We are two days away from Christmas and I have to say my stress level is unseasonably low. Presents are all wrapped as of last Saturday, Holiday cards went out in the mail a week ago, all client orders are out and delivered, and to top it off, at this moment, both my kids are…
Another newborn post, although not my newborn. I’m officially 39 weeks today. One more week to go. Ideally I wanted to have the baby yesterday so that I could be in and out and home before Christmas. So at this point, the baby can’t make an appearance before Monday. That way I can be home…
As I’m sure many of you know, “newborns” are pretty much on the forefront of all my thoughts lately, being that I’m a week out from having baby #3. Being a photographer, there is always the thought of “who”, if anyone, is going to take this new one’s newborn photographs. I could definitely do…
How do I love this family? Let me count the ways…. Well first of all, their oldest daughter’s name is “Courtney”. SCORE! Both girls were full of personality, and I had the privilege of working with their dad during all the Gridiron Grill-Off shoots that we did during the late summer/early fall. He was a…
Another great family who came by during the Holiday mini sessions. We first met last year when I went down for a lifestyle session at their house; which is an amazing mid century modern ranch down in south south Miami. (check out last year’s session here!) This year’s mini session was a race against…
I have been capturing this family for three years now. I first visited them when these little twinkies had just been released from the NICU after being born 10 weeks early. In these three years, we’ve done all sorts of different sessions at different locations, but they finally came to visit me in my…
Meet Mitch and Michael. Two brothers who came by the studio a couple of weeks ago for some fun and funky downtown portraits. I first photographed these two guys and their mom and dad four years ago. (where does the time go?) These two boys couldn’t be more different and I think their personalities really…
Another amazing family who came by the studio for the mini sessions in downtown Hollywood. I met this mom for the first time when I first started my business 4 years ago. And it took that long for us to finally coordinate a time for us all to get together. Well good things come to…
The October 29th mini session date was smack dab in the rainiest weekend we have had in South Florida in a long time. Luckily for me and my clients that morning, most of the rain held off till the afternoon. We did encounter a few quick showers and this family and I made safe “harbour”…
We are in full swing here at the studio, and I have to say I love it. The two days of mini sessions in downtown Hollywood were a success and I’m seriously looking forward to all that there is in store for courtney ortiz photography in the upcoming year. I can’t believe Thanksgiving is a…
I am so excited that for the second year in a row I had the opportunity to walk in the annual Buddy Walk sponsored by the National Down Syndrome Society and the Broward Gold Coast Down Syndrome Organization. This year I attended as the event’s official photographer. The Buddy Walk took place at the…
This little guy came by the studio for his two year old portraits. He’s got quite a presence in front of the camera. In fact, I think he can give Zoolander a run for his money with his own distinct “look” (scroll down to the last picture). This past Saturday, was the first of two…