I met Yardia on 12/12/09 during the NJ Help Portrait Session and we chatted for a bit and exchanged cards. Then we hooked up on twitter and I saw that see also applied for the Soar Scholarship as I did and then we began chatting more and more. She had written to me and Ariane, also another soar applicant and suggested we did a shoot swap. I saw that Yadira needed one quickly and although I was not ready to get mine done I offered to do hers. It was all last minute and the plan was, take the kids and her husband would babysit them and we quickly go out and get the Bio Pixs done. So I met her up in Englewood, NJ at her lovely home. I feared my boys would not want to stay but as soon as they saw her little adorable 3 year old Joshua, they went on to play. We of course ran out before anything happened and drove down to city center to scout out some cool spots. Luckily it was not freezing cold and the sun was out. There were so many little cool spots and we tried hitting most of them. Our favorite though was the spot found on the end which we could shoot there for house. We went up a hill and found this parking lot with a view of the buildings in the town but also found a staircase which lead to this funky ally with green leaves falling down a wall, dirt, ally, all the nitty gritty stuff both Yadira and I love. Yadira is fun, passionate, vibrant and has such a beautiful smile. You would think she had done this before since she posed away and I did not have to say much. I had a blast with her and I am looking forward to a retreat for Creative Christian Women she is organizing which will be in June, check out her Point of Creation too. Here are a few of my favorites and be sure to check out the SLIDESHOW***

P.S Photographers- I have been with out Photoshop and I do miss some actions but cool to see what I can do using Lightroom~