a beautiful blast from the past ~albuquerque, nm family photographer

about a year ago as i sat under the hair dryer at a beauty salon that i will never return to (the day the dude turned my roots ice blue...) i looked to my right and said, "hey, i know you!"

and there sat amber.

she and i had a photography class together in high school.

now she's all growed up, newly newly married, with a beautiful daughter and a very charming step son. not to mention a handsome husband. not to mention that she is gorgeous and fit and looks better than ever. she was super cute in high school, she is smokin now.

what a wonderful surprise it was when she booked me for some family pictures.

through our emails i learned that neither she nor her husband are huge fans of having their pictures taken.

perfect. i love to make believers out of non believers.

and even more perfect....they showed up with ice cold beer for us all.

a little beer spill never hurt anyone

i loved how laid back everyone was. my kind of people, totally.

you wouldn't know it, but we were all dripping sweat right about here.

look how well they played cool!

i don't remember what i said to get the reaction in the next pictures, but i'm damned proud of myself. i can practically hear her laughter:)

i want this picture of me and my husband. so so bad!

aaaaaaaaaaaand, scene!

xoxoxoxox

bri

it's about time ~albuquerque, new mexico family photographer

the last time i photographed serena, she was pregnant with isabella.
it's been a while!
these guys are really good friends of ours.
we love 'em.
rueben and laurence play poker and fantasy football together, and serena and i get together for social functions and birthday parties. and if we're lucky a girls night here and there.

we're watching our kids grow up right before our eyes and so i was very honored when they asked me to take some new family photos.

i got their kids nice and wriled up during this shoot which is always my pleasure:))

i have a thing for ponytails in the wind.

i.LOVE.this.shot.

the weather was so bipolar the evening we shot, which only made for a brilliant sky.

mateo pretending to be carried away by a gust of wind=awesomeness.

isabella perfomed her favorite song for us.

watching her belt it out had to be the sweetest thing ever...

my older boys love mateo. they say he's nice AND cool.

what a combo:)

and last but not least, i INSISTED we get a picture of isabella in

her favorite pair of tutu legz.

mom isn't only a client, but the president:))

now go get cha some!

xoxoxox

bri

i love summer evenings ~ albuquerque, new mexico family photographer

eric and bj are friends of friends and more recently, facebook friends (oh, the power of facebook...i love it.)
little kendyl had me at hello.
i said, "hi little mommy!" to which she responded "oh, i'm not the mama- she is." and pointed to her mom.
in a few minutes flat she was swinging for me, riding her dora bike and jumping all over mom and dad.
big brother kaimyn showed me his serious side and amazing baseball skills.

what a cool little familia....

when kendyl sat in her dad's lap for a picture he lost his balance and fell backwards....thus equals my new favorite picture.

and i freakin love this one too.

oh, and this one...

and this.

too many favorites to count in this shoot.
the light, the love and the laughter made this a really special shoot.
i love this job....i am so lucky.

XOXO
bri

oh my freakin cute! ~albuquerque, nm family photographer

adrienne and i went to high school together but weren't really aquainted back in the day.
i had known she was a nice girl (and maybe she knew i was not. ha!)
but here our paths have crossed and it was such a pleasure to photograph her sweet family.
her little boy, jackson, JUST turned one, and like a boy--he was moving and climbing all over the place.
i love this age.

the way they use every limb to balance as they toddle from here to there is hilarious.

mom and dad fittingly name this 'the drunken sailor walk'....

jackson's hilarious cousins came for some photog fun, too.

the little dude noah, on the left, told me ever-so-humbly..."i'm pretty much the funniest person in this family."

i can't disagree. this guy was pretty funny. he even mooned his aunt and uncle in a shot.

(that one goes in their private gallery:)))