{Portraits} Jade & Shane

Last month I had the opportunity to surprise my husband and take him on a mini-vacation to Sunny California. It was his Valentine's Day gift from me. We had such an amazing time and what made it better was that we were able to spend it with our dear friends Jade & Shane.

These two lovebirds who are originally from Colorado Springs, CO have been together for 13+ years. These High School sweethearts moved from Colorado to NYC where they have resided for about 8 years. Shane landed a job in L.A. and so they relocated to the west coast where the weather is absolutely gorgeous all year round. Seriously, who wouldn't want to leave the horrible winters of NYC? They have been in California for a year now and are loving it :-) Jade is one my dearest friends and I couldn't leave Cali without shooting these two in Santa Monica Beach. A place where they love to come to watch the sunset and just relax.

Thank you Jade & Shane for being such gracious hosts and giving us the Cliff Notes version tour of Los Angeles!!! We loved it and will be back before you know it! Love you both to pieces!























xo,
Judie

{Anytime} Anna M.

It's not often that I have my picture taken, in fact, the last time I had professional photos taken of me was for my wedding last April. Between my full time job and and my part time photography business, I am never in front of a camera unless of course it's with my point and shoot while on vacation. With that being said, my friend Anna of Volovique Photography thought it would be a great idea if a few photographers got together for a quick shoot out in Brooklyn Bridge Park. We would take pictures of each other so that we can use it to update our websites!

Here are my photos of Anna!

Until next time!

Judie

A Girl Named Lauren...

“The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.” ~Unknown~

She listens to me without judgement and allows me to be myself at all times. She encourages me and pushes me to be the best at anything because she knows I can be better at anything I set my mind to. She knows my goals, my dreams and my fears.  She not only lends an ear and shoulder to cry on, but she cries with me and doesn't say a word because those are the moments when I don't need advice or "I told you so's", she knows that I just simply need to be. She is smart, witty, incredibly funny and a fabulous dancer! She is always up for being my model everytime we get together. She loves Karaoke and Egg Drop soup :-) She is Lauren and she is my best friend.













After our impromptu photoshoot in Chelsea..lol. Who can focus after 3 mojitos?

Evelyn in the City!

Evelyn and I go back, way back, back into time (cue Freestyle music). Ok, ok.. No seriously, we have known each other for almost 12 years now. We met back in 1998/99 when I was working for a Latin Music label. Evelyn attended one of the gigs with a dear friend, shout out to Steven!! We clicked from the start and have remained friends ever since. Either while I visit Boston or she visits NYC, we try our hardest to always catch up and that is exactly what we did earlier this month.

Evelyn loves NYC and so we started our shoot in Soho and ended it in Times Square. We had a fabulous time and I cannot wait to do it again!! Here are a few shots of that day!





























And what better way to end the shoot than by enjoying a delicious slice of New York Pizza!



Toodles!

Svenja

A few weeks ago I had the incredible priviledge of assisting the wonderful Amy Genao on a shoot. I came across Amy's blog through another photographers website. I checked it out and instantly loved her outgoing personality as well as her images. So, in a non-stalkerish kind of way, I hit her up on Facebook and expressed how I admired her work...lol. She graciously accepted my friend request and gladly didn't think of me as a stalker. As a new photographer trying to get my feet wet in such a competetive industry, I am all about learning everything and anything there is to learn about my craft so you can imagine my excitement when Amy, an established photographer, wrote me asking if I would be willing to assist her on a shoot :-) I am not gonna lie, the first thing I did was call "J" and say "OMG!! Amy asked me to assist her!!!" He was like "ok, who is that?" and I said "Hello, oh it's only the one photographer whose blog I have been reading all week, come on babe." Haha, yeah, he is quite the enthusiast...lol! Anyways, I was super excited to say the least.

We met up with Svenja, the model, in the West Village and the shoot went off without a hitch! Here are a few shots that I took on that day.











Thank you Amy for the opportunity to assist you. I had a wonderful time!
And thank you Svenja for being such a beautiful model :-)

Happy Wednesday!