Yay! One of my shots was featured on the cover of LA Parent Magazine, out today, for the October issue. Thanks to editor Carolyn Graham for taking a shine to my work and giving me a shot. I wrote her a note after we moved, introducing myself that I had just relocated and was a children's photographer and how much I used the magazine to find all things kid and family in LA after the move. They were great to work with and hope I get an opportunity to do it again.

If you are in LA, be sure to check them out online at www.laparent.com or on Facebook, for regular updates of groovy things to do and see around town!

Last Saturday I was outside in my Laurel Canyon compound I like to call "Shangrila Skwarczek" shooting some shots of my Goddaughter Reece. She was visiting from WI and wants to try to do a little modeling so I'm putting together a comp card for her (blog entry of some shots soon!).

As we wrapped up a shot, my friend showed up with this little guy! This is James and his Mom. They are friends of my friend and she brought them over for a swim because they were visiting from Seattle. I've never had so many visitors since I moved from Chicago to LA and I LOVE IT! So I had my camera out anyway and I couldn't resist him.

I have so many great spots to shoot here, I've never had a studio before but now I can shoot right here in addition to shooting on location! It's not great for infants outside (I have some nice light inside tho!) but perfect for bigger kids and those closely supervised on all the stairs outside. I'm wrapping up the little finishing touches on the office and then I'll post the grounds and work studio.

Thanks for the visit James & Timi, it was fun to play with the light spots around here in such an enjoyable way!