The Goldas

I had so much fun photographing two of the Golda siblings recently, in separate sessions.

Zack is a senior at Servite, and was chosen by his school as one of this year's Leaders of Tomorrow. He's been recruited by UCLA to play water polo, but he's not just getting there on an athletic ride. He carries a 4.4 GPA, and is a National Merit finalist. Oh, and my daughter Katie's boyfriend :) I photographed him at the school pool, where he swims on the swim and water polo teams. He also came to the studio to take some fun senior portraits- including this one that we applied some of our digital magic to. Play the videos below to see more from their sessions.

Then I got to photograph Zack's sister Natalie, who aside from being a newlywed, a water polo coach, and acting athletic director at Rosary High School, is an Olympic athlete. We were so proud to watch her and the women's water polo team take the silver in Beijing, after having won the Bronze in Athens 2004. She brought both medals in for her photo shoot - the only time I've gotten to see Olympic medals up close. They're heavier than they look! She was concerned that now that she's not training for team USA, she might look a little out of shape in her suit. I should be so out of shape! She looked great- and was a good sport even when I asked her to wet down her hair for some sexy looks. As it turns out, she's pretty used to wet hair.