We’re busy shooting and processing senior sessions, but the pups is busy supervising.  She’s basically running this operation.

Sometimes Always when I speak to or about our dog I use a strange language that I’ve started calling dogSpeak™.  It’s kinda like baby talk but way, way cuter and probably more annoying.  But look at her and you’ll know why she needs her own special language.  Dats a saweeetie …

Tom is an improvisor who’s hoping to start doing more commercial work as an actor.  His alter ego, a very Goulet “Lounge-asaurus Rex” also needed some publicity shots.  I think we nailed it.  The pups certainly enjoyed herself.

You know it’s official when you change your Facebook status.  Kess and I got engaged today.  This is exciting. ** Edited to add: Image #1 by Riccis Valladares. Image #2 by Nicki Lou (Kess’ roommate).

Back at the old studio I made 2 or 3 (thousand) trips to the most wonderful coffeebar™ in the world: SiP.  Let me first say that I drink a lot of coffee, so when I find a place that serves organic fairtrade everything without mass amounts of pesticides and stealing …

5 month update: she’s still the cutest dog ever!  I never thought I’d be a dog person.  But every morning she whines to be let out of her kennel so she can jump up into bed with me, curl up in a ball, and fall back asleep.  I just can’t …

I’m imposing a once-every-two-weeks blog limit for pictures of Maria.  I’m worried that if I keep up at this rate there will cease to be any wedding / portrait photography on the blog anymore.  I had to shoot a little bit today though because I just got a new lens …

Meet our new puppy, Maria Chucha R. Gutierez III (Maria for short).  St. Pat’s (my home church) had their annual fundraiser for the Risen Christ School and the monastery in Coban, Guatemala, so how could Kess and I resist a tax-deductable dog?  She hasn’t exactly learned the house rules yet, …