Saturday, November 29, 2008

kayle family: a new chapter.

this morning i had the privilege of photographing christy and mike. they have been married now for almost two years and are expecting their first bundle of joy, a baby girl.
it was such a great time talking to them and getting to hear a little bit about their story.
can't wait to meet this little girl in february!
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a little notting hill...






the old theater on miracle mile.





christy's face while mike was explaining the story of how they met... great story!

traditions.

i am strong believer in telling stories through photographs... it is such an interesting way to learn about others and their traditions, especially relating to the holidays.
one of the greatest things my parents did for my sister elsie and i was to create little traditions for us and our small family of four. thanksgiving is the culmination of so many of those traditions as we prepare for the christmas season. our christmas tree which is decorated the day after thanksgiving is the story of the four of us... ornaments from friends, other relatives, as well as an ornament from every place that we've been to in the world... hope this gives you a little bit of the palacios story.
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first time grandparents hanging the first ornament with their grandson....
brother-in-law or creepy man behind christmas tree?
out of order: this is from thanksgiving... this is my cousin emily (she'll be six years old this next week)
from the outside looking in.

i want my nephew to know that his aunt was not the photographer who did this to him... it was his abuela instead.
nothing like getting your christmas tree in 70 degree weather... oh south florida.
the christmas tree tent.
our little lumberjack.

Happy Holidays!!

Sunday, November 23, 2008

elsie.

so i know that i have been absent from the blog scene for awhile. i've had friends tell me online, church, work, etc. that i've been doing a pretty poor job of keeping this up to date.
well alright, so i've been gone for awhile. i've been researching i guess you can say. i have been lost in what i really want to portray though my photography. it has to do with the fact that i've been photographing sports lately... i've lost a lot of what i enjoyed and studied about photography worried that i'll get just the right shot of someone running with the ball, or diving of the platform.

my sister, elsie, gave me a very interesting assignment that has started a whole new way of thinking, journaling, and researching... my sister has been married to her husband jeff for two years now. may of 2007 as i was finishing up my junior year she calls me to tell me that she is pregnant (they had only been married for four months). her son was born seven months later and has grabbed complete control of my heart. elsie called me again in june and told that number two is on my way-- not only am i going to an aunt for the second time, but a godmother as well. jeff asked me if i could snap some photos of elsie alone and with their son... it has launched me into this whole new way of thinking about life. so needless to say i have taken a month long break from photography... again.... to understand this way of capturing a moment.

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