Back in April I had the pleasure of photographing two sisters.  Two sisters who are about 15 years apart.  Baby Lillian isn’t going to stay small forever and she’s been a true blessing to her family.   Their mother wanted to me to capture the love and bond between big sister Taylor and baby sister Lillian.  I thought it was so adorable when I found out that Taylor picked out the outfits for her little sis.  There’s no denying that there is a deep and special  bond between the two sisters and I hope that it’s everlasting like these captured images.

BTW, I made sure mom made it into a few shots :).

After the 2012 WPPI convention in Vegas two weeks ago, I made a detour to southern California before heading back to Seattle.  I caught up with old friends, met up with new ones and also visited relatives, but the main purpose of my trip was to attend my good friends’ baby shower.  Thyda and Sam visited WA back in December.  We had originally scheduled a maternity session then, but the good old northwest only had wet and rainy weather to offer.  Of course I could not pass up on the chance of shooting in the California sun.  This shoot was a long time in the planning (well, ever since I found out about the news) and I’m so glad I got to do it in California instead.  Thanks to our friend Mikal of Lok In the Moment (also my wedding photographer!) for suggesting the Jeffrey Open Space Trail in Irvine, CA as one of our shoot locations.  All the sun made me crave for ice cream so we headed over to Laguna Beach.  It was a special place for Thyda and Sam because it was where Sam proposed to Thyda almost four years ago.  Well, we ended up having such a great time that we forgot about getting ice cream.  I’m extremely happy for Thyda and Sam and how far they’ve come and grown in their relationship.  I’m also very proud of Thyda.  She’s such a gorgeous preggo!  I can’t believe in just a couple weeks, someone who I consider more than a good friend but like my little sister, is going to be a mommy!  Baby Brayden… you lucky boy… see you soon!

Around the same time last year I was introduced to Dy Leng through Bunn Salarzon.  I was excited to meet another local Khmer photographer starting her own business.  It’s important in this industry that we support each other as oppose to viewing each other as competitors.  It’s even more important that we’re in the same early stage of our businesses.  I admit it’s easy to get discouraged by the more experienced and well established photographers.  When we met Dy was actually looking for a mentor, but I was no where close  to being a mentor to anyone.  Instead we decided that there’s a lot we can learn from each other and with each other.

Over the summer I held a contest to give away a free lifestyle portrait session (actually two) and Dy was one of the winners.  You’d be surprised sometimes that even as photographers, many of us don’t have nice pictures our ourselves and our families.  I was more than happy for the chance to photograph Dy and her adorable family.  You deserved it Dy!   I hope you enjoyed being on the other side of the camera for once =)

Baby Sabrina came in last month for her first birthday photoshoot.  Sabrina is such a joyful little girl and she’s a true gift to her parents after hearing their amazing story.  It was Sabrina’s actual birthday so I took the pleasure of baking a cake for her cake smash session.  Check it out!

Last month, I got the chance to take pictures of these adorable siblings, Baby H and her two big brothers.  Baby H turned 4 weeks old at the time these photos were taken.  Even though things didn’t go as planned (unexpected showers that morning) we still made it work.  I want to thank the mother of these cuties for inviting me into their home to capture these images.  I normally would prefer to photograph newborns at my place due to the great natural lighting I get and also access to props and equipment that I don’t typically travel with.  In this case the boys would have to come along and I just didn’t have all the space in my tiny little condo.  The newborn session turned into something for the boys as well and I love the backyard shots in the rain!