Angel

Angel is my best friend Vee's niece - since I am adopted in to Steward Family (Vee's family) since I moved to Chicago, she essentially became - by virtue - my niece.

In the midst of humidity and heat, she agreed to pose for me for some preggy shots.. and if you are my very close friend or family, you know that taking pregnancy picture is my favorite photography of all.. the challenge is to capture the joy of motherhood. Thursday afternoon, after work, we went straight to Vee's mom's house.

This is just a teaser as I captured a lot of great pics. But as always, I am excited to post some pictures here that caught my eyes and heart.

noise had actually added drama to this shot

Beautiful 

Love

And my two favorites so far :)

Raffy and Maricel baby shower teaser

I will wait until my cousin received the CD! And then I will post more here.. for now here are some teasers..

Faces

And again thanks to Ms. Servetta, I got to take some pics to model for me :)

Here are some:

Trunk Party!

Yes, my friend Servetta did not forget me.. so the moment she needed me to take pictures of her daughter Monette's trunk party, she popped me an email and asked me to capture moments :)

It was a nice summer party held in Midlothian, IL. My dear hubby accompanied me when I did the shoot. The family, the food, the party! It was all fun!

Here are the pics I've chosesn from the party:

Mother and daughter :) Servetta and Monette

Killer pose!

One happy family!

Shake that booty!

This family knows how to party!

And my fave pic of all :)

 They look so happy here!

Poland

I was in awe when I saw the birthplace of my husband and the country of my beloved Pope - Blessed John Paul the great.. And for the first time in years, I feel that my pictures never captured anything that justifies what I see..

Nonetheless, I would like to share with you the photojourney I had when I went there with my husband. Although the circumstances were not great, we still made the most out of our stay there. And YES, I've been to places a lot of Poles would want to see.

We were there April 2011 - and yes this an uber late post!

From the bottom of my heart : Dziekujemy!

My hubby and I in Lichen

Trying to act like Jason Bourne

Lichen

Golgotha

Pulpit at St. Mary's Church in Krakow

 Gold imbeded painting inside St. Mary's Church

A serene shot of a house by the lake in Pyzdry, Poland

This is actually a chandelier made of salt. Taken from the ground up in Wieliczka.

Hubby in Jasna Gora

Pigeons at the square

Hubby having coffee at Rynek

Top view of Lichen and my favorite shot of all!



Andrew and Janine prenup teaser

And just like the wedding pics.. this time I will just post a few of them as teaser...


Note: I almost had gas in my stomach from laughing while taking pics of these two!!

My buddy (Andrew) likes sepia tone photos.. so I DID this especially for him :)

SO nice to capture real beauty...and emotion