{Rappin Up the Workshop}

I’ve had such a fabulous time with all the amazing ladies at the workshop… especially my Retro Girls! We decided to create a little “Ode de Workshop.” Feast your eyes on this masterpiece.”

The origin is “Balydia” is a story for another day! For now, I am off to bed… so sad to say goodbye to the girls in the morning:(

Lan Bui - I OMG forgot OMG to OMG mention OMG

Brett - I almost goofled!!!

{The Workshop Update}

So I am having a blast at Scarlett Lillian’s workshop! I am especially loving that my roomie, Leeann Marie, is as nerdy and crazy as I am. Too prove this fact, I post the following video evidence:

I would write more but I am way too sleepy. More adventures and craziness will be up on the blog tomorrow!

Melinda - Bahahahahaha… I’m so glad you two are roommates

Lan Bui - Balydia,

Brushing teeth before getting back to room is funny.

{Share the Love – Part 2}

Wow! Wow! Wow! is all I can say about this FABULOUSLY GORGEOUS family! I had the best time photographing them against the urban backdrop of downtown Hollywood!

Let’s hope these two kiddos always get along so well!

I love this shot!

This little cutie looks just like his Daddy.

Look at that smile when she is with her Dad!

Downtown Hollywood had some AMAZING color walls. This one looks like it was made to go with her outfit.

This is one of my favorite family photographs EVER!

This one melts my heart

She is soooo beautiful.

And now… as I promised yesterday… this is one of my new FAVORITE images.

I think it perfectly captures the love between this Mommy and her baby girl!

I feel very privileged to have been part of Share the Love event.

Thank you to all the amazing photographers who organized it and donated their time!

And thank you to the wonderful families {like this one} who came to support this effort!

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Danielle Leggett - Wow! These pictures are awesome- what a beautiful family! Lydia, you are so talented and every shoot just gets better and better! Hmmm…maybe the Leggetts are due for an outdoor family session…

Lydia - Thank Danielle! I think we should definitely set up a Leggett session soon :)

Melinda - Great pictures. Now its time for you to show the world how talented you are at graduation pictures!

daniel lateulade - I love your images Lydia– awesome job! The little girl looks so mischievous ;)

{Share the Love = FABULOUS}

I was so fortunate this past Saturday to help with an AMAZING event, Share the Love. Along with some of South Florida’s top photographers, I was able to shoot a family session with ALL of the money going to Sow A Seed {a foundation that supports the people of Haiti}. I met some wonderful photographers and had a perfect day. Share the Love was hosted by a WONDERFUL women’s photography group here in South Florida called SoFly Photographers I have looked at each of the women’s sites and they are all extraordinary. Sorry, I am going on about it, but I am trying to suck up, because I TOTALLY want to be part of it! I have to try to have the patience to wait allll the way until July when they have their next “allow new photographers” meeting. I’m sure it will be here before I know it. I was blessed with a BEAUTIFUL family to photograph. Now I have to admit, I was pretty nervous considering they are best friends with Courtney Ortiz, a fantastic photographer who was instrumental in putting on the Share the Love event, but they were the sweetestfamily. I am sure glad Courtney shared her friends with me!  Thanks you!

Now on to the photographs. Seriously… we only had 30 minutes… but I got sooo many great shots of them.

This is the Black and White Edition:

Seriously… she couldn’t be any cuter!

Love it!!!! They are so happy together!

This is one of my favorites. The bond between this mommy and her daughter is undeniable.

Tomorrow I will be posting the color photos from the shoot and one of my FAVORITE shots of all time!!!

Please leave me some comment love!

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Amy Reid - Love the pics Lydia! We have one empty wall left and I can”t wait to fill it with these family pics. Awesome job!

Kat Braman - Lydia these are great! I adore the second one. Such a classic toddler shot and she’s adorable. It was so nice to me you on Saturday!

Brett - These are the best! I don’t know how the family will ever pick which ones they like the most.

Melinda - I love how that baby has the EXACT same face as the dad in that first pic… these are great lyd!! LOVE THEM

{January was one FABULOUS month}

Wow! I cannot believe January is already over. Where did it go? This was definitely the best month of my year so far! So many exciting things happened this month. I am sooo excited that I had 1,230 people stop by my blog this month! Woohoo… that is the HIGHEST ever! So exciting.

On Thursday, I received a totally awesome email from Miller’s Lab asking if they could use my business card in their upcoming newsletter. Needless to say, I nearly fell out of my chair when I read it. I was BEYOND excited. Little did I know that when they meant upcoming newsletter they meant it would be out the day after they asked me! Glad they liked my new design!

But by far the most exciting thing that happened this month… happened at 9:36pm last night.

Baby Alyssa was born and WOW she is BEAUTIFUL.

She is absolutely perfect and I am sooo excited for Amanda and Greg! I cannot believe that a year and a half ago I was photographing their wedding!

Later this week, I will be posting more images of my sister, an actual shoot of Baby Alyssa and some Share the Love photographs!

God blessed me immensely in January and I cannot wait to see what He has in store for February!

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Angela Brooks - Seeing these newborn pictures almost makes me want to have another just to have you take pictures of it! We still love the pictures you took of us in Florida. When we get a chance to visit South Florida again, we’ll definitely book some time with you!

Melissa - Wow! She is so precious! So pretty!

Lydia - Thanks Melissa and Angela! I wish I would have been able to take newborn shots of both of your kids! Thanks for your sweet comment love!