Little Abigail, 6 months.

What a smile!!!

It was great to see the Schildhouse family for Abigail's 6 

month shoot at the end of January. She never fails to give

me the most dazzling smiles and she is the light

of her mommy and daddy's life...all of this makes

for a such a fun shoot. Can't wait to see her

at her 9th month! 

Xoxo,

L

Polaroid, projects, and peas...

For the holidays my grandmother gifted me a book that I "inhaled" as 

she inscribed I would...

A Homemade Life

by Molly Wizenberg

A charming memoir about a girl, food, family and  how she made all

of them work for her as a J-O-B. In the book she starts by sharing

where the tale takes professional root:

http://orangette.blogspot.com/

A food blog full of hearthy warmth, stories from her family's kitchen and her growth along the way. I was looking at her blog the other day, and was pleased to see some stunning food photography...on POLAROIDS! 

I'm in a bit of a Polaroid kick these days, having just designed a polaroid save the date for my dear friends Brian and Ashley myself, 

I felt inspired to take on my own polaroid love.

For 2011's photo project, I have decided to create a collection of

polaroids as the months go by. Super simple, no real big meaning

lying around anywhere...just life as it is. I feel like we never really know what the big meanings are till time gifts us 

perspective to see it anyhow...so here we are:

January 2011

*Burbank hills, CA

This will be my homage to keeping it simple this year. Being present 

is the new multi-tasking ; )

“A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.”
- Maya Angelou

Cheers to keeping it real, polaroids, and of course,

Ms. Angelou.

Xo

L

Chicago { part 1}

I love Chicago. 

The quiet bustle.

The charming grit.

The everyman feel....

...and the brick - who doesn't LOVE the brick!?

It was a work/play trip. 

I was lucky enough to meet a 

great group of actors that attend DePaul's theatre 

program and looking for new head shots!

And I got to spend time with my old friends, the Gaspar Family!

... and meet baby Nina...

...and love up on sweet Maeve.

I love this family.

Each morning I would come down to Mary's beautiful kitchen for coffee,

chit chat, and on this trip, a little Arial music complements 

of Maeve, " you be Sebastian?". 

As always, they are the perfect hosts.

Here are a few of Derek's head shots!

And my beautiful buddy, Mary.

*Can you believe she just had a baby 5 months ago!?

SO much fun! More to come and thanks Mare and Der

for a great week!

Xo

L