The Ruiz Girls.

I don't even think words can express how much I thoroughly enjoyed photographing these girls! They were so darling, and their mom is one of the best girls I know. She is a dear friend of mine, and I'm so glad we crossed paths!

Q: What are the odds (you may ask) of getting

a 4 year old + a 2 year old + a 1 year old

to smile and look into my lens at the exact same time?

A: Not good. Not good at all.

(Luckily, they are so vibrant/ funny/full of life and personality that it doesn't really matter now does it!?)

This one blurred a little, (boo.) but I just loved it.

These sisters are so dang gorgeous.

PICTURED HERE: mother, sisters, daughters, aunt, nieces, friends...

family.

she was such a rockstar...this photograph is entirely fitting.

lil' cowgirl.

(She loved this hat. It was too funny!)

It really was quite a day at the beach.

mother. daughter(s).

...moms are there for us through

all the important

times in our lives....

for laugh.ing.

and cry.ing

and think.ing

and snuggl.ing

and kiss.ing.

and be.ing.

(moms. yay.)

Brook & Britt

Yee-haw!

the facts are these:

I'm not a professional photographer. ...and I don't have a $5,000 dollar camera. But I love. love. love. photography (amateur photography, that is) with all my heart. And I've had a lot of requests for portraits... And I've had a bunch of friends say that I should go into business... And I've hesitated. And struggled. And wondered... "Am I really good enough to do something like that?" And the real, honest truth is:

I. don't. know.

I guess I'll let you be the judge of that. If you like what you see, shoot me an email at ldugovic@yahoo.com. and we'll set up an appointment.

If you decide to hire me, here's the good news:

ONE. I charge a flat rate of $50- which includes everything...sitting fee... free editing of your top five favorite images, and all (yes, I just said all *** as in a.l.l.) of your pictures on a CD. This means that they are all yours, you can blog them, facebook them, make cute little family headers with them ... the sky's the limit. You can also take your picture CD to Walmart and have an 8x10 printed for $4.88. Can't be beat!

TWO. I will edit up to five of your favorite images for free. (including changing images to black and white with pops of color, airbrushing blemishes (who doesn't love that?) ...you name it.
and ...

THREE. Offering to do my photography for pay makes me a little stressed. If I feel pressure, it makes me nervous, and if I feel nervous, photography stops being fun, and in order for me to want to continue doing it, I need it to be fun (like, really, really fun...) so I can't have any pressure, and in order to alleviate that pressure, I have to make the following guarantee:

If you don't love. love. love your pictures,

you get your money. money. money. back.

All of it.

That way, I can have fun, and I won't have to stress, because if you love them, great! If you hate them, no loss! (okay, except for 1-2 hours of your admittedly precious time...which does kinda stink...but...I can't exactly give those back, and I hope that I will have at least made them very fun while you were wasting them on me!)

The Hoopes Family.

Um, like, my favorite shot of the day.

I would put this on MY wall, and he's not even my baby!!

Those little blue eyes just light up the screen.

Both of these children were darling in every way.

When I wanted something a little silly,

I didn't have to ask these two twice!