BERNADETTE MADDEN

Wedding Nouveau

bernadette — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:15:28 +0000

A wedding I photographed during the summer made it in the latest issue of Wedding Nouveau. The bride turned in her story and photographs from the wedding and they accepted it for the Winter issue! I’m so honored to even be in a magazine amongst such great photographers, especially one of my favorites– Elisabeth Messina.

I had such a wonderful time photographing this wedding. The bride is not only a friend, but she is talented and beautiful inside and out.

Set me as a seal upon your heart…

bernadette — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:02:44 +0000

Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the LORD. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised.

Song of Solomon 8:6-7

Christmas Bloom

bernadette — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 05:06:07 +0000

I had the pleasure of photographing this family during a beauty peak at the South Coast Botanical Gardens during the winter. When we went the Sage was wild, abundant, and sprawling along the path. There was also the most beautiful vine with red leaves growing along a trellis and bench. It was just so perfect. A couple weeks later I visited the same spot and all the sage had been cut down and the red leaves had withered. I was so glad that we had taken the pictures at such an opportune time!

Hello Simon

bernadette — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:53:37 +0000

Baby Simon

Family session

bernadette — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 20:12:57 +0000

Here is a photo session I did a few weeks back with a family. Such a beautiful couple with such lovely children. The mother is expecting any minute now!

Baby Zed + 4

bernadette — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 07:07:30 +0000

A few weeks ago I got to photograph one of my friends’ baby boy just a couple weeks old. He was very alert for just a few weeks and was holding his neck up well. All together there are 5 children in this family now and the parents are totally awesome. I think it’s such an inspiration to see couples put so much love into parenting and family. It is the type of inspiration we need these days. Children are a blessing and they are the future.

Justin and Grace March 2008

bernadette — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:42:54 +0000

Looking through the archives and found this.

Where the Grass Bends

bernadette — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:49:10 +0000

Where the grass bends

Leaves set aglow

She gathers for the harvest

Her hands hang low

Forever young

bernadette — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:27:06 +0000

My son Stephen.

I sometimes wish I can freeze time and cherish you a little bit longer.

Jen and Russ family session at Friendship Park, San Pedro.

bernadette — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 23:43:18 +0000

See the header on this blog? That child was just a few months old. (Edit Note: The header of this blog has been changed since this has been written) Now he is one and big! Everytime I see him he is just full of smiles. His mother wanted to do a family portrait session for Christmas cards. We headed up to Friendship park in San Pedro. It was a bit nippy, but the overcast sky provided excellent lighting conditions for my style. We weren’t there long, but I was happy with the shots we got. The best part was finding an old door from the old barracks used during the World War 2. It was welded shot, but had awesome character. Posing them in front of it was so much fun. Not what you would expect at a park.

We got to hang out afterwards and have some spaghetti. I took some shots of the kids at home in their natural environment. I love documenting natural life fun. I’m going to miss this family. They will be moving to Fresno next month. Such awesome friends!