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Thailand 12/11

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Trip highlights: Freeing birds outside a Buddhist temple and dabbing “holy water” on our heads from a tulip bulb outside the Grand Palace in Bangkok for good luck. Watching rows of monks, kneeling and chanting prayers inside temples and getting a private meditation class from a monk that taught us how to walk, talk, breath and sit with purpose and meaning. Going to our LDS church on Christmas day and singing hymns in Thai. Petting full-grown tigers and feeding wild monkeys on Monkey Island in Ko Phi Phi. Canoeing through 40-feet tall, sea caves and exploring a Muslim village built on stilts over the ocean at Phanyi Island and getting a peek inside their homes. Taking a water taxi at night down the Chao Phraya River on New Years Eve in Bangkok. Getting a Thai massage at a womans prison in Chaing Mai. Bamboo rafting on the Maetaman River, elephant trekking through the jungle and visiting the long-neck, Lisu Hill tribe village. Walking through the forest temple “Umong” and its cemetery of abandoned Buddha statues. Eating Pad Thai with lime on Nai Thon Beach. Eating banana and chocolate crepes, fresh smoothies and waffle and crepe covered hotdogs from street vendors. Watching people release lanterns into the sky over Padong beach at night . . .

This shot courtesy of Suzette. Can you see the fear in my eyes?? :)

My favorite Knudsen's (in Colorado) and their newest edition, Claire Emily . . .

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Brekenridge, Colorado

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D.C.

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Mother nature didn’t want me to go on this trip to D.C. in August. We flew out the day after that random D.C. earthquake and landed just hours before the news warnings of Hurricane Irene hit, evacuating most of the east coast. The storm cut our 3 day trip into half, BUT we squeezed a lot in and had a great trip despite it all.
And I must say, it was pretty cool to be there for the opening week of the historic MLK Jr. Memorial.

P.S. This woman was standing in front of the White House next to secret service agents and she just had that Hillary Clinton look about her. Like someone I should know. So I’m curious, do we know her? Should we know her???? ☺

Catalina

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Gutierrez Family

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Beautiful family. Beautiful backyard. Beautiful Sound-of-Music-type moments for me :)

Felix Family

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Love this family. Here are some pre and post shots of Jonah, their newest addition.

Ireland 2/18/11

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Dear Ireland,

Thanks for letting my best friend Suzette and I visit you. Thanks for producing movies such as P.S. I Love You, Leap Year and Waking Ned Devine, which helped inspire this trip (and forgive us for visiting your country for unintelligent reasons.)

Thank you for selling white chocolate Magnum Bars (a very pleasant surprise) and thank you for producing the happiest, friendliest most helpful people I’ve ever met in my travels. I’d specifically like to thank you for the nice gentleman you sent our way after we’d approached the roundabout and stopped, completely lost. He pulled up behind us, saw the map pressed against our noses, and rather than honking and cursing at us, got out of his running car, tapped on our window, and asked us how he could help us.

Ireland, thank you for breaking Suzette’s boot on your cobblestone roads in Dublin, thus allowing us to find out that Cobblers exist to this day and are not just in fairy tales. Thank you for the pubs and live Irish music. Thank you for the drunk, middle-aged-men, in said pubs that offered pick up lines such as, “your eyes are like two swimming pools and I’m searching for a diving board.”

Thank you for the shaggy haired sheep walking out in front of us on your narrow country roads. Thank you for your farmers that paint the backs of these sheep in primary colors to differentiate whose sheep belongs to whom. And thank you to the dear lady at the shop that explained all this, as she rang up my Magnum bar, after I’d expressed my angst over having just seen a pasture filled with bleeding sheep that were actually just painted red.

Thank you for your random castle turret in Doolin on private property (that we broke into anyway) and the weird, creepy, feeling we got there only to later find out that 170 people were hung there. Thank you for your green pastures and oceanic views, and quaint Bed and Breakfasts and daily Irish breakfasts of sausage and boiled tomatoes and the duck loaf that took us 3 days to eat while driving in our car. Thank you for the perfect rainbow we saw and the pots of gold and leprechauns it further inspired us to search for! Seriously, Ireland, we heart you!

Ricky and Kelsie

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This was a GREAT engagement photo shoot. Ricky and Kelsie were so fun to work with and up for anything. When I asked them to climb up five-foot wall with less than a foot wide ledge to stand on they didn’t hesitate and immediately started boosting each other up; when I asked them to cut through a rattle-snake infested field to chase the light before sunset, they suggested running through the field! Hahaha! Major troopers!

Ben

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My friend Ben needed headshots for his show (He hosts Fact or Faked on SyFy) http://www.syfy.com/factorfaked

These were taken in the dumpster area in the back alley of H.B. because the light was so great there. What a great sport he was :)

Zoe

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To Zoe, one of the most beautiful newborns I’ve ever laid eyes on! (I know she’s my niece, but it’s still true!! :)

Rhett & Meri

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Rhett is an old college buddy of mine and I was so excited to photograph his and Meri's big day. What a gorgeous December day in Temecula!!

The Jones Triplets

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Meet the cutest six-year-old triplets in the world: Cooper, Emma and Ryleigh. They were SO open to having their picture taken, making my job easy (oh and my favorite accessory of the day? Cooper’s red cast. :)

The Castros

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Arrgh!! I had to photograph another gorgeous family on a beautiful fall day. What a lame job I have . . . ☺ The Castro family is the best. Period.

Reeve's Wedding

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I was asked to second-shoot for a wedding in San Diego. Turned out I knew this great family (the Reeves) from growing up. It was a great, pressure free day and this J-Crew model-like couple made it even breezier.

Here are a few of my favorite shots of them.

P.S. Dark polish on your wedding day? Love it.

Bella & Paulo

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I love this family because they are family. Well, sort of. Nubia is my sister-in-law’s best friend and they were missionaries in Brazil together. Nubia is from Brazil and came to the states to live with us a long time ago. My mom introduced her to her now husband of 7 years, who proposed to her on that very swing! Now look at this gorgeous family!! Their children Bella 4 and Paulo 2 are half Mexican and half Brazilian. And yes they are trilingual. They speak English, Spanish, and Portuguese (making me feel like a major underachiever.)

The Browns

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Meet the Browns. I did and loved them.

We shot these at Sunset Beach in October with their three boys, ages: six, three, and one (with a baby girl on the way!!) We had a great day and the boys were SO good!

So, I’ve started this new thing where I lie to children. I know - no one should lie to children unless you’re taking their picture and trying to get them to look at the camera without anyone assisting you (you have to get creative sometimes) so my trick is, I tell them to look into my lens because Mickey Mouse is in there or a frog or a pony. It actually works well until the older one’s catch on and search your lens with confusion, as evidenced here.

Kaelene

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People ask why I don’t write more on these photo sessions. That's a good question and I'm definately up for the task! So, this is Kaelene an amazing photographer 10 years plus. I've known her most of my life and she asked me to snap some headshots for her new website. We had the best day together. She is still as cute as ever and never seems to age.

Fergie and Ford

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Charlie and June

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Junior lifeguard . . .

Knudsen (S&J + Team R)

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Knudsen (L + M&M'S)

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Knudsen (J&B + C&T)

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Swing Low . . .

Maui August 2010

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Maui

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Maui

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Maui

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Maui

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Maui

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Maui

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Maui

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Maui

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Maui

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Hayden

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Hayden (and Sadie)

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Hayden (and Sadie)

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Hoeffgen brothers

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Moe

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Amy

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My Nieces: "Team R"

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Amy

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Hoskins

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Charlotte

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The Baldwins

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The Baldwins

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Machu Picchu, Peru -South America December 2009 Trip

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Machu Picchu, Peru

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The Inca Trail

Plaza de Armas - Cusco, Peru

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Ollantaytambo - Inca City, Peru

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Lima, Peru

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Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Recoleta Cemetery - Gothic Cemetery where Evita & the rest of the Duarte Family are buried. (Hands-down, the most amazing cemetery I've ever been to!)

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Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Buenos Aires, Argentina - The Boca District

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Buenos Aires, Argentina

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The Madres De la Plaza De Mayo – the square in front of the President's house, where parents of the children that disappeared during the Dirty War in the 70's still protest every Thursday, requesting the government return or admit they killed or kidnapped their children.

Iguassu Falls, Brasil side

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Rio De Janeiro, Brasil -December 2009 South America Trip

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The Favellas (or slums of Brasil)

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Street Market across from Copacabana Beach, Rio De Janeiro

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This woman was making Acaraje, a traditional Brazilian dish.

Rio De Janeiro, Brasil

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Corcovado-The Christ Statue- one of the seven wonders of the world.

Panama City, Panama

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Latorr

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Latorr

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Jeff & Meredith

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Jeff & Meredith

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Jeff & Meredith

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Ann & James's Engagements

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Ann & James

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Ann & James

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Ann & James

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Ann & James

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Ann & James

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Ann & James

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Christmas

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Fayisa

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Last year, I went to Africa on a humanitarian expedition through Village of Hope, to Kersa Illala, Ethiopia. This experience changed my life. It was there that I met the Foresight program director, Fayisa Miesa Miesa Barisa (YES, that’s his real name and YES it’s the coolest name in the world. :)
Village of Hope was founded by Deanna Kennard (a walking angel on earth) partnered with the Foresight Program owned by Dan and Lita Alger, (two more amazing angels.) Check out their website to learn more about what they’ve done to change and save lives there. www.villageofhope-ethiopia.org/foresightsponsor.html
Fayisa recently came to America, for the first time, to meet with the sponsors here. Obviously, on the outside, he’s one of the MOST beautiful people I have ever met, but he’s just as beautiful on the inside. Like many of the people in Ethiopia, he has the kindest, humblest, most sincere heart. We had the opportunity to take him to Disneyland, which was where these pictures were taken (French Quarter.)

Fayisa

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Laird

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Laird

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The Gilberts

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The Gilberts

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The Gilberts

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The Mitchells

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The Mitchells

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The Mitchells

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Princess Party

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Princess Party

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Princess Party

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