Thanks to Owen and his mom, Tiffany, we found a great new spot for photos (and future bike rides!) Aliso & Wood Canyons Wilderness Park. After some postponing due to cloudy days we finally found the perfect evening for our senior portrait shoot. And I’m so glad we waited. Got some awesome evening light and Owen was a great sport in trudging through the bushes for some shots.
Got to do some photos for a good friend and her wonderful little family for a special occasion: her son Phineas’ first birthday smash cake. Mom made the crown (and cake!) and I was seriously dying of cuteness. Not to mention there is something just so tragically funny about a kid crying his heart out while at the same time shoving cake in his mouth.
Got to try something a little new recently: a walk around Mission San Juan, which is always nice, and a photo shoot for little Isabel’s First Holy Communion. Unfortunately it was a busy Saturday so it took a bit of photoshopping to remove some background tourists, but the isolation with her in the white dress and the huge old archway was just too perfect to have random people in the final shot. Although I have been to the mission many times it was the first time I had actually gone into the chapel, and I’m so thankful I did! Could have shot in there for hours! It had some really amazing architecture and lighting. Looking forward to revisiting the mission for some personal shooting. Maybe on a weekday 😉
Couldn’t have asked for a better setting to take maternity photos. A beautiful nursery set up for little Lizzy and then a tree covered park right next door. And we even ran into a horse as he left the stable for a walk on the local trail.
Perfect rainy day for an indoor photo shoot with this adorable little one. She was so great having fun with her smash cake. Big brother just had to get in on some of that frosting as well 🙂
One of the Christmas photo sessions I had in Laguna Beach. Gotta love being able to spend an evening at the beach with great family friends, and in December!
Just in time! We planned on doing this maternity session a couple weeks earlier but life happens and had to reschedule. And it’s a good thing we got it in, little baby Burris decided she was ready for her closeup just one week after the maternity shoot. It was a great day at the Orange circle which happened to be the same location we did their wedding photos back in 2012! We got to recreate some photos from the wedding shoot but with bonus dog and belly this time. After making a very pregnant Ariana walk her feet off in Orange (although she was amazing and smiled and laughed through the entire event) we said goodbye and planned on seeing each other for the delivery a few weeks later. Then the following Friday morning I got a text that baby was on her way! Well almost. After a long day and night and part of another day (without any drugs) momma Burris finally delivered little Cameron May ( I absolutly love that name). It was such a beautiful experience to be a part of. I feel truly blessed to be able to capture these moments for such wonderful people and now wonderful parents.
I love doing photos for Family. Especially when I get to bring my whole family and watch my oldest boy dance his little heart out! (note: the flask was closed in the photo below ) And then mom has to take photos with a sleeping five month old strapped to her chest. A great day for a wedding with a great couple.
It was a hot evening at Irvine park but well worth it to meet little Sophia and get to photograph one of my favorite families to shoot. They make my job really easy.
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