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Thursday, February 4, 2010 Posted in Personal, Photography

I just wanted to share photos of yours truly here on Trude’s blog. I had the pleasure of participating in this photo swap and photographing her and Caroline, but I was nervous about seeing photos of myself (first photo session for me) and I must say that I was just being silly, so silly!

I’m blown away and I love every single one. Of course it couldn’t help that this woman knows me well and it reflects in her photos, thank you Trude.

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Will be back with some more photo goodness.

Tags: nancy, self portrait

by Nancy Orozco

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Memories of Soledad

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 Posted in Personal, Photography

My grandmother Soledad passed when I was only 14 years old and she was the sweetest and most loving abuelita that any girl could have. The other day I was re-organizing my jewelry box (I do this a lot, I’m an organizing clean junkie) and I stumbled upon these lovely gold earrings. They were given to me by my grandmother when I was only a baby and my mom had complained to her that the earrings she had bought for me were irritating my skin and so of course my grandmother sent her these.

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I have many loving memories of her. Like the time she danced with me on her birthday, how she always made me a special hot chocolate so I didn’t feel left out while the adults had coffee and the time she spent in our home for a month when my mom was very sick. However, this is the only heirloom I have of hers and so it’s very special to me and I still keep it in the same box she delivered them in tucked securely in the back of my jewelry box.

I wanted to photograph them to include them in a photo book/journal I plan to make in the near future of her because I want to document her life and story. She is still very loved.

Tags: abuelita, family, heirlooms, soledad

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Anabella Sampson AKA Bells

Friday, January 29, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized

Meet Anabella, warning… she will melt your heart.

I had the pleasure of capturing the Sampson family this past Sunday in their home as they enjoy every moment of their new baby, Anabella whom they also call Bells. I met Natalie and George back a few years working for a mortgage company and they are completely made for each other, it’s kind of ridiculous! They have always been great to me and I am so happy to see them start their family. They never thought they would have children, but changed their minds and seeing them hold their baby girl made me realize how much truly they were meant to be parents.

Thank you Natalie and George for the amazing experience of capturing this moment for you. I wish your family lot’s of love, health and peace.

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Bells has the most beautiful strawberry blonde hair, yum.

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Sun bathing, life is good for this little one.

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Natalie and I thought she looked like a cute glow worm.

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That’s all folks, being a star is exhausting… time for another nap. Or so she seemed to say.

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Aren’t they just adorable? Anabella was so good, she slept through most of it and I think she really enjoyed sun bathing in the nude.

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Minestrone Soup with Love

Thursday, January 28, 2010 Posted in Food

Last night I made the best minestrone soup ever and so I’m blessing you with the recipe for you to enjoy as well!

I’ve always wanted to make it myself and not sure why I didn’t earlier because it was so yummy and easy to make. With all the cooking I’ve done in the last year I’ve mentally noted what the main ingredients call for and made my own version of it. I can not follow a recipe 100%… it’s not in my blood. I learned the principles and pleasure of cooking through my parents and I always had a hard time remaking their recipes because they’ll say “I used a dash of this and just cooked it” and then expect you to understand how to reproduce it. Now I get it because once you start cooking a lot and are experienced in the kitchen, you can reproduce just about anything even without a recipe. There’s nothing better than cooking for your loved ones (I’m glad my parents taught me this) and I think this makes all my meals that much better, it makes me a better cook.

2 carrots, diced
1 zucchini, diced
3 celery stalks, diced
1 onion, diced
3 tomatos, diced
6 garlic cloves, minced
1 can of kidney beans, soaked & drained
8-10 cups of chicken stock or vegetable stock
1 cup rigatoni pasta
Parsley, chopped
Thyme, few sprigs if fresh or 1 teaspoon if dry
Sage, 3-4 leafs if fresh or 1 teaspoon if dry
2 bay leafs
salt & peper to taste
2-3 tablespoons of olive oil
1 rind of parmesan cheese (the secret weapon)

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Dice all your veggies, make sure they are all the same size so they cook all at the same time. Heat up your pot to a medium heat and add oil, sauté the onion, garlic and celery until soft and cooked. Then add the carrots, tomatos, zucchini, thyme, sage, salt & pepper, cheese grind and stock and bring to a boil at medium to high heat for about 15 minutes. Once it starts boiling after 15 minutes or so add the kidney beans and rigatoni and boil for another 10 minutes. Turn off and add the chopped parsley, fresh works best. Top with parmesan cheese and serve with garlic bread. Makes 4-6 servings.

I hope you enjoy.

Tags: cooking, Food, minestrone, recipes, soup

by Nancy Orozco

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Kooza + Girly Time

Monday, January 18, 2010 Posted in Personal

My best friend, Annie invited me to come as her date for Kooza. Her work had purchased VIP tickets for the show and I was more than delighted to go for obvious reasons , but mostly for the excitement of getting all gussied up and spending “girly time” as I call it with one of my favorite gals.

We met up with some of her co-workers and clients at the Yard House before the show for some appetizers and drinks and it was a nice way to get to know everyone in a more relaxed setting before heading to the show. Once we arrived we were kind of taken back, it had been our first time for the both of us to be in a VIP event. Let’s just say you get greeted with champagne as you are walking through and shiny platters of elegantly presented hors d’oeuvres come through, oh lordy we were in heaven. The show and music was spectacular, it’s very engaging and for a moment you feel like you’re dreaming a fairy tale of some sort, highly recommend.

Thank you Annie for taking me a long, you truly gave me a great experience and not to mention a real treat.

I’m enjoying the rain, the smell of it, listening to it… I love everything about it. I hope everyone is having a good week, I will be back soon.

Tags: Annie, kooza, nancy

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Veronica & Hugo – Maternity Session

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Posted in Maternity Session, Photography

I had the pleasure of photographing and documenting Veronica’s pregnancy last weekend at the San Gabriel Mission and although we had only met once prior at a birthday party that Socorro (my best friend hosted for her baby last summer) we hit it off right away including her husband Hugo. This is their first baby and they are very anxious and excited for the baby boy to come in late March. Veronica and Hugo, I can’t wait to document your newborn soon, thank you for allowing me to capture this moment for you.

What I enjoyed most of this session besides the immediate chemistry amongst us (you photogs out there know about this, it’s either there or not and it makes the job a lot easier when it’s there) is the loyalty, dedication and love that Hugo has for his wife, Veronica. Yes, she reciprocates the love and devotion as well, but it is so rare to see this level of commitment and devotion in any marriage nowadays that I was taken back. He was so into the photo shoot and even recommended a pose or two that he wanted me to shoot. It made my job so easy, not a lot of guys like to have their photo taken, none the less be this into it – big props to Hugo!

The best compliment Veronica gave me is when we were laughing at the beginning of the session and she said “you laugh exactly like Socorro” and of course caused more laughter! I’ve never been told that before, but either way I love it.

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She just sparkles!

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Love his expression and imitation of a preggo belly.

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Veronica, you’re just gorgeous.

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Thank you Socorro for the referral, I think your whole family will keep me employed for a long time to come.

Working on some business planning for the year, I’m really excited for upcoming projects, the newborn sessions and a possible wedding shoot. Not to mention a fun packed weekend, will be back soon with some recipes, more lovely photos and all that jazz!

Tags: hugo, la photographer, maternity, Photography, pregnancy, san gabriel mission, veronica

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Project 365 + My Weekend

Sunday, January 10, 2010 Posted in Personal, Photography

I’m participating in the Project 365 (a photo a day), I had some reservations about it at first. Mostly because I didn’t want the pressure of “having to take a picture”, but now that I’ve started I’m okay with it. I’ve limited my time on the mac for processing so that it doesn’t become a task and it will be interesting to see what I come up with at the end of the year. I always had fun seeing Trude’s 365 from last year, especially the gorgeous shots of flowers she did, just beautiful.

This is one is my favorite from the week since I love sunsets, to check out the rest of the collection you can go here.

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I hope you’ve all had a great weekend as much as I did. It was a Friday night in to relax and regroup from the exhausting and long week I had. Saturday I did another maternity shoot that was a lot of fun, Kris came with me for support and protection (he’s the best). Afterwards we did dinner at the Mexican restaurant across from our house (they make handmade tortillas!) and then met up with Trude and Nikki for some bowling. Nikki beat us all three times and it was a nice way to hang out and be a little active. Trude’s kick in the air when she bowls is funny and we got to play with my new Instanx, hopefully my scanner works now and I can upload them.

Will be back later in the week with the maternity shots, have a great week.

Tags: Photography, project 365, sunsets

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Yesenia Expecting Alicia

Friday, January 8, 2010 Posted in Photo Session, Photography

This was my first official maternity session and I enjoyed it every bit. I even got to witness quite a few movements in her belly as Alicia was kicking a lot through out the session (I think she’s ready to come out soon) she is due at the end of the month.

Yesenia is my best friend’s sister so I’ve known her all my life, since the time she was in her mother’s belly and there for we were quite comfortable. I even told her stories of how Socorro and I would write scripts and demand that her and her brother act them out while Socorro and I directed and recorded on VHS. I got her to laugh and made for some pretty photos. It was the perfect afternoon, with some sunshine, but not overwhelming and even a little bit warm (almost 80) that day.

She is at such great ease being pregnant and I admired that about her, it was the same ease that Socorro had when she was pregnant. I hope that if I ever decide to have children I can be in the same state as them when pregnant.

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Purple, sparkly ballet slippers await Alicia.

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That is one happy looking, preggy belly!

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Thank you Yesenia for the opportunity to capture this special time in your life. I wish you all the best in your delivery and I can’t wait for our newborn session with Alicia, really soon.

As if I wasn’t lucky enough, I have another maternity session this Saturday at the San Gabriel Mission and I’m super anxious and excited – let’s go!

Tags: la photographer, maternity, oc photographer, pregnancy, quail hill

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My Dearest Trude

Sunday, January 3, 2010 Posted in Photo Session, Photography

This is the second time I had the pleasure of photographing Trude and I must say that this could become an addicting habit. I’m already anxious for our spring photo swap, mostly because I love wild flowers and they will be springing everywhere and my guy will be taking photos with me too. Oh and I can also wear fun dresses and even embrace my chicken legs (it only took me 21 years) and now I can be photographed by one of my besties and Caroline – groovy!

I’ll let the photos speak for themselves since most of you that follow the blog (even though you don’t leave comments Erik, Kris, Fabian to name a few) already know about the photo swap and all the juicy details, if not scroll down two posts down to Meet Caroline. Just like in Caroline’s photos, these are all SOOC as far as cropping and tilting go except for one photo. I’m really proud of the results and I hope you enjoy.

I love her eyes in this photo, but most of all I finally have proof to show her that her hands are just as beautiful.

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Just gorgeous, natural posing and I’ve captured her beautiful eyes. She might kill me for posting such a close-up of her, but I’ll take the beating so you as a viewer can enjoy, you’re welcome.

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I’ve always loved the way Trude laughs, how she throws her head back.

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I love her sexy-librarian look with her glasses.

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One of my favorites-yum.

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SOOC shot and I love the results.

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Just awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! I played with the tilt SOOC and then in processing used a fun sunshine action to bring out the natural sunflare and sun spots.

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My second favorite.

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I love how you can see her smile just a bit.

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Did I mention how much fun we had?

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Trude is an amazing photographer herself, smart & sassy woman that just happens to be one of my best friends. I know, I’m pretty blessed liked that.

Life gets a little crazy sometimes, but I can always count on her to listen to me. She’s one of the best listener’s I know and like in my family she’s the only girl, so we both truly understand the essence of sisterhood via friendships. She is my techy and often my email pal whether it’s personal, photography based or our linky love emails, we always share and help out one another. Don’t even get me started on the fashion and shopping guru that she is, but I mooch off of that too and we try to keep our shopping dates at a minimum otherwise we get into major trouble. I won’t even get into our mutual addiction and love affair with dark chocolate and guacamole, I just won’t. Love you amiga!

Will be back with some more photo goodness, I have two maternity shoots this week and I’m really excited about it.

Tags: la photographer, oc photographer, Photography, quail hill, trude

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Giving

Sunday, January 3, 2010 Posted in Personal

This is our theme for the year in the Orozco-Jasie home.

We have been wanting to do more of this, but never really got serious about it until now. We are not big on resolutions at the beginning of the year. We’re certainly goal-oriented and are both very ambitious, but we work better by monthly or even by weekly goals. I myself volunteer my time, but we want to do more of this and together of course. We’ve been doing some research and it’s just a matter of narrowing it down to which charities to donate to and volunteer for. We’ll see how much we can contribute, but for sure giving our time we can do regardless. The top charities we will definitely be supporting are children, education, reading programs and healthy lunch food programs for kids. It’s what we are most passionate about so it only makes sense. During the holidays we hope to adopt a family instead of doing gifts, because we really don’t need more stuff collecting in our home, we’re just at that point (yes, even shopaholic Kris) where you just need to do more to feel empowered and to give back to feel satisfied.

It’s been an okay 2009 for us, it’s definitely been a test for us and we have succeeded and all of our challenges have made us only stronger. I hope that in 2010 we can stay on top and that we are able to both pursue our ongoing goals. I’m a firm believer that I am 70% in control of my destiny and the rest I cannot control and that is okay. We’ll both be doing lot’s of schooling, Kris might even finally “really” learn Spanish by taking a course at the local college and I will be taking yoga again and doing more photography workshops.

Our holiday weekends were fantastic with lot’s of tamale & pozole eating and a side of movie watching. We finally found the perfect dive bar in Santa Monica, very low-key, but sophisticated place that serves beer, wine and yummy, healthy food from the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market, yeah, our kind of place. Oh and did I mention that you can play Connect Four at your table too? Kris kept saying “I love this place” every five minutes. It’s called West 4th Jane, highly recommend and so do other reviewers on Yelp.

Photographed by Ellingsen Photography

Memories of Soledad

Anabella Sampson AKA Bells

Minestrone Soup with Love

Kooza + Girly Time

Veronica & Hugo – Maternity Session

Project 365 + My Weekend

Yesenia Expecting Alicia

My Dearest Trude

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