Family Photos~ Crazy Boys!

A friend of mine asked if I could take a few photos of her boys for her and of course I said I would love to. Our husbands are good friends (yes, it's a bromance type of friendship!) and we do things together all the time. Gavin, the youngest is my husband's god-son and I gave him his first bath! So I know these boys pretty well.

I know them and they know me, but I was totally unprepared for what came next! Gavin cried THE ENTIRE TIME. It was comical! As soon as his feet touched the grass until we gave up and headed back for their house, he cried! But by the miracle of miracles, we got one photo of all three boys together and you would never know the work that went into it! (I snapped the individual photo of him in his own backyard without his brothers around).

Here is a sneek peek at what most of them looked like! It was actually really funny after a while!

My Family Christmas Photo- Oh So Fun!

Every time I photograph a family and they get all stressed out about how their kids are behaving, I try to convince them that they really aren't that bad (and most of the time I really do mean it!) and that I have photographed lots of families and tons of kids and it is just what happens- no big deal. Now, all that goes right out the window when it comes to photographing my own girls! They are monsters! 

There is always a big blowout before we ever even leave the house! This time my oldest said she wasn't going and to just take the family photo without her! And my youngest burst into tears because she wanted to wear something different then I had pick out! Then the two bicker all the way there! So for the 20 minute car ride to the location I chose for this years Christmas photo I had to ask myself "Why? Why and I doing this?" over and over!

The answer is so that I can hang this on my wall and enjoy my family every day! Don't they look sweet snuggled up together! We're all just lucky it's a photo and not video! 

Merry Christmas!

Senior Photos- Hannah

I'm excited to be getting more senior photo opportunities lately! Senior photos are fun! Multiple outfits, sometime multiple locations and fun attitudes!

I'm putting together a Facebook page and one of the first things I'll be doing is awarding free senior sessions as prizes, one for each local school- Dana Hills, San Juan Hills, Capo, San Clemente, Aliso Niguel as well as the private schools J Serra, Capo Valley Christian, Saddleback Christian, St Margarets, etc. I'll add the link as soon as it is live.

More Family Fun

These guys are such a sweet family and another family I have seen year after year. I can't believe how all of these guys who were such little kids have grow up! Soon I'll be doing their senior photos! Amazing how time flies!

Love Those Lashes

Once again, another face you have seen year after year on my blog. This guy has the greatest lashes! And he's another one who is going to break a few hearts. Such a sweetheart.

Brothers

These adorable brothers have been seen here on my blog quite a few times as well. I got to photograph them again this year in this fun rural setting. It's fun to see the same families year after year to see how the kids grow. These two are going to be heartbreakers real soon!

Holiday Photo Time Again

I've been crazy busy with all the weddings this year! I love "second shooting" as it's called in the industry- working for other photographers, photographing weddings under their studio's name. It's been so great to be able to photograph so many beautiful people in so many amazing locations! But the wedding season is winding down.... it's time for Christmas card season! Let the fun begin! And it did with these adorable girls. I've been photographing them for the last 3 years and I just love to see how they have grown and changed each year.  

Whew! It's been a long time..

I used to be such a good blogger! Look at me now :( Part of the reason I haven't been blogging is because I have been working mostly for other photographers. They call it "second shooting" in the photography industry. That is working for another photographer, under their studio name, but without the long hours sitting in front of a computer editing. I love it!! I get to do what I love- photograph people, but don't have to do what I hate- sit in front of a computer for HOURS on end! :) And as most of the second shooting I have been doing is wedding photographer, I do mean hours.
Another reason I have not posted anything in a long time is because I do not promote myself as a wedding photographer, but that is exactly what I have been doing all spring and summer. Lots and lots of weddings! Again, mostly as a second shooter. But because I have had so many people ask me lately if business has been really slow, I decided I would go ahead and post a little sneak peak at just some of the work I have been doing lately.

At least 10 weddings and a couple family shoots under the belt this season. I've been lucky enough to work with some truly gifted wedding photographers! And have shot in some truly spectacular venues. Ouu, and my photos have even been published in a wedding magazine! (Under the photographer's name I was working for)
So look at my blog and think, "Wow, she must not be doing any photography lately", it's just that I am doing it under an assumed name ;)

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day

A few of the fun ones from the Christmas Mini Sessions..

Merry Christmas from my crew...

Newborn~ Baby Emma

The secret to good newborn photos is to take them when the baby is about 5-7 days old. After that they just don't sleep as well... case in point! Sweet Baby Emma just would not sleep, no matter what we tried. She was just way too curious about what was going on in the world!

Newborn~ Baby Gavin

I love newborns! They are so cute! So soft! They smell wonderful! And as a mom of a teenager, I love that they don't talk back yet....yet :)! This little guy was no exception- he was just so sweet and cuddly! <3

Christmas 2011

I will only be offering a handful of sessions this Christmas season! I broke my wrist in July while on vacation in Idaho and have to have surgery- complete with a titanium plate and 8 screws!

I'm healing well, and have been doing a little wedding work and some second shooting for wedding photographers since, but I can't overdo it!

I will be scheduling a limited number of sessions for Sept, Oct and the first week of November. Email me if you are interested along with the date you are thinking of and the location.

A New Venture

I've started on a new venture! Landscape photography!

I've been busy second shooting weddings (which I love!) but a little slower in the portrait business so a friend asked me to put together some photo cards for her store and it has been so fun that I'm planning on creating a whole line of local Southern California photo cards!

We'll see what happens.....