The kids have boat loads (literally) of fun in Mexico. There are so many cool things to do, we almost can’t squeeze them all in one week. Some of our favorites from this year…

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(Nate’s 1st jet ski ride, Mia’s 1st time down the big slide, endless hours of swimming, making new BFFs and sharing daily milkshakes, boating, playing “hair” with daddy, shopping on the beach, holding a baby tiger, Mia’s first bikini and Nate catching 10 fish and eating one of them for dinner)

We love you Cabo, can’t wait for next year!

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  • February 20, 2012 - 5:45 pm

    skye - Love the new website! Great job! And love these pictures in Cabo. I really wouldn’t mind visiting! Actually I wouldn’t mind visiting anywhere warm right now haha!ReplyCancel

  • February 20, 2012 - 10:21 pm

    Piper - We LOVE our place in Cabo, but these make me reconsider. Wow-action packed and so beautiful!ReplyCancel

  • February 21, 2012 - 12:17 pm

    Branson - So many great photos!! I am ready for SUMMER! (or at least spring! haha)ReplyCancel

  • February 28, 2012 - 6:53 pm

    Misty - so sweetReplyCancel

Before my husband and I were married, we traveled to Cabo San Lucas to celebrate my 30th birthday (am I aging myself here?). While there, we went on a timeshare tour in order to receive a free gift from our hotel. We fell in love with the place and found ourselves seriously contemplating buying one. The sales girl asked “Well, are you planning to get married?” We looked at each other and in that moment both decided “Yeah, I think we are!” We always joke that my husband may never gone on that tour if he knew he was not only going to get a timeshare but also a wife! It turned out to be awesome because the trip is paid for already and it makes us take a fun family vacation each year.

One of the highlights for us is whale watching. You can actually see them from our hotel because they travel really close to the shore as they come around the tip of Baja. But it’s even more fun to take a whale watching cruise and get right out there with them. They never let us down, giving us a show each time. We also had some fun with sea lions this trip. The kids were in heaven!

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I thought it might be fun to share some photography tips with you as I learn them. There are lots of little tricks that anyone can apply to their photography that will really make a difference.

What I want to show you today is how your pictures are affected when you change the size for print. Your camera will take your pictures in 2×3 format, which means if you print a 4×6, it will look the same as your digital file. However, if you change the size of the print to a 5×7 or an 8×10, you will lose some of your picture.

The top picture below is 4×6 and is right out of camera. The 2nd picture has been converted to 8×10. Do you see how much of the top and bottom is lost? It’s quite a difference.

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So when you take pictures that you might want to blow up to 8×10 or bigger, be sure to leave room on the long ends so your subject doesn’t get cut off. You may find that if you hire a professional photographer who gives you digital images that they are not as zoomed in as you would like and this is because a good photographer will leave room for this type of print cropping. This happened to us recently with some holiday photos we had taken. I loved the images on the disk but when I got back the 8×10 print, our feet had been cut off. Lesson learned!

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  • February 16, 2012 - 6:26 pm

    Anne - Great, easy-to-follow tip (the best kind!). Thanks for sharing, Ashley.ReplyCancel

  • February 18, 2012 - 9:14 am

    Amber - Ashley, the site looks fantastic and I think it is so awesome that you are pursuing your passion. I have loved watching your word develop. You’re really talented! I love getting the tips too!! Good luck with the new site!ReplyCancel

When Shelby was a baby, she couldn’t pronounce her sister Taylor’s name so she called her Sista. It was so so cute. These two “sistas” adore each other and are so fun to watch together. This was an attempt at a Valentine’s Day shoot and although it didn’t come together exactly as I imagined, we had a blast.

These two girls just melt my heart. Look at those eyes! And we have some serious hair envy going on over here!

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  • February 15, 2012 - 3:42 pm

    kari - LOVE these pictures! Can’t wait to see your pictures when the new baby arrives…XOXOReplyCancel

  • February 15, 2012 - 4:52 pm

    Tracy - Such a great shoot! Love these!!!ReplyCancel

  • February 15, 2012 - 5:12 pm

    kevin kreucher - Amazing photos!ReplyCancel

  • February 15, 2012 - 6:48 pm

    kathy credle - Ashleys pictures are fabulous! She really caught the essence of these darling ,sweet sistas!ReplyCancel

  • February 16, 2012 - 9:56 pm

    Piper - Such beauties! Looks like a magical afternoon.ReplyCancel

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting and photographing what might just be the cutest couple in the world. Seriously.

So it’s 9am on a Saturday morning (during football championships no less) and here come Erin and Jordan, perfectly coiffed and all smiles, ready to let 12 photographers boss them around and take endless pictures of them. Their smiles never faltered for a moment, they were such great sports. We never had to direct them, they were just googling each other the entire time! It was such a joy to witness such pure, young love.

You can see from my slideshow above that I adore this couple and the pictures. Thanks Erin and Jordan!

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  • February 15, 2012 - 6:56 pm

    Misty - Your site looks so good. You totally could be charging the big bucks 🙂ReplyCancel

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