Amy + John + Albi The Black Schnauzer

"I kissed a schnauzer; I liked it! The taste of his little black lips!" John made up this song to the beat of the "I kissed a girl" song. He sings this song, which leads Amy to sing this song, which leads innocent bystanders to wake up in the middle of the night singing, "I kissed a schnauzer..."






I think this is my fave. So Christmas-y!




Even Albi is smiling!






Isn't Mr. Albi so handsome?!


Hi Fiiive!


Thank you John + Amy for a fun night and wonderful dinner! It's so much fun to do your Christmas Cards every year!

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

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Mini Holiday Family Sessions!

Last Sunday, we started our Holiday Mini-Shoots at Salt Creek Beach. Until it started pouring! We shot these four fun families before the down pour. These are a few of our faves.

I just loved this moment.


Isn't she sweet?!


This little guy made the best faces!






Crocodile tears!


















This family showed up right as the downpour started! But we got this fun shot of them with the umbrellas. And the surfers!


We're shooting another two days of Mini Sessions in the next couple of weeks!

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Friday, November 07, 2008

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Fall is upon us.....



I decided to add more "fall" stuff to this post. I am so in a fall mood right now. All the weather/baking/warm drinks/scarf-wearing make me so happy! And nostalgic. The fall/winter inspires warm and fuzzy thoughts of past holidays with family and friends. The summer doesn't quite do that for me.

From the little store in Oak Glen.


On Riley Farm.




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Monday, October 20, 2008

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Oak Glen Family Shoot

We shot one of our favorite fams with their extended fam in Oak Glen. There was a TON of people there due to opening weekend (we didn't know) and our favorite part of Riley Farm was closed! (Think pumpkins + Barn). But we managed to find some other cool spots. With Oak Glen you really can't go wrong! There was too many pictures and hard to choose as usual!

P.S Jeremy shot almost all of these and I processed them with a warm tint since I was in a fall mood!

The Rachunoks.


The whole fam.


The Sendziaks.


Sean + Ali.


Cousins!


Trenton and Grandpa.


My fave from Jeremy. I love EVERYTHING about this picture!




Steve + Darlene.


Levi had fun playing with his Dad's hat.


Gigi is one of the funniest, most wonderful ladies we've ever met! If I'm half as awesome as her when I'm older, I'll be happy.


Kylie and Trenton.


Levi + Mommy.


Gigi and her great-grandkids.


Carmel apples!


Levi liked pumpkins too but not as much as Owen!


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Friday, October 17, 2008

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Levi's First Birthday!

Levi is Owen's younger brother and it was his very first birthday. And Dana Grant Photography was there to document yet another historic event in the life of The Rachunok Family!

This party was a pirate theme and it was lots of fun!


The Birthday Boy!


Aunt Amy and Pirate Owen.


Owen enjoys a snow cone.


Levi did NOT enjoy his cake!


But he did enjoy this niefty piece of cardboard.....


....and this snow cone.....


....and being tossed in the air!




I love shooting kids eating. And they kept yelling, "El Pollo Loco!"


Aren't we cute?! Melody, Levi and Dana. (Thanks Amy!)


I adore Levi's laugh!


Trenton having fun in the jumper!


The whole fam!


Happy Birthday Levi! We love you!

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Thursday, September 18, 2008

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Rachunok Family Fun!

You may remember The Rachunoks from countless other blogs- They are the most photographed family on Dana Grant Photography's blog! Owen is our favorite little guy; always so much fun! Since Levi was born, we haven't taken a family picture! So it was about time. We had fun as usual!

It was really hard choosing but here goes:

Owen decided to bite Levi's foot!




This reminds me of a great shot Jeremy got of Owen and Melody in Yosemite-blog stalkers you know what I'm talking about!


Jeremy got these hilarious shots of Owen!












Owen looking all dapper! His little lips are too cute! He's getting so old!


The family portrait.


This looks like the mistake that you wouldn't buy at a crappy portrait studio.






"Owen ponders life." This reminds me of an Owen story: One time when praying for dinner, Owen was thanking God for this person and that person. Then he said, "....And thank you God, for God." And that is just one thing that makes Owen so awesome!




Fun!


I adore Owen's look of elation!


Mom brought the cutest little horsey!




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Saturday, August 23, 2008

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Rachunok Family Portrait

Here's just one from our shoot.

Just for fun we took a more serious old style portrait and we love how it turned out. It was Jeremy's idea and with my processing touch.



We'll have another blog with the rest of their session soon!

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Friday, August 22, 2008

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Cotton Candy Fun!

A few weeks ago our friends had a surprise party and I'm still working on a little project for them. But I couldn't resist posting these adorable kids enjoying some cotton candy.

I really enjoy this little sequence.

Madison, Jude and Owen.




Madison watches the boys be silly.


Owen said, "I'm Santa Claus!" hahaha!


Jude's cute expressions:





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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

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Cassie+Shawn+Gavin= Baby Celebration!

You may remember Shawn and Cassie from their Wedding (which by the way wasn't even a year ago!) and/or Maternity Session. Well little Gavin decided to get here three weeks early! And everyone was happy to have him!

He's a very alert little guy.





His little feet!


The fun kids that came to see Gavin. Owen is taking a picture, Hannah and Levi.


When Jeremy found out they were pregnant, he went out and got special cigars for the occasion. It was great watching the boys have fun while smoking!



The way new parents look at their babies is so sweet:



Don't worry; he only cried for half a second. He's very calm but hungry!


Some adorable Gavin faces:




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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

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Amber's Graduation...

In between our wedding madness of June, we shot Jeremy's cousin Amber's graduation from Corona High School (where I also graduated.) It brought back so many memories of my graduation day. The weather was exactly the same and I felt completely transported back in time. I even got a bit teary eyed remembering how I was feeling that day: So excited to leave high school and start my adult life, I didn't even cry then. It only took 8 years and my cousin's graduation to get me all emotional about it!

If you only could have seen Amber's mom in action! She saved us all seats and was guarding them with her life!


Jeremy got a really great spot and with the telephoto lens was able to get some really great shots of the whole thing.

On the walk down.





The view from the stands as she gets her diploma.


This is my FAVE.





Amber, mom, dad and brother.


Sooo happy!


Now you see why it's okay when I make Mexican jokes!


They LOVE taking pictures!


Amber with our Nana. She's the most wonderful Nana ever and we love her!!!


Fun after pizza.


A race broke out and Jeff won. Now you REALLY see why I make Mexican jokes!



We love you so much Amber and we're so proud of you!

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

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Cassie + Shawn, Maternity.....

You may remember Cassie and Shawn from their wedding blog when they got hitched last August. And after only three months, Cassie was preggo! They couldn't be more excited and they're having a boy!!

Happy Mama! Cassie is just about the nicest, most loving person on the planet!


Shawn on the other hand........... ha. j/k. Love you Shawn!





Her pretty hair, done by Melody. It even stayed in the wind!























This may be my favorite.


Can't wait to meet the new addition and take some fam pictures!

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Thursday, May 22, 2008

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Van Zoest Family Couples....

For just a few minutes of this fam shoot, we stole each couple away from their kiddys for some fun portraits. We always enjoy seeing the reaction (when it comes time for pictures) of a couple who has been married a few years. When you're married a long time, you're not used to this!


Jade and Sander:









Gerdina and Jan:








Rik and Jhentry





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Tuesday, April 08, 2008

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The van Zoest Family, Balboa Park San Diego....

Friday we shot The van Zoest Family. Our friends Rik and Jhentry worked with us when lived in San Diego. Now they live in Georgia so we haven't seen them since we quit our jobs (to pursue our photography dream!) several years ago. It's really funny that the whole thing came full circle! It was really great to see them again. And they brought Rik's family too. So we had three different fams to shoot. It was such a blast!

I had to split these up into two blogs so here's the family portion:

Emmi.


Jade, Jasmine, Sander and Pearl.


Jasmine. How fun is this?! Jeremy got these great shots.


Jhentry and Bailey.


I love Pearl's face!


Bailey is a happy girl!


Fun with Opa!


Fun with the whole fam!


This ribbon from Jasmine's dress saved the day! Playing jump rope.




Another fun one from Jeremy. I really enjoy the whole sequence.


Emmi said Oma was her Best Friend!


Snack time. One for Bailey......


....and one for Opa!


Two of my faves:





Thank you van Zoest Fam for a great time and wonderful dinner!

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Monday, April 07, 2008

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Owen's 4th Birthday!

We can't believe Owen is already 4! If you're not a regular blog reader, we've been documenting Owen (our friend's first child) since before he was born! And we couldn't stop now. It's so fun to watch him grow up and to look back at the pictures from when he was little. Isn't that the fun of photography?!

Click here to see: Owen's 2nd Birthday, Owen's 3rd Birthday and....

Owen's 4th Birthday! This year it was all about Cars and Thomas The Train.





I loved the Cars cake and the cupcakes with pictures of Owen!


Owen and Mike.


Owen's little brother, Levi.


There were nametags on the wall that were all ready for us!


The many faces of Owen opening his presents. He kept saying "OH MY GOSH!" and my favorite, "MUCHOS GRACIAS!"


Owen with his cars face paint eating cake.


Playing with his trains.


Bouncer fun! Kara, Hannah and Owen.


What the guys do!


A happy family! Ha. just kidding. Shawn belongs to Cassie and they are expecting their own baby soon!

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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

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Happy Easter!

Saturday I spent the day with my fam celebrating Easter at the Schneider Ranch in Horse Capital U.S.A. (aka Norco) and I shot a few fun pics. Tomorrow we plan to go to church, see Jer's fam and then see my sister's family who's visiting from Hawaii! Yay for family!

Happy Easter!! We hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Check out my Mommy's bunny cake. She was THRILLED with it!


Mandy.


My nephew Michael hunting for eggs.


Showing me ALL the eggs he found!


The other little ones looking for eggs.

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Saturday, March 22, 2008

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Fam and Kids at San Clemente Beach...

Friday we were in the San Clemente area all day so we thought we shoot some pics of our friends and pastors, The Lea Family.

Jeremy got some great pictures of their dog, Bud.





Abi.


What happens when you're married over 10 years and it's time to take romantic pictures!


I love this.





I love this moment Jeremy captured!


Cute fam!









I entitle this "Crazy Averi".



Dinner time!

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Saturday, February 09, 2008

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Fam and Kids Session!

After trying so many times to do a shoot with our dear friends, The Hernandez Family, it finally worked out! One time we all drove out to the beach; they went the wrong way and their car broke down and then it rained a couple times too. So we just decided to stay around Corona, by Dos Lagos. We had so much fun shooting them and their darling girls, Larissa and Kara.

The cute family.





Larissa and her sassy outfit!


Kara is a sweetheart!


They got it going on!!


Sassy girls.


I love Larissa in this.


And I love Kara in this!


Time for the parents.


Think "apple bottom jeans, boots with the fur...." She loves to dance!

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Thursday, January 31, 2008

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Christmas Card Designs.....

So since we got rained out of our shoots last weekend, I needed to post something! Here are some of the Christmas Cards I designed. One thing I'm trying to do this year is not be so much of a perfectionist. I wanted to post these at Christmas but I ran out of time, so normally I wouldn't post them at all! But I'm posting them anyways-even if it's just for the archives.

I REALLY love designing. It's a lot of fun for me. It gives me another outlet for all my creative energy.

Horizontal Post Cards, 2 sided:




1st Baby's Christmas Card.




A Thank you/Christmas Card.



Vertical 2 sided:



Photo Card:



4 sided cards, front, back, inside:

My sister's cute fam!



Christmas/New Address Card. We used pics of their new home and address.



These next two are some of my all time fave designs, probably because it was a team effort. They gave me most of the wording and so many ideas that I just brought it to life. And I LOVED how they turned out!! I still can't figure out if it was more fun for me to design or for them to give them out! They said they got tons of complements and some people even cried. Wow!

This one is a large format 5x7 card so it opens up to 14 in. Pretty neat. This reads front, back and inside.


The one is a regular 5x7 4 sided card.



Did I give enough examples or what?!

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Tuesday, January 08, 2008

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2007 Fams and Kids....

Love these fams!

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Monday, December 31, 2007

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Fam Shoot at Pasadena City Hall.......

December 22nd (I know I'm a little behind on blogging!) we shot our last fam of the year at Pasadena City Hall. One of our brides, Patti from next year asked us to do a shoot with her family. We were so excited to finally meet her and her family. We had such a fun time shooting them! We can't wait for the wedding!







Married for 26 years!




Love this fam!




Fun with the big heads.


Patti and Jessica. I just adore this shot. It makes me want to take one just like with me and my sisters/friends!

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Friday, December 28, 2007

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Fam Christmas Shoot........

Last week we shot our friends, The Picous for their annual Christmas card. Last year they sent out a super cute accordion card with a million pictures on it! Ha, just kidding, it was only eight!

Crazy kids!


The fam.


Sweet Mattie Mae:




Judah. Probably plotting to take over the world.


Sammy.


Cute!





This cracked me up!





Right before Judah pulled the heck out Mattie's hair. You can see him thinking about it!


See!


I entitle this photo "Crazy Judah". He was adamant about having a pic with Jer!

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Saturday, December 01, 2007

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Fam session at the house.....

We shot a cute fam at their lovely home in Riverside. They had such a cute idea for their Christmas cards to include their new home somehow in it. So I'm excited to get that started! And their cute Beagle was so much fun to shoot! Yay for dogs!

I loved how they had this by their front door.


The real thing!






I told them to get in close and even the dog listened!





Love.


Perfect!


By their adorable new home!

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Sunday, November 25, 2007

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Fam day at the Beach.....

Yesterday we shot a cute fam at the Beach. It was our favorite kind of beach weather too. Cloudy, a little cold and pretty light. The sun peaked through at the end for a bit and it was perfect.

Kicked off the sandals to get started!




Emma is so cute!


They thought it was really funny to keep getting closer and closer to the camera.




I shot Emma and Alex.


And Jeremy shot Mom and Dad.




A quiet moment while the kids play.


Climbing on the rocks. Her jacket is so cute.


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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

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Another fun fam....

Meet our friends, The Bos Fam. You might recognize them from this Wedding. (And they're actually related to the people from the previous post too). We've known them for a long time. I realized that I've know this fam since 7th grade. And Jeremy met The Bos at church when he was in elementary school. So it was fun shooting them as a fam after all these years.

Grandma Lore makes this picture fun for me.


This is so them! Too bad you can't hear John's laugh!


Boy Fun.


Momma Edie and the boys.


Papa John and the girls.


If you know Grandma Lore, you just love her and this is awesome.


They still love each other.


Audra and Madison.


Our friends are really, really good-looking:



Jony and Emily. The only not-yet-married couple.


Bryon and Darci.


Steve and Chrissy.


What happens when the guys (including the photographer) get together.


The Girlies.


Thanks Bos Fam for so much fun!! Love you guys!

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Monday, November 19, 2007

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A loving fam.....

What an eventful weekend we had! We shot two big families and a really special shoot (more on that later).

When we first talked to Rene (aka the Grandma) she said she was in love with her family. That couldn't have come through more in the photos. This family really adores each other and it was so refreshing to see. The Grandparents have been married for twenty two years and their daughter has been married for eight and they couldn't be more in love! It was such a blessing to meet these wonderful people.

I absolutely love this picture!


How cute is this little guy?!


Grandma, Grandpa, Jackson and Dylan.




Aren't they such an adorable fam?




Swing fun:


Love their expressions!


Mom and Dad time.




The boys starting crying at the end of the shoot. They were done!


Their love for each other was so touching, it actually brought me to tears!

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Sunday, November 18, 2007

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Daniali Fam....

Sunday we shot a cute fam with their new three month old baby, Luke. He was so much fun! He loved to be talked to and gave us all the gambit of emotions, which is always fun for us.

I don't know why, maybe it's the coloring but these pictures make me so excited for Christmas!

He wasn't even out of his stroller before he started having fun!


All together now, "Awww"






Cute smile!




Funny face.


They love their baby.


Nightie night.

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Monday, November 12, 2007

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Christmas Cards!

Now is the time to start thinking about those Christmas Cards! We still have some openings left in October and November if you want to schedule a shoot with us. Or if we have already done a previous shoot with you, we'd love to design some cards with your favorite pictures. All of our shoots for the months of October and November include some type of Christmas Card so send us an email or give us a ring and we'll set something up!

Here's some examples of some of our customized designs. This is the 4x5.5 folded horizontal card.

Front:


Inside:



Front:


Inside


And here's our fun ones from last year! This is a vertical 4.5x5 card.

Front:


Inside:


Back:

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Friday, October 12, 2007

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Bryon & Darci Part Two.......

For our second fun shoot of the weekend, we did Bryon & Darci part two with the girls. Most of the pics on the blog today are from Jeremy. He did such an amazing job as usual! I love them!

Love.


Girls.



Fun!



This has to be one of my all time fave Jeremy shots.











Different kind of ring shot.








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Saturday, September 29, 2007

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Bryon & Darci part One ....

We shot the first ringed/fam session with Bryon and Darci. They have such a cool vision for their shoot and we even made a story board. And without knowing it, we had three themes going on: Flare, shadows and frame within a frame. Weird how both of us did it.

Jeremy and Darci found this abandoned house. Home Sweet Home:


I even heart Jeremy's flare:


Flare and frame within a frame.





Frame within a frame.





The Beautiful Bos girls:




Different kinds of fam portraits:















To Be Continued.........

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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

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More shoots in Yosemite......

The film is developed. And I finally am able to do Yosemite part two. This is a long post since I am cramming eveything in here! We have three more shoots, cross processed and holga film and scenic pictures to show you. Take a looksy:

Some cool Cross Processed Film:






From Steve and Chrissy's Shoot.


Cool Holga image of the cute little church.


Scenic bikeride:


Across the view from the pic above are these cute little houses.


My amazing adorable comfortable bike.





Half Dome at sunset.


A deer in the meadow:





Shoot with Destine. We always tease her that she looks like a manaquin so I call this "dead manaquin girl".








Early morning fam/maternity shoot:


Another cross processed film image.


Owen couldn't be any cuter if he tried!


I love this Holga image of Owen.


Yosemite Flowers.


This cross processed one came out so cool!



And Lastely, after we did everyone else's shoots, we tried to do one for ourselves. We attempted a Trash the Dress Session with me and Jeremy that we'd be planning for months, but due to unforeseen circumstances it didn't work out. Jeremy did manage to get these two really great shots of me in my wedding dress for all of 10 minutes of our shoot:



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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

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Hawaii Part Two....

We're home now and missing Hawaii! And not just missing Hawaii but the family we shared it with! We had the best time. It was the perfect mix of relaxing, doing fun stuff and being very active- We got more exercise that we normally do!

The next few days of Hawaii.

Our self-portrait on Waikiki.


We went snorkeling and saw all these awesome fish!

Jellies.


Not sure what this guy is.


Shark.


Ha. Just kidding. Jeremy actually shot these at the Aquarium. But we did go snorkeling a few days later. Jeremy took a bunch of pictures with an extremely overpriced underwater camera that we bought on our Kayaking trip.

Cool stuff Jeremy and I shot on our bike ride to the coffee shop.


I love this sign Jeremy shot and processed.


I really like little old churches.


Our favorite Chai. We ended up buying 4lbs of it. It's soooo good!


Jeremy got up early one morning and shot these:




Fam collage.


My Jahnke Family Fave.


I love this photo of my sister and Dad that Jeremy got.


Last ride to the coffee shop.


These are for Patte since she really wanted me to take some flower pics!

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Monday, July 30, 2007

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First Days in Hawaii.....

We're in Hawaii having such a great vacation! And it is so wonderful being with my family that I don't get to see nearly enough. The first night we got here I went outside with my nephews to shoot some photos. Here's what came out of that:

My sister's front yard. She lives about a block away from the beach.


My nephew Jack.


My nephew Joey.


They're really camera shy! And before we got here they were saying that they wouldn't let us take their picture!


They were really interested in taking photos so Joey shot this one of Jack and I love it!


The next morning I woke up at 5am and went on a walk with my Dad, Patte and Jill (my sister.)


The very same day, we hiked up to Makapuu Lighthouse. It was a really great scenic workout.

Fun fact: My sister tells me that this is where they shot the episodes of Lost (it's filmed on Oahu) where the others are pretending to live in the teepees.


Jeremy got this cool shot of my Dad, sister and me when we didn't even know it.


Us.


This is the lighthouse at the top of the hike.


The next morning after a rainy night, there was a beautiful rainbow.


On our 2 mile walk on the beach to the coffee shop. Jeremy's wearing his "That guy" shirt. And every time Jeremy would leave the room, my nephews would say, "hey where did that other guy go?"


Amazing day as usual.


On our way back from the coffee shop. Jill and Joey.


Stay tuned for part two of Hawaii and I'm sure I'll end up making a slideshow too!

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Wednesday, July 25, 2007

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Baby Shower BBQ!

On Sunday we went to our best family's Baby Shower. It was an extremely hot but fun day!

The invitation for their shower that came out soooo cute!
Front: His name is Levi so this is fitting. Melody's sister Amy came up with this great idea!


Inside: Little back story; Jeremy R's grandpa and dad are named Steve, which is Levi's middle name. And Grandpa Steve was a professional baseball player and these are some articles they did about him in the newspaper:


Some of the cool details.


I love watching kids eat!




Why our parties are always fun.


The most beautiful daughter and mom, Destinie and Shellie.


Chrissy, Destinie, Melody, Misheal, Amy, Shellie and Dana.


Girl fun.


Melody and Dana.

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Sunday, July 01, 2007

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Fam Day at the Beach....

Yesterday evening we did a shoot at the beach with a cute little family. We met them at Silvia & Edgar's Wedding. They were lots of fun so we knew that is was going to be a great day!



Cool little moment.


These are my favorite kinds of shots.


Jeremy got this cute one.


Beautiful Family.


Another cute shot by Jeremy.


The boys enjoyed their Beach Day.


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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

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Maternity Session......

Our best family which consists of Jeremy, Melody and Owen is soon to be adding another little one, Levi. We wanted to do some pictures for their shower coming up shortly. We'll also be shooting more of them in Yosemite when we go on our annual trip next month.

As usual it was sooo hard to choose which ones. I may be forced into making yet another slideshow. It's hard because I like to view the images as a whole piece. I'll probably change my mind in five minutes but for now here they are:

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Jeremy's great shot.


Belly number 1.


Love how these two turned out:




Belly number 2.


Family:




This cracks us up!


4 reasons why we adore Owen:





I love these family shots Jeremy always captures.

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Sunday, June 17, 2007

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Baby Hayden...

Yesterday evening we did a shoot with a cute couple and their brand new baby. Hayden is only 1 month old! They are my sister's really good friends and as a gift, she got them a photo shoot! We were so happy to be a part of that, especially since Jay is leaving on Monday to go overseas. They are the sweetest family and we even love their dogs!

Hayden and Daddy.


A nursery collage.


We loved the contrast with the tats and the baby.


This is the calm dog shot by me.


I love this moment Jeremy caught.


So much going on!


The whole fam.


This is the crazy dog shot by Jeremy.


She loves to put her hands out!


They never look happier than when they look at their new baby.


Thank you Anjie & Jay for letting us capture your family! We hope you have a safe trip Jay!

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Friday, May 25, 2007

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Clarke Fam

Monday evening we did a fun fam shoot with the Clarkes. They found this really cool house in Corona and got permission for us to go there. It was really cool and I hope we can do another shoot there!

We started at John's house since I love their porch.

The siblings: John, Julie and Neil.


I guess you never really grow up!


Jeremy got all these really nice B/W ones:

The siblings with their mom. I don't know what they're doing but it made me laugh so I put it up!


The kids with Amy (John's wife.)


Amy & John. You may remember Amy from all the guest appearances she makes on our blog. And she's a make-up artist as well.


We loved this old shed/house thing!


Amy and her Mother-in-law. They really like each other!


Pat has a picture just like this when they were little.


Thank you Clarke Family! We had a great time with all of you!

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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

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Family shoot in Laguna

This Sunday we did a family shoot at The Montage with the adorable Brooks family. Their family was so much fun and easy to shoot! There were sooo many good ones it was hard to choose! So here are just a couple:



So cute!


Perfect sunny day to enjoy with the family.





Jeremy got this while experimenting. We LOVE how it turned out.


Noah doing a cartwheel.


The beautiful sunset.


Thank you Brooks Family for making our shoot so great!!

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Sunday, March 25, 2007

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Owen's Third Birthday!

The other day we celebrated the third birthday of our favorite little buddy, Owen. We also documented his second birthday and first birthday. Pretty soon we'll have to get another hard drive just for all the pictures we take of Owen!

From his first birthday.


And here's some from his third birthday:

Superman cupcakes!


Kryptonite punch. It was yummy.


Batman Bouncer fun.....


...more bouncer fun!


This is Owen's cousin Kylie and her adorable shirt......


...and this is Kylie's brother with the cape side of the outfit!


Meet Aiden, another one of Owen's cousins. He's a cute little man!


Melody, Misheal and Amy enjoying some cotton candy!


All the kids hitting the Incredibles pinata.


He looks a little overwhelmed with all his presents!

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Saturday, March 17, 2007

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Congratulations to our friends!!

Our "best family" is adding another little one! Yay! We're so excited for them. They are some the very best parents in the whole wide world!

Melody took this with her camera (isn't she so creative?!) I love it!



We're so excited to take her maternity photos on our yearly trip to Yosemite. It will be perfect! Here's some pictures from last year in Yosemite:

Wonderful Family.



I love this. It's so "Mel".



Owen was already excited about being a big brother!



We love you all soooo much and can't wait for the new addition!

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Saturday, February 24, 2007

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Birthday Extravaganza!

Yesterday was the birthday of our little friend, Mattie Mae. We shot last year's birthday and their family last November and it was fun to have yet another shoot with our friends!

This is our little photoshoot before the party.

Having fun spinning.


Lia just got her braces off and she's so cute! And it was her birthday too!


Mommy and Mattie fun.


Daddy and Mattie fun.


The pretty pretty princess.


Next, it was time for the amazing party at Girl Mania.
Check out what these girls did: they got their hair/make-up done, they got to pick out outfits to model, they made a video AND they had pizza and cake! Where was this place when I was young?!



Abi just LOVES getting her hair and make-up done!


Averi's anticipation of getting her make-up on.


A little collage of the girls modeling their adorable outfits!


The sweetest little group: Belle, Lily, Kiyah, Mattie, Savanna, Averi, and Abi.


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Thursday, February 22, 2007

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Our Perfect Morning....

We spent the morning with our "best family". It was so much more fun to have Christmas with a little buddy. We made a Santa video for him and woke him up early so he could get his bell from Santa. It was perfect. Here are some of the pictures that Jeremy and I shot:




What Santa left for Owen:


Santa giving Owen a bell like from Polar Express:


What Santa left for The Jeremys.





I got so much cool stuff! This is me with my new awesome eyeshadows.


I love Owen's grandpa in the background.


We got Mel the picture of her and Owen from Yosemite and we made her cry!



3 Reasons why we love Owen:

1. He loves all the gifts he gets and spends time enjoying each one.



2. He's "Incredible".



3. He brings joy and laughter to all his family and friends.



Jeremy R opening up the gift that keeps on giving: cigars. This was so much fun to get for him since we know he'd never get it himself!



Most of our gifts. Thank you to all our friends and family! We LOVE everything!



Yay for gift cards and cash. Can't wait to use it!


To potential/future clients: If we offer to buy you a drink during our meeting, you should take us up on it since we have several gift cards!!

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Tuesday, December 26, 2006

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Thanksgiving #1

I didn't take as many pictures of everyone as I wanted to (it may or may not had to do with the fact that I had some wine before dinner.) But since it was our friend's first Thanksgiving with their baby Daphne, we managed to squeeze some in at sunset!


The beautiful family.



Proud Dad.



The girls always laughing at Daddy.



Thanks for sharing your Thanksgiving with us!! We love you!

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Friday, November 24, 2006

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Family Shoot

We had another fun family evening in Ladera Ranch with our friends the Picous. We also did a shoot for Mattie Mae's Birthday in February. But this time we got the honor of their dad, (Tommy Bahama as we like to call him) being able to make it for the pictures!

Meet Mattie Mae.... (she's a sweetheart)



.....Judah.... (this pose was his "beautiful idea".)



....and Sammy (he's just cool.)






Converse are so cute. You can't see but I'm wearing mine too.



I love how Mattie runs backwards so we can still take her picture while the boys go crazy.



I have no idea what Judah was doing but it's funny!



The whole cute fam. I loved their outfits!


Thank you Picous for a fun photo shoot and for a a wonderful dinner!! We love you!

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Thursday, November 09, 2006

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Maternity Shoot

Tami (a bride/friend of ours) got her sister-in-law and brother the best gift of all, our photography!! It's just what she wanted! Becky has been in two weddings that we've shot. One was Hannah's last year and the other was Tami's this year so it was her turn for a photoshoot! I always thought she was soooooo pretty and she is just glowing from being pregnant.


Becky/Tami June 2006 and Becky/Hannah Sept 2005






Their expressions are great. The baby is just a thought soon to be realized!



Love my Lensbaby! It makes these cool blurred edges.



Could she BE any cuter??



Fun on the playground.



With her current baby.



I love this. The joy that the future baby will bring.

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Wednesday, November 01, 2006

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Family Day in Ladera

We had a family shoot at a cute little park in Ladera Ranch. The family was so nice and we had a great time with the one and three year olds! They were both so sweet. And Dad brought his scooter so we had some fun with it!

Owen with his flower. He kept giving them to me!



Sabrina's cute face!



I love these side angles that Jeremy gets.



Mom and Dad on their awesome scooter! (Don't give Jeremy any ideas; he has always wanted one!)





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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

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Beach Day

For a little break before our busy weekend, we had a beach day with our friends. And since my buddy Owen was there, it's a good excuse for me to take pictures. I love this boy!

"Blue Steel" Owen



Sunglasses Owen.



"I love my Mommy" Owen. (his mom took this one)



Playing in the sand with Daddy and Mommy Owen.



Superman Owen.

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Thursday, July 13, 2006

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Spongebob Party!

Last Saturday we celebrated my nephew's 2nd birthday, SpongeBob style!

Is there anything more fun than watching a 2 year old eat an ice cream?! I think deep down we wish we could have that much fun.



The bottom left pic is when Michael thought they were going to hit SpongeBob with a bat. He was saying"NO!"



The excitement of the cake. I love this happy family!



Jeremy got the sweetest picture of this little girl kissing Michael after the birthday song.

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Sunday, June 11, 2006

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Sierra's Birthday!

Last week we celebrated my cousin's 5th birthday with a luau in Oceanside. Sierra looked so adorable in her little outfit with princess wings to match!



Yummy goodies.



I think she was just a little excited out her cake!



A cute little one with his candy from the Pinata.



Sierra and her buddies. Check out the little one on the right. So cute!





She's so precious!

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Thursday, June 01, 2006

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Daphne is Here!

Daphne is born, finally. Actually 2 days early but that last month dragged on forever! My good friends, Jon and Becky are the proud parents of a little girl: 18 inches, 7lbs 9 ounces. I can't believe how pretty she is. She looks as though she's going to have dark eyes and red hair. Jeremy and I went to visit them and of course I had to take a few (okay 150) photos! We stayed there over an hour and she didn't cry once!



Daphne and Mommie.



Daphne and Daddy.



What cute little toesies!





She finally woke up so we could see her eyes!

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Thursday, March 30, 2006

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Owen's 2nd Birthday

Yesterday was Owen's 2nd birthday party. As usual, I took the pictures! This wonderful boy belongs to my dear friends Jeremy and Melody. I've adopted him as my newfew (as if he needed another aunt!) I just love the little guy!

Here's one from Owen's 1st birthday.



He's so big now that's he's two!



The always silly Schroff Clan



Owen with his cousin having fun!





I love this moment with Owen and Daddy



Dana with the Schroffs. I look the same in every picture!



Not only is Melody a fantastic hair stylist (see her blog below) she is also an amazing cook. Eveything she makes is fantastic.




Hair by Melody

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Sunday, March 26, 2006

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Laguna Beach Family Shoot

For my final photoshoot of the week, I got to take pictures of a family I've known for over 10 years. And they decided to bring their dogs too. There's 5 boys and they all just LOVED getting their pictures taken. I think the dogs enjoyed it more than they did!

The newest family member:



The whole famdamly (as my mom calls it)