Mandy, The Graduate {Redlands Senior Photographer}

Meet beautiful Mandy.. Rev's next high school graduate.. Class of 2011!!! I had been looking forward to this session for a long time... I have known Mandy since she was just a little girl, and when her mother called wanting me to photograph her for her senior pictures, I was completely honored and thrilled and so excited to see how beautiful and all grown up she is. WOW!!!!

I am so, so proud of who she has become and how beautiful, smart and athletic she is... I look forward to hearing about all her future successes. I know this girl will go far...

Thanks Mandy, I hope you had fun and it was a pleasure to hang out with you for the afternoon.. ;)
Here is just a tease of so many more to come!


Mandy's hopes is to be a pastry chef one day! and I can't wait... because I love sweeeeeets!... I will be the first in line.






Mandy is also a runner, so this was a treat to be on the field with her... :)

Trick Or Treat!

The Lee Kiddos had a week full of festivities. First with Halloween parties, school carnivals, the pumpkin patch, school parties and then Halloween night... wow!!! I sure hope I don't see any cavities in the near future ;/ My kids sure do like some sugar. :)
Hope you all had a safe and Happy Halloween.
G.






and special props to this trio of spanish marionette's for best costumes of the night.. :) Pretty amazing, I think.. :)

Model needed.......anyone interested?

Sometimes as a photographer, I just need to shoot for myself and test my creativity...I have scouted out some new "SECRET" locations and have come up with some new quirky ideas... Now, all I need is a model or 2.. ;)

looking for 18-25 year old. male or female
a great sense of style
willing to have fun in front of the camera
and would be willing to spend a entire day with me shooting them...pretty easy, huh!

if you are interested or know anyone that may be interested.. please send me a e-mail and a photo of yourself to gina@ginaleephoto.com

Thanks friends...

and coming up, another fun session...

Just bring his hot wheels........

normally I tell a mother of a 2 year old this, but this was another type of session with some other kind of hot wheels.. No matchbox here... How fun was this? yah!.. pretty fun.. I had a blast on this senior session... We spent a little time downtown, but the majority of it was with his car in some nice yummy light... sweet!...
Meet Chris.. future graduate of R.E.V High School... GO WILDCATS!

here is a little peek of our afternoon together.. :)
G.

coming up next.......

boys can never get rid of their hot wheels....Ha......
coming up next.. a cool grad session...;)

G.

Funny Friday........;)

Have a great weekend everyone..now go out and shoot something fun this 3 day weekend...
G.

Meet "The Apprentice"

okay, okay.. I am no Donald Trump.. She is "the intern"...ha...

Meet Jenny...

Jenny loves to be behind the camera and she will be doing some mentoring with me, going along some shoots with me throughout the year and I will be showing her how things are done from beginning to end here at Gina Lee Photography... How fun is this?...She will also be helping me out behind the scenes here as well... We are both so excited to have each other...yeah!...

Stay tuned in the year ahead, I will be showcasing some of her amazing images as well...:) watch out.. our next local photographer is coming to town...



G.

Happy 2009

Wow. What a year... Did this year just fly by like a speeding train?… well, I think so… but what an amazing year this has been…
I met some amazing people this year, some people that really made me think, some people that totally inspired me, and then there were the ones that totally cracked me up. I can’t help but think that if I didn’t have such amazing family, friends and clients, this year wouldn’t have been so rewarding. So, to all of you… thank you for making this one of the best and fruitful years of all…

And a special thanks to my amazing clients… despite this crazy economy, and some difficult times… you found a way to invest in something that really matters… memories….memories that will be cherished for many years to come… so thank you for trusting in me, believing in me and having fun with me… I think the most rewarding part of my career is that I get to meet so many wonderful people… I love it…

I also met some amazing photographers at the beginning of this year, and I feel so blessed that we have a network of many great talents to share, spin and rethink ideas with… and to laugh with, all at the same time. I can’t wait to travel to WPPI in Las Vegas again and see what great ideas we can come up with. So a special thank you to all of you who were there when I needed to just talk, share and maybe sometimes just vent…Thank you… you guys rock… and I appreciate you…

And the best part of this gig, was meeting all these amazing children you have… I cannot count how many children, families and newborns I photographed this year, but all were so special in their own way.
On a last note, I just wanted to say “thank you again” for your continued support in this fun journey…
I hope everyone has a safe, healthy and most importantly…. Happy 2009…



Stay tuned for more fun, more laughs, more quirkiness and new things in the new year...
Cheers!
Gina

Coming up.. 4 families, 1 newborn to finish up the 2008 season...:)

meet the rest of the crew....

the senior crew...
This is a long one....

I know I have been a bad blogger lately, but I am spending more time posting my quirks and pics on facebook more so than here... Yikes.. sorry... but where else do you get to hear the latest on me working in my pajamas, my latest pimple and wishing I can play with another photog's camera?...Hee, hee... so look me up and be my friend, you get more of my silliness over there as well.. ;) Yikes... be warned.. it is addiciting... :- right, friends???? :)

anyhoo... I did not want to keep these kids waiting for their sneak peek any longer, so I am bundeling up the post into one, it's a long one...but a fun one.. Now, I can also play catch up on all my other silliness and shenanigans.. ha.. ;0

Stay tuned.. more ramblings, more sneak peeks, and more of just more...

Oh, by the way.. We are having OUR family professionally photographed next week...if all goes well ( kids cooperating, and all that good stuff) I will post all the goofiness we had planned... it will be fun.. ;)

meet Alex...







and his twin sister, Bree








and Beth...






have a great weekend!
G.

more seniors coming up....

and more fun stuff on the way, just have been a little crazy busy with holiday print orders and other fun stuff.. ;)

but I will share I have a new tool for my camera.. the 'hand strap" it is called.. I call it the relief strap...It seems every time I do a session, I rarely wear the darn strap, and it just seemed to get in the way most of the time...Don't get me wrong, I love all those cool straps and fancy patterns like the rest of you.. but when I am constantly firing away.. I rarely wear the neck strap.. so here is my new hand strap for comfort and ease.... so far, so good....

Note..not my hand... hee, hee... I could not find a picture of the exact one, so this will do...


and we had our holiday photographer Christmas party last night...so fun.. it is so great to hang out with about 20 different photog's in the area and catch up with old friends, and make some new ones, and to just share ideas.. what a great network of friends and fun this was...:)

Note: a reminder that this will be the last week to order prints to get them back by Christmas, so if you have not placed your order...Please do so this week to have in time for Christmas delivery...

Alex.. coming up...