NEW NAME

So before I get too far into the business...we've decided to change our name. We are now located at...

www.leifbrandtphotography.com

and

www.leifbrandt.blogspot.com

Happy Birthday to a couple of my favorite girls...

Today we celebrated the birthdays of two of my favorite girls...my nieces Emma & Julia. Nothing amazing with the pix...I just love my nieces.

Here's the awesome cakes Alyssa made for them...


Emma...


Julia...

Mike & Niki

So Saturday we got to hang with Mike & Niki. My wife and I got married at 19 & 18 so we never got plugged into the college group at our church. However, I do remember my friends talking about this girl that everyone liked. That was Niki...and Mike was the one that won her. haha.

Mike & Niki are a super sweet couple. Both super nice. Both super fun. Both super Christians. Both good looking. That's a recipe for an awesome shoot. Here are some of the pictures...















Mike is practically ninja status when it comes to martial arts...but Niki definitely looks more ninja here...





Niki being goofy...


Mike with his Blue Steel face...

The Incredibly Adorable Lily...

Lily is cute. Lily is adorable. Lily makes me a little afraid to have kids because I'm not sure that my own kids will be as cute as she is. I know they say that every parent thinks their child is the cutest, but each time one my sisters has a kid they keep getting cuter and cuter and I worry more and more about our future kids. haha.

Here are a few pictures of Lily from yesterday morning.

Thanksgiving Day Wrap Up

This year I definitely feel more thankful. Not that God has been more amazing than in other years or that He wasn't amazing before. He's always been and always will be. I think I've just hit a maturity where I appreciate it more. You younger peeps might just consider it getting older. Well, as my last Thanksgiving in my 20's, I definitely realized how incredibly blessed we are with a great family and friends and jobs and even just great stuff. now I just have to remember to take this gratitude and do more with it.


Holidays are awesome. They also make for long days visiting multiple familys. We started with my mom and grandma, headed to Erica's mom's side, and ended up at Erica's grandpa's house. Here are some photos from the day...


Grandma Brandt...


One of my favorite photo subjects...Julia


Lily ruling over the "kids" table...


The boys...





Synchronized pie eating performed in near perfection by Papa & Karen...



Hazel taking advantage of Papa's relaxed rules.







Nicole...



And of course...it wouldn't be the holidays without Chuck taking a nap on the couch....

San Diego Family Photography: The Williams

Saturday we had the chance to hang out with Josh, Chrissie, and Matthew. They are super cool peeps. I've known Chrissie since the days we were on high school worship teams and my first memory of Josh was shredding on the guitar to some Satriani or Eric Johnson song. I still can't get my fingers to play that stuff. Although you can barely tell, they are pregnant with their second. Chrissie is super tiny so we'll have to do another shoot if her belly gets bigger. I had a hard time just putting a few up...so here are a bunch.

Oh...and if you love a sweetly made guitar...check out Josh Williams Guitars.


























First attempt at doing a slideshow so we'll see if it works...

Williams Family from Leif Ramos on Vimeo.

Teaser.

Two from todays shoot with Josh and Chrissie. While you wait for more check out Josh's guitar site.

Josh Williams Guitars.