Photos by Mary

I was so excited when Shannon asked me to take pictures of Emilie at 6 months.  We kicked around ideas of going somewhere outside, but decided to do them in my office.  I got a hold of some wood flooring and put it down just before Emilie arrived.  I LOVE how her pictures came out.  She is such a little beauty!!  Thank you Shannon for this opportunity!

The first week in August I took my boys home to visit my family and friends.  Home could be Atascadero or Templeton, I spent a lot of time in both towns.  Generally I refer to home as the Central Coast.  Located exactly half way between San Francisco and Los Angeles.  This is where my photography career started.  My first wedding, family pictures, I even shot my little sister's senior portraits in 1987.  When I heard my friend Claire was looking for someone to shot her daughters senior pictures I gave her a shout out.   Claire's family and mine go way back.  I mentioned to her that I would be in town and would love to take pictures of Kate. This is Kate, a senior at Atascadero High.  She is one beautiful teenager, very sweet!  I have to mention this fence.  I asked Kate to lean on it and was demonstrating to her how it should look.  Well it was an electric fence!!!  Yes, I got electroc...

How lucky to be able to watch this beautiful boy grow from a newborn to a walking one year old.  Here is Cade when he was just a newborn.                                                        Cade is three months old in this picture.              One of my favorite session, Cade at six months old.  He was all giggles and smiles.       Then we did some pictures in my office when Cade was nine months old.  Again very happy.  Cade at one.  We met at Anthem park for his one year old session.  Cade was not to thrilled with the ducks.            ...

Lets talk about Trash The Dress, I think it should be called something else for the dress doesn't really get trashed.  Maybe a little dirty or dusty.  Unless of course you are going into the ocean.  Then you just rinse off the dress with the hose and drop it off at the dry cleaners.  Can I just say that I LOVE doing this kind of shoot.  Maybe I will re title it to WDF (Wedding Dress Fun).  They are so much fun because the bride is so relaxed, you get to pick a fun out of the ordinary location and the photographer is under no time limit or any concerns of keeping everything neat and pretty.  Do you remember Raeannon, a beautiful past bride?  Let me tell you that we had so much fun doing this WDF.  I feel like I've had a big secret waiting for the right time to do this blog post.  We had such a great time and Raeannon was such a trooper. She is gorgeous and was not afraid to lay down in the dirt which made for great pictures.  Thank y...