Flying

Since the last post I have been figuring out a way to get caught up. I don't think that is possible so I will go back to some shoots and blog but my goal is to start today and try to keep you updated about present life as it unfolds.

I have been working on getting my pilots license lately with the world renowned pilot instructor Elisabeth Murillo. I am going to be slowing down due to the focus that the business needs. I am absolutely in love with flying. I never really dreamed about it as a kid but when I recently tried it I fell in love. I have now flown solo two times. Once just in the pattern and the other I flew to Chino and back. It really sinks in when I am flying by myself that I am actually flying. The feeling of freedom is priceless.

When Kevin Swan (my business partner in KISS Wedding Books) was out from Indiana we went flying and he took these pics. Thanks for shooting these Kevin.

Here is the beautiful plane. Oh how I love 9964L (Tail number of the plane)


Preflight


Soaring over Chino


Kevin in the back seat.


Here we are safely on the ground :)

BUSY LIFE

WOW!!! Where do I start.

I want to apologize for the lack of updates to the blog. We have had a ton of change here at InLight right on top of a very busy shooting season. I am going to take the helm for the most part on updating the blog as much as I can.

Lately I have found great inspiration in so many things that I have recently experienced. I am a blessed man. Yesterday was fathers day and I had a perfect day. As some of you know I have to beautiful kids and a truly amazing wife. I got a BBQ and some backyard furniture for fathers day so we decided to have both (Jaime and my own) families over to our home for fathers day. I cooked these crazy hamburgers and everyone brought side dishes. It was a beautiful day. I was able to relax quite a bit and I even watched golf (not something I usually do). We have been so busy at InLight that days like this are few and far between. So thanks you Noah and Hailey for being such amazing kids. Thank you also for the great cards that you made for me. Thank you Jaime for helping make my day so fun and relaxed. Thanks also for my new BBQ. Thanks to both families for just hangin with us and showing us Dads that we are appreciated.

For the future I am going to try to bring you the photo shoots that I have but I also want to bring a part of my life and my heart to this journal about InLight Photographers and Me.

Shaun Austin Gordon

Brian Tucker - Senior session

Here's another one as Shaun has been busy with seniors.. Brian goes to our church (Eastside) and is a great guy.

A much needed get away with the family

I had a chance to get away with my beautiful wife and two kids last weekend and it was amazing. God really did build us where we could decide to work all of the time or not. I do believe even more now that his plan was for us to rest every once in a while and realize what we really work for. I only have a couple pics taken by James. His wife is a photographer from Roseville CA. She had a shoot with a news company that day and you can see it here. So we had the amazing opportunity to do a little fishing at Folsom lake with our kids.

NOAHS FIRST FISH EVER. He is a little spoiled now because that was his FIRST cast. I did not believe him when he said that he had one on. I looked up and his pole was shaking like crazy. He was so excited. On the other hand he did not want to touch it or go near it (that is why he is on the other side of the fish in the photo).



Then I hooked into this monster. I was planning on keeping it and having some fresh bass for lunch but when I was stringing this baby up Noah asked "Daddy, what are you doing". I told him "I am keeping this one so we can eat it". Noah responded "Does that mean that he will die". At this point I realized that we had not talked about this. So I let him go. We don't fish a lot but I understand that I am now a catch and release kind of guy. haha. At least when Noah is with me.

Karissa's senior session!

Spring is also a busy time for senior photos - I'm pretty jealous; senior photos are way cooler than when I was in high school - redo? Laying on their butcher paper in front of a backdrop really isn't as cool.

Case in point, Karissa looks good. Here's a few from her session with Shaun -



















How old do I feel as I post this and think to myself, "I've know her sense she was in jr. high.. She's grown up so much."

Enjoy your beautiful weekend
-Phylicia

Holly & Aaron - 6.20.08

Summer is coming - which means weddings galore - which means engagements galore right now! And it's a great time for them - flowers are in bloom and Holly and Aaron took advantage of that. I think that was a wise decision - don't they look great?
Here's some from Shaun's journey through Whittier and Fullerton with Holly and Aaron...

Eli & Hollie - Yakima, Washington

Eli and Hollie were married April 5th, 2008. I was lucky enough to be asked by Shannon Leith to shoot the wedding sense she was trading in her usual photographer role in for Maid of Honor! So, on to Yakima I went! It was beautiful - not too cold and a perfect change of scenery.

Hollie got ready in the cutest little cabin just down the way from the ceremony site:







The first look! Such anxious excitement!





And the beautiful scenery!



some silliness is always good!









And the moment they've been waiting for!









Some fabulous after photos:





Hollie's only picture request: to run through the field - Perfect



Celebrate!





And they couldn't wait to run away and embark on their ultimate honeymoon including: Iceland, Romania and Spain (I hope I remembered correctly). Either way, wow!







Thanks Eli and Hollie for including me in your wedding celebration!