This picture makes me smile, oh wait, this one too...

So for the second time in baby C's life, he got the opportunity to meet me.  That kid is cute... but what's even cuter? His parents! Wow, I was teasing them about how affectionate they were.  I hope they didn't take it the wrong way, but they were so in love with each other, its like his heart skipped a beat every time he looked at her.  Just a super sweet couple, with an adorable, very well loved son.  Here are a few previews of my personal faves from the session...

They were picture perfect... This session was done in Riverside, near the Norco border... For some reason, the Channel Seven News was there.  It was pretty odd to see a news van in the middle of the dusty parking lot! All in all a really cool location...

Love this image.... Its similar to one I took in a newborn session with this family... I think this could be our signature pose! Cute! He was just peeking through, and I happened to catch a great "what are you looking at?" expression.

Ahhh... I don't know what to say about this image- but for some reason, for me, its an exhaling kind of picture.  I really love the simplicity, the naturalness of it.  Its as if I stole a moment... This shot inspires me to take it to the next level with this same kind of shot.. Just thinking out loud here, but yes... this image makes me smile, too.

On today's to do list...

Wow, its already past four, and NOW I have decided to do what is on my to do list... smart, right? Well, I have to go to the bank, clean up the house, go pick up something off Craigslist for my mom, then go return the 25 pound kettleball for a ten pound one, come home, make dinner, and put the clothes away.  This can all be done before six, right?

Talk about a neglected blog...

If I am going to be successful at this blogging thing, I think I need to imagine two people sitting around in their pajamas, while battling unruly children fighting about who is going to tell on who first for talking to the King of Flopshwies, and enjoying a cuppa coffee with their favorite yummy (overpriced & bad for you) coffee creamer and reading my blog.  I think the blog in order to thrive... has to change.  You see my pictures on Facebook, but for a more personal look inside my head (I highly recommend calling Hazmat, or perhaps if you are cheap,ahem,frugal like me, you could always cover your air passages with your tee shirt, a SARS mask, hell, even a coffee filter will work)... So... lets get to it.  My blog will not only be a place for pictures and logos, and stuff I create... it will be for what makes me really me... the idle ramblings of Donella. 


Now, where did I put that muse?

its in the eyes...

Yesterday I had a fun family shoot set up with a lovely mama and her two littles.  Just turning two, this little beauty was really fun to capture.  She has the most beautiful eyes! We had some fun at my favorite brick wall location near downtown Riverside.  On a sad side note, I was told a few weeks ago that the wall was soon to be painted!! OMG! Where will I find another as rad as this one? Sigh.  Anyway, one quick image to share. 

Round II: ABC Project...

I is for Information... Its everywhere today.  I can't seem to get away from it! From internet access on phones, to instant messaging- email, text, phone calls, wi-fi...

This was taken at my trade show this weekend, its my daughter and her BFF, her Motorola Intensity.  Now her phone is pretty rad, but it doesn't have Facebook on it.  And, for the record, my daughter has informed me that this isn't what Facebook on a phone looks like... she would know.  To acheive this- all I did was blur the original text message from the screen (which said, in case you were wondering "so its really not worth it then, is it?"), took a screenshot from her Facebook page, and control + T to transform the image... If you want to keep the image in perspective, hold down alt+shift at the same time, but for this one, I needed it to fit into the screen, so I just held down the control button.  With this, you can get your layer right where you need it... So after placing the screenshot just where I thought it looked right, I adjusted the opacity to about 30% and applied an inset bevel effect.  Flattened the image, and voila. 

Thanks Kayleigh for constantly texting so I could grab this shot.