"I gotta feeling..." - Chicago Area Event Photographer

... That tonight's gonna be a good night"

-Black Eyed Peas I Gotta Feeling

And it was a really good night at A's 15th Birthday party. Here are the highlights:

What did the highschoolers have at the club to eat and drink?

I want to know who these kids are texting if all their friends are at the party?

"Tonight we're going hard

Just like the world is ours

We're tearin' it apart

You know we're superstars
We are who we are!"

-Kesha We Are Who We Are

"I've had the time of my life

And I've never felt this way before

And I swear this is true

And I owe it all to you"

-Black Eyed Peas The Time

Winter Wonderland - Chicago Area Photographer

Winter in Chicago is no joke... brrrrr.... and just 5 more months to go. HA! We were spoiled in the south for 6 yrs, at the mere mention of snow everything shuts down.

It sure is beautiful there is no mistaking that. For these shots I bundled up and went out to capture the beauty of this winter wonder-landscape.

This will be the first of a series of snow blogs to come.






"When snow falls, nature listens." - Antoinette Van Kleeff, dutch artist







"The color of springtime is in the flowers, the color of winter is in the imagination." -Terri Guillemets, quotation anthologist

"A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water." - Carl Reiner, actor

"Winter is the season in which people try to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer, when they complained about the heat." - Unknown

"At Christmas all roads lead home." - Marjorie Holmes, author

"The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if that is not enchantment then where is it to be found?" - J B Priestley, English novelist

Credits - Chicago Area Photographer

Today I have started my own photography business.... WOW! I can't even express what that feels like. Many emotions are rushing over me: happy, nervous, and excited to name just a few. I have to take a deep breath and step back to thank those that made this special moment possible for me. The Estrada family, Lopez family, and all my IL family; thank you for always being willing to "smile for the camera" and for all of your support. All the special people who have touched my life in the last seven years, including Sharon Wade the toughest and smartest business woman I know. My dear friends in SC, I truly believe there was a purpose in me being there in 2008 and meeting such amazing people. Bree thank you for your friendship. Danielle Hobbs, an exceptional photographer, and all the moms that I met in SC who started their own photography business, Patricia, Theresa , Amy, and Karen. You are all an inspiration to women and mothers everywhere.

Almost done, bare with me.

I want to thank my three beautiful monstas. You are the light of my life. Finally, the best husband in the world. Thank you so much. You are my #1 inspiration. The day we got married was the second most wonderful day of my life. The first was when I asked you out ;). You are so supportive and amazing. I am super lucky.