The Difference Two Months Make

The Rose Family

Justin, Kisty, Marcus, and Reed had me over for some family portraits last month. Reed was the best dog I have ever worked with at a session. I met Justin and Kisty at Michelle and Alex's wedding in September - they were the DJs that I raved about. I would love to recommend them again, they were soooo good. They are available for all types of events, not just weddings. You can visit their website at www.inthemix916.com.

Best friends, Marcus & Reed.

Keity's Senior Portraits

A nice portrait in the studio.


Some funky stuff in the alley.


Moving on to the industrial park for some shots with Keity's favorite props. She sounds like an incredible bowler and has won a ton of awards and trophies starting from when she was 6 years old.

Lots more images from all locations are in the *slideshow*.

Triplets!

Meet Jack, Ella, and Andrew. This is our fourth year doing their holiday portrait and they get easier every year!

The Dage Family

Two of Lisa's favorites:


This one is my favorite. Although the kids were great for the session as you can see from above, I think this image sums up the chaos of life with four children.

The Schouten Family

Such nice weather at the end of November......a great day to be outside. Some of my favs from the session:


Baby Aidan was full of expressions, but I thought this one was classic.



Such a cute relaxed family portrait.


Okay, guys here's your *slideshow*. Thanks for a great time and thanks to Ryan G for helping make everyone laugh.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

What I am thankful for this year.....

My wonderful family and incredibly supportive friends. Especially Nathan for helping me make 6 (yes, 6) pumpkin pies from scratch yesterday.

My amazing assistant Ryan (who took the photo of Reba and I seen above), Shannon and Jana who are all so awesome in helping me run my business.

My terrific clients who trust me to capture their memories and allow me to share in their life. Many of you have become such dear friends of mine.

All my photo buddies for inspiring me and motivating me.

So, it seems this list could go on and on.....but I'll end by saying I do feel truly blessed to be doing what I do and I want to THANK YOU - because if you are reading this you have been a part of my life and I'm grateful to have you in it. :)

Have a wonderful day!!

Gina Alexander Photo Handbags Special

For those people who have been asking me about these handbags, I hope you're reading this! There's still time to receive a purse or wallet in time for Christmas and a 10% off two day sale.

K-La's Modeling Session

These are a few of images that made it onto K-La's zed card for her big trip to LA later this month.



This last image made it into the portfolio and is one of my favorites from the day.

Good luck in LA K-La!

Engagement Sessions in San Francisco

I ran into the City last weekend to help my friend Nathan, with a couple of engagement sessions. The weather couldn't have been better and we all had a terrific time.

We started at the Palace of Fine Arts with Karen & Jesse. Don't they look sweet?

Of course, I had to:


We also ran across the street to the beach by Crissy Field. I love this image with the bridge in the background. We were photographing on the top of a little sand dune to avoid having the huge crowd of people who were out enjoying the day in our shots.

Yeah, I had to do this too even though Nathan is going to kill me! hee, hee. Apparently you need a permit to do professional photography there so Nathan is getting a ticket. Of course, the benefit of being the lowly "assistant" is that the ranger never even talked to me even though I was hauling a camera, hip bag, and my flash on a stick. To all my photo buddies, this is truly 'shooting from the hip' (pretty good, huh?) as I didn't want to press my luck by documenting this event and getting caught doing it.

Karen and Jesse were such good sports. They got a laugh out of it as well. Welcome to California guys!

After all the excitement Nathan and I went back to the Palace to meet up with Jill and Lee. I love it when the sun goes down between the columns in the gazebo.

On to Baker Beach where Lee got a little wet. I love the expression on his face.

A different take on the ring shot.


We ended the evening with dinner at Bubba Gump's at Pier 39 with a ride on the carousel afterwards. Nathan has those photos so hopefully he'll post them up soon on his blog.

Happy wedding planning to you all!

Monica's Maternity Session

I had so many photos that I loved from Monica's session that I had to have my friend, Toni, pick her favorites to post here. We went out to a house a couple of miles outside of Dixon where Monica used to live because I knew from working out there previously we would have some really cool outside elements to work with.

Of course I have to grab a shadow shot:

On the tractor:

By the reflecting pool:

This was Toni's vote for favorite image:

In the gazebo - this one is my favorite, it really says to me what it is like to live in Dixon with all the beautiful countryside surrounding us:

Monica's son, Josiah, helped me out a little bit during the session and also jumped in for a couple of shots. You'll have to watch the slideshow to see those images though.

Cookie, Ruby, and a little bit of Roy

Cookie asked me to do a portrait session for her and her "baby", Ruby, who is 11 years old and is slowing down now. Roy joined us at Northwest Park for a few family photos. There are a lot more photos of sweet little Ruby in her slideshow.

I love fall portraits!

All Kristen wanted for her birthday was a family portrait so that's what Scott got her earlier this year. We finally were able to make coordinate a session and went out to the Arboretum for the awesome fall colors - even their pooch was color coordinated for the season. I know you've been waiting patiently, Kristen, so here's your slideshow.

Lighting Workshop in Dixon

I just had to post this image that Ryan captured on Sunday during our lighting workshop in Dixon. I'll have more fun stuff to post about that later.

Megan's Sr. Portrait

Well, Megan, I know you are dying to see these. Some of my favorite shots from our session. Your mom was a great assistant with the lighting and fan - thanks, Janie. You can view your slideshow *here*. Enjoy!

Michelle & Alex's Wedding at Empire Mines

Michelle and Alex were married at the impressive Empire Mines State Historic Park in Grass Valley on September 15.
We really loved the lighting and architecture and had a great time running around after the ceremony with them.

The park has the most incredible reflecting pools.

And of course, we can't forget the stunning fountains.

Alex's only task relating to their wedding planning was to pick the DJ and he did an awesome job by choosing to work with Justin and Kisty Rose of In The Mix 916. They were such a blast to work with and Justin is an incredible DJ, making it easy for us to get lots of terrific dancing photos.

Our slideshow from the day is *here*.

Margaret and Austin Engagement in San Francisco

Ryan and I took a quick jaunt down to the City to meet up with Austin and Margaret for their engagement session. We had planned to go directly to Baker Beach but none of us realized it was Fleet Week and there would be way too much traffic to handle. Anyways, our plan went awry but we worked it out okay by hanging out at Crissy Field and then moving on to the bluff overlooking the Golden Gate and Baker Beach.

Ryan picked out these favorites. The first image was Austin's idea which I think turned out pretty interesting.


I really like the feel of this one.

Here's our first attempt at embedding a slideshow into the blog for viewing, just click on the play button in the middle.