TJP Blog

How adorable is this family??!!  My favorite thing about photographing kids is making the session as interactive as possible to showcase their personalities.  As soon as they arrived, Noah & Zoey went straight for the tee pee, & immediately climbed in & started posing.

I am beyond excited to share these images with all of you & I am incredibly grateful to have collaborated with such a talented team of wedding vendors!  So for all of my brides out there, if you’re still shopping around for the perfect team to make your wedding day magical, look no further!

Let them eat cake.  Sometimes we all need a little extra motivation to get through a photo shoot.  So the cake not only served as a great prop for Logan’s first birthday photos but also as a great bribe to encourage him & his brother to smile at the camera.

This woman is exceptional.  She is smart, she is talented & she has the biggest heart.  I can honestly say that my life is better because of her.  I couldn’t be happier to see my beautiful friend engaged to such an amazing man who makes her so incredibly happy.

Life has a beautiful way of reconnecting people.  I’ve known this beautiful Mama since I was in elementary school.  We lost touch for several years, but reconnected recently & I’m so grateful we did.  Meet my friend Amanda, her husband Andy & their beautiful daughters.

“You are NOT a nature girl, are you??!!”  If I’m being entirely honest, I’m a bit of a wuss when it comes to bugs, unknown rustling in bushes & creepy critters.  However I think this road trip taught me to be a bit more of a “nature girl”.

 Descanso Gardens has always been one of my favorite places.  My Nana loved gardening & I remember visiting Descanso when I was young.  My Mom, sister & I have carried on the tradition & now visit with my niece & nephew.

I shoot film.  Not a lot.  Not as much as I should.  But I do want to start incorporating it into my workflow more regularly.  There’s something about the process of loading film, using your light meter, manually focusing, timing your shots, and hearing the sound of your film advancing that makes you feel like you’re doing so much more than taking a picture, you’re creating true art.

Jennifer is one of my dearest friends.  We’ve been involved in each others lives since elementary school & have remained close for over 25 years.  We’ve been through so much together … from playing dolls to crushing on boys to taking college classes together, to being her maid of honor, to celebrating the birth of her 4 beautiful children!  She told me she wanted to celebrate their 10th anniversary with a photo shoot & I couldn’t have been more excited to start planning this session!

One of the things I love about my job is the opportunity to meet amazing photographers.  I was lucky enough to have met Lisa of {LMarie Photography} four years ago.  She has become such a dear friend & mentor.  She is one of the kindest, most compassionate, loving, & generous people I know.