Catching Up

Hi All,
Sorry, it has been a while since I posted any work or news.  Sadly, after a long sickness, my Mom passed away
in June.  It's been difficult and I know life will not be the same without her.  As I remember how she lived
her life and the inspiration she has given me, I can only now look forward to continue my journey to grow my
passion-career in photography.  During the past few months of taking care of my mom I have managed to take a
few workshops and did a few fun shoots.  I plan to share some work from them soon. 

You may see several interpretations of my website/blog design as the months go on as I will now go back to focus on my rebranding project.  I would love to give you a photography portal that you will love to continually visit.  I may be soliciting your opinions on design to help me stay on track.  It's an exciting time since it will be new and fresh and targeted to those of you who are just excited about my work as I am  :)

The first move will be to a new blog which is coming soon.  Please come on back.. as I will be inviting you to
subscribe to the new blog as soon as it's ready.

  --Diane    (dvp)

Raith's Tol

Tol is probably the most well known of all the Korean birthday celebrations. This celebration happens on the first birthday of a child. When Korea had very little medicinal knowledge, a lot of newborns would die because of Korea’s seasonal temperature differences and many childhood related diseases. If a child lived to be one years old during those times it was a very joyous occasion.
I was excited to do this shoot since it's the first time I have heard about a Tol.  Bob and Jean, Raith's parents, were so great to work with and we had fun getting Raith to look and smile at the camera.

Gabriel - 2009

This is a repost of one of the pictures from the Delgado Family Lifestyle shoot.  I love this picture since it was catching Gabriel in his fight-play mood.  A karate chop to the photographer  :)  This was the first image I added some Photoshop magic that I ran into by accident.  I love those as finding these features can be quiet a surprise.

Photographer Bag!! Kelly Moore Bag

I love bags!!  Oh, I have more than I need but who could resist one like this!  :)  An undercover photo gear bag.  Kelly Moore is making it even harder to resist by giving a discount coupon for posting.  It is a discount that I could share with you.  Check it out and if you are interested, post a comment with your email or facebook id and a Kelly Moore coupon for $50 will be sent to you.  Enjoy!

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Tina's Cotilion

Hi,
Tina turned 18! And what a way to celebrate. Adreen, Tina's mom is a super woman mom did the main coordination and design of the 100+ guest celebration for her daughter. The venue was adorned with tailored formal table settings each seat with the placards and shiny favors. It was a great pleasure to take part in the event by capturing those moments. Alex Wiles assisted me and Megan Apellanes ran the party booth while I got to run around shooting the event. We worked with videographers from VS Studios which made it more fun.

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