the Sarti's

The Sarti family and I went to my favorite place, Old Town Orange, to take some fun family photos.

here's the model of the family, Leighton
ha, please know...i didn't pose him! this is pure and natural

he's a curious little guy. it was so cute

and this is miss Bella,

she officially has the cutest, most adult-looking haircut I've ever seen on a 4 year old. she's SO CUTE!

here's the newest Sarti: Lola!

plane!

i love this one,

Leigh and Jana------

wooooo :)

i loved spending time with you guys.
thanks for running around, laughing, and having a blast!
you were awesome!
----------- Shannon

Sammie's Bat Mitzvah!

Sammie is the luckiest 13 year old ever. She had the world's coolest Bat Mitzvah: New York themed!!

Here she is!

Sammie with her amazing parents----------

Here she is with her best friend!

And here's THE BIG PARTY-----

Sammie you are a beautiful young woman with so much SPICE!
Mazel Tov!
---- Shannon

Baptisms in Malawi-------------

I'm going to be posting little moments that were meaningful to me from my trip to Malawi. Here, we all walked down the hill to this river to baptize 13 people.

So meaningful-------so good

Eva-Karin and Garry in Chinatown!

Eva-Karin and Garry were friends long before they started dating..... which became so clear after watching them have fun together as we hung out in Chinatown. We experimented with the nighttime light, and I love the photos we came up with. We get to do part two of their session later this week, so there are more to come!

this first one rocks my world! love it!

you guys are the best!
see you in a few days for more...!
shannon

i REALLY, really love la mirada

My sister, Heather, came over last weekend to hang out.

We went to Disneyland with Donny, had a fun SLEEPOVER!, ate a slow breakfast together and went grocery shopping at Trader Joes (i think i equate traders with.... the fair? a party? I LOVE IT THERE!).

In addition--------- we went on a meandering walk around La Mirada, and came across these wonderful wonderful amazing incredible homes (or did we come across wonderful wonderful amazing incred. shadows?):

here's heather's-------------
(isn't she good?)

and, mine.

i love you heathie,
shans

this is Marlene

Marlene is an actress---- an incredible one.
She knows how to act, she knows how to perform on stage, but in addition she is this lovely, authentic beauty. Here are some headshots we did of her the other day, just outside of her new house. I love staying local--- finding the perfect light right where you are.

This is where we did some of the photos, and i just HAD to pull back for a few to capture the entire scene

in the kitchen,

and, absolutely adorably gorgeous

if I could take photos of Marlene every day, I would.
so much love to you all,
Shannon Leith