown Riverside.  Its super close to my home and really one of my favorite places to shoot... The time of the day was perfect, so we got great lighting... 

yea, work it! 

Had such a great time with you Celina...! Thank you for asking me to do your senior pictures.  I hope you love them as much as I.  Wishing you the best of luck in the future, lots of peace, love, happiness and success!

Deuces!

{xoxo}

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So there is this girl I know.  She’s really cool.  She’s got a really rad style, beautiful eyes, awesome kids, a really amazing sense of self.  She has an open heart, an amazing spirit, and an unbelievably wonderful soul.  Maybe I want to be her when I grow up… ha ha.  I know, I am already grown, but really… you might want to be her too if you met her.

Anne-Michelle of Addison Park Photography, and I have been friends for a little over 5 years now.  We met through a pregnancy forum when we were both pregnant,  When I met her online, I already knew that I would like her… The first time I met her in person was at a mommy meet up group.  We just clicked… Ever since then, even though our lives and their busyness keeps us apart, I know she’s always just a phone call away.  And, no matter how much physical time we spend apart, the minute we are together, its just like its supposed to be….like no time has passed at all, and we can pick up just where we left off.

Do you have friends like that? I have a handful of friends like that… And I love and cherish each very much.  As I get older, I sometimes realize how lucky I am in the friends department.  Without my friends my life would be a lot less fulfilling….

After talking about it for-EVAH, we finally made it happen! Yesterday, we went to downtown Riverside and had some fun with our cameras.  Have fun with these images, and for more great pictures, please see my portfolio, @ ‘Ella B Photography.

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Its "I Heart Faces" time, again!

Its scenic black and whites @ I heart faces this week.  From a recent family session of mine, downtown Riverside… Urban scenic- does that count?

Head on over to I Heart Faces this week, there are several ahhh-mazing images!

The boys!

Seriously... I look at the calendar and am just in awe that its already the end of July.  Where has summer gone? My kids will start back in about a month.  I know that seems like a while, but if you know me, you know that I am super duper attatched to my kids... This year, back to school will be particulary hard.  All three of my littles will be in school, and its my baby's first year!

Yesterday was a pretty mild weather day, especially for being summer & Riverside.  Instead of being cooped up in the house, I decided to take my boys downtown for a little mini photo session.  These are a few of my superfavoriteloveshots of the session.

Here is my little tough guy, Johnny.  He looks so grown up, and ahem, if I do say so myself so BUFF! Now, really, its probably because he is holding his arms that way, but he really likes this image of himself- cause he's got "ninja muscles" Maybe this is the photo that I could use for his Senior page, when the time comes?

Again, the crazy lady laying on the ground to get this shot in front of City Hall.  I love the angle here, and the lighting was really good, too! I love how soft (without being washed out) this image feels.  His eyes are perfect!

Jace hamming it up in the alley.  One of the many cool alleys I found to peruse while walking in Downtown.
 

This was taken right outside of City Hall, there are a lot of fountains that just called out to my boys.  I love this image for so many reasons... I love the reflection of light to his face off the water most of all.

Johnny & Jace can't keep a straight face for anything!!! I had them sit down in front of City Hall for this shot.  I am sure patrons doing business wondered what this mad woman with a camera was doing laying down to get this shot.  Oh well, I say WORTH IT!