Gizmo & Ziggy- Doggie Portraits!

Howdy Everyone!
Well Saturday was such a blast! An old friend from High School has been looking at pictures of Beau and called me up to set something up for her babies, her doggies lol. We meet up Saturday at our "new" location lol and got to shooting. Her little Gizmo, the oh so tiny, 14 pound, almost as tall as Beau, Pomerian; was so bossy and wordy...He had words to say to all the animals, trees, shadows and horses...he definitely didnt let Beau get to close to his mama lol. Then there was the goofy, thinks he's tiny, 80lb Golden, Ziggy! Totally not realizing his size, came running to me lol, liked my camera lense and just flopped in the tall grass. After we did our Shoot, Beau was finally able to run and play with his new friends, Ziggy and Gizmo. Seeing them run and jump through the tall grass was so cute and poor little Gizmo...he didnt have the leaps like Beau so he could barely get through the grass. So Cute! Yoly and Esther are wonderful sisters and they love their puppies. Thank you both for letting us capture them and for our Doggie Play Date! We had a great time and Beau was definitely tuckered out! Thanks again you two!

Capturing the harmony to life's melody

Amanda Joy

Taylor- HS Senior Portraits

Yesterday was so awesome!!!

We met up with Taylor and her mama, Bonnie, at their home in Rancho. We got the small talk in and then headed down to the Coto Stables! They wanted to get some shots of her and her horsey, since Taylor rides.......her horse was GORGEOUS! It took us forever to open the barn door to get him out of his stall. We tried and tried and finally I was able to use my small tiny strength to at least get it half way open. Bonnie went and got a helping hand to only find out that the door IS actually broken and we need to get him out from the back.........lol good times. We got some great shots of her with the horsey and then packed him back in his wonderful hard to open stall ;) and then headed down to THE LOCATION of ALL LOCATIONS! Vic and Beau joined us on this one, since Vic was my driver for the day lol. We got there and my jaw just droped at how gorgeous the light was hitting the field and tree, I just wanted to jump and do cart wheels! lol. With all our props, chair, cushion, vintage suitcases, we traveled down a bit.....a nice work out lol. We got some fabulous pictures with Taylor in the field...it was very Country Artist Inspiring!! On our way out we did one last photo.......with Beau, OH HOW HE LOVES HIS LADIES! Taylor was awesome at posing and just a natural! Her mom was awesome too for helping me with my lens bag lol and with Taylor's different Outfits. Ladies, I had such a great time, thank you for a terrific SATURDAY! You guys were so great and GORGEOUS! Thank you.............enjoy!
Capturing the harmony to life's melody
Amanda Joy

This Weekend's Adventure.....Orange County Photography

Good Evening Everyone!!!
Well this weekend was definitely an Adventure! We had planned to go scouting for new locations on Saturday while take Beau hiking....seriously, the minuet we had packed the back pack, got the keys, and turned the door knob to go to the car, Vic's work phone rang. He received a call and he had to go into to work. For those of you that dont know, Vic still works a full time job and was On-Call this past weekend. So, we unpacked everything and he headed off to work, leaving me and Beau to wait an other day for hiking and scouting. It was ok, because we still had a great Saturday!!
Sunday, we forgot about the time change....apparently your body doesnt get the memo about that because you have to FORCE it hehe. So we didnt get to make it to Church Service this morning; instead we packed up the back pack, made some lunch and headed down to go Hike and Scout!! I was really excited, we ended up on Crown Valley up in the hills and stopped off at what looked like a hiking trail. Little did we know it was an Off Road Hang Out for youngin's lol. So we trecked around a bit and ofcorse, accident prone ME, my foot fell not once, not twice but THREE TIMES in puddles of mud! lol. By the time we got back to the car, I was dirtier than Beau lol. We then traveled through to Laguna and found the most beautiful location I have ever seen, I felt like I was in The Sound Of Music. It was gorgeous and I cannot wait to take my HS Seniors here....AWESOME!!! Anyway, that was our weekend, filled with fun and happiness. Here are some great shots of Beau, Flowers and ofcorse......My MUDDY Shoes....enjoy everyone!!
Capturing the harmony to life's melody

Amanda Joy

Baby Samantha- New Born Portraits

Hello Everyone!!
Well, yesterday may have been rainy and cloudy; but the sun peeked through at the perfect times for Baby Samantha! She is so gorgeous!!! You may remeber them from our past posts, Lesley's Pregnancy and Family Portraits and Lesley's Baby Shower. It is so amazing to now see our little Samantha before our eyes! It's such a wonderous and beautiful thing of how God made our bodies to hold life and bring a new creation into exhistence and now here she was, little Samantha perfect ten toes and perfect beautiful ten fingers! She slept the entire time, which was tons of fun....she was like our perfect little model! We started with the PINK BOW, so cute, then put her hand made outfit on that her Grandma gave to her and then placed her in a basket......so cute and tiny! We ended with her pink tutu on the Leopard Print ottoman....it was so cute; my favorite is when she shuffled her arms and found her comfy spot with her little head leaning on her arms. To Les and Todd, thank you for letting us be apart of her life before she came into this world and when she arrived.....after only 11 days she really is beautiful!!! Thank you...............and Nate, the new big brother, thanks for keeping Vic occupied with all your trucks, cars and games!!

Bride & Groom Day After Portraits- Rebecca & Juan

Rebecca and Juan are so cute! We meet up at their home in Temecula, after hours of Horrible Traffic on the 91 and 15 (not to mention the ugly dark clouds above)!! We then followed them to Old Town Temcula, which I absolutly fell in love with. We started off in this wonderful hidden area and went through a maze of quaint trinket and gift shops. We found this awesome brick wall which was just outside the wonderfully wood theater! Rebecca and Juan were so awesome to treck up and down three flights of stairs to capture the shots! We then headed down to this beautiful lake where the evening sun came out.....totally perfect!!! Rebecca was such a trooper...she did this entire day in hills! You go girl! Rebecca and Juan, we were so glad to see you guys again and we wish you all the best. We cannot wait to hear about the wonderful "life adventures" you will have together! Thank you and enjoy!

Capturing the harmony to life's melody...
Amanda Joy

Les & Todd- Family/Pregnancy Portraits

Oh How I just love Les, Todd and Nate.......annnd soon to be here baby Samantha!! We meet up this past friday for some Family Portraits and Pregnancy Pictures. Lesley looked gorgeous!! Beautiful necklaces and bracelets; perfectly pretty and danty. We meet up in Cerritos at a small little park, we got some great family shots then Nate who is nothing but boy wanted to play monster trucks and correct me on my Truck Jargon! As Todd took Nate to play, it was just us girls (Me, Les and Samantha!). We got some beautiful shots of Les and Baby Samantha and my favorite....The Bump Sign! It was just a perfect day, the Weather was perfect, the lighting was perfect and the family was gorgeous! Thank you Les and Todd for letting us capture your relationship and the moments of the new baby to come!! We cant wait to meet our Little Samantha!! Congrats! Annnnnd Congrats to the New Big Brother!!!! We love you guys!