Voila Photography was started during the Summer of 2004, exactly one year after moving from France to California. Since that time, I have gotten to know what seems like a very large portion of the community here in the Valley. I am blessed to have met these wonderful people who have trusted me to photograph part of their life with their babies, children, family and horses.

I love seeing how families here live and I understand why America is a great country.

My work is entirely digital and has been that way for several years now. I cannot imagine going back to film, I'm having too much fun with digital. It allows me to experiment and to push myself to see just how creative I can be. Plus I love being able to see the results right away. Photoshop, a digital program, enables me to make changes and that is also an interesting part of my tasks as a photographer. A blemish, a heavy expression line, hair out of place can be corrected to create an ideal picture. I like to play Merlin and change the World!

I love to photograph outside and at places where children, families and seniors are most comfortable. That is when they really open up and let me see who they are. That is why I am here, to preserve who you and your loved ones are at this moment in your life.

Thank you for your interest in my work.

Valerie Bodson-Kieselhorst ....................................n