Welcome to the World, Little Man!

Today is the day the world met Cole. The day my brother became a dad. The day I became an aunt! Congrats to you and Jamie, Nick. I'm so proud of you!

Grad Invites: Get 'em while they're hot!

Class of 2009: Your senior portrait galleries are currently active through April 15th. Be sure to get your orders in by the 14th.... because when your gallery expires.... it's GONE! Once you log in, you'll see the 'products' tab where you'll find all your info on senior announcements, design options, etc... Get it together and act quick!

Airport Cutie!

While awaiting my flight home from the Denver airport, I suddenly heard a voice ask, "Khara????" I turned around to see Krista with her beautiful new baby girl, Lilly.  Don't you love when the world reminds you just how small it is? Travel always does that for me... it's one of my favorite things about hitting the road! Anyway, I couldn't resist a couple of quick shots. :)

Meet the Girls!

These are the lovely ladies I had the honor of spending the week with in Manzanita, Oregon! Adrienne from Kansas (shot by Sara)

Brooke from North Carolina (shot by Rebecca)

Jena from Oregon (shot by me!)

Kellie from North Carolina (shot by Sara)

Mel from North Carolina (shot by Kellie)

Melissa Jill from Arizona (shot by Mel)

Misha from Washington (isn't her prego belly adorable?) (Shot by Sara)

Rebecca from Kansas (shot by Melissa)

Sara from North Carolina (shot by Kellie)

Stacey from Maine (shot by Mel)

Tania from Pennsylvania (shot by Rebeccca)

And me! (shot by Stacey)

Thanks for another great year ladies! :)

Wallpaper Freebie!

I'm not normally a landscape photographer, but how could I resist  a scene like this? Download your choice of 1024x768 or 1280x800. (logo not included :) Enjoy!  (Cannon Beach, Oregon)

PhotoGirls09: After Dark Day 3

Are you really surprised? This is what goes on when a bunch of photo nerds professionals get together with gear, wardrobe and time on their hands. :) Here's Sara & Tania.

Mel & Adrienne

More Sara

Jena, Mel & Melissa Jill

Rebecca

I've always wanted big hair.... I am LUVIN' this look! What do you think? Should I get a perm or what? :)

Kellie

Brookie-Pants

Stacey

More Mel!

Misha

Misha & Melissa Jill

Adrienne & Rebecca

PhotoGirls09: Day 4 Cannon Beach, Oregon

The weather surprised us with sunshine today, so we decided to take advantage and spend the day in Cannon Beach. We went hiking, visited Haystack Rock, and went shopping (I scored a new hat!).

We had lunch at the Lumberyard Grill.

(Tam.... this Jelly Belly pic is for you!)

I loved this sign. So clever!

Here's Kellie Kano looking very Ralph Lauren amidst the rocks. The camera makes a great accessory, no?

The fire hydrants here are yellow. Isn't that darling?

Happy St. Patrick's Day from the PhotoGirls!

Last year, we were all about our knee socks. This year, we happened to be getting together over St. Patty's Day, so naturally, we needed to do a time lapse video of us Irish dancing (albeit, a loose interpretation... we're open minded out here.....). Enjoy!

Meet the Crew (alphabetical order): Adrienne Maples, Brooke Mayo, Jena Murray, Kellie Kano, Melanie Litchfield (whitebox), Melissa Jill, Michele Waite, Rebecca Peters, Sara (whitebox), Stacey Kane, Tania Lezak... and of course, yours truly!

Photogirls St. Patrick's Day Jig 2009 from Tania Lezak on Vimeo

PhotoGirls09: After Dark

The rain has been a fairly constant companion on this adventure. Here the sun dips below the horizon in between rain showers.

Once the sun was set and dinner was gobbled, we settled in for some digital photo silliness.

PhotoGirls09: Day 2 Part B

This afternoon (in between rain storms) we headed down the street to check out the town. What a charmer!

Along the way we met "Tank," the very affectionate bull dog.