Today: a tribute to moms, who are the most important people in the world to: (A) their own children, and (B) family photographers. Dads are great! But let's be honest: who do you think almost always contacts me to book a session, coordinates everyone’s schedules and outfits and snacks, and then gets the whole family out the door in time for the photo session? Moms! They do it all! (And they do all this because they love their families! And they totally get the importance of having beautiful photos of their families! AND because all too often they're the ones always taking the pictures and for once they'd just like to be IN a shot or two. :)) So, a huge, heartfelt THANK YOU to all the fabulous moms I have had the pleasure and privilege of photographing -- I simply could not do this without you.

And a very Happy Mother's Day to everyone who is (or has) a mom!

Mom is Japanese and Dad is American, but Baby Girl's first home was Shanghai. They've just moved on to their next adventure -- flew out this morning, in fact -- but fortunately we had time to do a whirlwind photo session before they left. Enjoy!

The Child Academy barely had time to clean up all the green balloons from their St. Patrick's Day party (see my photos from that event here) before it was time to fill the school with pink, yellow, and lavender balloons for their Easter party! Check out all these adorable little bunnies!