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Out of 467 talents...

How lucky am I? Love you bluuuu!

This was on Blu's blog this morning! Merry xmas to me!! :)

"Merry Christmas

I love playing games! Under these 30 boxes are gifts! I received 467 self portraits so thank you so sooooooooo much but I only have 30 prizes.

Stay tuned on December 26th to see what lies underneath their images. This is so fun@!! I randomly drew numbers and that number was chosen for the top 30. Tomorrow Marlene, our hosting girl, will be working on a square diagram of prizes. She is not allowed to look at the blog. That's the how's!!"

beijos,

me:)

Feliz Natal

That's how we say Merry Christmas in Portuguese. :) Have a wonderful day enjoying your family and loved ones!

beijos,

me:)

New year info

I wanted to say THANK YOU to all my wonderful clients. 2007 was an amazing year for me. I am humbled to have been chosen by you to document important moments of your lives, and capture images that you will cherish for a lifetime. Photography is way more than just my work, it is my passion! It brings out the best in me... it's like that warm feeling on Xmas morning with presents all around the tree and the family gathered together!

My work has improved a lot since I first started. I am constantly reading, researching and learning new techniques to improve the final look of my images. Some of you may, or may not, know that the final images you see do not come out of the camera looking that way. Sometimes good composition, good lighting and a great shot still need a little oomph to finalize it. Getting the photos ready is a long, but fun, process that requires many hours of my beauty sleep time to create the final images you see. Images that start from coming out of the camera looking like this:

And getting them back to you looking more like this:

I thrive to present to you a gallery filled with images that will make you feel the emotion and re-live that time of your lives, or your kids lives.

In order to keep up with the demands of my growing business my pricing structure will change starting January, 15th 2008. All bookings made prior to that date will be honored with 2007 prices, but any sessions booked after that date will fall under the new pricing.

It's not too late to give that special someone a beautiful session with your favorite custom photographer! *wink, wink* :) Xmas is still 3 days away... Remember, sessions may be booked for any time of the year! For the parents with newborns, the "Bebe Plan" is such a great idea. For more info on that and all other products, check out my pricing page on my website.

Thanks again for the fabulous year! It was my pleasure to meet you and yours! I look forward to seeying you again in 2008!

Happy Holidays and a wonderful New Year full of joy, love and peace!

beijos,

me:)

Most important men in my life

I took this picture of the 2 of them last summer at the Reagan museum. It made me miss my daddy! Happy birthday painho! :)

beijos,

me:)

"The talk"

" Mom, I need to tell you something". Ethan said to me yesterday. We were having lunch in the kitchen and talking about his school.

-"What's up?"

-"I have a girlfriend!" ( I then had to turn my head away and giggle a little... OMG! What's going on with kids nowadays!?)

-"sorry hon, I didn't hear what you said"

-"I have a girlfriend."

-"Oh, nice! Who is she?"

-"Dakotta, from kindergarten"

-"Ah, she is so cute. Are you the only one with a girlfriend?" ( Trying to be a cool mom... you know?)

-" well...for now! My friend Garrett has a CRUSH on a girl too"

And there went my "cool mom" title as I tried to explain to him that they are too young to be thinking about girls and blablabla. Seriously, where did childhood go? Why are kids nowadays trying to be so grownup so fast? I am gonna make a dorky confession here... I played with barbie dolls until I was about 13/14 years old. And I LOVED IT!!! All I wanted to do as a kid was play, there was no time in my book for anything else.

It was just too funny though...I must confess!

beijos,

me:)

New magazine ad

The newest issue of Earnshaw's magazine covers the winners of this year's Earnie award. "The Earnie Awards were founded more than 30 years ago to honor brands for outstanding design." It was a pleasure working with No slippy hair clippy and I am so excited for them for winning an Earnie award this year. It's absolutely well deserved!

I can't tell you how many times I have had people ask me " I love your daughter's hair clip! Where did you get it?" I love to see their reaction when I show them how beautifuly made it is and how it DOES NOT come off!!! If you haven't yet, check them out. I PROMISE you won't be disapointed!

Bela was featured on their ad at the Earnshaw's magazine as well... oh my girly looks so cute!!

beijos,

me:)

And the winner is...

Photo number 7!!! :)

Thank you soooo much everyone that voted on my first contest! Even though I forgot to set the poll to have only 1 vote per IP address (oops!!), I still had over 800 people coming to the site and leaving me amazing feedback, either by e-mail, phone or commeting on the blog. THANK YOU!!! :)

There will be some good changes happening in the new year  and I can't wait to share them with you. :) Stay tuned!!!

beijos,

me:)

Baby boy

  I have so many favorite images from this session! I had a hard time deciding which to post here. This handsome little man was born last thuesday... yup as in 5 days ago! Big boy though... 9 lb 12ouces, 22 and a quarter inches!! His beautiful mommy looks great and doesn't even look like she JUST had a baby. Congratulations to the proud parents and the 2, also very handsome, big brothers! :)

If you are a regular to the blog, you probably know how much I love little feet!

Do you see his little feet on the photo above? How adorable is that!?

Ok...a couple more!

beijos,

me:)

Fun!

This was by far the easiest session I have ever had! I literaly was in and out in 40 min. The lighting was UNBELIEVABLE too! yay! :) Don't you just love that? I will only post a couple... I want it to be a surprise for them!

Thanks for the fun time guys... you were a photographer's dream! :)

beijos,

me:)

My Gucci Shoes

  Nope, not mine. Isabeli's Gucci shoes that is. My friend Fabiana gave it to her when she was first born. They just fit her now and they look great on her. Well... she likes putting them on and taking them off mostly.  And she looks so cute doing so!

And here are a couple of close ups of them. I wish I was able to afford some for myself! God Bless the guy who marries my daughter! LOL

Beijos,

me:)