And she's another artist as well!

When the Markham family came into the studio to pick out the frames for the beach portraits that we did of their family at Leo Carrillo Beach, their young daughter Erin presented me with her own work of art. We thought you might want to see it as well.

Currently it's hanging on the bulletin board by my desk, but I might even frame it.

Our studio is blessed to have so many clients we can call our friends. Thats one of the real joys of what we do. And it's also fun to see our young clients grow up. I have a story about a local client who hit the big time this year...but it will have to wait until next time...I've gotta find her images first. They're in the archives on something called film.

Any guesses? Stay tuned...

Today, April and I visited the Getty with two new friends...Kent and Christine Hatch. Christine was a student in my recently finished photography class. We went to see the Edward Weston exhibition , and it was great. I snapped these two shots before being politely asked to stop. How was I to know it was only permanent exhibitions you could shoot? Don't you love the design elements in these?

We also saw work by Luc Delahaye, and wow, was it powerful! The image of the Russian people was so gripping for me, because it was lifesize, and so reminded me of my past trips to Russia. These are truly Russian faces.

Both of these shows end November 25th, so drop what you're doing, and GO! You won't be disappointed.