allana July 31st, 2007
Had a puppy mom breakfast with Dawn Tacker on Sunday. Sadie and Kalli, the lab girls, played all over the house and the yard. Dawn’s son Andrew helped pouring and stirring the pancake batter. Aaah, to be 3 again.
allana July 30th, 2007
To commemorate the summer of turning 13, Forest came to the studio for some portraits. Or rather Forest’s delightful mom drove him here for a portrait session. He was a terrific sport about the whole thing. Here is one of my favorites from the shoot.
Forest also is a jr lifeguard. Here he is channeling baywatch. or maybe something a bit more serious.
allana July 15th, 2007
After shooting the engagement portrait session yesterday, I called Dawn Tacker, of EOSphotography. She was in Balboa Park shooting for Labrador Harbor and invited me to join her. I already had my gear with me, and I met her and the chocolate lab Levi at the Museum of Man.
Here is Levi modeling with his ears up. SO sweet.
Later we went to Mission Hills Trail to meet three more dogs. While we were waiting there was a gorgeous rainbow and the sun set on the hills.
Labrador Harbor helps provide financial assistance and resources for families to give a second chance to labs that need surgery or rehabilitation. Their website is here:
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allana July 15th, 2007
engagement portrait session at the Marston House and at the former site of ufo in Hillcrest
I had a great time photographing these two. They are terrific people and delightful to shoot.
those connoisseurs of my work might take note of how horizontal I am shooting at the moment.
allana July 15th, 2007
Trent spent the weekend learning how to sail. Here he is posing with Sadie. The boat shoes, green izod and the yellow lab complete this utterly preppy get-up. full teeth grin.
allana July 5th, 2007
I’m going through the entire wedding now, but here are some of my favorite portraits from Sunday’s wedding.
allana July 3rd, 2007
Today is the one year anniversary of my near-death drowning. I’m not sure how I feel about this; my heart and mind are all over the place. It seems like today is like a second birthday for me. There are no physical reminders of the accident; no scars or abrasions left. But clearly it is embedded in my psyche as much as a permanent physical reminder would be.
Yesterday at a used bookstore, I happened across(in the graphic novel section, where you’ll usually find me) a copy of The Wild Party that was illustrated by art spiegelman. I bought it and read it through last night before bed. It is a great poem, and worth reading if you haven’t. As suggested by William Burroughs in the forward, this poem and its’ images stay with you.
I’m not sure if today is for celebrating, and having a wild party; or for quietly enjoying the fact that I am alive and just having a normal day. I’ve had an amazing year, but still my soul battles; is this life for the wild party that we can get out of it? Do we live it up, drinking in every pleasure until the cops come in? Or is this life for a moderate cautious blend of simple pleasures and traditions?