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emily-photo is my happy place. My hope is that someday it will be one of yours as well.

By following along, you'll get to know me a little better, but in the meantime, here's a bit about me..

I love…

sunshine, dandelions, making a wish, landing at my vacation destination, my grandma’s never ending hugs, wobbly toddlers, running really really fast, fine art, my beach cruiser, an ice cold dirty martini, a piping hot vanilla latte, lazy days, feeling accomplished, Paula Abdul, uncontrollable laughter, Lifetime movies, memories, capturing memories.

 


I have…

an obsession with small fluffy dogs, a familiar face, a sassy side, amazing support, a camera on me at all times, a lot to learn.

I am…

silly, Tanorexic, a twitter junkie, emily-photo.

Emotions are my inspiration.  I hope to capture and showcase the emotions of you and your guests, every little detail that makes your day perfect, laughter, tears, families, and fun.

2010 Spring Family Photography Sessions - What to Wear!

I love when clients want my advice on what to wear to a family photography session. My advice is always the same, chose a color scheme. By color scheme, I don’t mean matching every article of clothing. In fact, I highly discourage that! My example is this: Let’s say you want to choose the color plum. I would suggest the mother wear a shade of plum and an accessory (scarf or shall) that is lilac or light purple. The father could wear a nave blue top to keep it a bit more masculine and the child should wear a top that incorporates similar blues and purples, argyle perhaps? Anyway, that may be a very detailed example, but you get the point.

As I was searching for example to suggest for my spring mini session families, I found a definite trend for children’s clothing this spring. That trend is denim! Of course denim is always the safe choice, but I noticed a theme that in the past was a major faux pas: denim on denim. What I’m seeing is the more denim, the better and I have to say, I love it!

These are some of the cute things I found at H&M, Gap, and Kitson.

These photos were taken from H&M, Kitson, and Gap and are for commentary purposes only.

More of George & Luis - Children’s Portraits - Dockweiler Beach

Here are some more of my favorites from my family session with George and Luis. These little men made my heart melt on Valentine’s day. How handsome are they?  
I have scheduled an upcoming Spring Mini Session day at Dockweiler, for information click here.

George & Luis - Children’s Portraits - Dockweiler Beach Los Angeles

I had two Valentine’s on Sunday, George and Luis…lots more of these cuties to come!
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March 3, 2010 - 3:05 pm Miki - Too freaking cute!!!

Happy Valentine’s Day - Painting with Light

Yes, I am one of those people.  I LOVE Valentine’s Day.  It’s a day to celebrate love and to me, that’s an important thing to do. At the least, I hope the day brings you a few extra hugs, smiles, phone calls, kisses, and sweets.  Enjoy!

*This photo was taken by my friend Keila the other night when we were painting with light in my living room. Love it!

February 14, 2010 - 10:46 am shawnreeder - Love that picture Emily!!!! Happy Valentines day to you to!

February 17, 2010 - 9:26 pm Chelsea Nicole - Painting with light is so much fun! Hope you had a great Valentine's Day. :-)

Self Portrait.

Each week I learn something (if not lots) about my new camera and how to use it. I learn about the way I shoot and how to improve. This week I decided to get the “self-portrait-challenge” out of the way and learned a ton about how my clients feel behind the camera. I actually think it was the most enlightening challenge yet. Not only did I become disturbingly familiar with my own face, but was also able to play around with the idea of making a portrait flattering. Since the photos were of me, selfishly I was going for the most flattering portrait. It was very interesting to say the least and has changed my perspective. Here are some of my favorites…

Ps. I love my new video light. It made for this perfect warm glow, woot!

February 10, 2010 - 9:17 am shawnreeder - I love these Emily!!! YOu're beautiful. YOu should post some of these in the Pictage forum thread on Share images of ourselves....

February 10, 2010 - 9:23 am Elizabeth Villa - Okay I love these, I didn't realize when I saw them on your twitter that you took these! Jealous. :)

February 10, 2010 - 1:10 pm Marissa Rodriguez - You're gorgeous! Self-portraits are tough! I have yet to do one!

February 10, 2010 - 1:13 pm Scott anderson - LOVE these images! (expressive, and cool toning).

February 10, 2010 - 2:36 pm Tiffany Rebecca - These self portraits are so stinkin' cute! I haven't taken a self portrait in a looong time.. maybe this will inspire me. maybe :)

February 10, 2010 - 8:36 pm admin - Awww you guys just totally made me happy, thank you for the comments! Tiffany and Marissa - Get on it! This was in my living room :)

February 17, 2010 - 9:25 pm Chelsea Nicole - You're so adorable Em! I love these!! They capture such a perfect mix of your fab personality. :-) Love ya and can't wait to see you very soon!

February 21, 2010 - 6:22 pm Jeff - You're so stinkin' adorable :)

March 8, 2010 - 12:48 am Chris - I know these have been here for a while.. but wanted to let you know they are awesome. keep up the great work emily