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Nicole & Mike’s 2nd Anniversary / Huntington Beach Lifestyle Photography

January 8th, 2011

October 7, 2010 Nicole and Mike celebrated their two year anniversary and wanted to celebrate the day by taking photos where they first met. I’ve got to tell you that it’s impossible to say you know this couple and aren’t head over heels in love with them both. They are adorable, their personalities are infectious [...]

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October 7, 2010

Nicole and Mike celebrated their two year anniversary and wanted to celebrate the day by taking photos where they first met. I’ve got to tell you that it’s impossible to say you know this couple and aren’t head over heels in love with them both. They are adorable, their personalities are infectious and you can’t be around them without smiling and feeling happy to be in their presence. I feel so blessed to know them and even more to have them both be a part of my children’s lives as well as my own.

Mike and Nicole first met at Huntington Beach High School where they attended high school and both graduated in 2008. They were both students in the same program my kids are in now, Huntington Beach High School Academy for the Performing Arts. The fact that both of them are now working in the same program they participated in tells you how important of a role they both played in APA/MMET. I can remember the first moment I ever saw Nicole, I remember it vividly. I had taken my son to see the show, “Abbey Road / Rumours” that APA performed in 2008. Nicole came out to sing her first song and I leaned into my son and whispered in his ear, “she’s amazing, I can’t believe how good she is!” I knew in my heart that she was a star, nobody had to tell me that. Today, Nicole and two other amazingly talented and beautiful women are members of “The Swing Kittens” and are quickly becoming very well known. I have had the pleasure of photographing these three beauties and it was one of my favorite shoots EVER!!! The link to that post is here!!!

Mike is the drummer in a band called “The Counter Regiment” and they have been playing all over Orange County and Los Angeles. Check out the attached link for information regarding their next gig at The Roxy on Sunset in Hollywood on Saturday, January 15th. The Swing Kittens will also be playing, you won’t want to miss this show!!!

I’m not sure what I was expecting that afternoon, but what I wasn’t expecting was for them to be so at ease and so genuinely happy and FUNNY!!

I loved every minute of this photo shoot!!!

I LOVE all of them!!!

There are so many facets to their personalities, I think I’ve only begun to uncover them!

These last two are my favorites!!

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“You’ve got a Friend” | Huntington Beach Lifestyle Photography

August 29th, 2010

Huntington Beach High School, Huntington Beach, CA Ah…….my favorite place to shoot……Huntington Beach High School! Our school that we have come to absolutely love. Home of the Oilers and home to the ever-so-wonderful Academy for the Performing Arts. My daughter and her friends wanted to do a special shoot, to commemorate the end of the [...]

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Huntington Beach High School, Huntington Beach, CA

Ah…….my favorite place to shoot……Huntington Beach High School! Our school that we have come to absolutely love. Home of the Oilers and home to the ever-so-wonderful Academy for the Performing Arts.

My daughter and her friends wanted to do a special shoot, to commemorate the end of the summer and the beginning of a very special time in her life and the lives of her friends…….HIGH SCHOOL!!! It’s so hard to believe that my baby is already in high school, but I truly believe she is going to have four absolutely amazing years. This day also happened to be the birthday of two of her favorite friends and twins, Phi and Phuong, so it was such a special opportunity to get her friends together and have some fun.

Most of the photos were taken around the historical Huntington Beach Union High School Theater and Bell Tower (that is the official name). Originally built in 1926, the theater was recently renovated and re-opened last September. It is beautiful, majestic and is now home to APA and used by many of the surrounding schools in the district. I have always wanted to take photos there with my daughter and her friends, so this was the perfect opportunity. “FRIENDS LIFESTYLE PHOTOGRAPHY” have become quite popular and high school students seem to much prefer these kind of shoots to typical studio sessions that are offered for seniors. I highly recommend getting a bunch of friends together for a shoot like this, it will be something you will remember forever.

I am incredibly excited for this upcoming year. So many wonderful shows, new friendships and memories that will last a lifetime. To all of you heading back to school, may this be a joyful year for you!!!!

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Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts

August 15th, 2010

ORANGE COUNTY FAIR – Orange County Lifestyle and Event Photographer, Cindy Meadors It’s no secret to anyone who knows me that I am a huge proponent of Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts. Music and the arts, precisely performing arts, seems to have become a dying breed amongst public schools in the last few [...]

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ORANGE COUNTY FAIR – Orange County Lifestyle and Event Photographer, Cindy Meadors

It’s no secret to anyone who knows me that I am a huge proponent of Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts. Music and the arts, precisely performing arts, seems to have become a dying breed amongst public schools in the last few decades. I remember going to high school and you could take an abundance of music classes from vocals to whatever instrument you were interested in learning. Nowadays, with budget cuts and state deficits (my state being the worst in the nation!) there’s not much available to today’s students in the way of music and performing arts. The city I live in and the high school in which my kids attend just happens to have THE BEST performing arts program in the county, and perhaps even in the state. I would venture to say it’s one of the best in the nation. Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts is a magnet program of Huntington Beach High School and has been in existence since 1993. The high school students who were fortunate to have been accepted in this program receive a world-class musical education and put on performances in which audience after audience walks away in disbelief that the students are in high school. I have stood in the aisles and listened to people make comments about the caliber of talent, it’s one of those things you must see for yourself to believe. In addition to Music Media Entertainment and Technology (MMET), APA has a Musical Theater, Dance, Acting, Dramatic Production, Costume Design, Technical Theater, Orchestra and Liberal Arts program offered. Auditions are held every year around February for the following school year. The Musical Theater department took home so many awards this past year for their production of “Singing’ in the Rain” that it will take another blog entry just to write all of them. It was beyond fantastic, it was extraordinary as was the talent that was on one stage in one show. Next season’s schedule and dates will soon be announced. Please check back here soon for upcoming dates.

The Orange County Fair got a real treat, a 4 1/2 hour show filled with music from today, the 70′s and some classics from Paul McCartney’s “Wings over America” tour. It was a culmination of songs played during the last school year at various shows and all those who attended loved every minute of it. I know I did!!!! I love all of these kids and am proud of every single one of them. Much thanks to Time Warner Cable for their sponsorship of the event and to Mr. Jamie Knight, the head of MMET, Mike Simmons, Mike Wilson and Nicole Kubis for putting it all together. As always, YOU KIDS ROCKED THE HOUSE!!!!!!!!