Extra Credit Adventures

My husband is currently very busy taking 23 units so that he can finish his B.A. as quickly as possible. And though I am very proud of him, the amount of homework he has assigned to him does, at times keep us from going out on the weekend. Which is why I was ecstatic to hear that his Japanese professor would give him extra credit if he visited the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and write about the Japanese exhibit. An extra credit date night!

My favorite part of the exhibit happened to be these miniature carvings that stood about three inches tall. I'm a sucker for intricacies and these little guys were amazing!

There also happened to be an exhibit on Fashion! I need to make this teacher cupcakes or something! I am very grateful that I live in an age where it's totally acceptable for women to wear pants but I've also dreamed about how lovely it would have been to dance around in huge ball gowns where all the men knew the steps to the dance and your dress would sway back and forth to the music. What I didn't realize is what went under those dresses to give them their shape. What a nightmare! Contraptions that pushed you up and squished you in and gave you a shelf instead of a butt. My word!

Chris and Rubie

So...what do you call your cousin's son? Is he your second cousin...or your first cousin once removed? In a family as close as mine we call him a nephew, which means in about a month and a half I'm going to be an Aunt! I am so excited to meet my nephew and I know that Chris and Rubie are going to be Amazing parents! They love each other so much and are already deeply in love with their son, plus they're not the kind of people that rely on their own strength to carry them through. We had a lot of fun braving the California drizzle while capturing the beauty of expecting parents.

Congratulations to the both of you!!!

Laurel

It is so wonderful to look into the eyes of a teenager and be super excited about how they will eventually impact the world. Not that Laurel isn't already impacting the world around her but as her world gets bigger so do her dreams and so does her impact. I have no doubt that she will use all of the gifts she has been given for great things and that people will be changed because of what she has set out to accomplish. So here she is, Miss Laurel on the cusp of adulthood.   

It was wonderful being able to shoot your senior portraits Laurel! You're beautiful!

Ahlia

 It is such a great honor to take Senior Portraits. The moment you are capturing is so unique, a phase in some one's life where they are going from being a child to being an adult, and Ahlia is doing tremendously in the transition. She is already making wise choices and is confident in who she is. We had lots of fun as we captured her well, beauty of course, but also her sweet spirit, her joy and her creativity.

Thank you for such a wonderful shoot Ahlia! You are an amazing girl and I can't wait to see what lies in store for you!