Nothing makes me happier than when my worlds colide. Grace is a fellow Flight Attendant, we flew to Hawaii and got to know each other – she mentioned that she was engaged to marry Troy – one thing led to another and here we are – they chose ME to photograph their engagement photos and… Continue Reading
Janet + Terry
Janet + Terry were recently engaged. They will be married next summer in their hometown, upstate New York. They moved to Washington for Terry’s position with the armed forces, but, they fell in love with Tacoma. They wanted their engagement shoot to be in their favorite WA town, so, we did just that. (My favorite… Continue Reading
The Baby Badgers
Here is a shoot that I literally could not wait to do! You see, something magical happened to me about 4 months ago. I was connected with another amazing autism mom in my area, we met a few times for parent advocate meetings – we talked a few times about how hard it is for… Continue Reading
Mahina Napoleon turns 2 !
Awe! Our little niece Mahina {ma-hee-na} (Moon, in Hawaiian) turned 2 recently and while she was here for the big Napoleon/Badilla family reunion, I got to snap a few pics of her. Looking at her is like looking at a perfect fusion of her parents’, Amber and Jeff – she’s so smart and clever! I… Continue Reading
the gutfeld family
Sometimes I sit and think, how did I get so blessed in my life? Well, this week was one of those very blessed weeks. I know Chelsea from work, she’s a super stew. What I didn’t know was that she, like me, has a very special son, Carson. We became fast friends, and we are… Continue Reading
kimberly
I’ve been so lucky – I have been flying with one of my most favorite stews, Kimberly. She’s a blast to fly with – and the best part? She gets just as excited as I do about shooting photos, haha She has a great artistic eye and is always eager to adventure out on our… Continue Reading
Carisa + Charlie
Here is my lovely stew friend Carisa and her 5 year old son Charlie We decided to wait for a nice, sunny day to shoot photos – we got so lucky, what a fun day we had at the Seattle Museum of Flight! Charlie loves going to the museum – he knows so much about… Continue Reading
Hawaii bound
My new work schedule? Hawaii, every.week. I could live with that! Continue Reading
Connor – Palm Desert High School Senior
I got lucky and was asked to photograph my friend Christi’s son Connor for his H.S. Senior portraits. Connor is pretty amazing, plays baseball, is about to graduate High School, and is headed for Arizona State with his buddy, Connor. We were lucky to shoot some images at the new field at his High School,… Continue Reading
The Leusner Family
I really am so proud to share these photos – this is my friend Sue and her beautiful family. I met Sue through our daughters’ – they are the same age and were in Kindergarten together. What I didn’t know is that her family is also affected by autism, and thus, our incredible friendship began.… Continue Reading