Last Wednesday ( August 11, 2010) I shot a really fun Family Portrait Session for my sister Damiana and her three girls. They are all such Beautiful young ladies. The only draw back is that they all wanted to do the same poses...so if I came up with a nice pose for one of the girls the other two sisters had to pose that way as well...so it looks like a lot of repeat poses, cuz it was! Ha Ha, I had a great time...they are gorgeous lil models. To see more of the images...go to my website at http://www.LeticiaWilsonPhotography.com and click on my "Portraits" I made each of the girls their own gallery and also click on "Family Portraits" there you will find them under "Damiana King Family" and "King Sisters" galleries. They are a very Loving family. and Mom (my sister Damiana was so emotional that day cuz her lil girls are growing up) I caught some good candid shots between them all.

THE KING FAMILY

JORDANA

DANARA

DARAH

THE GIRLS 

COUSINS 

THE WHOLE FAMILY

LETICIA & DAMIANA

Finesse and I just returned from a much needed Mother/Daughter month long Journey. The time away was just what we needed to rekindle our friendship.  We are a great Mother/Daughter Team once again. Here are a few pictures from our trip to Texas. I got a few shades darker, Finesse turned 19 while there, and had lots of good times and made lots of memories!

This next Collage is of us with My Glama Girls...They both started wearing eyeglasses, while we were down there. Poor Babies, but they are still Adorable!

This next collage is of pictures that I took with my Droid phone on one of our many walks. I didn't get a chance to edit these images

This next collage was also taken with my Droid phone...so not the best pics. But I had to capture my Castroville Country Dream Home. It has a beautiful wrap around porch, 2 bdm., 2 ba., only 1,300 sq. ft home but it sits on an acre with about 30 pecan trees, and is river front property...I want it!

This is my Hometown...Castroville, it is an Alsation town. I miss it, I went to the movies as a kid in that theatre .50 a movie

Candid shots of Kasidy playing in the river. We stayed at my Cousin Bill's home, he lives right on the river. Danyel found a perfect heart-shaped rock...she was so proud of it! 

Staying here was unbelievably peaceful...we'd get up take our coffee down to the river and talk, think, feed the ducks, pray and meditate on life.

This next collage is of my Sister Laura (LuLu) and her husband Steve and my Brother Robert (Bobby) and his wife Rina and myself on our last night there. Lulu had me over for a Farewell Dinner. It was a lot of Fun. I left the next morning Friday at 6am and got home Saturday night at 10pm.

This next Collage is of our Welcome Home...Aww Adam really missed us. He even used my arts and crafts stuff and my glue gun to make this welcome home sign, Whata Guy! He had Orchid plants for each of us, and huge Godiva Chocolate bar for each of us, Dark Chocolate for Finesse (her favorite), milk chocolate for me (my favorite) and a dozen pink roses for me! He said I can never leave again : )

The Chernoff Family were such a joy to work with...They were a fun group! Thank you for allowing me to photograph your Beautiful Family, you all looked so nice for your portraits ; )

I can not wait to put my arms around my Girls...I have missed them terribly! I can't wait to give them their little gifts too. Ughh I want them here already, but they dont land at the airport until around 9:30 or so. They will be Happy to know that we will be Featuring "Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" just for them.

So yesterday...I texted my sister Damiana, whom I had not spoken to in over 4 years, and she texted back and said that my timing could not have been better...So we proceeded to bond and talk about what was going on in our lives, and I invited her to come to my home and spend the night so we could catch up.

She had never been to my home so we met at the mall, we made it home had some pizza and wine and just caught up...it was so nice! To talk to someone who was cut from the same cloth...someone who grew up in the same dysfunctional home and who can empathize with all of my thoughts, struggles and fears. We have so much in common...I always felt like I didn't belong in my family, like I had been adopted into this family, which is weird...cuz my family always joked with me and told me that I was adopted or that I was found on the doorstep...they knew I was very sensitive, and they always tried to hurt me, and it worked they did. I was always made to feel like the black sheep of the family.

Well, my sister Damiana and I are so similiar...nonjudgemental and sensitive to others feelings as well as to our own. We talked and laughed and cried and told old stories...some funny, some sad. I am so glad to get to know my sister and friend.

There are 10 of us kids in my family, however, I felt as tho I grew up in a 2 kid family, because only my sister Sylvia who is 2 years older than me was in the house when I was growing up, cuz the other 8 children were grown and married. So I never got a chance to really know them. And Damiana is one of those siblings that I never got a chance to get to know...I always admired her beauty, and wanted to look just like her when I grew up...I would stand there at her dressing table as she fixed her hair and put her make up on and would just stare at her with Awww...wishing that I would grow up to be that beautiful someday.

So I am so glad to have her back in my life, she only lives an hour and a half away, in Stanwood, Wa. So we have plans to keep this friendship going, and to help each other out through our difficult times that we are both struggling with, as well as our difficult past that we have still got to learn to let go of.

So we stayed up talking late into the night, and then woke up and had coffee together, and shared more of our similiar interests. We then got dressed and went to the bank...She bought my mustang and I bought my dream car, a Gold 1997 Jaguar last night, so we went and took care of the monies and titles and everything. It was as tho I traded my poor mans dream car (the mustang) for my Real Dream Car ( the Gold Jag). So we went and took care of all of that, and then we went to lunch, and she came home and test drove her new Red 1998 Ford Mustang. She loves it! Then we said goodbye and made plans to see each other very soon.

When Adam and I went on our cruise...we loved coming to our cabin at the end of the night to our beds turned down with a piece of mint on our pillows and a different "Towel Animal" on our beds, couldn't wait to see what animal would await us that evening. So I learned how to make some...I now know how to make Monkeys, Elephants, and a dog. Look at Jewels she is such a little model. She was made to be a TV Dog or model or something, she is so cooperative.

Here is my "Towel Dog" 

Satan is so sneaky...if he can't get US to faulter, he will see to it that we get attacked from the outside in.  So although, the Fit hit the Shan on Thursday...we were determined to not let Satan beat us down, we made it to the meeting on Sunday, and then afterwards we went to Red Lobster and brought Roselie with us and we celebrated the closing of our house as well as celebrating the priveledge of being a united family of sheep in Jehovah's Loving Organization. Although at first we dont always understand why things happen the way that they do...we do later, it all comes to light. Well, already after prayerful meditation...I can see WHY my family is going through this, Jehovah sees to it that things get taken care of...and this is one way that he saw to it that a wrong be righted, even if it hurt our family in the process...Jehovah knew he would give US the strength to power through this, too. And we are, it is not easy, but we are. We are a united family, we will stick together! I did not struggle in raising my kids all alone for so many years to let anyone divide us...I cannot and will not allow that to happen, and with Jehovah's help we will make it.

So we went out and celebrated anyway...everything will work itself out. Here is what I ate on Sunday at Red Lobster...it was delicious!

 This is one of my favorite photos...my Chihuahua, Jewels, always lays between the stuffed lions paws...if my lap is not available. So one day I ran up and got my camera and captured this warm fuzzy image. What I really love about this is how the tilt of the Lion's head onto Jewels' head, actually makes it look like he is cuddling a baby cub. After all the excitement, she went back to sleep : )

Why can't things just go right for one day? Just one day of happiness even just semi-happiness? I know we wont have true happiness until we are in the New World, but just one semi-easy/happy day is all that I ask : (

I was in the middle of planning a celebration for Adam...to thank him for buying me such a beautiful home, we had officially closed on the purchase of our home today, so I was gonna make him a cake with the words Thank you on top and then a picture of our home and on the bottom his name, Adam...so the cake would've read "Thank You Adam" I wanted him to see it when he got home from work. And I had planned for us to go to Red Lobster and then come home and eat our cake and finish celebrating...but then "Whoosh!" right smack in the middle of my planning Satan hits us with a ton of bricks...Grrr!

Well, the Purse Party was a total success! Everyone had a great time, there were about 24 of us...It was alot of fun. Lots of us got gorgeous handbags. I had my eye on two handbags...but didn't want to pay for two, and surprisingly because enough people bought handbags I got a big enough discount that one of my handbags was FREE, WooHoo! Plus, just for hosting I had a choice of a pair of sunglasses or  a Coach wristlet purse, so I chose the wristlet.

My sister Pauline and her husband and a couple of her friends were able to make it from Gig Harbor. Also my niece Teri and her husband and son made it from Gig harbor, Teri and her family spent the night. So this morning we had our coffee and visited and then got dressed and we took them to The Bakery in Black Diamond for breakfast, and then walked the food off by taking a tour of the Black Diamond Museaum and jail and caboose, it was alot of fun.

I was looking out of the window at the sunset last evening and saw how pretty the raindrops looked on the Cherry Blossom trees ( atleast I think these are cherry blossoms) I dont have Washington flowers and trees and plants down yet.

Tuesday the 14th...I had the pleasure of meeting Paul and Lisa Bradford and their handsome little son Miles, during a Family Portrait Session in their Lovely home. I am still in the middle of editing the images, however, I wanted to show a sneak peek. Paul and Lisa...Thank you so much for inviting me into your home to capture these precious moments.

These Images were taken in Leavenworth, Wa. I couldn't decide on just one for Image of the week...so I chose my 4 favorite! 

Cool Tree in Muckleshoot, Wa.

The Horn Blower at the Enzian Hotel in Leavenworth...he blows his horn every morning at the exact same time!

Daniel and I went to visit The Girls in Texas last month...The girls want to come home so Badly! Danyel said "Ama don't leave without me, don't leave me here...I want to live in my yellow house in Covington" How sad is that? To see the Full gallery of these images...visit my website at http://www.LeticiaWilsonPhotography.com go to my "Portfolio" and click on "Family Portraits" and "Children" galleries.

This is a Bed and Breakfast we had lunch at...after our day at Mt. Rainier

I thought it would be a nice idea...to start an "Image of the Week" here on my blog. I will begin with the image below...Let me know what you think...I would love to hear your thoughts.

Mt. Rainier ~ taken in August of 2009

Here is a Sneak Peek at Michael's Senior Portrait Session that I shot yesterday in my studio and then we went to his H.S. And Inspite of the rain...that came down in bucket fulls as we were shooting at his High School and at the park...we still had a nice time! Congratulations on your Graduation... Michael!

"Finesse, You look Beautiful...

I had a blast photographing you!"

We had a very nice time, seeing all of our old friends from the Auburn Cong. and enjoyed alot of Encouraging information.

I am so excited...Adam just bought me my very own Coach Handbag at Macy's tonight! I have always wanted one...these pictures do not do it justice...She is absolutely Gorgeous! 

Danyel Spent the night with me and we spent the morning together and then I decided to curl her hair, she loved it and  said she looked like a princess and that her hair was bouncy, she was so happy, and couldn't wait to show her parents...so I was worried that the curls would go away before they came to pick her up so I decided to surprise Daniel and Kasandra and take her 3 year old portraits. When they came to get her they loved how she looked and thought she looked Beautiful. My Glama Girl Truly is Breathtaking...she is my best model to date!

Besides the fact that I am a Wedding/Portrait Photographer in Washington State, I am also a licensed Nail Technician in the state of Texas...I just did a full set of Acrylic nails on Finesse a couple of weeks ago, it was my first time in like 4 years...and I just finished doing her fills a couple of days ago, here is a pic. I embedded a lil daisy in the acrylic on one of her pinkys...simple but cute.

Here are some recent pictures of my neice and her husband Dwight and their Three son's: Titus, Tyson and Quintin. They are very handsome young men!

As posted earlier...we will be moving on February 15, 2009. So I have started packing today. In the past most of my photography clients have been from the Enumclaw area...So now I am going to be concentrating on widening out to the Covington / Maple Valley / Kent areas. As well as still taking care of my Enumclaw clients. I will keep you posted on any new happenings in my business and personal life.

This is our New House...we are so excited to move in and know that we will never have to move again. The house has 3,370 sq. ft. has 4 bdrm., 3 ba., a Den (which will be our Theatre Room), huge bonus/loft (which will be our Recreation Room with a Pool table, Ping Pong table, Arcade game...etc., One of the bedrooms will be converted to my Portrait Studio, and one of the bedrooms will be Adam's Office, the house also has a formal living room and dining room, a butlers pantry, a breakfast nook, a family room with a gas fireplace, and our Master Suite...truly is a suite, huge with a sitting area that has a gas fireplace and nice bathroom with double sinks and a 6' long tub, a shower, a skylight and much more... We are so excited to move in on February 15, 2009

Today I received a couple of phone calls from a SnoValley Star Reporter , Mike Rowe. He wanted to ask permission to use one of my wedding photos in his newspaper article, he said he found me by Googling Preston Community Center...and Leticia Wilson Photography came up as having done a wedding there on July 12, 2008 so that led him to my blog and there he saw Melisa and Chris Oldenkamp's wedding pictures.

The Preston Community Center has become a historical landmark, so he is writing a story on it and wants to use my photo to show the different types of events that go on there at the community center, he says that he will credit my name to the photo. So I went ahead and gave him permission, I believe that he said that the article will be published in March. You can never advertise too much!

Here is the photo that his editor wants to use:

Hello Everyone,

I hope everyone has been staying Warm and Safe! We have had quite a bit of snow here in Enumclaw, Wa. here are a few pics. of our yard we got about 12" or so. Poor Adam...Shoveling in the freezing cold.

Well, I have a few Family portrait sessions lined up for the next couple of weeks...And Matt From Doggy Snooze, contacted me again and would like to use me again, this time for his other line "Doggy Ride" so we will have that Product photo shoot next week. He is putting together a 360 degree shot of this product for his website, so I am going to shoot the same product at 72 different angles to get the effect that he is looking for. Should be interesting. Well I will keep everyone informed on any new upcoming events.~Leticia 

It has always been a little dream of mine to have a Theatre room in my home...Well I was able to get a hold of some old vintage theatre seats and turned an extra room in our house into a Theatre Room. So we are having our Grand Opening Tomorrow November 28, 2008 we will be featuring the movie "Speed Racer". We have a few friends and family members coming over to share it with us. We purchased an old fashioned Popcorn machine so we will have popcorn and soda and for the adults we will have Margaritas if they like. I will take photos of our Theatre and post them very soon. Go check out our website at http://www.redvelvettheatre.com/

Hi everyone...Today I am in the process of uploading all of the Family Portraits that I took for the King Family into the Client Login, I received an e-mail from Diane last night saying that she is ready to order prints now...So I am uploading 160 images, 80 in Black and white and 80 color images...she expressed an interest in B&W when I dropped off her DVD so I thought I would make all the color images in B&W as well for her to be able to decide which ones she would like in color and which ones she prefers in B&W. Then I will email her with her username and password to be able to view and add to her cart from my client login menu on my website. I will talk to yall later~Leticia

Just a little update on what has been happening...I just finished Julie and Karl's Wedding photos, the couple that just got married on August 1, 2008 in Ocean Shores, I have posted all of my favorite photos on my website...go check them out http://www.leticiawilsonphotography.com/  I did a wedding on Saturday the 16h of this month...at Monte Villa Farmhouse in Bothell, Wa. It was Gorgeous! and I received a very warm, and encouraging e-mail from the bride last night. I will share it with you...here it is:

Hey there,
 
I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU for the wonderful job you did.  I know things at the wedding were totally not what was supposed to be..  My poor brother was running around with his head cut off.  Thank goodness it was mostly all familia..  You fit right in... lol  I was just so tired and couldn't wait till the thing was over. 
 
I wanted to let you know that we had some compliments on the photographer...  haha  They said it was really cool of you to get on the ground and that you are not afraid to get dirty.  Also, my 2 cousins are getting married, one this November apparently and one next year.  I have already given them your information and hope that they will contact you.  I am so excited to see the photos!!  My family took 500 pictures combined and my brother made me a DVD with music of all the pictures.  The colors were absolutely amazing!!! I can't wait to see yours.  Thanks again Leticia for the hard work you did, especially on the hottest day of the year.. Can you belive that??  Now look at the weather.. we really lucked out I guess..  We really enjoyed you and your husband and are very glad that we chose you.  We will definitely recommend you to anyone and everyone.  I hope to hear back from you soon. 

Always,
           Lisa

I had so much fun photographing June and Les's Wedding yesterday (July 28, 2008). They are from Hawaii and wanted to get married at Mt. Rainier. They were such a loving couple...The Love just eminated from them, it is couples like them that make me Enjoy and Love my job. They were so very sweet. We all met at Sunrise Visitor Center up at Mt. Rainier, I arrived at 4:30pm everyone else got there about 5pm,  Gina Newberry and her husband Jack, and June and Les and her sister and brother-in-law and her two nephews.  They are such a cute couple, Les shared with me ..."I am so nervous" So I hung around them while Gina did the paperwork...cause I could see that the longer they waited the more nervous they were getting, so I just made conversation with them to help ease their nerves, and I took some shots of them waiting around and Gina had some Bouquets and Boutiniers for them so I took shots of them getting the boutiniers on the men. As I was conversing with them I asked them why they chose to get married at Mt. Rainier, and they shared their beautiful story with me.  Before Les met June, June and her sister and her sisters family had come to Mt. Rainier on vacation ( in 1986), and June fell in love with it. She had a picture of herself taken at Sunrise Point with the mountain behind her, and then when she met Les she gave him that picture of her, and he loved it and treasured it and kept it with him always. And then in 2006 when he proposed he brought her to Mt. Rainier and prior to his proposal he scouted the area to find the exact angle of where that picture of June was taken...and he got down on one knee and proposed to her. How sweet is that? So that is why Mt. Rainier is the obvious choice for their wedding. It all came full circle. He also shared with me that he wanted to re-inact the proposal and have a picture taken of them in their wedding attire. So anyway by the time he finished sharing their story...I was misty eyed and my voice was shakey, I am way to emotional of a person! 

So by that time the paperwork was finished...and they decided that they wanted the ceremony to take place in the meadow by the hills because there were some very beautiful wild flowers on the hill, So we all walked over there, and got into place and the ceremony began...Les was all smiles all through the ceremony, they were both so very happy. About 5 minutes into the ceremony we had some Park Rangers pull up to the side of the road where we were, they just stood there staring at us for about 5 minutes, then we heard them telling one of June's nephews that we were not allowed on the meadow...so Adam ran down there to talk to them, and they told him " We won't stop the ceremony, but there are signs posted all throughout indicating that no one is allowed on the meadow because they are trying to preserve the wild flowers, so they said we had to hurry and wrap it up" so anyway we didn't skip a beat, Gina kept on with the ceremony ( she didn't know what was happening at all, because her back was to the road...she just noticed that the bride and groom were a little distracted) I kept on shooting and getting the shots, Jack kept on video taping and the ceremony was over about 10 minutes later. So then we all headed down the hill and to the Park Rangers as they "Clapped and Congratulated the couple, and then proceeded to tell us the same thing that they told Adam. They told us that it was also stated on the wedding permit. After the Park rangers left we had a big laugh about it and Les and June thought it was great that we got pictures of the Park Rangers, so then we took some portrait shots, and at first they had two spots in mind for the ceremony and couldn't decide on one, so I told them which ever place they decided on we would have the ceremony there, and then afterwards go to the second choice and take portraits there, so that is what we did...we walked a different trail ( not on the meadow; ) up to a different part of the hill where the Mt. would be right behind them and got some awesome shots. There were a swarm of Mosquitos just eating us alive, but we didn't let that deter us. we kept on going and got some great pics. Then we headed down the hill, because Gina and Jack had already left to hold the table at the Alpine Inn Restaurant, where they had a reservation. However, before we headed to the restaurant we found the exact location of where that picture of June was taken and where Les proposed to her and we got beautiful pictures there, once again.

As we were driving to the Restaurant....we noticed a Park Rangers vehicle following us so Les ( who was driving in front of us) slowed down, so we slowed down, and the Rangers followed us for about 2 miles then as we were leaving Mt. Rainier Park, they turned their lights on...so Adam thought we were getting pulled over for speeding, but they did not pull up behind us, they kept following Les, so he then pulled over and of course I got pictures of that...I felt so bad, first the park rangers at the ceremony now they get pulled over, I thought "Oh, I hope they don't get a ticket on their wedding day" and then I said to Adam "maybe they will just give them a warning, when they see them in their tux and wedding dress" Well we all got out and they didn't get a ticket they just wanted to see their wedding permit, which they didn't have...Gina had it with her at the restaurant. But since we were all there... Les wanted me to take a picture of the Ranger with him and June, I told him I had already gotten some, but that I would take more, I asked the Park Ranger if he would point at the couple as if to scold them, he said " Oh! I can't do that to them now" I said "Oh come on just in fun" so he did. and then I took a nice picture of them just standing next to each other. Les thought it was fantastic. He just took it all in stride and didn't let anything bother him. He had shared with me earlier during the portraits " This is a first wedding for both of us...we both waited our whole lives for the Right Person" so hey he is married to the love of his life, he was so Happy and wasn't letting anything get him down! They are so IN LOVE!

So finally we get to the restaurant, and share the story with everyone else, and everyone had a nice time eating, visiting and sharing stories and having conversation. As if not enough had gone wrong, Gina had shared with me earlier in the day at  Mt. Rainier that on the way over to the ceremony the cake had started to melt and the top part of it had slid off, and didn't look as it was supposed to...so she was horrified and took it to the restaurant earlier as soon as she could, and they assured her that they could work with it and make it look better. So when the cake came out... they had worked their magic and made it look beautiful they put freshly sliced strawberries to cover up any mishaps. After dinner June and Les cut the cake and signed their certificate...They gave Gina and I a gift to thank us for making their day so special...that was such a sweet gesture. And that pretty much ended the evening we left them to enjoy the beginning of the rest of their lives together...they were going to go on a 30 day Alaskan cruise for their honeymoon. How awesome does that sound?

I just shot another wedding on Saturday, July 12th. in Preston, WA. It was a very beautiful wedding...her colors were Red and White,  Melisa and Chris got married outdoors in a lovely gazebo, they had around 50 or so guests, they were a fun crowd and very helpful and friendly. Believe it or not it takes me a couple of days to recuperate physically from a wedding, all the stooping, and holding the same position for a long time, squating and rising, really takes a toll on your back, shoulders, thighs and Of course I wear heels when I go anywhere, so the soles of my feet are killing me. But I also bring my little step ladder and get up on that so that I can be at eye level and at times above eye level when I want them looking up at me. You wouldn't think that being a photographer and releasing a shutter button would take such a toll on you, I am not complaining by any means,just aching .

Well, I am in the process of editing the shots I took...I shot over 1,000 frames. and have only edited a couple hundred so far. Here is a sample of some of the shots. I will post more on my website under "Melisa and Chris" when I am finished with them and after I have given the CD to my clients.

Hey everyone...I want to take this time to Thank all the couples that I have met recently, It has truly been a pleasure to meet each and every one of you and to be given the honor of Capturing your Very Special Wedding Stories. I can promise you that I do not take this responsibility lightly, as I was telling my new friend Gina, my clients don't just get me as a photographer you are getting my heart as well, I am very passionate about my work...and you will continue to get 100% from me.

I want to Thank My Most Recent Family for thier Family Portrait Session:

* Becci and Christian Keays and their children Killian and Oliver 

I also want toThank my most recent Engagement Portrait Couple:

* Carol and Steve ( June 24, 2008 )

 As well as my most recent photographed Wedding Couple:

* Kim and Mike ( June 28, 2008 Enumclaw, WA. Wedding)

And my Upcoming Wedding Couples:

* Melisa and Chris ( July 12, 2008 Preston, WA. Wedding)

* Dana and Rick ( July 26, 2008 MapleWood Greens Golf Course~Renton WA.Wedding)

* June and Les ( July 28, 2008 Mt. Rainier Wedding)

* Julie and Karl ( August 1, 2008 Ocean Shores, WA.Wedding)

* Lisa and Daniel ( August 16, 2008 Bothell, WA. Wedding)

* Carol and Steve ( August 23, 2008 Enumclaw, WA. Wedding)

* Will and Kathy ( October 25, 2008 The Clise Mansion~Redmond, WA. Wedding)

Once again it has been a pleasure to meet you all,  Thank you for believing in my Art/Photography and I look forward to being a part of your Magical Day!

~Leticia Wilson

Just shot a wedding on Saturday the 28th...It went pretty well. The Bride and Bridesmaids got ready in Buckley at a Salon that her sister Christina works at it is called "All About You", So I showed up there around 11am, her wedding was supposed to begin at 3pm. So I was at the salon for a few hours taking "Getting Ready" shots, then I headed to the ceremony in Enumclaw. It was such a hot day close to 100 degrees, The Ceremony was outside...very hot but very pretty and everything went off without a hitch, after the "I Do's" the whole wedding party released butterflies. Then we took some group portraits, and headed over to her house for the reception( which was also outside) most of the wedding party and guests changed into casual clothes, the kids couldn't wait to get their individual portraits taken so they could tear their clothes off and get into something more comfy...there were around 40-45 guests. The wedding had a Western theme, so it is cute the wedding party all wore cowboy type attire, the Bride wore a nice cream lacey dress with cream colored cowboy boots that also had lace on them, the Bridesmaids wore pink cowboy boots, The Groom and the Best man and grooms boy wore blue jeans and a western shirt with a bolo tie. Everyone had a lot of fun. I will post pictures as soon as I can. 

 Well, here is a little sample of the Engagement Portrait session I just shot on Tuesday the 24th it went really really well, It was so much fun, They were a really Fun Couple, they had lots of ideas for poses that they wanted to try, and were up for any poses I mentioned, and They just kept kissing all the time...They will forever be remembered by me as the "So In Love Kissing Couple" they were great, Carol told me that they met at a dance, so it was very important to them to get some "Dancing Shots" for their Engagement Portrait Session. It was so cute, I thought they were just going to do some dance poses for me to photograph, but they didn't they were really dancing...and to NO music and they were so into it...smiling, laughing, kissing, I told them to ignore me and just have fun and they had no problem doing that! to see the rest of their engagement portraits go to: http://www.leticiawilsonphotography.com/displaygallery.aspx?GID=221&FID=13&Cname=Couples%20and%20Engagements&Fname=Steve%20and%20Carol  They will be married on August 23, 2008 So I will be there to shoot their wedding...I look forward to that. Well, I am going to finish editing their portraits I will post more of them later ~Leticia

We just got back a few hours ago from Leavenworth, WA. My spiritual Parents Russ and Roselie Poggensee were having their 64th Wedding Anniversary...So My Husband and Daughter and I drove them to this Bovarian Town Called Leavenworth and celebrated their anniversary with them. We left on Saturday the 14th Which was their wedding Date (June 14, 1944) first we stopped at The Summit and had a very nice breakfast, then we continued on our journey, and got into Leavenworth a little to early to check into our room at The Enzian Inn, so we continued driving to some Huge Antique Shops that the Poggensee's were excited to visit. I was worried that Finesse (my 16 year old daughter) would be bored there, but I was pleasantly surprised...She absolutely loved it! She kept saying "Mom, Look at this"! and "Mom, Look at that!" We all had a blast, I can't wait to edit all the 400+pics that I took on our trip, so that I can post a few on here to share with all of you. Anyway...We had already put alot of thought into gifts for the Poggensee's, and had them in the van all wrapped up and hiding in a gift bag, but when we got to the Antique shop, Brother Poggensee fell in love with a floral decorative hanging vintage plate...so I kept a mental note of that, and listened attentively to see if Roselie mentioned anything she would absolutely love to have...and finally towards the end she fell in love with an old vintage birdhouse on a 4x4 decorative post that had been white-washed. The reason she wanted that so badly is because they just recently had a little bird family move in on their porch and they sing "Chicka dee dee dee" ( atleast that is how Russ describes it) every morning while they are out there having their coffee...so she felt it would be a perfect home for their new little family of birds. So I went and found Adam and told him of my plans to get them these things; the Plate for Russ and the birdhouse for Roselie, and he loved the idea, so we went and paid for it and surprised them with it, and they were very touched. By the time we got out of the Antique place "Annies" it was close to time to go and check into the Inn. So we headed over there. We checked in and "Oh the lobby of this place was fabulous" and we loved our cozy Bovarian Decorated room. We freshened up and walked into town to check out all the cool shops. and then we found a place to have dinner, went back to the Inn to freshen up again and went to dinner Some had Steak and some had Shrimp fettuccini...yum! After dinner we presented the Poggensee's with their real gifts We got Russ a really nice engraved pocket watch, on the top of the watch it had his name "Russell Taze Poggensee" and on the back of it said "For Dad on your 64th Anniversary, 6/14/08, Love Adam and Leticia" and on the inside we put a black and white picture of them on their wedding day. He absolutely loved it! And what was so great is that he said " Wow...Roselie just told me last week, "what you need Russell is a pocket watch"!" So that was fantastic to hear that they really needed and love the gift..we were worried that he may not have a use for it, because he usually wears wrist watches. And for Roselie I couldn't find the Necklace watch that I wanted for her, but I got her the next thing on my list which was a sterling silver and pearl/diamond lipstick case holder, with a little mirror in it, so that when she puts her lipstick on at a restaurant or just out and about, she will have the case and a mirror, and we also got her a matching "compact mirror" and on the lipstick case we had her name engraved "Roselie Poggensee" and on the back of the "compact" it said " For Mom on your 64th wedding anniversay, 6/14/08, Love Adam and Leticia" She loved it. We love them very much and wanted them to know it...We had a blast all three days We went to lake Wenachee, we did alot of shopping, listening to live music, alot of EATING, and storytelling and just enjoyed our time together, oh yeah and we loved the jaccuzzi...I hope you enjoy the pictures!

Russ and Roselie on their Wedding Day June 14, 1944 at exactly 12:00 noon

Russ and Roselie on June 14, 2008 at exactly 12:00 noon (64 years later)

I used to have a Mickey Mouse hat like this when I was a little pig-tailed girl, it had my name sewn in the back

Marilyn Monroe was born the same year as Roselie!

On their way up to the rooms. 

Finesse, in the upstairs lobby overlooking the pool area.

Our room it was room # 236 and the Poggensee's were right next door in 238

The Flower Shaped jacuuzi...it was so relaxing!

At a wine tasting.

Doing some shopping, look at the beautiful details...all the artwork on the buildings, and the beautiful flowers.

Adam and I...more art details and lovely flowers, oh and my new Pink genuine leather bag for only $19.00

Russ reading the inscription on his pocket watch

I think they like it!

Roselie looking at her compact mirror.

Roselie reading the inscription on her lipstick case holder.

All of us...except Finesse is taking the picture.

After dinner we went to listen to some bovarian live music. It was alot of fun!

The next morning at breakfast the horns man came out and stood on the 5 or 6" rail of the deck and blew his horn, and it is said that it can be heard throughout the whole town, people can set their clocks by it...he blows it at 8:15am, 9:15am, and other times as well, I believe this may be his last year to do this, he is close to retireing he is training others to follow in his footsteps.

I believe these are family members that he is training to take over the horn blowing.

The Poggensee's enjoying their coffee after breakfast.

After Sunday breakfast we headed to Lake Wenatchee...Here we all are!

Now we are back in Leavenworth...everyone wanted to go and have some lunch!

Finesse...kept saying she wanted a picture with him yesterday, so we were finally on that side of the street, he was a friendly Bear!

After lunch we went back to the Inn to freshen up and relax for a bit...

After we were done resting up a bit, we went back to the Antique shops, there was one other big one that we hadn't gone to yesterday. And it is a good thing we went back because Adam is the biggest Star Wars Fan/Geek and there was a whole little room dedicated to it. He was in Heaven.

I surprised Finesse with a Mother/Daughter gift that I fell in Love with and just really wanted her to have from me. It was a pink musical egg, that says "My daughter My Joy" and you open the egg up and it has a pink rose in it, and it plays the tune of "You Are So Beautiful" so when we got out of the Shop I sat her down and gave it to her.

Well this was the end of our trip in Leavenworth, I will write more and post pics of our Journey home yesterday. 'Til then Goodnight yall

This is my latest photo shoot, "Sister's Portrait Session" Came out kinda cute...they had fun!  ~Enjoy Leticia

Hey...We had our little family Gathering/Reunion, We had a blast ! It was absolutely fantastic to see everyone again. I had not seen my neice Maria for 13 years, and had never met her two children Perri (10) and Kenai (3). Perri is such a sweet little girl. There were about 20 of us...It was Awesome. I took lots of pictures, some studio and some candid and some outdoors group shots. We ate lots of food, drank some beverages, told lots of stories some old, some new. Please enjoy the photos~Leticia

I am pretty excited...My brother Joe, flew in from Ohio last week and we went and saw him on Thursday at my sister Pauline's house in Gig Harbor. We had a very nice time over there, My sister made Lasagna for all of us, it was delicious . My neice Teresa was there as well, and her husband and son. The kids had a great time. We are planning a family gathering at my house for tomorrow (Sunday the 8th).

It is supposed to be Pauline & Rick and Teresa, Albert and Luke, and my other neice Maria and her husband and her two kids Perry, and Kinai, and my brother Alex and his daughter Monica, and my nephew Brandon and his girlfriend Jessica. and of course all seven of us. It should be a blast. I will take pictures and post them later. Adam is going to BBQ Ribs, sausege, steaks, hamburgers and maybe chicken, I will be making macaroni salad, ceasar salad, mashed potatoes, and deviled eggs. And we'll have snacks chips and stuff, I think I am gonna make a couple of cakes as well.

Well, I will blog more later...

Leticia

Today I will be focusing on Stock Photography a bit...I haven't submitted anything to Fotolia or BigStock in awhile (atleast a couple of months) But the beauty of it is that even when I am not working on Stock photography...it is still working for me. Everyday I seem to sell a few pics. on there and make money. Most sales come from out of the country...So while I sleep I make money  Awesome! But the more I submit the more chances of making more money I have. So now that I have a few photo shoots out of the way...I can concentrate on Stock a bit and I have to Do some school (Medical Transcribing) I am so close to being finished with it...just 4 more exams, but I am procrastinating...because Photography is my true love. And Medical Transcribing was just going to be a supplement income on the slow months of photography. But Even on the slow months there is still Stock that is never really slow.

Okay, well enough babbling....

Leticia Wilson

p.s let me share a few photos of my "Secret Garden" yard, I feel like I live in paradise already...It is absolutely beautiful here. there are like 7 pathways through the flower garden, my goal is to have a sitting area at the end of each trail or pathway...however, some paths don't have an end some lead to another pathway...but I would like to have a nice sitting, reading, drinking a refreshment area at the end of any trails.

Tomorrow I have a Family Portrait Session that I am doing at Lake Meridian...yesterday I went and checked out the park to get some ideas, It is very beautiful there, lots of beautiful flowers and Awesome shaped trees not to mention the beautiful lake. So I will post some pictures as soon as I can. The pictures below are test shots I took of my husband Adam and my dog Jewels and my glamababies Danyel and Kasidy...I think they came out pretty nice~Talk to you later, Leticia

I just did an Engagement portrait session on Saturday the 24th for Dana and Rick,  this Couple is getting married on July 26th, I will be shooting their wedding as well, at Maplewoods Green Golf Course.

Here are the Photos of The DoggySnooze Orthopedic Photo Shoot ...Sadie really loved the bed, she seemed to have preferred the Green one, she seemed to relax and get really comfy and really did "Snooze" on that one, she didn't want to get off when the shoot was over.

Well...the photo shoot went great, took close to 150 images. I am still in the "Editing" stages, I will post them as soon as I get a chance. Til then take care all~Leticia

Got an email from a gentleman that was looking for a photographer with a studio, and whom also had a dog for the photo shoot, because he is in the business of Orthopedic Dog Beds, So I let him know that I had both a studio and a dog...in fact I have 4 dogs that don't mind being photographed, pointed him to my "Pets and Their Humans" gallery on my website.  He e-mailed back and said that he would like to proceed with me, and would definately be interested in Sadie our Black Lab. And that Jewels (chihuahua) and Otto (dachsund) could possibly be on a bed together.  So anyway the photo shoot is set up for Monday evening the 12th of this month. That should be a fun photo shoot, I'm looking forward to it.

~Leticia

Looks like I may have  another gig coming up on October 17, 2008 an outdoors Wedding. I'll try to Keep you informed on other jobs that I get. I have got to make time to blog more often.  Let's see what else, I just recently bought some new software called Camera Control Pro...It allows me to have my camera hooked up to my laptop as I am doing portrait work...the shots that I am taking will  pop up on my laptop immediately for the client to see,  and I dont have to constantly run over to them to show them  on the tiny LCD screen of the camera,  So this is gonna save me time and the  client always wonders how the shots are coming out, so now they will see, what I see. I am pretty excited about it.

Well I will write more later,

Leticia

Just touching base...been a while since I been on, been pretty busy Doing Portrait Work and of course always trying to promote my business and get my name out there even more. Been doing alot of leg work on search engines to get my name higher on lists and Google searches. It is finally starting to pay off,been getting some wedding referrals. But (phew) Marketing yourself  is a full time job!   I have had my website revamped a bit as well. stop by at http://www.LeticiaWilsonPhotography.com  Hope you like...Tell me what you think ~Leticia

...the last time I spoke about my stock photography, I was still ranked "Bronze", but for a couple of months now I have moved up to "Silver"  WooHoo!   I haven't been keeping up on my blogging...cause no one ever responds or leaves comments, So I am not sure if anyone is even reading what I am saying.  But today I got a phone call from my brother Robert and I asked him if he knew what stock photography was, and he said yes, because he had read my Blog...WOW!  THAT IS AWESOME!  Someone actually read what I wrote.  Thanks Bobby!  He made me feel good cause he said to keep up the good work!  So anyway lately,I have submited quite a bit lately to Fotolia...My sales are doing really well too.

Oh! I have a Photography gig coming up...A 50th Anniversary party to shoot, and I have been getting inquiries about family portraits for a young family at my hall. And she says that someone is interested in me doing her wedding coming up in August...Sounds Fantastic!

Well, I will keep you posted on how everything goes...Talk To Y'all Later!   Leticia

Hi, it has been a while since my last entry...I've been trying to stay busy with Stock photography, and doing some research on marketing for my portrait studio.  For stock photography I found a software that is excellent for white backgrounds  or just singling out the subject so that you can put a different background with the subject, the software is called "Fluid Mask 3" it is alot easier than using the magnetic tool here is a sample of some of the images I used Fluid Mask on

Well, it has made life a little easier...when you have checkered clothing or striped clothing it is so difficult to get the magnetic tool to go where you want it to go, it keeps wanting to follow the dark checks or lines which alot of times cuts into body parts, so you end up with chunks of your body missining or something...So go out and try Fluid Mask 3. 

As far as my portrait studio...I ordered some more cards through Vista Print and some brochures,flyers, letterhead and other marketing tools to get my name and website out there. I also plan on ordering a coffee table book of all of my favorite portraits and different poses that I have shot, and when I go and drop off my business cards to businesses, I will have the coffee table book to show them a sample of my portfolio, that way they will be more apt to recommend me to thier clients or peaple they know that are looking for a wedding photographer or a portrait photographer.  Well, If anyone has any suggestions on other marketing tools to get my services out there, by all means let me know your ideas. Or if you know of anyone in the Kent, Maple Valley, Covington, Enumclaw area that need their portraits done, please steer them to my website. @ http://www.LeticiaWilsonPhotography.com   Meanwhile, I will keep passing out my business cards out and keep myself busy with Stock Photography. 

Talk to Y'all later,

Leticia

...This morning I have been focusing on submitting more of my stock photography to Fotolia.  I started submitting images to Fotolia in August of 2006 about a year and three months ago.  My husband Adam bought me my first "Popular Photography" magazine and in it was an article on Stock Photography, the story was written by a woman that had nickel and dimed her way to purchasing her own photography studio, by selling images on Fotolia and other different stock sites.  I had never heard of "Stock Photography", but I love any photography...so I read on and was very impressed to learn what it is, they are the pictures that you see on billboards or brochures in business offices or magazines,I had always thought that those businesses or companies did their own photo shoot and hired models for their billboards or brochures, but basically people buy your images at Stock Photography sites to use as advertising for whatever product or concept they are trying to sell.  That same evening I joined Fotolia (it is free to become a member and submit photos, you just have to go through a little tutorial,which is very interesting, it lets you know the type of photographs they are looking for and the type of quality and sizes they accept and what sells most) and I was amazed and proud that they accepted my photographs. You start of with the rank of "white" and work your way up to "bronze","silver","gold",and all the way up to the eighth level ranking of "Diamond"...So I dove right on in and began shooting with stock photography and advertising in mind, it was challenging to think outside the box of the type of photogaphy that I was used to, at first I just photographed objects and then I realized that "People Shots" are what sell,that and "People Business Shots" and "body part shots" So I became my own model (because I couldn't explain the concept I had in mind that I was trying to achieve) so I just posed myself ( I do however, apologize in advance for some of the body shots that are in my portfolio, they are a little sexier than I intended them to be, but once you submit a photo you can not delete it  or believe me I would), Well anyway then I started involving my family and getting them to model for me. My husband became my biggest selling model...and within 6 month I became bronze ( which I found out later that most members dont reach that ranking for atleast a year) so of course I was ecstatic . My goal was to be like Andres Rodriguez and reach "gold" in 9 months, but I haven't gotten gold as of yet, I slowed down in my submissions due to things going on in life: trying to get my portrait studio going, family life, My Meetings at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses , etc.! But in the last few days I have been going strong at it again.  I only have 18 more photos to sell to get to "Silver" ranking  (WooHoo!)

I will attach a sample of my "best selling" photograph on Fotolia it is of my husband Adam dressed as a Blue Collar Worker...Hey Monster Template bought this photograph and are making web templates using this photo!

Well, Anyway go and check out http://www.fotolia.com/partner/119628 and see what they are all about and also check out my personal Portfolio on Fotolia as well http://www.fotolia.com/p/119628/partner/119628, And the reason I slowed down in Fotolia in the last few months is that I have been working on my own website trying to get it going and stuff at http://www.leticiawilsonphotography.com ...I will write more about that at a later date. Well, please feel free to leave me any feedback on either my pictures or what I have had to say in todays blog and any future blog entries...I look forward to hearing from you ALL!

Love to all,

Leticia

"A Mother who radiates Self-Love and Self-Acceptance, actually Vaccinates her
children against Low Self-Esteem!"