Carla-a little bit of everything

Carla contacted me about a month ago to inquire about getting some headshots done for her website. She is going to be selling jewelry from designers as well as various other accessories through her new website. I wish I had a website address to give you to see where you can get these lovely items, but it's still in the works. I will make sure to post about it once it's up and running though :)

Carla brought along some of her beautiful pieces to wear during the shoot, so we decided it would be great to get some product shots in as well...kill 2 birds with one stone. Wait no, we killed 3 birds because she also brought along her 2 adorable daughters, so we got some family pics in as well :)

Here are just a few of my favs from her session....enjoy!

Yes, the couch made an appearance again. I'm so in love with it....don't be surprised if it turns up on nearly every shoot :) Oooooh, and I have another new chair that I haven't used yet!

Dawn & Rob-Maternity- Part2

enjoy

The New Site

I'm beyond excited to introduce the brand spankin new beki dawn photography.com

My good friend, Brad Chancellor, of Chancellor Design put together a stellar site and new brand for me, and I'm so in love with it!

Brad and I go WAY back! We used to play music together about 10 years ago. We had so much fun at that time in our life, and it's such a pleasure being able to collaborate with him again...only this time with our new found loves....graphic/web design and photography :)

Check out the site and let me know what you think and please hit Brad up for all of your web/graphic design needs. He's SO super easy to work with. enjoy!

Here are some pics of us back in the day... Brad and I are the 2 in the tree :)

Here we are on the side of the road on our way to play some shows in Arizona.

ok, this next pic is so embarrassing, but also extremely funny...me on the sax...haha!

The crowd we were playing to

Site Down!

The website will be down until tomorrow morning, but for a very good reason. The BRAND NEW site will launch tomorrow. I'm so excited I can barely stand it! So keep an eye out for it tomorrow morning :)

And because I can't post without a picture....here are the gorgeous tulips that are on my kitchen counter....I'm SO in love with them!

Dawn & Rob- Maternity: Part 1

I am SO happy that these two are going to be blessed with a little one this coming June. After 7 wonderful years of marriage they are welcoming a new little man into their family. Seeing the love that they have for each other brings a big ol smile to my face. These two are completely crazy about each other, and this is going to be one lucky little boy!

Thanks guys for being awesome, going along with my crazy location idea, and thanks for luggin my couch down the road on your back, Rob :)

You guys are the best!!

Enjoy....more to come soon!

My friend Michael came along to help me out...the following image was taken by him...THANKS again Michael!

Paul & Caitlin's Day

Caitlin and Paul's wedding was the last of the year for us, and we couldn't have asked for a better couple to end the year with. They are both so in love, so easy going, and just fun to be around which makes our job just so easy! I'm just about finished editing these, so instead of doing multiple posts...I'm going to throw them all in one big post....enjoy!

Color Theme Thursday- Purple & Yellow

Now that the holidays have come and gone...I now have a little more time to start up Color Theme Thursdays again...whoo hoo! My hope with doing these is that at least one person will find one idea that they might want to apply to their wedding day, and it's fun for me :)

One of my July brides has chosen yellow and purple for the colors of her wedding. I LOVED that idea....very unique. She was the inspiration for this week's Color Theme Thursday.

*Please note* I did not photograph any of these images....enjoy!

Most of these images were simply found through Google search, but some are handmade items from sellers on Etsy.com

I will list below where to find the following items.

1. Purple Shoes- Google

2.Purple Tie

3. Sunflower Center Piece- Google

4.Necklace

5.Ring Pillow

6. Yellow Umbrella- Google

7. Iced Tea-Google

8. Bouquet-Google

9. Purple Bridesmaid's Dress

10. Invitations

11. Purple and Yellow Flower Necklace

12.Purple Cake

13. Yellow Shoes- Google

14. Boutineer- Google

15. Purple Windmill- Google

16. Hair Piece

17. Yellow Shoes- Google

A glimpse into her future....

Albums!!!!

Yikes, I have been meaning to show these bad boys off since this summer, and just haven't had the time to do it....but that time has come, and I am SO excited to finally be able to show you all a few on my gorgeous album choices....enjoy!

First off....THE COFFEE TABLE ALBUM

Beautiful custom cover with personalized spine.

Next up are our FLUSHMOUNT ALBUMS!!

Smooth chocolate leather with custom metal cameo on the cover, and a bold text on the spine

8x8 and 10x10 inch sizes

Black cover with text in lower right corner

No gutter

Thanks for looking and if you have any questions at all...feel free to ask :)

A Totally Random Post...just cuz there's some exciting stuff goin on

Yesterday was our 4th anniversary!!!

Crazy how time flys!

Happy Anniversary to my babylove!!

photo by Shawna K Studios

Next up on exciting news...I'm getting an ALL NEW website. It's in the works, and I've working hard on getting everything together for it to launch in the next few weeks!!! I can't wait to show it off :)

Next, I cut Maddie's hair!! Ok, yea, not exciting, but she needed it so bad! She let me take a few pictures of her this morning real quick before school. Notice the new watermark? Little sneak peak into my new branding!! YAY!!

Have a great weekend!

My Favs of 2009

Wow...in total shock that we are beginning a new year. That last one flew by before I could even stop to enjoy it. It was a crazy and hectic year, and I am looking forward to working on making this one slow down just a bit. I'm excited to finally have a little time to work on growing my business, and really making it what I have always dreamed of. I'm planning on making this the year to get organized, and start finding products that I love and know that my clients will love. I have a couple other little projects in the works as well that I can't wait to showcase on my blog this year :)

I know that every photographer does this at the beginning of the new year, but it's really fun to look through all the images from this past year and remember all of the moments that I've caught with my camera :) I've put together a collection on my favs (in no particular order)....I know there are ALOT but keep scrolling down...some of my absolute favorites are towards the bottom :) enjoy!

If you made it this far...THANKS for looking :)

Jon & Leslie- Part 2

Finally!! Caught up on all my editing....just in time to shoot my last wedding of the year tomorrow! Can't believe the year is already over...it FLEW by! What a crazy yet blessed year!

Here are the final few of my favorites from Jon and Leslie's day.

The first set of their images can be viewed here....just in case you forgot :)

http://bekidawnphotography.blogspot.com/2009/11/jon-leslie-part-1.html

enjoy!

My good friend Scott from www.swansphotos.com helped me with this wedding...here is one of his shots...LOVE!

Sisters

I still get a little nervous before every single shoot. I always worry a little that I might choke creatively, and not be able to think of a single way to pose. This was one I was a little more nervous about. 2 adult sisters....hmmm, what to do???? We met up....they worked it...and we got some amazing images for a very special man in their life.

These 2 wanted to give these as a gift to their grandpa. Their grandpa was way more than that two these 2 girls....he raised them since they were babies. I wish I was going to be there when he opened them :(

Here are a few of my favorites....enjoy!

One year later...Part 2

Things have been a little crazy around here with working 2 jobs, being a wife and mommy, and then adding all the hectic holiday stuff on top of it. Sorry I haven't been on top of the posting, but I'm ready to get caught up here now that things have finally slowed down :)

Ooooo some exciting news!!! I FINALLY got a Mac. For years I have been so against it. No way was I going to pay the extra money for a mac when PCs work perfectly fine.

This year, with my business being so busy, I realized just how much I needed it. So, I sit now writing this on my brand new imac. It's true what they say....Once you go Mac...you never go back. Brian and I are completely in love with this computer. It is AMAZING!

On to some images....here are a few more of this beautiful family....enjoy!

One year later...

I can't believe that it has been a year since I photographed Nicole's maternity session!!! This year has gone by way too fast! They have since moved out of San Diego, but came back down to do a family session...this time including their baby boy...well, not such a baby anymore...he's a big 1 year old now!

She chose to do the session at the same place where we took her maternity photos, which I thought was super special :)

Here are a few teasers....enjoy!

ok, seriously...this...CANVAS! I LOVE it!

Baby "N" is a pro at the "scrunchy" face :)

and a couple with the whole fam! Getting 3 adults, 2 dogs, and 1 kid to look at the camera....

not easy!

Didn't exactly work out how I wanted it to, but still adorable. Tried to get him to look at me, but this was taken towards the end of the session...he was totally over me by that point!

I love this...I took this photo last year when she was pregnant with "N"

and this one this year in the same spot