Angela Marvel: June 2008

My love

Sorry i have been away for a while. went to disneyland :) You can read all about it on Brett's blog:)

so to get back into the swing of blog life, I thought I would go thru my archives and play :)

I took this photo of my hubby and me back in December (via tripod and remote), but i didnt quite like it and never really got another one taken. Well i pulled it out and played with it again....

now i love it!

Maybe I justed need time away from it to appreciate it more. so today i pulled it back out and played. I think I will get it printed 12x18 and hang it in our bedroom. We never have good pictures of us!

Family Session

I had a great shoot yesterday with another family that I shot for the third time :)

I just love these photos. I came home and actually was excited about soooo many of their images, love that feeling. After having the two weddings, it was nice to have a family session again.

I just love families.

And i love kids too!

and i love getting them in their element! here they are looking at ants! sooo cute!

just one more :)

2nd wedding

Kim and Phi

So I shot yet another wedding. but this time it was for a close friend. [and just for the record. NO i DO NOT do weddings :)] Just really isnt my thing, way too stressful and way tooo much pressure. I like to be relaxed at my photo sessions :)

They got married at the courthouse. Actually the courthouse that was right in the same block as where I use to work before being a stay at home mommy :)

The ceremony was beautiful.

then afterward we took photos in the foyer because there was beautiful glass windows and wonderful lighting.

Anway here are a few of my other favorite shots....

it rained so we had to take some umbrella shots

and of course it wouldnt be a seattle wedding without the rain :)

the bride

and her bouquet

Cutting the cake at the reception.

The best part was that my friend was able to get photos of ME shooting! I never have photos of me, let alone me doing what i love!

Can you see me? Yup This is my taking a photo! And do you see what I am doing?

Let me blow this up for you!

Yup I hold my eye when taking photos. I hate squinting it makes my other eye squint too so i have gotten into the habit of holding my eye, its pretty funny and everyone is always asking me why i do this, its just "my thing" everyone has to have a thing and this is mine :)

The boys

Erin brought over the boys today. Just love taking photos of them! Aidan was my VERY first subject I photographed the day he was born. (Well and in mommys belly as my first ever photoshoot 5 years ago!).

anyway I took some shots of the boys today...

Brennan..Erin's Nephew. Just love this one

Aidan...

and i have been wanting to do this for quite some time at the park, but a 15 month old wont stay still long enough, a 4.5 year old is perfect :)

close up

Dom and his babies.

he takes them everywhere!

Dominic

Took some pictures last week of my friends son Dominic who turned two last month.

we went to this park that is just fantastic. Has this awesome art mosaic wall

and chair.

Graduate

My cousin Jaycob graduated high school today. He is the last of our generation. We wont have another graduate for 15 years! And the first of our generaion was 13 years ago.

So i of course attended his graduation ceremony today.

Was a nice ceremony, no key note speaker makes for a nice short commencement :)

They got right to teh point handing out the diplomas.

So we didnt have to wait that long to see Jaycob get his.

Congrats Jake!

My first family...again.

Just love these feet! Love when I get a large family that the feet and shoes can show so much of a family's personality!

This is my very first client and my now third session with them. They are soooo wonderful and I am so thankful for everything Alethea has done for my business. I love to photograph all her kids and watch them grow up. The last two sessions have taken place at her house, this one we went to a local park. I love that I can do fun stuff with them and we just have a wonderful session each time.

They obliged me to do an "Abbey Road" take at the park. I want to try to do these at several of my sessions. I have done a few in the past, but this worked out so well being that there were 6 total people. I am huge Beatles fan so everytime I see a crosswalk this is my first thought :)

Grandma stopped by for a few photos as well.

Just a few of my favorites.

"S" I loved the addition of the pink flowers she added!

My Baby :)

I took this photo today of Brett and Me. I took it for Brett's Blog for his Hug topic.

But it immediatly reminded me of a photo of Brett and me at the hospital the night he was born. Amazing how fast time has gone by :)

Funny pic....

My friend Erin took this picture of me goofing off at a local park. It was a rock wall you can climb and man it was actually scary! it didnt look like it until you start to climb up it!