JOURNAL

Photoshop World 2011.  Wow, what can I say?  It's absolutely buzzing with excitement, lectures, photoshoots, networking, meeting new contacts and hanging out with old friends.  This was my first experience surrounding PSW and I have to ask myself, why haven't I attended before?  My exposure this year was brought in conjunction with the local SmugMug […]

What an absolutely lucky gal I am to get to do the work that I love.  And that includes meeting wonderful, talented, giving individuals like the young ladies who are this year's contestants for the Glitterati Charity Pageant.  You may recall I photographed this event last year, and I can not share with you all […]

I was recently photographing a lady for a portrait session and the weather was beautiful.  The sun and light was divine and the Las Vegas heat was blazing at its typical summer peak.  But, amongst all the amazing images we captured of my client, I have to admit my creative juices were flowing once we […]

I am so fortunate to have met Reepa and Sulabh last year at the annual Diwali celebration here in Las Vegas.  Reepa served on the board for the Indian Chamber of Commerce and after meeting her face to face at the event, I knew she had a heart of gold.  Equally solid is her husband […]

Please help me welcome our new office mascot, Presley!  Presley is a 6 year old doberman who has made her way across the country and back, to be the new canine representative for Shalimar Studios.  Due to unforseen circumstances, Presley was no longer able to be cared for by my brother and his wife, so […]

I love the variety of work I get to do.  The beginning of the summer I had a lot of fun families with kids, parents, pets and more.  Lately I've been photographing many of the girls who will be participating the in the Glitterati Charity Pageant next month.  But just recently I had fresh, young […]

What an absolute joy for me to attend for the third year straight, a boutique photography conference, Skip's Summer School.  Fortunately for me, I've attended the first 2 years and would not have missed this year.  It's such a unique experience, mingling and learning from the industry's top photographers, all the while meeting old friends […]