I had the lovely opportunity of doing a Beauty Portrait Session with my friend Kasia. She is originally from Poland but is living in California now. She is so sweet and beautiful–we had a great time!

She brought a bunch of different clothes to change up her look. The location was a garden in Palo Alto–absolutely beautiful garden and great location for a beauty or senior shoot, that’s for sure!

Here’s some of my favorite portraits of Kasia!

Meet Eugenia, my first 2013 Senior Spokesmodel! She is with The King’s Academy’s graduating class of 2013.

For more information on getting your portraits done, click the button above that says “Seniors 2013”.

I had the pleasure of photographing our friend, Stacey. She is such a rock-star…the photos speak for themselves!

These are some practice shots I took of my friend Didi at a location I spent a LOT of time trying to find…it’s called Bernal Historic Ranch Park.

I was so excited to finally find it! I was doing a senior photo-shoot here and Didi helped me prep. She is such an amazing friend, and an gorgeous model. Thanks Didi!

This is a little collage I made from a senior shoot I had with my friend’s daughter, Sarah. I really like making these–I create them in Photoshop. I have been learning more and more how to make collages and storyboards, so you’ll be seeing more things like this as I continue learning.

It was requested of me to only put up a few photos, so here’s a few favorites of mine from her shoot.

Sarah wanted a country-style shoot and I was able to find a great spot in the San Jose foothills. Among the awesome things about this location is a huge white barn and some old farm equipment.

It felt like we were on a farm in the country, but we were actually in the middle of a neighborhood. I searched high and low for it and was so excited to finally find it (this location has definitely been added to my list of great spots for photo-shoots) and we had a great time!

I wanted to get a little practice in, and my husband wanted some more business-like photos for his new business, so we went and had some fun.

It was really close to sun-set when we decided to go out to take some photos, so we drove down past the library close to our house and stopped by a small soccer field where we spotted some nice scenery.

I really enjoyed the lighting…I prefer natural light over using a flash.  It just looks so good.

Some of the best times for getting soft, natural light is about 1-2 hours after sunrise and 1-2 hours before sunset. I like to shoot during those times if I can, but I know that’s not always possible…gotta work with what ya got!

So, here some photos of my sweetie–enjoy!