::Spring::

...Just wanted to give you all a heads up that DOLCE is gearing up for its Second Annual Portraits in the Park.... We are doing FOUR locations this year... We do know for a fact that it will be held in MAY...but we are unsure about which weekends as we are trying to plan around some upcoming weddings...so that being said, keep MAY in mind for family portraits and tell all your friends!! we will be getting emails out with all the details as they are put into place!

::little lady::

here are some photos of my little lady...she turned 18 months on the 9th... she is growing so fast!!

::2.4.6.8:: who do we appreciate

...i just got from spending seven days in las vegas shooting the JAMZ National Cheerleading Event at The Orleans, i am working in partnership with a production company: RT Productions ... now this is my fifth year to be doing this, but i have not worked it for the past three... let me tell you.. i am worn out!! i had forgotten how different it is than shooting in my studio or on location...i am in charge of a group of two others, who with their help we line-up, pose, shoot the girls and get them on their way all in about a span of 2-3 min... (we are really good at what we do!!) some of the teams include up to 37 girls with 8 coaches... so yea, it had been a fun week! i am enjoying my quiet time for the remainder of the week as i am gearing up to go back in less than a week....

::Bebe Z::

...i got to meet M's little one last week...baby "Z"...oh.my.goodness. what a sweet little baby!! here are just a few from our shoot...

::Starstruck::

about a month ago i spent four days at IMAGING USA...its a convention for professional photographers... i knew that i would be in 'class' most of the time... and while i did walk away with some great business ideas and tips to make Dolce grow this next year.... the highlight of my time there was not only getting to hear the famed Harry Benson speak, but to also meet him...and get a hug!! i had studied this amazing man in college and to actually get to meet him was unreal! he is so genuine and real... he showed pictures that he had taken over his 50 year career in photojournalism and told the stories behind them... he was there with Martin Luther King Jr on the Civil Rights Marches, he was within inches of Bobby Kennedy when he was assisnated (he bent down to change his roll of film and when he stood back up, five others around him had been shot...) ...and of course he photographed the Beatles...which is probably what he is most famous for! so...yea i am rambling like a star crazed fan... it was an unforgettable moment in my life... here is a picture of us...yes, i told you i was starstuck..

"no paparazzi, no paparazzi " -Harry Benson

Tammy + Jason = Love!

i got the awesome chance to photograph my cousin Tammy and her husband Jason. Jason is a marine and is headed back over the pond for another tour of duty in March. I wanted give her something to 'hold on' to while is he gone. they are seriously such a great couple! they braved the sub zero weather in order to get these done!

Imaging USA

This weekend I will be super busy! I am headed off Imaging USA . It is going to be 3 days packed full of intense photography education and trends. I am really looking forward to hanging with other professional photographers who are dealing with some of the same issues as I am . Even more so I am super excited to see what the new trends are in newborn/maternity photography... I love being able to offer my clients "whats hot" right now in the preservation and sharing of their precious memories. There are going to hundreds of differents vendors there, including my favorite album company.

In addition to all this, I will be receiving my "formal" training for the non-profit photography group i am a part of. I am thrilled to meet the other amazing photographers in the area that have a heart to do this kind of sensitive work.

I am also really pumped about meeting Sandy Puc'...she is an amazing woman, she a mom, a photographer, she serves on the board at PPA, started NILMDTS and is considered a master what she does... I aspire to be like her. She is a fan of Canon, but I wont hold that against her :)