.New Cards | Milano Photography.

Look what's new to the Vineyard.  I am so very pleased to be adding this Elegant Monogram line to the Vineyard Boutique.  These Monogram Cards are elegant, stylish, and can be customized to suite any of your etiquette needs.  Birthday, Bebe Announcement, or to send out your Holiday Greetings in style.  Please visit the Vineyard Boutique for more samples.

.La Sierra Cheer | Milano Photography.

La Sierra Cheer
JV and Varsity Teams
Whoooo Hoooo!!! Every Single one of these girls is AWESOME!!!  They all have the most incredible personalities!!!! I absolutely CANNOT say enough about EACH and EVERY one of them. They wanted this year's portraits to be different than the normal in- studio stuff, so we decided to head over to UCR for something a little different. It was such a pleasure spending the morning with them. Thanks so much to all of you for being patient during our session and letting me be a part of this year's cheer photos :) I really want to give a HUGE thank you, too, for the great referral from Hunter, and thank you to all you seniors who have had sessions with me, for putting in good words about Milano Photography, you girls ROCK!!!!
These are just a few from the session. All of these girls photos are beautiful, I just grabbed these at random to post a little peek.

.Bryant and Madison | Milano Photography.

Bryant and his family are so very patiently waiting for proofs to arrive, I thought I would post up one more from their session. And why not make it of this cute capture of him and that little niece of his.....

.Just Because | Milano Photography.

This is Kylie, from one of my recent senior sessions, and I just thought these were pretty, so I thought I would share with all of you :)

Sunday Post.

When Mother Nature Comes To Call....

I have never had to reschedule a session......until yesterday. The circumstances were not pleasant. I am sure you have all been watching the news and how Horrific the conditions are throughout Corona,Anaheim Hills,Yorba Linda,Chino Hills, and now Diamond Bar. It is just terrible. What started out to be a morning of dance with Mia, then back to drop her to Jim then off to my session with the Hite family, then Sunday, a session with 5 sweet little boys and the Macias family. Well, no.  I headed out via the 91 fwy and was dead stopped almost immediately....I wondered what in the world would be causing traffic on a Saturday morning....SMOKE ahead is what I saw...it looked bad. An hour and a half later, and only traveling about 6 miles, I called the dance studio then went back home.  Thinking it would be under control, I decided to drag the fam along for carpooling, to the session and have them drop me off at the location and let them hang around shoreline village while I worked with the Hite's.  Well, we  were shocked and amazed at the site when we got back on the freeway. Unbelievable traffic.  Fire trucks from various locations sirening for us to move aside through bumper to bumper traffic, media vans surrounding the lanes, then paramedics, the the CDF, it was unbelievable. We were listening to the news on the radio and hearing that the freeways have been shut down and traffic was being diverted, homes are being lost, flames are jumping the freeways and the fire is rapidly spreading.  My sister-in-law called from Chino Hills while watching the amazement on the News, and stated we better divert and get off asap.  We were diverted at the 71 which leads straight to her place, so that's where we landed.  The smoke was unreal and what we saw from her doorstep just left us in AW.  In the 3 hour time span that we were driving, the fire had moved so rapidly from one city to another in a matter of hours.  We finally left her house around 8:00 and when we reached home, we could see the flames all the way in Chino Hills, from our own backyard in Riverside....that's the last photo.

It is just awful....so, this Sunday's Post is in honor of those firefighters, families, homeowners, and everyone who is currently being effected by mother nature's fire that is ripping through your areas and threatening or destroying your lives, your hard work, and your memories.  I pray that everyone you know has reached you and is safe. My heart goes out to each and every one of you., and special thanks and honor go out to the firefighters who are risking their lives to protect all that we love......Please keep these families and firefighters in your thoughts tonight and days to come.....

.Dorian. | Milano Photography

Isn't he adorable?  The McKinney family invited me back to photograph their son's one-year portraits.  I absolutely adore his classic look and he has such a sweet, sweet personality.  We had to do a bit of chasing, but it was totally worth it!!!!  Isn't he cute!!!

.Cute-Patoot.

Isn't she the cutest!!!!

Her Uncle Bryant just had his senior session and she came along for some fun in Balboa, so NATURALLY how could I pass up a Cute-Patoot and a Petty????

.Sunday Post.

.Ms. Mia on Being a Photogs Daughter.

Hi everybody!!! Yep, another weekend passes by and the time change has definitely thrown us off. But, nonetheless, I have a little post. 

So I get these crazy whims to drag my family around with me scouting out new locations for great photo sessions.....I mean what kid wouldn't just LOVE being the photogs daughter and model LOLOLOL

Well, normally I don't get too much argument from Ms. Mia.  She has fun being the photog's daughter/model, and my hubby, well he goes along with it and is a great sport, but

Nicholas, forget about it, UH-UH, NO HOW and NO WAY.  

But......this day, this little one just had NO desire to participate, couldn't even bribe her.  I really wanted to share that even when they aren't interested, we still get great photos.  Your little one's don't have to LOVE getting photos taken because EVERY moment can be beautiful.....just simply spending time together can present the most amazing photographic opportunities that can be cherished for a lifetime......

.Santospirito.

.The Joy of Children.

The Santospiritos have contacted me to let me know how well baby Luca is doing after his surgery. What a blessing. I wanted to share another photo of this beautiful baby boy and let his family know how happy I am he is recovering well. Just by reading her emails, the passion of motherhood and the bond between her and her son overwhelms me.

How much joy do your kids bring you, even to simply look at them.  Their smiles, laffs, or even the darndest things that  they say just have a way of  bringing us smiles and happiness even on the worst of days......