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  • we spell trouble with a capital B.

    welcome to the blog of the letter b photography. we are johnny and jade brookbank. a husband and wife duo of old-fashioned weirdness based in los angeles, california. we shoot maternity, birth, newborns, babies, children, families, seniors and any other randomness that comes our way. this blog serves as a show-and-tell for all of our professional work, family goings-ons and any other wacky adventures we find ourselves in. so please….kick back, stalk around and hit us up if you have any questions.

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Mary Mary Quite Contrary…….

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I went on my very first tag-along session with my friend Mary – I followed her around like a little lamb, taking photos of behind the scenes stuff, snapping a few rounds off of the beautiful Mike and Shanelle and nibbling on grass when I found some down time.

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We went down to the beautifully overpriced seaside villa of Redondo Beach. Once we got outside the confines of treachourous Van Nuys, I realized I sort of missed the gun shot noises.

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This couple had just gotten engaged and boy oh boy, you sure could TELL. They got along like you wouldn’t believe! They got along like they’d never even been married!!! The lady mammal had the best boots EVER and is shortly going to be proudly marching them down the aisle.

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I love this shot and about started doing a happy dance when I saw it in my viewfinder. I didn’t. But only because I was precariously perched on a boulder …….and because my happy dance consists of taking off my top and shaking my money-makers. Which is never appropriate.

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The next series required a little B & E. That’s breaking and entering for you pious folk – Amish and the like. Totally worth it, though.

Ok, fine. There was no B & E……..but there was some major sweet talking involved. No price is too high.

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I also like the above photo because the red boat in the background looks like it has big lips.

In the following shot Shanelle is staring precariously at the approaching ducks – duh-nun…… duh-nun……duh-nun-duh-nun-duh-nun. I wasn’t afraid because, to my knowledge, ducks have no teeth.

Regardless, I don’t think she had anything to worry about – Mike was ready to protect her at a moment’s notice!

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A pretty funky to the munky shoot. Good people, good locations and good times. Be sure to check out Mary’s website……….but be sure to come back to mine.

:)Jade

Also, check out the sweet pic that Mary took of me. And yes, my hair IS the bane of my existence.

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Deyo….De-ay-ay-yo….daylight comes and it won’t go home

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Last summer my friend Danny and I held a casting for our film in South Dakota – (only check it out if you’re COOL. We don’t want any squares). Anyway, a few months later, a woman by the name of Suzanne contacted us, wanting to audition for the role of Debbie Reckings but she lived halfway across the country – in Omahahahah to be exact, while I resided in Los Crapulous. So what to do, what to do??? Ahaha! With my genius know-how and a little bit of techie consult from Suzanne, her and I were able to meet up in cyberspace with our mutual webcams, catapulting through time and space, defying the laws of physics.

We auditioned her for Debbie Reckings and then ALSO auditioned her for the role of Marcy Whitman and the award goes to Marcy Whitman! So Suzanne got on board and then, shortly thereafter, decided she wanted to also move to Los Crapulous to pursue her dream in this wacky and sometimes weird world of film acting.

So she moved out here and asked if Jade and her beautiful assistant (me) would do a photoshoot of her kids. So of course we did.

We headed down to Marina Del Rey last week and went bananas on the beach. Her boy was infatuated with Spider-Man and all things seashell while the little girl just liked to be held.

Anyway, the photo shoot was a pleasure and their family was just GRRRRRReat.

So, as usual, here are the goods.

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I love these two with the balloons!

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And a great finish for the big brother!

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Happy 5th birthday Cayden!
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Sneaky Peeky

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It’s official. I no longer need to have my own children. I’m just going to steal these two. Is that okay, Suzanne?

But seriously…..these kids are almost painfully cute.
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Mary - May 3, 2009 - 8:28 pm

Gosh…I can’t wait for this full blog post so I can stare at the pictures all day. I am so in love with this shot and I can only imagine how in love the parents will be as well. You rock!