My assistant

This beautiful girl is my new assistant! If you have a holiday session scheduled you'll probably get to meet her. She is a high school student currently taking a photography class, so I'm excited to have her as my sidekick! We went scouting for new locations a few weeks ago, and these spots are what we found.

Sorry for the delay

I have a few clients who are waiting for proofs or other products right now, so I want to apologize for the delay. I had a wonderful, unexpected visit from my two beautiful nieces. They decided to come down and stay for a couple of weeks, which was a rare opportunity to spend quality time with them since we only see them once every year or two. As my long-time clients know, I spend most of my nights and weekends working on my photography business, so I had to make a choice between getting that work done or making memories with "my girls". Since I encourage people to hire me because it's important to make and capture memories with your family, I figured I should take my own advice. Now that they are gone (sniff, sniff), I will be working diligently to catch up on all of my sessions. I see some late, late nights (even for me) in my future, but "K" and "A", it was so worth it...I wouldn't trade our fun and chats for anything. Love you both and miss you already. :(

This is "K", rockin' her new hair (when she arrived it was long, blonde and bangless). Doesn't it make her eyes pop? Gorgeous! She's the more glamorous of the two. Very sweet, kind of quiet, and oh my, I can't believe how grown up she looks here...I remember teaching her how to swim one summer, so cute how she'd nervously jump in and rush to me. She's now 20...sigh...

This is "A" in her all-natural beauty. She looks like the quiet one, but, ummm, no. Just as sweet as "K" and very outgoing; can't sit still. Although I can recall a time when she'd sit on my lap and whisper in my ear "I love you Aunt Niki", melting my heart. Now she's graduating high school...amazing how time flies.

And here they are together, two sisters...so different, but equally loved...

Last '09 Senior

I'm so sad my senior season is over for 2009, but it ended on a great note. Senior A was a fabulous subject, and we had a fun finding new locations. We spent a lot of time in the car, which gave us a chance to get to know each other. Oh, and it was her idea to mix the heels with the soccer ball - love the creativity! I truly loved working with all my '09 girls, and I'm so excited to see who they become...I know each one will be spectacular in her own way! So, on that note - 2010 seniors - you NEED to call and book your session now! Space is filling up and I can't do them all in the spring of your senior year, so we need to start very SOON! Call me at 727-434-4414, or email me at dayinthelifephotos@gmail.com.

B's Pho-Video

W's Pho-Video

AWESOME NEW PRODUCT!!

I'm so excited to announce my new product line - the rad-fab, uber-cool, pho-video rectangle of awesomeness! Check it out: (details below video)

This can be done with any number of photos, and can be used for the web, as with Facebook or other social networking sites, or burned to DVD to watch on the flat screen (dvd version is high-resolution). Call me - you know you want one!

Seniors W and B

I went back to Bradenton for this senior session, which involved the other girl from the "Sixteen and Sassy" session from 2007, and a brand new face, Miss W. I loved working with these two. B has had quite a few photo sessions and is very comfortable in front of the camera, so I always enjoy photographing her. But W surprised me - she had NEVER done this before, and was completely natural at it!

Senior H

I was so excited to do this senior session for two reasons - it was in Bradenton, which was a new location and therefore always fun, and because I love to photograph this girl. She was one of the "Sixteen and Sassy" girls from 2007. It was nice to get to know her better, she has a wonderful personality, and a wonderful mom too!

Seniors from Kansas City

So I get this email from "A" (blonde one) that says she's a senior from Kansas City and she wants me to photograph her senior portraits. She's all the way from Missouri...and she wants ME!! How cool is that? As it turns out, her niece, who's also a senior, was coming down with her and wanted a session as well. I felt so honored! We had a great time with this session, and got some fabulous results. Can't wait to show you the rest!