Annie  is one hot mama!   Here she is at 6 months. For expecting mothers I think this is the perfect time to take maternity pictures. You are showing but you have not gained all the weight.

Annie is a dear friend, I am so blessed to have her and her husband and baby Bo in our families life.  We can not wait to meet her new baby girl.  We hope to meet her soon.  These were taken in Oregon at her husbands grandmothers house.  Doesn’t she have a fun style, I love it!  They moved to New Jersey and we can not wait to visit them. Hopefully sooner then later. 

So I am going to try to post my week of images that I take with my Iphone on the blog.  Haha that means its going to be of Le’i and the dog mostly. I love taking Iphone photos. How about you? Do you take a lot of picture on your phone?  What apps do you like? I am obsessed with Instragram ! If you have it let me know and I’ll follow you, my name on it is “erikssonphoto”. Pretty orginal!  Here is my week.

   
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Gosh how do I start this post.  I have so much I could say about this workshop!  A.The teacher was beautiful. B.It was two whole days with different locations/models.  C.Great friends.  D.Best of all she speaks with an English accent.  Yes, I am listening teacher. Okay really this lady is amazing and so creative.  I learned so much from her.  Mainly to not give up and to keep shooting, to think out of the box, take risks and most importantly to have fun.  We did studio lighting, natural lighting, plus photoshop tips.  She is so open to sharing her secrets and helping you get the most out of her workshop.  She sits down and looks over your portfolio. Yes, she takes the time to look at your stuff and give you tips!  I can not say enough about this workshop and would recommend it to anyone.  You might ask why I took this workshop, well because I believe one must continue to learn, to be pushed out of your norm.  Plus her work is breath taking. Check it out here.  You can not not be inspired after seeing her work.

This is the first post, and its all film (she was not teaching on film).  The second post will be all be digital.  The more I shoot film the more I fall in love with it. I still have so so so much to learn. Thats what is all about, right?

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. -Anthony J. D’Angelo

Miss Lara Jade herself. 

 Yes, this is what we call her La La. This is my beautiful sister Carla.  This is us playing in my mothers bedroom playing with her pearls.  Nothing like playing in moms room/jewelry, right?  We did what sisters do best, have F U N!   There is nothing like sisters.  I am lucky I have three, three best friends that is.  

  ”A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.”

I hope you all have a great weekend.  I am up in LA this weekend, I am going to be missing this sweet little boy!  Daddy and Le’i have a fun weekend planned for them.  I’ll be working.  The perks of a wedding photographer right.  Big thanks to all of you who liked my new Facebook page.  So grateful!

Enjoy the sunshine!

Kaitlyn and Dave are so so so much fun to photograph.  They make me laugh, I think I was smiling more then them.  This is my second time photographing this lovely couple. I took their engagement photos the end of last year, then they came here for their honeymoon and wanted to do a shoot. I had so many images, it was so hard to pick just a couple.   We got some amazing light!  You really can not go wrong with Kauai, it takes your breath away.

The first time Nicole has a chance to look at her rings together and screams “we are married”.  These are the moments.

These were taken at the Four Season Maui, which is a stunning location. You can’t go wrong staying there or getting married there.  Had great time meeting all the Making things Happen girls. This was a styled shoot by the lovely wedding planners at the Fours Seasons.

We have been featured on Destination Inspiration Blog. Click here for the link.  The blog is a great place for brides who are planning a destination location. Jess show destinations from around the world.  There are some great ideas. Check them out!   Thanks again to Destination Inspiration!

How sweet is this little one? I could just squeeze her.    Her brother and sister are pretty sweet too.  It was so fun to photograph Emi.  She honestly is one of the greatest babies!