{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

Camera Fun Play Dates

I met a group of wonderful women back in March through a FB photography page. We shared the same interests and goals. We tried to set up play dates numerous times but do to our overwhelming work schedules, they always fell through. Finally on a beautiful Spring day, four of us were able to find a day to get together and play with our cameras.

These are only a few of the images taken that day. I am working on a few more that I hope to post soon.

Say hello to Jennifer of Cyrience Photography.


This is Latina of Latina Vega Photography


and this is Jasmin of Jasmin Photograpy & Design


Here is a picture of me that Latina captured...hehe.


We had a great time and learned a few new things from each other. We are all on the same journey and do our best to keep each other motivated.


Happy Monday!

{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

Noble turns 1...Happy Birthday!

It's always exciting to be able to enjoy someone's birthday but particularly when it's someone you love dearly. My baby cousin Noble Chapman turned 1 year old on April 2nd. How quickly time flies. His mom and dad had a small get together for him at the park and all of us went :-) Much fun was had and as always, there is nothing like getting together with family and friends! Happy Birthday Noble! We love you so very much :-)

Here is Noble then:




And this is Noble now:

Friendship

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."

This past Saturday I was able to finally get together with my girlfriends who I haven't seen in a while. It was a long over due brunch with unlimited Sangria...Heyyyy! We caught up on eachother's lives, laughed alot, argued a little and laughed some more. Ok, maybe there were a few tears shed by one person but hey, thats what friends are for right...sharing is caring people!

These girls in particular are more like family, in fact, on of them is my cousin (the not so sane one of course, love you Haze!) and the other two are amazing ladies who have shared a part of my life for a very long time! I of course, am more like the Mother Hen of the bunch. I am the oldest, shhhh, and the one that tries to be rational all of the time. So I often feel the need to look after them, make sure they are ok and to remind them that everything will work itself out. I can't help it. I love these girls and am so grateful for having them in my life. We each live very different lives now and don't get to see eachother as often as we'd like but when we do, we always pick up right where we left off!

Here are a few shots that I took in Central Park after brunch.

Haizel - The Free Spirit & my crazy a** cousin.










Yaira - The Charismatic One










Nikki - The Tenacious One








Silly Girls!




Watch out now :-)


Thank you girls for all the fun times! I look forward to making more memories with you...muah!