My Miniature Australian Shepherd, Mia!

It's amazing how much a little puppy can add to your life! My Mia is 7mo. old now and I can't imagine life without her. I think she was a gazelle in a previous life because she'll randomly hop over things, sometimes there doesn't even have to be anything there, she'll still hop. She doesn't run, she bounces!

I have an action shot of her chasing after her ball and as you can see, she bounces over the door mat every time. I was shooting some headshots at my home studio and just had to get one of her too! I can't go anywhere with her without getting mugged by everyone wanting to love on her. Life is good with Mia.

Chloe, Ethan, Noah and Ashliegh Troth

I was in Phoenix shooting a good friends grandparent's 50th anniversary renewal of vows. That was a mouthful! I'll get those pictures up soon but I have to rave on about Jason and Keely's kids! They are just way too cute, all 4 of them! Jason and Keely are amazing parents and it shows in their kids. Here are some favorites from the trip.

Now this is fun...

I got a call last month from a good friend of mine that I used to work with at Mercer Global Advisors. I haven't heard from him in forever and he said "If you're not doing anything tomorrow night, we need another team member so you're it!".

I'm always up for anything so I accepted my invitation to join a trap team! Every Wednesday night I go up to the Santa Ynez Gun Club and I'm on team #15 shooting trap. I love it and it's so much fun! It's not me in the pictures but that's what you're supposed to do, hit the clay bird!

McKay Family Portraits

I had the honor of shooting such a wonderful family the other week. We went down to Hendry's Beach, this super dog friendly beach, and had fun shooting some family portraits. They told me this was going to be their last Christmas in Santa Barbara because they're moving to Boston. Here are some of my favs from the shoot.

Sansum Clinic Headshots

I've been pretty busy lately, which I like but time sure does fly by! I can't believe it's already December. One project that I just started working on is shooting the headshots for Sansum Clinic. They're re-branding themselves and they're updating all of their doctor headshots for the files. They're getting a great makeover so check out their new look and logo. Check out the doctor headshots too, some of them might be from their Med School Graduations!

Formerly known as ChadRick Photography...

Well, I'm sure you've noticed that ChadRick Photography has changed it's name to Ricky Mia Photography. The "Rick" in ChadRick is me Ricky Mia and I'm here in Santa Barbara but the "Chad" in ChadRick has moved back to his hometown of St. Louis MO.

Life takes you in all sorts of directions and it brought Chad back to his stomping grounds. This was a sad day for ChadRick Photography. Chad is an incredibly gifted person, a great friend and a talented photographer and I wish him only the best in everything he does. He just recently launched Chad Jeffrey so check him out!

Since St. Louis is a few thousand miles away, we have become separate entities, hence Ricky Mia Photography and the new Chad Jeffrey! It only gets better from here!

Solomiya and Valeriy Goloborodko Wedding

We just shot a beautiful wedding here in Santa Barbara this past weekend. Both families are from the Ukraine and were so wonderful to be with. Here are a few favorites, the slideshow is still to come!