meet miss Keisha.

So what do I want to do on a Friday night? go shoot! of course!
Keisha and I were going to go out...this last Friday....
when it decided to rain....

yay for rain in our valley, but bummer on the rain for an outdoor photo session.

we still managed to have fun making some images "in-studio"
oh boy, do I use that term loosely!

Keisha is a beauty...I mean she should be a Tongan princess....
I hope she doesn't kill me for saying that! but it's true! (:

she has the most amazing face!

I don't know that I did it justice...she is perfection.
oh, we are going to have some more fun...soon.
nik

logan is 6 months!

oh, I sooo remember this stage...especially with my Tad....
he teethed so hard, he just teethed and teethed and teethed AND teethed...
I didn't know a wee one could teeth so much...
tylenol was my very best friend.

how perfect is logan though?

look at his perfect gerber skin...
and those checks...
adorable.
nik

more master Ryker...

my goodness...he looks just like his adorable brother...oh no....
poor mama, now she has double trouble...more adorableness and nts nts on the way (;
xo
nik

meet Ryker jett.

a little trivia for you...
Ryker's mom has memories of visiting her
great-grandparents (Ryker's great-great's) ... who lived in our house,

honestly she is too nice to say, but she probably mostly remembers
the pink and peach tile...that is still here... gracing our bathrooms,
oh, only around 50 years later. sigh.

Ryker's great-great aunt still lives right around the corner from us.
appropriate don't you think that master Ryker should come here..
"in-studio" to get is newbie photos done?
I think so (:
nik

set.

lovin' me some old school studio!!

poor tori...I actually said "setter" almost like "cheese"...
bad and corny
nik

ode to Penn

I adore Irving Penn images...they captivate me...

Irving Penn June 16, 1917 – October 7, 2009

I have looked and looked online for Irving Penn style backdrops...

I can't find any out there...this is my lame attempt at a Penn drop...it took me a week...

"imitation is the sincerest of flattery"
nik

my "team"

my poor poor family...really...truly....I kinda feel bad...a little...ok, not much...
but I should...


bruce: hubby/art director.
mimi:  mom/assistant director (AD)    
jay:    sister/stylist.
shan:  sister/make-up designer.
amy:  daughter/hair designer.
b:      niece/model

"make it happen people!!"
LOL
nik

emma grace

is 6 months!

and she looooves patterns and material! (:

what a total doll!

nik

little miss 4th.

miss hailey takes her 4th of july very seriously. (:

what is a dum dum for...if not to drum with?

look at those little hands and feet...

one hand one hand drumming on a a drum...

dum ditty dum ditty dum dum dum
nik

meet master james.

so so so pickin' adorable!

the baby of his family...he has 3 beautiful older sisters...

oh my.

he is tender and sweet...and all boy...

ka chow!
nik

cutie pie.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
origin yrs. 1930-35
cutie pie
n.
a cute person, typically a woman or a baby.
ex. "awwww, he is such a cutie pie!"

nik

bright & vivid

I love her.
my boys simply adore her!
she is shining, full of life, lively and animated...

what would we do without you Erika?
xo
aunt nik

meet Emma Grace.

she is a cherub.



from the mouths of little children and infants, you have created praise.
nik

welcome back...

to me. I know, but it is my blog...and I thought,
why not welcome myself back after my 18 day hiatus? whoosh.
where did the month of March go?

this is my march face.

cameron.

love... still feeling lots of love...18 days later...
love love love
nik

my tye.

sometimes the boys are willing to "help" me in "studio"...

yogi master.

I am still in shock my "baby" is now three...

I know this is such a violation...but it brings tye so much joy to "gross" me out...

all boy.
nik

modeling portfolio

better know as a "port"






why fight it? LOL
nik

meet Cameron.

I should be...doing any one of these things...
laundry.
cleaning my house.
shopping for our trip.
packing for 11 days.

and the list goes on...
BUT....can you blame me? I mean we had a ridiculous good time in "studio"...my goodness...I LOVE what I do...love love love.
btw...her daddy is now officially on my prayer list...oh my.
nik