Personal Journey and Adventures of Nina

There is still time to get your senior portraits taken....or book for next year and beat the rush! The fall colors will be beautiful and make a terrific backdrop for portraits. I am booking for the end of October and early November right now.

This July, I had the pleasure of photographing young Riley and her family on behalf of the Children's Cancer Assocation . Riley has terminal cancer and was granted her wish of spending the weekend in Portland where she got to have her nails painted and ride in a limousine amongst other wonderful adventures. Riley and her brother. She got a little tired so for this picture, she sat in her chair. Unfortunately, the family have just learned of some bad news and they are now officially signed up with hospice. I could not begin to imagine the pain the family are suffering right now.  Apparently, her mom has been crying so much that Riley told her she needed to put band aids on her eyes! FYI: If you would like to support CCA, they are raffling a Honda Fit. You can purchase tickets here. The drawing is September 12th, 2010.

Baby Wake is the greatly anticipated newborn of Oregon City Swim Team Head Coach, Matt Crum and his wife, Macy. It was wonderful to share in the couple's first week with their new baby. During the shoot, Baby Wake had lots of "surprises" for us all but we were able to capture some precious moments with him awake and asleep and all the laundry and mopping was worth it in the end! And of course, being the coach's son, we had to get the goggle shot!

Maybe it's because I never had a doll of my own that I just love to dress up little girls! Miss Kate was fun to work with. Although she is not sitting as yet, we improvised. The expressions that she makes put a huge smile on my face. What a pleasure.

Inspired by the innocent look dolls, I have started this new series in which my models take on the appearance of a doll. It's just new so look for more to come here!

I had this shot in my head for weeks. Finally I had ten minutes to shoot it and I was extremely happy with the results. Firstly, I started out with my non-swimmer to test lighting and angles. I used two 1600 Alien Bees with strip modifiers. The subject was placed in exactly the right position to let enough light define both edges w little or no definition through the middle. Then when my real swimmer was around, I shot him. I am excited about marketing these images in my upcoming material. This is my test subject... Here is my real swimmer!

There is definitely something in the water! I have been photographing newborns all week! Just a week old and Kennedy has the sweetest smile!