.Holiday Break | Milano Photography.

We have been busy busy little elves with the Holiday orders, and it's been totally fun working with all my clients this season. I really have enjoyed photographing them. However, I decided to take a quick morning break and spend some shoot time with my family and my sister-n-law and nieces and nephew....LOLOLOL I must tell you it was quite an adventure....although it is always work with Nicholas and Mia, I have to say it was pretty darn fun!!! Here's just a couple I thought I would share with everyone....Okay now, back to work :)

.Hillenbrand Holiday Card | Milano Photography.

The holiday cards are coming out awesome!!!  This is just a little sample for the Hillenbrand family.  I totally love this card!!!

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.Holiday Cards | Milano Photography.

Holiday Cards Galore...

I have been putting holiday cards together this weekend, so I thought I would share a couple, and I still have a couple to go.....including a cute, cute one for the Hilenbrand Family...I will post that one next....

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.I Couldn't Resist... | Milano Photography.

There was just something about this photograph for me, so I thought I would share it with everyone.....

           "Life is Art"

.Haley | Milano Photography.

Do you guys remember Mia Haley?  Well look at her now...UM I didn't really think she could get any cuter than when she turned one, but Look....I WAS WRONG!!!!  What a DOLL!!!!  I spent Sunday morning with the Haley Family.  They brought tears to my eyes.  The connection between them as a family was incredible.  That little girl is so unbelievably happy and sweet.  I did happen to catch that precious little POUT though, at the end....so I couldn't resist sharing it with you all....Beautiful Family....thank you to the Haley Family for allowing me to create art for their Holiday Season...

.Hillenbrand | Milano Photography.

Lucky, Lucky Me....!!!!! I spent some time with the Hillenbrand children last week and I must say WOW!!!

Ms. Natalie is one of Mia's AWESOME dance instructors at Dellos, and she and her children are just incredible. She needed some photos of that precious baby girl, and some updated photos of her children for the holidays....I have to share with everyone our location for this session......HER GORGEOUS BACKYARD!!! I had so much fun with them. Here are just a couple of my favs...

.McKinney Holiday | Milano Photography.

The McKinney's had their children's holiday photographs taken last week. Arwen and Dorian are soooo sweet!!! They were all dressed up and ready and they are truly such a pleasure to work with.

I even got a sticker reward at the end of our session ;)

Huante Holiday Card | Milano Photography.

Whooooo Awwwwww!!!

Look what the Orange Gecko cooked up for me today ;) This awesome card that the Huante Family will be sending out this season......

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.Macias Family | Milano Photography.

I spent Saturday morning with these cute little guys!!!  The Macias family had their photos taken down in Balboa, and they were such a fun family.  Their littlest boy was totally shy at first, but once he warmed up, WOW!!!!  Both boys were awesome!!!!  We had a ton of fun stopping at the different locations down their, then ended up with some super cool beach photos.  Their session came out great, I can't wait for them to view proofs :)

.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.

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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.....