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Category archives: Family Portraits
So... I didn't offer Halloween mini sessions this year because time (and life) just got away from me. But when a friend told me about her idea to dres[...]
It was time to update photos for this lovely family! They came to me three years ago, when their oldest daughter was the age their youngest daughter i[...]
I can't think of a better reason to document a moment in time than that of getting a new puppy. Because what could be cuter than a newly adopted puppy[...]
This dreamy family contacted me recently - mom wanted a session with her girls in their new home. Well, 3 years they've lived here now and wanted an u[...]
I had the pleasure of capturing this family's first portrait at the beach way back five years ago when they were visiting California on vacation. It w[...]
Sometimes the stars all align to make for the perfect family portrait session: beautiful November weather, perfect light, stunning subjects and add in[...]
This lovely family was given a gift certificate for a session as a gift and I think I was the lucky recipient on this deal. Two perfectly adorable chi[...]
I have been "shooting" this family for, I think, six or seven years now, and they truly are more like friends than clients. I look forward to seeing t[...]
I'm so happy to have met this beautiful family and their lovely (and well behaved) children! They joined another family for a "Christmas on the beach"[...]
Our original session date threatened rain, and to be on the safe side we pushed it out a bit. Well, we couldn't have been happier - with the glowing l[...]
I had the pleasure of shooting Zachary's missionary photos a couple of month's ago. He was preparing to serve a mission for the LDS church in New Zeal[...]
Lucky me. I get to look forward to seeing this family every year. We hang out, catch up on our families, see how much these boys have grown (it's hard[...]
I was friends with Adam back in college - we went to BYU together, and I recently reconnected with him and his super lovely wife and kids when I took [...]
As I rounded the bend on the windy, tree-lined road, I knew this was going to be worth the hour + drive and 5:30 am wake-up call. I always enjoy phot[...]
It was a beautiful golden morning - we got started early (very early - like 6:45 am) because that's when sweet baby Penelope is happiest and the light[...]
This year's mini sessions last Saturday had to be my most fun ever! Between the perfect weather, gorgeous light and fabulous fun clients (including so[...]
I just love this family...not only have I been photographing them for many years, but my family recently moved in around the corner from them so I get[...]
I have a lot of blog posts I need to catch up with from this year. These last couple of months get so busy with shooting that I don't have time keep u[...]
I think this was my 6th year photographing this beautiful family, but only our second time at the beach! It was a beautiful, warm day in November - so[...]
Love this family and these girls! I have enjoyed taking their photos for five years now and I look forward to every single session! And I can't believ[...]
I think my absolute favorite sort of session is a family session like this - where we take a few "posed" family shots for the wall -but then just capt[...]
I have been photographing this beautiful family since the middle child was a baby...and before adorable boy #3 came along! It's been so much fun to wa[...]
I had a lot of clients who wanted to make it to the last mini sessions but just couldn't fit it in their schedule. I've had so many requests for add[...]
The tradition continues - and it keeps getting bigger and better in every way! The Gibbs family has been coming to me every summer since 2008 or 2009 [...]
The "M" family came out to visit all the way from Texas. It's been so fun shooting so many families from Texas this year. And my favorite part - they[...]
The Cullimore family came to visit from all over and what a fun family to photograph! The morning of their session I woke up looking forward to meetin[...]
This session has been a long time in coming. This family was gifted a session by grandma a few years ago and they didn't cash in on it right away bec[...]
Some of my earliest memories were spending long days on the beach at T-street in San Clemente with this family. My parents became friends with the no[...]
This family was so very fun and it has some of my very favorite people! It was great to get to meet everyone and photography such a huge, fun-loving [...]
Happy Mother's Day to all of the amazing mother's out there! I do want to post a quick sneak peek of one amazing mother and client that I know and her[...]
It was January. Not exactly what you think of as the greatest beach weather. But we had friends coming into town - a good friend from my college days [...]
Today is the birthday of a very dear friend, seen pictured with her very lovely family below. Well, it was until the clock struck midnight. I'd hoped [...]
It's always a treat to be invited into the home of a precious new baby. They just bring a spirit of love and innocence to any home. And also, I get t[...]
This gorgeous family got together for the holidays and I was honored to take their family portraits the day before New Year's Eve. It was a beautiful [...]
This family grew up in Corona del Mar but has since moved away to Texas. They wanted to spend their Thanksgiving in warmer climes and came back to the[...]
These images will really tell you all you need to know about this loving father and son duo. This was my third year photographing Denzin, and he is o[...]
My visiting family from Singapore finished up their set of four sessions at the lovely Montage in Laguna Beach, where they were staying for[...]
This was a most gorgeous evening for our final family session with the "R" family at Crescent Bay in Laguna Beach. Today's sunny beautiful weather he[...]
It's always so fun to capture loving memories with peeps I grew up with...and even more fun when it's been nearly two decades since seeing them! And [...]
It's always so fun to capture loving memories with peeps I grew up with...and even more fun when it's been nearly two decades since seeing them! And [...]
It's that time of year again when so many of my clients come to me for an updated family portrait for their Holiday and Christmas cards. One of the b[...]
This beautiful family came all the way to Laguna Beach from the equally beautiful (but admittedly colder at the moment) Zurich Switzerland! I love to[...]
This session was the second in a series of 4 sessions done for this family earlier this year - you can see the first session HERE! This time around s[...]
It's that time of the month again....contest time! I have so much fun entering contests when I get a moment...mostly because I quite enjoy seeing all [...]
Normally I like to shoot as close to sunset as possible....but this family wanted to come and get their family pictures done and out of the way and th[...]
This adorable family came all the way down from Northern California to visit Newport Beach last September! They were so relaxed and candid and fun wit[...]
This ridiculously photogenic family has been a huge fan of the Duck Dynasty TV show since it's inception. Long before it became popular in the mainstr[...]
I think extended family portraits have to be one of my favorites! I love when generations of families come to be together and then want to capture t[...]
I just love this family! I was so excited when they contacted me to let me know they would be visiting for the summer again from overseas. I think t[...]
Ok...so this won't be the typical "sneak peek." This post is more of a "help me make a decision" kind of post. See, these are photos of my amazing sis[...]
You know the old saying, "the early bird gets the worm?" Well, in this case the early risers can sometimes get the most gorgeous light. I don't often[...]
This super lovely family was all together from all over for the Labor Day holiday and had the wonderful idea to have their family portraits taken whil[...]
Just a quick little sneak peek from a session early this morning at the Huntington Beach Pier. This lovely family came all the way from Arizona and we[...]
It's currently 97 degrees here in Newport Beach - which is about 20 degrees above what it usually is around here. Since I've spent most of my week in[...]
I absolutely adore shooting with my repeat clients - the ones who come back year after year after year. The ones who really feel more like friends now[...]
This much anticipated "sneak peek" comes for a family that couldn't be sweeter! I met them for a family session in 2010 in Temecula when their[...]
Submitting for this months iheartfaces photo challenge!
Check out the other great entries HERE!
Read more at http://www.iheartfac[...]
These girls really are on the right track. It's been my pleasure to follow their progress throughout the school year with regular (weekly) updates on [...]
It's amazing to me how I can sometimes show up at the beach and still have what feels like an entire beach to ourselves - a private beach almost, in s[...]
I'm so excited to have just launched a whole new line of products. Whatever look you have going on in your home, I can create a piece of art that fits[...]
While I love the dreamy feeling evoked by these portraits by the pier, in reality it was a cold and windy last day of May. This baby, who travelled a[...]
Father's Day was officially signed into law in 1972 by President Richard M. Nixon. But did you know that the Father's Day celebrations as we know them[...]
Marci is a friend of mine, who I didn't know all that well in High School, but have gotten to know better on Facebook. I've always thought that she h[...]
This is a follow up post to family portrait taken of my friend Jason and his lovely family in Red Rock Canyon, Nevada, shown here! Because it was so [...]
Jason and I have been good friends since my sophomore year in high school, and he is the man primarily responsible for all of my clients who found me [...]
I've known most of these kids since they were teeny tiny babies - I have photos of the oldest boy and my middle daughter together when they were two..[...]
Yes, summer is coming. And with it the plethora of portrait sessions at the beach! Many of those I do each year are from families out of town. But th[...]
I am submitting this family portrait favorite into the "Rock the Shot" contest this month which has the theme of silhouettes. I have a lot of[...]
I was lucky enough to photograph this picture perfect family in their picture perfect home (which they've worked very hard on for the last three years[...]
I had the loveliest time photographing this fun family/engagement shoot. What made it all the more fun was that I had just had my own engagement sessi[...]
This gorgeous family couldn't help but look great anywhere we went. And to make it even better, they are beautiful inside and out! But of course, the [...]
I've had a surprise party or two (or three) thrown for me in my life. Only one was truly a surprise. It's not easy to pull those off. But this one was[...]
Patsi Smith is one of my favorite people of all time. I first met her as a 12 year old - what they call a "beehive" in our church youth program - and [...]
This family was all together for the week of Christmas and I was lucky enough to take their portraits the night before I left to go out of town! And w[...]
I have always loved animals - so much so that I always thought I would be a veterinarian when I grew up as a child. I even majored in pre-vet and then[...]
..That's what little boys are made of ! And this little boy was all boy! It was a very documentary style session - mostly following little "D" around[...]
This session felt jinxed from the beginning. Having had to be rescheduled due to bad weather, we made a second go at it last Thursday! This sweet fam[...]
Here's the same couple from the last post with Shane's sweet daughter Skylar! Can't you just feel the love?
So fun to photograph this beautiful family again this year. Check out last year's photos here! It was kind of a dark and rainy day in Marina del Ray[...]
Can you tell that these folks really love each other... and they love to play... a lot? All of my favorite images from this session were the ones wher[...]
The Christmas season is in full swing and I have a record number of last minute (or last few weeks) sessions to get out and edited this time around! W[...]
I believe. I believe in the spirit of Christmas. I believe in the love that binds families together. I believe the spirit of a child and the beauty o[...]
I was so excited when my good friend and roommate from BYU came down to visit California with her family! I knew I had to find time to see them in my[...]
Here are some more of the family mini sessions from earlier this month at the mission San Juan Capistrano. This fun family mini session was a couples,[...]
That's what little girls are made of! At least this little one was! She was such a joy to photograph at our mini sessions held at the San Juan Capist[...]
Between 2 rounds of the chicken pox and uninformed security officers trying to run us off of the grounds in spite of having permission to shoot there,[...]
I just returned from shooting mini sessions at the San Juan Capistrano Mission today - I love shooting there! But this session was from a while ago -[...]
I think this has been my favorite costume for these girls...it suits them - and this ranch - perfectly! And what better additions to a styled cowgir[...]
It's been such a pleasure to watch this twinkly-eyed, smiley gal grow the last couple of years. Those baby blues, flowing blond hair and sweet nature [...]
This gorgeous young family was referred to me by this family who came out to visit from Nevada 2 years ago! I love to get fun, new referrals from pas[...]
Anniversary portraits are becoming one of my favorites to do lately... I think it's so awesome to have the relationship captured as a reaffirmation of[...]
I really enjoyed spending a lovely August evening with this fun-loving family from out of state. Now that it's fall, I'm enjoying remembering those g[...]
I look forward to getting to see this family every year in August. They come all the way out from Ohio, and I believe this was my 4th year having the [...]
I have had many many clients over the years come to me from out of state and who are staying at the Newport Coast Villas or at Pelican Hill across the[...]
I love getting to meet new people, and I love that I have so man clients come to me from so far away! This group hailed from as far away as New Jerse[...]
I was so excited to meet this lovely family for our session. Sara contacted me over Facebook and I felt like we connected right away! She had some awe[...]
I've had so many clients this summer coming from out of town or out of state and visiting at either Pelican Hill or the Marriot Villas in Newport Coas[...]