Hearts, especially feathery pink hearts are lovely. I know we still have one more day until February starts but I think a girl can love hearts all year. This photo is a lil sneak of a recent Valentine photo shoot. Happy Monday!
Photography, for me, is a way to capture memories at just the perfect moment. I can’t get this time back but I can freeze an image with my camera so it will be in my heart forever. I also use photography as a creative outlet. I try to incorporate fabric, crafts, and pretty things I find. So when my son was born, I wanted to remember exactly the way he looked at each stage of his first year. I also wanted to glam it up so I could admire the images and display them in our home. I know I’m not the only mommy that wants their baby to look like a gerber model AND to have the background look like their baby was just lounging around Martha Stewart’s Home in The Hamptons. Is that really to much to ask? I think not. So I try to make my baby look adorable and the background Martha Stewart approved every time I create a photo shoot. I decided to take a picture of my baby every month wearing a onesie and sitting at the same spot in the same chair . How did I make it look pretty for me? Well, I sat him on my damask chair. And who doesn’t love damask, right? I thought the pattern and colors would make his peachy skin and light brown hair stand out. And it did! I am so glad I started and almost completed this photography project. He is eleven months now. Only one more month to capture my last photo of him on my favorite chair. One more month until he is no longer an infant. One more month until we have made it through the first year. One more month until the big ONE!
I love my beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy.
11 months and I couldn’t just take one picture. Those thighs. Ahh!
My baby at one to ten months starting from top left to bottom right.
Love is… all warm and fuzzy like a comforter straight out of the dryer. It has that special warmth to make you feel safe and it smothers the cold right out from under your toes. Watching love grow is another snuggly security blanket because it reminds me that love is wonderful, magical, and beautiful with every relationship. I’ve been watching a true love affair unfold right before my eyes. And, no, not a Brad Pitt and Angelina affair, but a Noah and Allie type (from ‘The Notebook’). The kind of relationship that is going to last forever. After laughing, hugging, and just plain hanging out with two of my favorite people, my best friend and her boyfriend, I had the honor of witnessing another amazing moment in their love affair, their proposal. Yes, I said it. I had a front row seat to my best friend’s surprise proposal. Marco, her newly fiance, asked me to photograph this momentous event. He wanted me to capture his love for the girl he wants to be with for the rest of his life, Lisett. “Yes, yes, yes,” I replied. I was so extatic that for a moment I felt like I was being proposed to. I couldn’t believe I kept this ginormous secret for like ever. Five whole days feels like an eternity when the person you tell your juiciest secrets to is off limits. So I did what any amazing best friend would do- start mentally planing the wedding for her. Well, I don’t want her to get behind on any of the details (ahem…the bride’s maids dresses). Before I knew it…
the afternoon had arrived and I found myself pacing here.
I wanted to make sure Lisett and Marco had memories of the details from that afternoon at the Santa Monica Pier.
Marco was very cool and collective in his casual blazer, white button-up shirt, and blue jeans. Lisett looked beautiful as always with her Treseme-like hairdo and perfeclty pedicured toes.
Little did she know that the cartoonist was in on Marco’s surprise proposal. But what was he drawing?
Marco is either so excited that Lisett has no clue, or he is just a camera ham. Ha!
See what I mean, true love.
Waiting.
He is definitely trying to distract her from peeking at this…
Marco you are a sly one…wait for it.
And her first reaction to the knee hitting the pavement. Priceless.
I was so excited my hands were shaking.
Let me introduce you to the future Mr. & Mrs. Guzman.
You know I had to show her bling. Sweet!
After they had a ‘lil mini shoot with the artist that helped make Lisett’s dreams come true.
One more for the scrapbook. Oh didn’t you know Lisett was an avid scrapbooker?
L is for the way you look at me…
O is for the only one I see. Sorry but every time I hear wedding bells I think of ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’. Hey, and this actually will be my best friend’s wedding. Double ha!
I had to end with this incredibly touching moment of Lisett and her mommy embracing and rejoicing with tears of happiness. 
Here is a lil’ hint of what’s coming up in my life and the ones I love. Yesterday I took this photo at the Santa Monica Pier during a surprise engagement shoot for my best friend. This picture also just happens to be one of the details in my son’s first birthday party coming up this February. Crazy Twilight Zone coincidence? I think so. Wowzers!
I’m not sure if you’ve been playing along on instagram, but I have. Someone somewhere came up with a photo a day challenge for all instagram users or shall I say lovers. I too am addicted to instagram, have been for a while. So when I saw someone post this I was a little giddy if I do say so myself. This is a great way for me to challenge my iphone photo-taking skills and make sure that I’m always practicing with my big girl camera. Because practice makes perfect, right? Right! Here are a few of my shots. If you want to play just make sure to tag your photos #janphotoaday or follow me @ evamariephoto.
Day 4: Letter box. I’m sure every crafty girl has Martha visiting her once a month.
Day 8: Your sky. This it what it looks like on our daily walks.
Day 7: Favorite. I love little pretty girly things. Glittery necklace, nail polish and my new fave pretty tape.
Day 13: In your bag.
Wallet/clutch: Love, love, love. Purchased this for a steal at Nordstrom in the BP section of course.
Hello Kitty make up bag:. Yes, I am an O.G. Kitty fan. Plus this little bag holds every thing in its perfectly separated compartments.
Lotion: I refuse to have ashy hands!
Pacifier: Yes, just in case my bundle of joy decides to be funny and hide his.
Double sided DKNY Perfume roller: Smells sweet and won’t leak. Awesomeness!
Antibacterial: For all the lil boogers I work with.
L’Occitane Lip Balm: Soothes my lips during these dry winter days.
Jewelry: A lil secret…jewelry always dresses up an outfit!
I am the eldest cousin on my dad’s side. So what does that make me? The boss. Actually Mrs. Boss! Well that’s what I like to think anyway. Actually I love that I have more than a handful of cousins that I can still act like a kid with. My favorite part of being the “boss” cousin is that I can grab my camera, shout across my grandparent’s living room and tell them they are going to become models…for a second. Over the Christmas break, I had a little fun teasing, bossing around and of course sharing the love of my camera with my cousins. Three boys and a girl made for an interesting afternoon. Boys will be boys. While they wrestled every other second, Miss Katie, the older sister, batted her eyes and shook her head as if this was nothing new to add to her long list of embarrassing moments created by her brothers. Here are my cousins Peter, Philip, Matthew and Katie. What did I love about this mini? My cousins eyes. They are all different and unique.
Peter “Peety”
Phil
Matthew
Katie
The two oldest. 
Brotherly love.
