This September I had my first billboard- my first image used on a billboard. Tyler Young designed two Petaluma billboards to help promote local businesses like the Petaluma Farmers Market. He is also working on another similar project for farmers and artists. I felt larger than life up there- and I got to eat that famous pear.
Decca
Decca in my Forest
Formerly Mrs. Webster
Chela's sad Widow Portrait
Rebecca Solnit, Sexy Author Portrait
Kate and Chris were married in July on Kate’s family property in Calistoga, under the sheltering canopy of the olive trees. Kate’s mom, Bean, grew all the flowers on the property and arranged them too! 
The holga added to the vintage look of the wedding.
Jovi and Grant were married at Marin Headlands Center for the Arts, built in 1907, a refuge and studio center for artists. Jovi, being the talented painter that she is, made all the wedding details and colors quite appealing. Her paintings can be seen on-line at www.jovischnell.com. Grant is a talented wood craftsman working for the renowned Berkely Mills. Jovi’s dress was worn by her grandmother back around 1910 and Jovi smartly tailored it to fit her modern vintage style. Succulents adorned the tables, bouquet and arrangements.
Last week I photographed local artist Heidi Iverson, aka H luv, for the Petaluma Here project. The project is a collaborative effort spearheaded by designer Tyler Young to bring about awareness of all the wonderful local talent we have here in Petaluma. Heidi makes these wonderful creatures that you can find downtown at Maude and Knitterly. I wanted to photograph her very simply, but I think the extra eyeballs helped. You can see more of her work at hluvfabrications@blogspot .com.
This weekend my model had to re-schedule. What was I to do? A family self portrait of course, with our new dog Penny
Claya aka Dixie
Last week a potential wedding client asked to see more of my personal work. I was so happy she asked since my fine art is my passion. I thought I would share some of my selections here. These are all images taken in the last year.
Mrs. Webster and child
Chosen
Leah
Genevieve on Couch
Hair
Dmitra & Pascal
Congratulations Tory and Richard on your engagement, and thank you for hiring me to shoot your wedding! Jude
The mustard flowers are here- always so bright and brief in the early spring. When Anne contacted me about her maternity portrait I could think of no other place than this mustard meadow. We almost cancelled because of impending rain, but managed to find a clear hour of sunlight for a romp in the meadow. Anne and Andrew were so easy to photograph- in love and beautiful!
I have been begging everyone I know lately for an American flag. It took a lot of asking around- but finally an old friend and fireman said he could probably salvage a flag for me that had accidentally fallen off the fire truck. I guess an American flag is deemed unusable once it has touched the ground. I had no idea. I personally have nothing against the ground, I roll around on the ground all the time getting the right camera angle. I was happy to take in the flag that had touched the ground for a series of patriotic portraits I am embarking on. The idea is to photograph as many people as I can wearing or holding the flag. There seems to be a whole new wave of patriotism being born out of Obama’s election and a newfound love for the American flag. People, please call me to schedule your flag portrait. Also, I am still looking for a really large cloth American flag for this series.
