Fit 2B Mom

Here's just a sneak peek from today's session. Tashia asked me a few weeks ago to take photos of her and other moms for her business. I'll have more to post later...to be continued.

Here are some that I quickly picked. I wanted to keep it as natural as possible but just umped up the saturation and gave it more warmth.
Tashia is starting her business and she needed a photographer to take action photos for her website. She's energetic, fun, and very knowledgeable about fitness and health. As a home personal trainer, focusing on "moms", Tashia will commute to your home and help you get back into shape. Knowing that spare time is limited between naps of a newborn, she can make it easy by visiting moms in their homes and training them there instead of going to a gym. I will post her link as soon as I get it for anyone out there that's interested.


Tashia and her 2 year old daughter.

Post family...baby Dos

Harrison and Grace

Before our shoot, Anjali handed Harrison an Easter egg filled with chocolate, so he went and showed his appreciation for her generosity by giving her a big hug.

our little yogini

We headed out for Vegas to visit my sister/bro-in-law this past weekend. Here are just a few shots while Anjali took a yoga class and a few with auntie:





I couldn't help but convince my sister to let me take photos of her. She doesn't even know how beautiful she is plus she's Anjali's biggest spoiler.



Ben & Olivia at Palazzo casino watching Anjali goof around.

Barbeque @ casa de McBrides...

Our friends decided to move west to Leucadia and had us over for bbq yesterday. In their backyard, they have this tool shed that was probably built decades ago, and it's so perfect for that vintage look.   Here are just a few photos...

Mason is probably the most coordinated kid I know...he started riding his bike without training wheels at the age of 3... so you can imagine how nerve racking it is for  mom.

Well, little over a week ago he fractured his collar bone, mom/dad are not sure if it was from a bike fall or bed fall that night, but this poor guy has to wear this sling for a month.  But I have a feeling the sling is not going to keep him from doing what he likes to do.  

I photographed this adorable little girl last October, and she's just as cute in front of the camera as she was then.  

I love the look of concentration in her face as she's trying to stick out 2 fingers to represent her age.  

The McBride's backyard is full of fruit trees, and they were kind enough to let their guests pick some oranges to take home. 

This is Mrs. Kat, the hot pregnant mama and is Anjali & Mason's preschool teacher, and she's reaping the benefits of those trees, drinking her OJ.  Doesn't she look like she should be advertising for Tropicana?!.  Anyways, Mrs. Kat's 'baby dos' is due early May and I will be taking her belly pictures this weekend, so when you get a chance check them out here!

unexpected vacation...

I don't usually blog about my husband, but this time I will :-). A week ago he went thru a minor surgery for appendicitis, and thought he was going back to work after a week. Well, come to find out, he's not! Doc wants him to stay home for a whole month. He's perfectly fine now, but just can't lift anything over 10 lbs. He is tickled pink that he doesn't have to work and that he gets to play. So, we celebrated by going to Ruby's in Oceanside pier for breakfast, and snapped a few pics...thought I'd share them. Anjali and I are stoked that we get to play hookie with him, yay!!

pre and post...

I thought that this would be a great idea to post pre/post pictures for those that are interested. I kinda borrowed this idea from a few photog blogs that I follow (bobbyearle's blog, megan's blog ).  I'll try to do this often as I could.  

SOOC (Straight Out Of Camera) 5D MKII  85mm  F2.0 1/200th sec. ISO 100


Pulled straight into photoshop: Oh Snap 65%, Pro Retouch Vignette & blur 35%

Totallyradactions:  Super old skool 65%, grandma's tap shoes 70%, pro touch, and Vignette & blur 35%

Pulled directly to photoshop: quadtoned, vignette & blur, pro touch, some yin/yang.