{Megan}

It is so fun to throw a few Senior pics into the mix each year, it makes me feel young again! For about 2 hours I miss high school days and then, well then I don't anymore :) But really I did love my high schools days; soccer, volleyball, ASB, dances and not a worry in sight! Those were some good times. Anyhow Megan and I had some fun in old town Orange cruising around, laughing and taking some beautiful pics. Once again I luck out with these gorgeous blue-eyes subjects to shoot and it makes me wish my eyes weren't boring old brown. Megan is looking forward to attending ASU and I wish her all the luck in the world, even though she will be the biggest rival for my WILDCATS and U of A :) Good luck Meg!

{Wednesday Wallace #2}

Another thing about me you may not know is I LOVE MY HOLGA camera. So I'm not gonna lie, I was kinda bummed when I saw Urban Outfitters was selling holga cameras. Don't get me wrong I lovvvvvve Urban! I have been a dedicated shopper since, well before I had a driver's license (long ago)! But, they have become this over priced trendy fad now and that kinda takes the fun out of it for me. But, I bought my first holga when I was 21 in my first college photo class. Needless to say I have been using it ever since. It is so simple, so unpredictable and that is why I love it (and I have always been a fan of square format). Anyways, my old holga finally broke, and when I say broke I mean the duck tape that has been holding it together finally gave way and I purchased a 2nd holga. I got a white one this time to switch things up. If you are in the mood for a holga please don;t spend $80!!! Go to www.bhphotovideo.com and get one that its if the same great quality for about $30!!!! I even linked you to a really cool purple one :) Anyways that is all the Wallace sharing for today! Many more photo jobs to be blogged next week. Everyone have a delightful weekend.

{Danny & Katie}

So this blog is a little late but better late then never, or so I tell myself just this once. I am usually right on time!! Well this wedding was so much fun. Danny and Katie were so laid back which made it so easy and fun to get shoot. I second shot this wedding with the amazing Eric Slay with Paper White Photography. He is an amazing photographer and so fun to shoot with! Turned out that I knew a few of the groomsmen from back in the high school days. This is the 2nd time this year that I knew people in the bridal party. Small world, small Orange County. Congrats again Danny & Katie.

{Wednesday Wallace #1}

So I mentioned that every Wednesday I would post a new fact about yours truly so that all you readers can get to know me a little bit better. We will call these posts "Wednesday Wallace". So for today, since it is St. Patty's I feel it best to share with you all about my heritage. My middle name is Wallace and my last name is actually Journigan. Wallace is Scottish and Journigan is French. I am about 50% Irish! 25% Scottish! and about 25% French! with a pinch of some Dutch in there too. Somehow I tan amazingly well and I am not sure where that comes from. Everyone have an amazing St. Patty's filled with Irish love! xo Kate

{Tommy & Kelsey}

This engagement shoot was filled with laughs from both the engaged couple and from me as well. I have know Kelsey since high school back to our high school and club volleyball days. She clearly has the height that I was always lacking so naturally she was a middle and I was the setter. I hadn't met her fiance, Tommy, until the day of our shoot so I didn't quite know what to expect. He was just a hilariously and outgoing as Kelsey. i am telling you they are perfect for each other, match made in heaven. I am so looking forward to their wedding in Sept. at the beautiful Nixon Library.

A new fresh {BLOG} & {WPPI}

So I just got back from WWPI and it was great! I spent 4 days out in Vegas, mostly working and well a little playing as well :) I had a wonderful time meeting up w/Joan Allen a dear friend and mentor of mine. I was also able to meet many fabulous photogs (Braeden Flynn and Kurt Hilmerson just to mention a few). I learned many new great tips and tricks at the seminars. Tamara Lackey and Jasmine Star were just a couple of the speakers that I truly enjoyed.

In light of the new inspiration and all that I have taken away from WPPI I have set a few new goals for this here BLOG. So not only will this blog be to write about my most amazing clients and share their photos but I will be revealing a bit about myself (EVERY WEDNESDAY) and also sharing some photog tips and tricks of my own and interesting articles, videos and so forth that have helped shape me and and my photog career. Please feel free to jump in and ask me QUESTIONS, leave your COMMENTS or just SAY HELLO!! I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!!

So I leave you with one little thing about me to kick things off as well as a little Vegas story to go with it. My favorite # is 33.

I happened to have really bad luck and lose the majority of the time. Roulette is my fav game out there and from time to time I enjoy a little black jack and slots as well. My fav # is 33. It my all time favorite. My dad's old football # and my old soccer # and it has stuck with forever. It has proved to be quite the lucky # in the past but this week it was doing me no good. Until... I was heading out of Viva and on my way to hit the road home and I stopped w/some friends to check out the new "City" in vegas and had some lunch at Aria hotel. FYI check out Aria, it is beautiful, modern and sexy. I plan to stay there in the future. Anyways back to my bad luck, I had $40 left and decided why not give it one more whirl at #33. So I hit the roulette table, meeting some fine lads in town from Manchester, England, and lost $30 and in one last attempt threw down my last $10 on #33 and what do you know, IT HIT!! So I made $350 and cashed out and went straight to my car to head home :)

{CRUZ}

Umm I think Cruz gets the most adorable little ham award! He is the cutest thing ever and his eyes just draw you in. His Mom and Dad were the best, most helpful and fun to photograph parents. We had planned to shoot some sleeping photos and apparently Cruz is the best sleeper ever, but as it normally goes on baby shoots... he didn't sleep a wink, not even for one second! So we had some fun with it and took advantage of those big brown eyes of his. Cruz gets a high five for not peeing once! i don't know how he did it but he is the first baby to never pee w/out his diaper on during the shoot. Oh, and I couldn't resist throwing in a picture of their unbelievably friendly dog, Lincoln. He was by my side the entire shoot waiting patiently for his moment in front of the camera, so I gave him the spot light on the chair, in his sweater and he soaked it up!!

Here is Lincoln enjoying his moment in the spot light! He cracks me up!