Happy Turkey Day!

I've been trying to squeeze in my kids Xmas pictures for weeks now and just haven't had the opportunity. Here is a quick session we got in today of my two little guys (well I guess they're not so little anymore) before heading to our Thanksgiving lunch. Aren't they so handsome?
Since I'm ALWAYS the one behind the camera and have few pictures with them, I asked my husband to take one....thanks babe! Although, I had just told my 5 year old to stop whining so the expressions aren't ideal :-)

Holiday Sessions

Here are a few of my favorites from this weekend's Holiday Sessions. We had quite an interesting day yesterday. My sister let me use her home for these sessions. She has this amazingly huge wide open living room with this awesome natural light. But let me tell you, my godchild Lilly was NOT to thrilled about IT! Every time one of the other children would cry so would she, and at six months old she basically PROTESTED by not drinking her milk all day! Needless to say we were quite exhausted by the end of the day, thanks so much to everyone who came over and let me photograph all these cute little faces...and especially to Kathy & Michael for letting me use your home.

Holiday Cards

I have many Holiday Card options, here are more of my favorites! Most of these will be flat press printed cards, printed on the front and back.

Murphy Family

I photographed the Murphy Family a few weeks ago. Chris, Stacy, Robin & Colin (and Maverick) were such a pleasure. The main purpose of the session was to photograph Colin to commemorate his 3rd birthday. What a cutie! I was trying to get him to laugh by having him show me his expressions and he was a real pro at them as you'll see. I also had a wonderful time photographing Robin , check out those eyes. Thanks for everything especially your patience Murphy Family!

Custom Holiday Cards

I have beautiful custom Holiday cards available. No time for a session? How about using a past session for them? Please contact me for pricing.

Marine Corps Ball Gallery Ready

Hi everyone,

I'm happy to say the Gallery for the Marine Corp Ball pictures is ready. You should have received an email from me with directions on how to view them this morning, or the website address is also on the card you received from me on Saturday. If you have any questions or need help with it, please email me at soaresn@msn.com.

Thanks! Happy viewing and please feel free to leave me a comment on if you like them or not, and if you would like to see anything different in the future.

Proofs - 2008 Marine Corps Ball

Coming your way soon..... I have hundreds of them to review. I'll have them ready for viewing in an online gallery in another day or two. Anyone who took a formal (or not so formal :-) picture and gave me your email address will receive a notification once they are ready. If you're looking for the link, please send me an email and I will respond. Thank you.

2008 Marine Corps Ball

Saturday, I had the pleasure of once again attending a Marine Corps Ball. Manny and I attended quite a few of these many moons ago as he was a Marine for over 10+ years......We were excited for quite a few reasons; Manny hadn't seen some of his Marine Corps buddies since leaving his unit (I could sense the emotion it was stirring in him for weeks prior). It was our first "DATE" night in as long as I can remember, AND I was photographing the entire night, "formals" included. Not something I typically do, so lets just say there was some butterflies in my stomach.
We had a fantastic time! and I'd like to thank everyone for giving me such a great opportunity. Especially Gunnery Sergeant Arsenault, who not only trusted me w/this event, but also brought all the "crew" together to reminisce.

I'll close with this; There is nothing more bone chilling then spending a night in a room filled with Marines; young and old, active and not, women and men, with their pressed uniforms, shiny shoes and metals, war and drill stories....most of which volunteered for their duties. They all some how share this unspoken bond. As a spouse you can sense it, but you can't explain it. All I can do is try to show it to you:

The song: GOODNIGHT SAIGON by Billy Joel

....We met as soul mates On Parris Island........and we were so gung ho To lay down our lives. We came in spastic Like tameless horses We left in plastic As numbered corpses..... We dug in deep And shot on sight And prayed to Jesus Christ With all our might.... And it was dark So dark at night And we held on to each other Like brother to brother We promised our mothers we'd write... And we would all go down together We said we'd all go down together ........

Then.......Here's an amazing event I was fortunate enough to document...

Gift Certificates Available

Thinking of something unique to give this Holiday Season? Anyone getting married, or having a baby? Please consider a Lumina Images gift certificate for weddings, births, showers and birthday parties! Just want to make everyone aware that I do offer gift certificates in any value. Please contact me if you would like to purchase one.

Chemistry Lesson - Sneak Peek

......These two just have such a natural chemistry I couldn't just pick a few! Can't wait for this wedding.....more to come.

Sneak Peek

Here's to another crazy weekend.... Awesome wedding with Jen Leatherwood again on Saturday, and two sessions today. I'll hopefully be sharing some of the last three wedding pictures soon.

Here's a peek at Meghan. We started off talking about this session with quite a few ideas about having Megan's horses and friend in on the session, but it just didn't work out. We're going to try that in the spring. Thanks for such a fun afternoon Meghan!