Jack - Baby Portrait Session

So this handsome little devil is Jack. I shot his parents wedding in San Diego last year which now seems like a life time ago. I just love this job. I get to document the natural progression of life.
Isn't Jack the cutest? He's like a modern day Gerber baby..

My little bro is married

First my little bro graduated as documented in this way earlier posting of "My little bro is a college graduate" and now I get to blog about his wedding. They had fun and simple, "bellies hangin' out" kind of wedding at my aunt's house on the Central Coast with just our combined little families. It was perfect.
This is just another great reason why I love my job as a photographer. I get to document special events for those close to me. That's when this job goes on to a whole other level of meaning for me wrapped in even more emotions.
Yes, it was a bit difficult being Maid of Honor and Photographer so I couldn't get all the shots I wanted but I wouldn't have let any other person(s) do either job(s).

Beautiful Pismo Beach, Ca.

Charlotte Elizabeth

Last weekend was my busy kick off to wedding season. I managed to shoot two weddings and a portrait session all in a span of three days. Not to mention there was over 1000 miles of flying and driving in between.
I'll post the weddings later but I wanted to start off with some images of adorable and smart Charlotte. She wanted me to take pictures of her hula hooping which I thought was a cute idea for an action portrait session.

Erika & Roman - San Francisco, Ca

Wow, my first wedding of 2009 and I am so excited to post these pictures. Erika and Roman were married in San Francisco's beautiful City Hall. They are have a wedding in Mexico later this month but wanted some pictures for their civil ceremony. I love shooting at city hall because it's so classic San Francisco and old worldly.
Erika glammed it up with her super chic outfit, matching yellow accessories and white gloves and Roman was looking effortlessly handsome in a charcoal pin stripped suit. Talk about a stylish couple! They are the epitome of sophistication and style. Then Erika's sisters and mother showed looking equally stylish and beautiful. I was in photographers heaven. Yes, Erika is obviously a natural beauty but she went with the classic theme of SF's City Hall and pulled together an appropriate and stylish outfit which took it up a notch. Now this is how you get married at city hall!









Here's a slide show of the whole day...

Slide show included!

I just got a cool slide show program to offer in my wedding packages and I thought I'd bring back one my first weddings of last year to show off. Jennifer and Joe got married in beautiful sunny San Diego at the Thursday Club. I just loved everything about this wedding, cool location, cool people, and very intimate. It also reminds me of how far I've come in such a short amount of time. I could have showcased one of my more recent weddings like the one in Germany or the one in NY, but one of my goals for 2009 is to be more grateful for what I have. I am definitely grateful to Jennifer and Joe for letting me document their wedding when I was just starting out.
So if you're looking to book a wedding soon this is one of the many cool things you will get from a Michelle Hayes Photography wedding package. That and a pony! No seriously, this is a great and easy way to show off your fab wedding to your friends and family. Who lugs around a photo album anymore? That's so 2004. Enjoy!

Rocco James Biasotti

20 weeks...









15 weeks...









11 weeks...






Rocco is about 7 weeks old here and he wasn't really into our portrait session as you can see by the look on his face in the first three pictures. Then daddy came home and he was all smiles showing off his dimple. But that's how it is with babies, you wait and wait to get a shot and then when you do you're hooked on that kid. I could have stayed all day documenting this little guy but soon he became tired of me shoving my camera in his face waiting for him to do something, anything. I'm not done with you yet Rocco. There will be hours and hours of me in your adorable face so I think you should just get used to it now and work on a signature pose. I think this first one is a good start. He has a pouty aloofness to him that says "Sigh...if you must camera girl..."