don't ask, don't tell

took these on my last plane ride. usually I am nice and ask the person next to me if I can take their picture...but she was sleeping! what's a girl to do?

on my way to NYC today. maybe I'll snag a few more of these plane shots if I'm not too busy watching the food network on jetblue tele.

happy pioneer day!!

pioneer day during my childhood consisted of the days of 47' parade, amazing fireworks (round 2) and my mom making me wear a bonnet of some sort. today I am older and am sad because I have no bonnet to wear.


In honor of my pioneer heritage I wanted to share the story of one of my most well known pioneer ancestors, mary goble pay. She crossed the plains when she was only 13yrs old and kept a journal. her younger sister and mother died while crossing the plains and her toes had to be amputated. I often thought about her story as a 13yr old and wondered how strong I would have been....now I am much older and still wonder. her story is a courageous one and I hope I can live up to the strength and testimony she left our family.

to read more about her story you can go here or here.

I traveled to england in the fall of 05 and took a day to visit to the small town of burpham england. this one lane village is where a lot of my goble and penfold ancestors came from. the main attraction in NYC is times square. the main attraction in burpham is an old church and graveyard. I spent most of my time there wandering through the headstones seeing familiar names. It was pretty surreal being by myself and spending hours in a graveyard. It felt oddly comfortable and meditative. simply beautiful. I would love to take my kids back there some day...(guess I have to get some of those first).








seattle day 1


kind of frustrated because I can't upload my raw and film images to post, so here are some from the p&s. better than nothing I guess. seattle is awesome. went to experience music project and ate a the 5 points. fell asleep at 8pm. today getting ready to visit some falls and eat a 4 course breakfast. whats up!!!?!! then on to rob's wedding. loving this work trip!

my nikki

saw this and thought it was appropriate to post since I am shooting another close friends wedding tomorrow. man, I love this girl. how great is it,as a photographer, to be able to get the insiders view on a close friend experiencing one of their most life changing days? being in the moment with them is a rare and priceless gift. thank you to everyone that has allowed me to share in such intimate moments. I am truly blessed.

can I get one?

I don't even care if it's real or not...I just love what the two dudes are wearing, oh and the hair. just an all around great, wholesome, fashion forward video for the whole family to enjoy!

leave tomorrow for a wedding I'm shooting in seattle. I'll catch you on the flip side.

the perfect day

the 4th of july really was quite a perfect day....minus the fact that I should have been taking more pictures.

we got the best parking spot at the beach (minus the neighboring spider web), surfed, read, ate, saw the afternoon showing of kung foo panda at the imax, watched fireworks at the local high school, ate a hot dog, homemade potato salad, corn on the cob and sour cream and onion lays. g also had the best idea to pack a thermos of hot chocolate to sip on as we watched fireworks. can you say perfection? then back at home we lite some of our own fireworks and stink bombs on the street and ended with playing crack the egg on the tramp.

I slept like a baby that night.






stars and stripes

the other night while laying on my tramp I saw a shooting star...right here in LA! (grant saw 3..or so he says)....it got me thinking...

the subject of "if you could be anywhere for the 4th of july where would you be?" came up today, and without much thought I blurted out, "laying on the roof of a houseboat in the middle of lake powell watching an amazing firework show and then staring at the stars". I was asked if I had ever watched a firework show in the middle of lake powell and I said no. I didn't know it had to be a realistic circumstance. adding to my original idea, I would also like to be eating a papaya as this happened and then go for a night swim in the nude and look like angelina jolie.

happy independence day.



dessert time

photo shoot of my nieces and nephews during my last trip to utah. for some reason when I look at these images as a whole I feel like crying....and not in a "these are so hideous I can't stand looking at them" sort of way, but in a, "really? you're that big...that old..that smart?". It's almost more than I can stand. these kids are just so delicious, they give me a permanent stomach ache.