Storyboard and Mini Album

Pictures really don't do justice to show how beautiful the products my clients order are! I'm totally in love with storyboards. They are an affordable way to showcase your favorite photos from your session. And the mini albums are much more affordable than the full size albums and make great gifts for siblings, grandparents, etc. Take a peek at the ones I got in this week!

Parr Ladies

Yesterday after really heavy rain storms all day long the weather finally cleared and I was able to head down to the beach with two great ladies. Here is their storyboard!

Mad about Metals...

I ordered these metal panels for fathers day for my husband and for a client. They finally came in.... and are gorgeous as ever!!! I'm seriously in LOVE with metal now!!! Not only is it sleek and shiny but the print is gorgeous on it and it's definitely something different! Take a look!

Three Plus 1 makes 4!

I had such a great time tonight with Ryan, Crystal, and Leah! Ryan called earlier and asked if he could do something special for Crystal at their session tonight. I saif Of Course!!! So we planned a few small details and off to their session we went this evening. Well, that tiny little suprise was a PROPOSAL!!! Yes, he asked....she said yes! And I got it all. Captured for them forever! I have to give him points for planning this! So, a HUGE congrats to Crystal and Ryan!!! Here's a storyboard I made showing off their "engagement" portion! Afterwards, the fun continued as we did their maternity and family photos. I can't wait for little Miss Lily to make her debut! I'm thinking labor thoughts for you Crystal!!! I'm thinking the baby would be the icing on the cake for this sweet day! Take a peek...

Gatewood Storyboard

On sunday I got to head out with Lyndsey, Clint and Zach. We checked out a new beach and it was SO worth it!!! Here are some images from Lyndsey's maternity session. I can't wait to see the baby when she comes... Lyndsey, I'm sending labor thoughts your way! In the meantime here's something to look at!

B. Family

This past saturday I headed out with Andrew, Ali, and Aiden for some family photos! Here's a storyboard I created using their images! They are such a beautiful family!!!

A. Family

Last month I did a giveaway for a free session!!! The winner was Michelle A. So a couple of weeks ago we headed out with her family and had an awesome family session! These kids are so dang cute! And Nick and Michelle are great too! Here's a storyboard of their images!

Trickey Trickey...

Last weekend I had the pleasure of doing a Love Op Session for a beautiful family! They were so much fun to work with. Lilia is 1 year old and so busy. I had a great time chasing her around with my camera. She's so stinkin' cute. But I really think my favorite part was editing these images because you can truly see how much Michaela and Jason love each other! Just look at them! They are such a beautiful family! Of course a Love Op Session means one thing...deployment! With that said Jason stay safe and take care of yourself while you are away. I know your girls will be anxiously awaiting your return! Here are two storyboards I created using their images. Two you ask??? Yes two, there were so many great images from their session that I couldn't fit them all in one. Plus I thought Lilia deserved her own storyboard. Haha! Here ya go!

Patty cake Patty cake...

For the month of June I'm celebrating my first year in business! To help with this the ever fabulous Mandy from "Cakes by Mandy...it's cakelicious" created a super fabulous anniversary cake for me... Have a peek! Not only was it adorable, it was super delish too!!! YUM YUM YUM! My mouth is watering again thinking of it! The big cake was White Chocolate with the most scrumptious cookies and cream filling you'll ever eat. The smaller cakes were both yellow, one of them boasting a sweet, yet mild vanilla chocolate chip filling and the other had a sweet and kickin' cinnamon swirl filling. I can't wait for Mandy to make me another cake. I'm dreaming of....cake!!! See for yourself how great she did!!!

Let Freedom Ring!

A few days ago I had the pleasure of heading out for a couple of mini sessions with 2 Great Families! We kept a patriotic theme to coincide with Memorial Day! And even though we had a great time we stopped to pay our respects as well to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom!


Meet the Trandell Family:

And the Barnes Family:

Ming Fling

A few days ago Yvonne, Charlie and I headed out to the beach for some Anniversary pictures! They just celebrated their second anniversary. Can you tell we had a blast? We laughed and chatted the whole time! It was so much fun!!! Congrats on 2 years Yvonne and Charlie! I'm sure many more are headed your way!!!

Operation Love ReUnited!!!

A few days ago I submitted the application to become an Operation Love Reunited photographer and I was so excited to wake up this morning to an acceptance letter in my email inbox. I'm so excited to be a part of this program and provide this service to my clients and the soldiers and families stationed here in Guam! All of the details on the program can be found at http://www.oplove.org/!

Audra and David

This past weekend Audra, David and I headed out to a few different places to do a session of a different type. I wanted to get away from the beach and do something else fun and funky! Here are a few of the images that we captured that day! They are so adorable together! Here's proof!

Photo Session Giveaway!

I'm going to be giving away a free photo session! To enter all you have to do is become a fan of "Cakes by Mandy" on facebook, share my fan page with your friends and then tell me on my fb fan page what kind of session you would like if you were to win. I will choose a winner at random on friday night. Good Luck!

Long live the Queen...of Hearts

I had the pleasure today of photographing Miss Kiley's 7th Birthday Mad Hatter Tea Party today! The day was filled with fun activities and a gorgeous custom cake! And then towards the end I snuck Kiley off for her very own Queen of Hearts Photo session. It was so fun, and of course I had to ask her how she wanted to pose and she kept coming up with great ideas... I'm seeing modeling in her future. Here's a storyboard I made which will be a tiny sneak peak of her party pictures! I hope she loves it as much as I do!

Happy 7th Birthday Kiley, you were the best Queen of Hearts ever!

Sassy Designs, LTD

I'm so excited to be entering a contest to win $100 to Terry at Sassy Designs shop! I really hope I win it. As you all probably know by now, I adore Terry, not only have I purchased most of her digital papers/frames/elements/ribbons/bows, pretty much you name it but that awesome logo I have on the top of my page, yep go ahead and check it out, Terry designed that for me too! She's awesome and a doll to work with! So if you aren't a fan already head on over to Sassy Designs, ltd on facebook and "like" her page! She does tons of giveaways and she's FAB to top it all off! So on that note, Happy 8th Birthday to Sassy Designs, ltd now go shopping in her store!

First Blog Post

Well, I'm a little new to blogging but I figure I do a lot of status updates on facebook so it can't be much more. Plus this area will give me the opportunity to write a little about my photo sessions as I do them. I'm gearing up for a very busy month of May with everything from Family Sessions to a Mad hatter Tea Party, Couples and Boudoir. I'm very excited. Of course I will be posting tiny sneak peaks on here as those sessions are completed so be sure to check back to see those!