San Francisco Family Shoot with the Ewarts

I first met Dave and Tracey briefly at our good friend Helen's birthday party last summer in Golden Gate Park.  I was just starting out my photography business, or I should say, I was building my portfolio up for my photography business in order to launch my website.  www.jaimelee-photography.com.  Matt and I were just about to leave Helen's party when Dave and Tracey, and their new baby, Cameron were arriving.  I asked if I could take a picture of their baby and they said, sure!  Then, I introduced myself and had offered to take pictures of their new baby if they'd like, but they had just had some pictures taken.  Bummer!  I still offered to take some when their baby got older.  We became friends on facebook and have a handful of mutual friends.  Recently, Tracey messaged me about setting up a photo session and we set it up.  We happened to pick a gorgeous, chilly, sunny day for the shoot at Alta Plaza Park in San Francisco.  After we did some outdoor pictures, I took some of Cameron playing with her toys indoors and the lighting was AWESOME!  You'll notice that Cameron is a very pretty, baby girl and has some amazingly beautiful, blue eyes!  Dave and Tracey are such loving parents and you can see how much they love their little girl!  Here are some images from that day.  I hope you enjoy! 

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It's been awhile...

Man, oh man!  I feel like I've not been around in ages!  I have been keeping up with photography, but this last month and a half has been a bit of a transition for me.  In mid January, I sprained my ankle pretty bad.  I was on crutches for about 3 days and got so fed up with them, that I only used them when I was going out in public to protect my ankle from people, uneven sidewalks and dogs.  I was just about to start my new dog running job and literally sprained my ankle the day before.  Talk about bad timing!  I let my ankle heal with rest for about 5 weeks and began dog running in mid February.  I am on a pretty consistent dog running schedule now and my first full week was this week.  I logged 33.5 miles of running this week!  And I think that will be the average amount of running a week, maybe even up to 35 miles.  Yikes!  I don't remember running that many miles when I was training for the Chicago Marathon!  It feels great and I have so much fun not only with the dogs, but running... rain or shine!  Here are the pooches I run with throughout the week. 

This is Bessie.  She's a sweetheart!

This is Athena and Natasha.  They're are quite the duo!

This is Tula.  She's crazy cute and fun!  She's so spunky!

Also, since early February, I've been nannying for a sweet family in the Fillmore area of San Francisco. The little boy's name is Ian and he's 10 months old.  He's such a great little boy and he is a chunk!  I only take care of him from 6:30am to about 8:30am.  This has changed me!  I used to never be a morning person and now, miraculously, I am!  I really enjoy taking care of Ian and helping out his family.  I feel like I'm learning a lot which will help prepare me for when I'm a mother someday.  No babies in my belly yet, but hopefully, soon!  Just yesterday, we were getting ready to go and his mother and I thought he smelled pretty poopie.  So, at 7:45am, I went in to change his diaper.  I had always heard of those untimely blow out poopie diapers from my parent friends, you know, the ones that happen when you're in a hurry, ready to get out the door and then, dun, dun, dun... there's the dreaded poopie blow out.  I took off his outfit and was unbuttoning his onesy.  And I noticed there was mushy poop that came out of his diaper.  I lifted him to sit up and I saw that the mushy poop was all the way up his back and nearly into his armpit!  I called his mom in and it was a tag team effort to get this little guy cleaned up.  It was so bad that we had to give him a shower even after we cleaned all the poop up just to get him out of the onesy, diaper and into the bath tub.  Wow!  My first blow out experience!  We call it the Bouncy Blow Out, because when I put him in the bouncer, it gets his bowels moving and if we're not careful, the Bouncy Blow Out will happen!  I know... gross, huh?  But I'm sure all you parents with babies and toddlers will appreciate this story and can totally relate!  Anyways, here's a picture of Ian in his bouncer.

This was not the day of the Bouncer Blow Out.  :)

I have lots of pictures to post and things to blog about.  I thought however, to get back into the swing of things, that I would blog about what's been going on in life lately.  Aside from the new dog running and nannying jobs, I did travel up to Washington last minute to attend a dear family friend's funeral (so sad) and to visit my aunt who is dying of cancer.  I did manage to see a couple of friends, but mainly was there to spend time with my family.  When I got back from that trip, Matt, Biskey and I moved into the top floor of our apartment building.  It's half the size, but feels more like home.  :)  And then shortly after we moved, we had visitors from San Diego one weekend, and then a visitor from Seattle the weekend after that.  I love having visitors!  It means I get to show them around town, eat good food, and enjoy their company.  :)  There will be blogs with photos to come of their visits, as well as a project of a local high school and a cool vertical garden project, as well as a recent meeting with some of the San Francisco mayoral candidates, and a sweet family shoot.  So, look for these posts to come!

Thanks for reading... I know, it's much more than usual, but there have been lots of changes!

Engagement:: Jamie + Tim :: Half Moon Bay, California

It all began with a photo I took of my friend Chandani... and her feet!  Not Jamie and Tim's relationship, but Jamie, Tim and my relationship!  After moving to San Francisco and meeting my dear friend Nicole, she invited me to do a photo shoot with fellow photog, Ziada, to photograph their friend Chandani.  There's an image I took of Chandani, sitting on top of a car, of just her legs and feet.  I fell in love with the image and it has become the photo I use for my business cards and my facebook photography page.  Chandani and Jamie happen to go to school together and are friends on facebook and Jamie liked that picture.  So, Jamie checked out my website and she emailed me about meeting to potentially photograph her wedding, and I happily obliged.

Tim, Jamie and I met at a Starbucks in Redwood City on a sunny Sunday morning.  I had quickly learned that Tim is a UW Husky Grad and is originally from Washington State.  He's a huge San Francisco Giants fan.  I learned that Jamie is studying to become a lawyer and she enjoys scrap booking and they have a sweet English Bulldog named Bear!  I learned how they met, how he proposed and began learning the details of their wedding day.  Before we parted ways, I had asked how they heard of me, and Jamie told me through Facebook, and that I had done a portrait shoot of a friend of hers from law school.  I asked, "Chandani?"  And she replied with, "Yes!  I loved the picture you took of her feet sitting on top of the car!"  And the funny thing, is I had just seen Chandani the night before and had told her about my meeting with Jamie and Tim the next day, but she had no clue which Jamie!  We had a great first meeting and they decided to hire me as their wedding photographer.  :)

Jamie, Tim, Bear and I met up in Half Moon Bay for their engagement session.  I had never been to Half Moon Bay, but it's such a cute beach town!  Here are some images from their engagement session for you to enjoy!

Here's the image of Chandani's sitting on a car, with her legs and feet, (and her red sexy shoes!)

Thank you Tim and Jamie for choosing me to be your wedding photographer!  I can't wait for our session in San Francisco and for your wedding day!  

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Last photoshoot and blog post of 2010

What an amazing year!  I remember saying to myself in 2009, that 2010 was going to be a fabulous year!  And it truly was!  From getting engaged and getting married to my love, Matt, to moving from Washington State to San Francisco, from leaving my career at Boeing to starting a photography career and meeting a network of amazing photographers in the Bay Area, running 3 half marathons and a full marathon and finally, making some new lifelong friends!  It has been a terrific year and I just can't wait to see what is in store for 2011.  I'm looking forward to photographing weddings this year, with two weddings already booked for the summer, and of course, families, graduating seniors and newly engaged couples!  Thank you to everyone for supporting and encouraging me throughout this last year.  I hope I was able to do the same for you!  Thank you 2010, for a terrific year and I'm so excited for what 2011 has in store!  Happy New Year!  

Here are some images from my last photoshoot of the year.  This family flew in from Dallas, Texas for a Christmas in San Francisco and they were looking for some family photos around the city.  We were a little short on daylight, but managed to get some great images.  Thank you Pastore family and Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!  May you have a healthy, happy and prosperous 2011!  

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