NEW WEBSITE/ NEW BLOG

I just wanted to tell everyone that after months of hard work by Tea Brennan my new website has launched and I must say it is pretty fabulous. Please come for a visit, justineungaro.com. Also, please come visit the new blog. Be sure to bookmark the new page as I will be posting my blogs there from now on. Thanks for the support everyone!

xo,
Justine

BABY DAY

I have been insanely busy during the past week I've been in D.C. so I've got tons to catch up on. I thought the first should be what I'm referring to as "Baby Day"...that was today where I spent some time with the latest additions to my life. I went to visit my beautiful "nieces" (the daughters of two of my oldest and closest friends), Payton and Ryane. First I went over to Mary and Andy's house to see Ryane who is about 12 weeks old. I think she looks exactly like both of her parents and has the hugest most beautiful blue eyes...you just can't fight those strong Powderly genes. :) They like to call her an orangutan/ dolphin because she makes squeaky noises and holds onto you like a little monkey.
We put Ryane in her daddy's firefighter helmet which was unbelievably adorable, although it didn't last too long. We may try again in a few weeks.

And here she is very happy on her mommy's shoulder.


Directly from there I headed over to Kelly and Erich's house. They were kind enough to loan me a car over the weekend so that I wouldn't have to rent one. Thanks again guys! :) So, I got to spend some quality time with Payton Marie Hoffman who is the newest edition to our big happy family. She's such a little peanut, still tiny but a fiesty little one. We stuck her in a basket wrapped in a beautiful blanket (knitted by her grandmother Marylou) to take some pictures, she didn't seem to mind too much. Eventually she got tired of being nude and her mommy rescued her. She does have HUGE feet by the way, in case you read my previous speculation. Here are a couple of images...

NIKKI & PETER'S ENGAGEMENT SESSION

Yesterday evening I headed over to the Marine Corps Memorial, more popularly known as "Iwo Jima" to shoot Nikki & Peter's engagement portraits. They are a fabulous couple who are getting married on this year's most popular date, 7/7/07. This particular date has created something of a phenomenon in the wedding industry...literally everyone is booked, it's like there aren't enough vendors around to take care of all of the brides who want to get married on this date. Luckily though Nikki and I managed to find eachother and I'm really looking forward to their wedding. Here are a few images from our session.








This turned out to be a terrific "D.C." location since you can see all of the monuments from up on the hill as well as Arlington Cemetary...all from the same location. Can you spot the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial in the background? These were lit by the sun like fireballs at this point so I shot in RAW (as usual) and used layers in order to get the right exposure for the couple as well as the background. I just love the magic of photoshop! :)

SHUT UP STELLA WEBISODE #5

SHE'S HERE!

Payton Marie Hoffman (as impatient as she is adorable) arrived 4 weeks early at 5:05pm on May 31st, weighing in at an impressive 5 lbs. 11 oz. and almost 19 inches long. I think the feet have yet to be measured but I imagine they are probably of a formidable size. Everyone is home and doing great! Here are Payton's first pictures. She and baby Ryane Ashley Devlin a.k.a. "RAD" will both be getting their first official portrait sessions (by me of course) on my visit to D.C. this week. :)

Michael just sent this to me which he pulled off of the message board on Kay's website, www.kayhanley.com. One of the Cleo fans used my picture and created some "apple art". I changed the font a little to make it more accurate. :)

REDCAR SHOW

Wednesday night Gary and I headed over to Spaceland in Silverlake to see Michael play with a band called Redcar. They were so incredible. Michael played bass which I have never seen him play before. Such a really great band, can't wait to see them play again. Brought my camera and grabbed a few pictures.


USA Mike on the bass





They even had a string section for some songs...