Today I traveled to Palo Alto to photograph twin boys. They were born very early but looked amazing for 9 week old twins. Mom and Dad were up for anything and I told Dad he could be my assistant anytime for positioning and folding newborns. He knew exactly what to do and made my job easier. They are terrific first time parents and just knew how to soothe and respond to their sons. Here are some sneak peaks
He’s sort of waving at me. Can you see it? Blurry hand!
Dad held both of the boys with ease.
I think from this look here Mom and Dad are telling me it’s time to let them rest!
According to this pup. His name is Spuddy and was the MOST cuddly Golden ever. Come to find out my Riley is somehow related to him in the ancestor tree. Most excellent. I spent part of yesterday hanging out with lots of Golden Retrievers in Lafayette. The photo was captured by another photographer, Steve Southard. You can check him out here.
I was tempted to make myself look glamorous, but you shouldn’t doctor someone else’s work EVER. I wasn’t wearing any makeup, my face was full of dog saliva and my hair was definitely bed head style.
Steve and his wife Terry also breed Goldens and you can find out more about them here.
It’s all about the humor. Rule number one in the Pam Biasotti book of requirements for friendship: MUST HAVE A HUGE SENSE OF HUMOR! Last February I spent a weekend in San Diego at the Secret Photography Workshop as a staff member and met some really cool people. Ashley McNamara was one of the funniest new friends I made that weekend. We had a lot in common–she hails from the Bay Area originally and knew exactly where I was from and understood the lingo. We text messaged each other on our beloved iphones. We took pictures of others and ourselves with lots of makeup and teased hair while we experimented with off camera flash in a swanky room at the W.
I love Ashley’s photography–she has a style that’s all her own. This is a capture of her Flickr images that says it all about her. She is a genius who knows how to execute the image! She has this set on her Flickr stream that says “Failed attempt at 365″ which I wish she would just start doing again. She makes me want to do one for myself and I HATE having my photograph taken. (That’s why it’s important to have someone you trust who can do the job well. I was pleased with the outcome.)
So when I knew she was visiting from San Diego a few weeks back she did me the ultimate favor by taking some images of Riley and me for my new dog website that I am working on. I was thrilled–check these out! My portrait session by Ashley McNamara
Which image of Riley and me do you like the best? My favorite is the one blowing in Riley’s ear. Hee hee! I can’t help but wonder if I need me some botox….
J and her dad performed in a father/daughter dance that was in Livermore last week at the Bankhead theater. I actually was invited by J’s mom to watch the recital and it was so much fun since I don’t have girls of my own and sometimes I need to remind myself that testosterone invades my home. I have no one to share my Barbies with, no one to shop with, no one to do girly things with. So, yes, it was a sweet scene to see all sorts of little girls dancing and wearing their cute costumes.
The final dance was the father/daughter number and I don’t think there was a dry eye in the house.
I can’t decide if I am Larry David or if the man next to me today was Larry David. Either way I felt I saw him passing by me in a frantic moment of anger and humility as I committed the big no no while working out at my health club this morning. Sure there are signs that say no cell phone use. Ya. Whatever. I had my earphones on. Plugged into my iphone. My iphone is not only a cell phone. It’s an ipod, internet browser, email checker, map finder, note taker, meat cutter, finger print kit, cholesterol measurer, ovulation kit, medicine dispenser, candy machine, beer tap—OKAY YOU GET MY POINT. It does many things. It’s not just for being a phone ho.
So yes, I ADMIT I was speaking to another person on the phone while I was working out. I have to multi-task my busy life–even if it means breaking a rule at the health club. Doesn’t mean I would talk on my cell phone in the movie theater or in a restaurant. I do possess some minor etiquette traits. But a health club? Where machines are whirring and making lots of noise? Where a woman on my other side is talking loudly to her friend next to her while she is working out? What’s the difference?
As I was getting off my phone the man on my right gets off his machine and tells me I should be talking outside on my phone and blah blah blah which means as soon as I saw the finger wagging and his condescending voice lecturing me he became Charlie Brown’s teacher and I didn’t hear another word. I smiled and nodded as he walked away and out of nowhere I heard myself say something on the sarcastic side. I guess I was naughty this morning. I should have told him I was a paranoid schitzophrenic talking to myself.
For all I know, he might be the owner. He wasn’t wearing a uniform or anything. No soup for me!
Below, is kind of a funny clip from my favorite show Curb Your Enthusiasm. I had such a Larry David morning. Except I wasn’t Larry David. I was the bluetooth fella I guess. Too bad the man next to me didn’t do what Larry did.
Warning: Language is on this clip. Not advised for young children to hear this.
Update. I apologize for my missing website. Unfortunately it was destroyed by forces beyond my control–my web host is kindly giving me a new site to be constructed which I am working on at the moment. Your slideshows, photo galleries and shopping cart are not affected and you should still be able to reach them. If you need to reach me please contact me by calling 925-556-1529 or email me at info@pambiasotti.com.
Sometimes things happen and we just have to make do with what we have and move forward. Riley probably has some thoughts on this whole fiasco, but he’s too busy on the floor next to me dreaming.
Tomorrow I am assisting another local photographer second shoot a wedding in Napa. I have assisted for weddings before but I don’t like to broadcast that I shoot weddings…I like the second shooter aspect. She’s a very talented photographer and colleague. I look forward to working with her.
Have a fabulous end of the month weekend. Sex and the City is out and I can’t see it until my good friend Amy returns from her trip to Virginia. I promised her we’d see it together. I have been waiting 4 years for this!!!
To my clients for not being able to access my blog, website or shopping cart all day. My hosting company’s servers were down due to a power outage in Florida where they reside and apparently their UPS didn’t do its job. Supposedly they have failover but something made 40% of their servers fail. Not good. Coming from a networking background I recall an occasion or two where the power would fail in a server room and the failover didn’t work–still not a good thing. Very frustrating. Things seem to be back up and running, knock on wood. Apparently the slideshow feature is still down. I am looking into that.
My parents are visiting from Southern California, so the hot tub awaits us–have a happy three day weekend.
The grandparents had Christmas with three children, their spouses and children. Twelve people all looking at me at the same time, right? With four kids under the age of three….
Can I just say my legs were well exercised that evening from the stretching and moving I did following the families around the property. Some more to sneak peak as I promised M’s mom.
When someone says San Ramon Valley, you would think of the 680 corridor full of congested traffic getting to and from Bishop Ranch office park. Or maybe you would envision the back hills of Danville where this session took place. A short drive into the hills and we were completely transformed into quiet, peaceful country. Cows. Chickens. Exotic birds that I can’t recall the name of–my client M here will tell me again when I ask her. She has a lovely property to explore. Just a sneak peak of some outdoor maternity with the cows watching us.
came this sweet little girl and her parents to visit her grandparents for the holidays. She’s a future ANTM (America’s Next Top Model). She was having a silly moment with her grandpa but still managed to ham it up for me at the same time. More to come of her cousins and their parents.
