We are alive. In case you were wondering. Busy would be an understatement. Most nights I’ve been awake until at least 2am working, because that’s when it’s quiet around here. And uninterrupted. And peaceful. My days are full of 6-7am wake up calls, making up songs about just about everything, rolling around on the floor,…

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Long before Issa was born I had considered cloth diapering. I’m a sucker for saving money. I’m also a fan of saving the planet. Also I saw a diaper someone had left in the parking lot of Babies R Us that had been run over and spilled all it’s contents all over. Whatever chemical is…

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The saddest part of my job as a photographer is when a client only orders a few small format prints from their session. In my head I hear the wha-wha sound. I feel like a failure as a photographer. Images are meant to be shared, large, or in a book or someway other than a…

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Summer is slow season around here as far as photography goes (who wants to take photos in 100+ degrees?) but with Issa I’ve been keeping quite busy. There are good days and there are bad days and lately I’ve been focused much more on the bad days. I think what I’ve been trying to do…

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There are a few things I get really excited about… Trader Joe’s coming to Houston, a Whole Foods being built within walking distance from my home, giant sprinklers. Today on the rare occasion that I was in my car commuting at 6:00am I heard some of the most excellent news I’ve heard in a long…

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I’m officially old. I have a friend/friend’s daughter who comes to watch Issa once a week so I can get some uninterrupted work hours in. I told her I’d be heading to my 10 year high school reunion and she said she didn’t believe me. Thanks for that Holly. Your disbelief in my elderly reality…

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I come from a very talented and creative family. They never cease to impress and amaze me with their individual skills and ability to create. My dad is a wiz with cars and does body work plus he can pretty much build or fix anything. My step dad is a medical illustrator. My brother is…

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I remember being very young at the Italian festival in Buffalo, NY (where my parents are from) and someone gave my dad a cigar to celebrate a baby’s birth. I don’t remember who’s birth they were celebrating, but this stuck in my mind. So from pretty much the day we found out we were pregnant…

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Working in the photography industry over the years has produced many friends in the industry. These are friends I hold very dear to my heart. We build each other up, bounce business ideas off each other, strengthen each other and photograph each others’ families. We share an art form and I think in some ways…

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…sung to the tune of Where Have All the Cowboys Gone, by Paula Cole…”where is my John Wayne, where is my prairie song, where is my happy ending, where have all the cowboys gone”. I digress. Oddly enough there is a line in that song, “I will raise the children if you pay all the…

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