cloudy afternoon

joey and i took bella to this great park we found close to the house. it was a tad cloudy, but i was still able to get a few good pix. sheck it out, meng! {that's supposed to be a heavy new-yorican accent}

in this first photo, isabella looks like she's thinking, "you and that camera...again?"





i love this one of my two favorite people staring out at the water. a certain someone is teething. can you guess who it is? i'll give you a clue. it's not joey. lol...

baby "s"

here are a few more of baby "s"...love her face!




i love the "halo" of light around her hair in this one...

the "a" family

joey, bella and i had the privilege of hanging out with the "a" family yesterday. we headed over to the beach for a little family shoot. i had a great time! baby "s" is adorable and i loved how during the shoot she'd look at me and say "up" wanting me to pick her up. she loves pulling on my heart strings. here are a few faves.







these were fun...





thanks pat and tim for allowing me to photograph your beautiful family.

top o' the mornin' to ya

woke up a little early this morning. at 7 to be exact. not by choice though. i went out to our little porch to take a breath of fresh air. the morning air feels great. of course i brought my camera with me and got this shot. i was practicing shooting in RAW. momma like.

enjoy the poem below, and i hope you have an amazing day. mine is already off to a good start.

if you look for good, you'll find good.
if you look for bad, you'll find bad.

in life, you always find what you look for.
only thing that matters is - what you choose to see.

- unknown –

gabriel

just playing with some photo-editing software i downloaded tonight. i need to practice for a family shoot i'm doing tomorrow.

this is gabriel from the brother's photo shoot i did last month.

heaven on earth

there's nothing i love more than nap time.

no!

what is bella's new favorite word? you guessed it. no! when i ask her if she wants to go with her dad she says no. when her dad asks her if she wants to go with me she says no. if i put her down on the floor she says no. maybe it wasn't such a good idea teaching her that word.

wednesday sunset

here are the rest of the pix taken wednesday night at the beach.

just a teaser

we went to the beach to watch the sun set tonight. i have a few favorite shots, but i won't get a chance to edit them tonight. technically this may not be the best photo, but i love it. here's a little teaser.

bella, bella

this is what you get when you make monkey sounds and dance around like a fool. look at those teeth.

yippidee!

i'm so excited! i got my new lens today! woo to the hoo! i've been waiting for the nikon 50mm f/1.8 lens for some time now. none of our local stores had it in stock, so i ordered it from pictureline.com on april 1 and it finally arrived today. i took a few pictures and can already see a difference. i love how it just makes your subject pop!

here are a few test pix i took today.




there will be more to come in the future!!

trip to orlando

we took a mini vacation to orlando this weekend. our main purpose was to get away from our routine and do something different. we spent the day at sea world on friday. then on saturday we just hung out by the pool and visited downtown disney to walk around. there were so many people in orlando this weekend! it was nuts! overall we had a blast and it was nice to get away for a little while. these pics aren't the greatest -- we took them with the point & shoot camera.

for once you get to see a picture of me! i'm usually the one behind the camera. thanks joe!







here's a self portrait i took. by this time we were so hot, and tired, and just ready for bed.

the keimster

i was reading this cute blog today that had a list of reasons why the blogger loved her baby sister. i thought i'd do the same and dedicate today's little blog to my baby keimi.



21 reasons why i love keimi

:01: she played annie in her school play in the 6th grade
:02: she can belt out some tunes {she's got a beautiful voice}
:03: she comes up with the best quotes {i.e. excitement city, population 1}
:04: we look like twins
:05: we have the same little thumbs
:06: she's hilarious...we could laugh for hours on the phone
:07: she's an amazing dancer
:08: everything happened to her when she was 4 years old
:09: she's so much fun
:10: even as a toddler she used to dance everywhere and put on shows for passers-by
:11: she's very honest
:12: she has more clothes than you can find at the mall
:13: she's got the greatest taste in clothes
:14: she gives great massages! {massage-uh!}
:15: although she doesn't agree with me, she's got beautiful hair
:16: she's great at everything she does
:17: her life goal has always been to go to europe and she achieved it this past december
:18: she's fierce {tyra banks, america's next top model fierce}
:19: she always compliments me
:20: she used to play with my makeup when she was younger
:21: she's a great cook

i love you keimi! you're dead sexy...even in your robe. fierce!

bored, bored, bored

i've been desperate to photograph ... well, just about anything these past couple of days but i haven't gotten around to it. i took advantage of our boring little afternoon before daddy got home. bella was running around, squatting on the floor, putting her tongue against the cold sliding glass door {she's so funny}.




take a look at those eyelashes. she gets it from her momma! lol...

afternoon at the beach

we decided to take miss bella to the beach today rather than the kiddie pool. we wanted her to experience the true florida sun, sand, and ocean water. needless to say, she enjoyed herself ... especially in the water. if it were up to her she would have swam out to the deep parts. we struggled to keep her near the shore. enjoy some of the pix we took while we were there.

my loves

recent pix of my two favorite people at the park.

more of the cool brothers

i had to add a few more of my favorites from my little session with emanuel and gaby.





there's something about this one that makes me think of superman. could it be the colors?

emanuel + gabriel = cool brothers

i had a good time last night photographing my nephews {by law}. they were great sports and listened to everything i told them to do. i like having that kind of power. {insert evil laugh here}

here are just a few of my faves.

camila part II

here are a few more of my favorites of baby camila. she's so beautiful.

camila

i had the privilege of taking pix of the beautiful camila today. she is my cousin, yadhira's daughter. i took her maternity pix at the beginning of march. camila brings me back to the first days isabella was born. she's adorable! i just wanted to scoop her up and eat her all up. here are a few of my faves.

watch out boy she'll chew you up!

i think i've created a monster. every time i whip out the camera, my little bella poses for me or looks dead at the camera. what have i done? watch out! america's next top model is in the making. fierce. here are a few pix i got of her playing in her crib. am i wrong for thinking i have the most beautiful baby in the world? or is that every mother's opinion?

i think this next photo might be her "come hither" look. ooh. something just came to me. i just had a flashback. for some reason this photo makes me think of "maneater" by hall & oates. hee hee!