sneakpeek

Miss "C"

She is only 2 months onder than my daughter! But she is definately much bigger than Isabeli is. Check out those yummyliscious legs!

beijos,

me:)

LOL!

Her very first Brazilian bikini! :)

Too stinking cute!

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me:)

Childhood

I grew up in the most amazing place. It was a gated community with 32 homes. My sister and I had friends around our ages in most of those houses. We used to have meals at each other´s homes, sleep at each other´s homes and sometimes spend all weekend long there. At times our parents didn´t even really know where we were..they just knew we were around since kids were not alowed outside the community by themselves. It was a safe world! Until this day, whenever I come to Brasil, I get together with my old friends for some catching up. Yesterday I had the pleasure of photographing the daughters of some of those friends. After getting married, some of my friends bought homes in that same gated community and now their kids are buddies like we once were. :)

beijos,

me:)

Silly boy

While Isabeli recovers and I wait to be able to finish up some projects that require her as my top model, I took the opportunity to photograph my silly handsome man this afternoon. He actually asked me to take some pictures of him... wow! I couldn´t believe my ears since I am always the one begging him to let me take a quick shot every so often. He started acting silly and we had a great time! There are so many great ones... but here are my favs:

beijos,

me:)

Happy day!

Today it´s my birthday! And I am so happy to be able to spend this special day here with my family. Last time I was here on my birthday was in 2002. I am very fortunate to have amazing, loving people in my life in both countries ( ok... other countries too! Or my friend Martha will kick my butt next time I see her!). Thank you for everything each one of you mean to me!

I am overwhelmed by all the beautiful messages, orkut posts, e-mails, cards, flowers, prayers, phone calls ...and they are all so appreciated. Man! I am so loved and it feels so good!!! :)

Here is my bela "singing" and clapping happy birthday!

Of course, I wish my hubby was here with me today. But we will be able to celebrate my day and his day (next friday!) when he gets here in a couple more weeks. :) Love you bebe!

beijos,

me:)

Measles

It´s not the kind off post I normally do, but I wanted to show you this picture of her. My poor baby! I know it´s not as bad as It looks but, she is so little...:( And I guess I decided to wean her at the worst possible moment... Anyways, I will be absent until she is better. Hope it is very soon! Thanks for the sweet e-mails and messages! :)

beijos,

me:)

Busy bee

Just so you know I am still around...

This was my very first preggos shoot! It was so sweet! But I want her photos to be a surprise, so I will just post this one here. :) sorry!

My girly girl has Rubeolla...:( so I won´t be around much! She is doing fine though. Be back to post some more in a couple of days.

Beijos,

me:)

Twins

I had no idea who was who! LOL I kept getting the names wrong and when I´d think of one doing something in particular, I´d say the name of the other and vice versa... I couldn´t stop laughing! I wish the day was prettier, because the location was just amazing... But at least it didn´t rain while we were there! Here is a sneak peek for miss "M" and miss "L":

beijos,

me:)

When you love what you do...

...it kind of shows. Most people don´t understand the effort I put into my work. It´s not JUST taking the picture... That´s just the beginning of it. There are many hours involved in creating the right image. I am sure I am not alone when I say this, but not having a degree in photography has nothing to do with the ability of creating good pictures. Having a passion for what you do is mostly what makes a good image, GREAT. When you have that burning LOVE for what you are doing, it really, truly shows!

I respect and applaud each and every one of my collegues for the beautiful work they create. There are so many great photographers out there! It is amazing to me to see how different a subject can be through the eyes of each one of us. That´s where we differ from each other and that´s where diversity becomes so great. Thank you for the inspiration! You rock!

beijos,

me:)

Kids Trends Weekly

I don´t even know what to say! :) Kids Trends Weekly debuted today! www.kidstrendsweekly.com

Thank you to those who enjoy my work and give me such awesome feedbacks! I love the e-mails and messages I get from you! I am humbled and cannot believe all that has been happening lately! Seriously! :) Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

beijos,

me:)