While my taste in clothing is sometimes all over the board, I do have a few things that I always fall back on as my tried and true uniform.
One of those combos is…
Striped top + Destroyed Denim + Comfy tennis shoes.
I vary the combo in sleeve length, fit of the jeans (skinny, boyfriend, straight leg), and color of the shoe, but it’s pretty much a no fail comfy, yet stylish combo.
I decided to step out of my comfort zone and try a few lens that I rarely use. I have so many lens, and tend to only use the same one or two over and over. Such a waste of both money, and my creativity!!
I only brought my 35mm and my Lensbaby on this day which definitely gives a different look than I’m used to. ESPECIALLY the Lensbaby (below), but I ended up loving the shots I took. Maybe because they were different??
Oh, and my remote trigger is still not working, so it was back to the self timer shots. GRRRR!
DYING though…
Kinda love how Maya is totally out of focus running to me on the image below! I would NEVER attempt an action shot with a Lensbaby with a client, but…maybe….??? One of my biggest regrets is that I don’t take more images that I WANT to capture with clients. How are they supposed to know, if I don’t take them?!!
That’s going to be my goal going forward. Although, It’s going to be hard. I love sunset images (aka, the golden hour), and I know ALL of us are trying to get our kids to bed then!! SO HARD! I tried really hard to get a few images that show that sunny haze, bu
LOVE this next one! 
And then the 35mm. I NEVER use this lens, and I have NO idea why! I always thought it distorted the images, but it totally doesn’t! AND…big bonus? I could set the camera up about 4 feet away, which made running back and forth to hit the timer totally easy-WIN!!
I think with clients, I prefer to be farther away from them to make them more at ease, and zoom lens let me do that… Oh, and you can’t beat the bokeh of a zoom lens!
BUT…being able to run back and forth and get these with a self timer? I’ll take it!
I can’t even… I know I say that all the time, but I’m just SO not good with words! And yet, I end up capturing exactly what I want to say, so…maybe I’m better with imagery words? 
And, just to show you what happens when you get a liiiiiittle bit closer. You lose the sun flare and haze. I’m totally torn, because I love both!! Yet, they are absolutely different! 
Oddly enough, where we went isn’t a huge park. It’s right across the street from the beach, and not big at all!
Not the most picturesque of shots, but she kept jumping back and forth from these, so I had to capture it 🙂 The city/beach is across the street to the right. I should have done a panorama shot in the “keeping it real” section! Next time…because we will be back. Actually, we’ve been here before a few times, but it always looks different.
On me…
BTW, vintage Levi’s are the perfect jeans for crop tops! Even if you think you can’t score them thrifting. You CAN if you want to… 
I loooooove all the fluffy clouds! 
OMG, and that face?!!
I told her NOT to throw sand…
And then…decided WTF, she was due for a bath anyways….
I mean, can you say no to that face??! 
I want to eat her up…
Yup, always a toy in hand… 
AND, always petting every dog we see and asking if she can give them a treat! 
AAAAAAND, doing a bootie shake for anyone who wants to stop and watch haha.
This is her “flying” 😉
On me…
They didn’t even PUT pictures of the back in the listing!! I mean WHAT??!! I was SO excited when I got it!! I knew it would be well made and funky, because of the designer, but it exceeded my expectations, and I LOVE IT!! Perfect for the weather transitions. It’s actually been super sunny and HOT here lately (70’s and even 80’s!!), but on Saturday we finally had an overcast off and on rainy day. So, THIS was perfect! 
Constantly with a toy in her hand… 🙂 
Awe….
LOVE this next one!!!
She found one of my old point shoots and asked to take some pictures 🙂 
I keep chopping her head off grrrrrr! I don’t mean to do the throw shots, but she comes running at me full force, and it just happens. BUT…I don’t have the camera set up high enough when it’s spontaneous. BOO. 😦
Seriously, the best way to get Maya into pictures, is for us to say we want pictures by ourselves. I’m not going to complain, because…I mean… 
She LOOOOOVES her daddy. And, I love that, too. 
One of my favorites!
The Huz caught this one 🙂 
I can’t even handle how cute she is, especially when she’s looking at the Huz!!!
All the who wears what aside. What I really wanted was this. I always want to capture “US!”
And….she’s done 😉
OMG, excuse my face haha. 
On me…
So, layering is always a good idea. And…so is wearing little shorts under dresses that can fly up 🙂
She totally tried to hide behind me 🙂
But, I was too quick for her haha. 
She was in HEAVEN with all these dandilions! And, since we were at a park, I let her go for it! No neighbors to offend here 🙂
Always on the run… 
We actually went to this spot as a location scouting adventure for a shoot I had last weekend. I ended up not going here, but I can’t WAIT to bring a client here (or come back ourselves) around sunset! I took a bunch of videos on Snapchat. I’m still not 100% sure what I’m doing, but if you want to follow us there, we are at lkahan-ditelle. 
She’s also in this phase where she’s constantly chewing gum. No big deal, but half the pictures I have of her now are of her mid chomp 😉
Um….and let’s be clear. Maya picked out her entire outfit. Because…peach, plus polka dot leggings and polka dot shoes…PERFECT! 😉 
And, she went on a blowing kisses frenzy, but it was really hard to capture! 
Then, we walked over to my parents house to give them something, and we came home with a flower… as we do.
Perfect excuse to cuddle to keep warm! 
haha. The look on her face. I swear it didn’t last long 😉
Right before we headed down to the beach I saw a picture on Value Village’s Instagram that showed this super cool clothing sculpture on a very familiar looking beach. Come to find out, it was Alki!! SO….of course we had to go check it out!
Maya just wanted to play hide and seek haha. 
She lost interest pretty quickly, and started chasing seagulls. ALMOST got this one!!
And then…a little dancing on a platform to keep warm!
Which…didn’t work so well.
NO…she didn’t jump from the platform!! She jumped from the steps 🙂 
I’ve been obsessing over crop flares lately, and decided to take matters into my own hands. I scored these boot cut jeans by my 
And…raw hems are all over the place now. SO easy to make your own, and WAY cheaper than paying to get original hems put on if you need them hemmed-SCORE!
This was one of those nights where it had been 80 degrees earlier (what the what, Seattle?!!). The Huz was out of town, and I kept asking Maya about going somewhere after dinner. She vetoed all my suggestions, so we just went out in front of our house to play for a bit. I swear, those end up being some of my favorite moments…
And, she was ON FIRE!!! haha 🙂 
It totally looks like she’s cheesy posing for this next one. BUT, she was playing hide and seek behind this street sign, and I just happened to capture it. Gah…I know I’m biased, but she is so freaking beautiful. Thankfully, just as much inside as out!
And then, this happened.
LOVE!!!!
And then the Huz Facetimed us 🙂
On me…
Um….not sure what is going on here haha.
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