Kai's Sneak Peek

Kai was definitely a trooper through our mini-session.  It had been a long day already of lunch at The Crab Pot, walking the pier, then up to Pike Place Market all with a mom, a friend, a baby, a photog, and two sugar gliders in tow.  I sure love this little boy!

Hometown Tourist

"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson


     One of my best friends and her son will be arriving from sunny LA tomorrow.  I've been trying to find all the best things to do in Tacoma and Seattle to keep us busy while they're here.  Seattle aquarium, science center, children's museum...  It made me realize how many things there are that I could be out doing.  There are so many places within 45 minutes of my home that I've never been to. 
     It's been so many years since I've walked around downtown Seattle and gone into a new restaurant I've never tried before.  It's just easier now to go to Red Robin where I know the child seats are clean, it's no big deal if Lila gets messy or fussy, and she'll like the grilled cheese and cantaloupe.  There are a zillion reasons I miss living in the San Fernando Valley, but a huge one is that after being born and raised in Tacoma, WA, everything there was new and exciting.  Turns out all I really need to do is take a new street, a new exit off the freeway, try a new restaurant, go into that boutique that I've driven past a thousand times...  I need a little more tourism in my life!

Jordyn's Sneak Peek

     I drove up to Seattle today a bit worried about the looming clouds, but it seemed like the second I hopped on the off-ramp, out came the sun.  Thank goodness it did because I would have been uber-bummed if today's shoot had been rained out.  The man of the day was Jordyn - hands down the coolest kid ever!  He's definitely a natural at modeling, not to mention funny and sweet as sugar (in a tough guy kind of way, of course).  I can't wait to do photos with him again.  Thanks for the great session, Jordy!

Perfectionism

     I've finally gotten this blog up.  I've been procrastinating for so long because I wanted it to be perfect.  The blog host, the images, the design... all had to be just right before anyone could see it.  Well it turns out that you miss out on a whole lot waiting for things to be perfect.

     Anyone who knows me knows that Lil' Peach Photography is brand new.  My business license is brand new, my websites are brand new, and when the studio is finally finished, it will be brand new also.  So why pretend that I've had a blog forever?  The blog is new, and no, it's not just the way I'd like it to be, but we all start somewhere.  And truthfully, I'm so excited to be "starting" at all that I'm finding it difficult to be terribly ashamed of not being perfect.  I'm thrilled to be surrounded by so many wonderful people who understand how much photography and family mean to me, and are ready to embark on this journey with me.

     So here it is, flaws and all.  Hopefully you'll stick around to see this little seedling start to sprout!