She gives me attitude.  She gives me lip.  Then, she gives me a 5 minute window of shooting time.  It’s a good thing she’s so stinkin’ cute!

I’m exaggerating a bit.  Well, all except the 5 minute shooting window!  Jillian, my 4 year old pixie, humors me from time to time with little fashion shoots.  I love clothes, so it’s fun for me to pick an outfit and then have a vision with where we’ll shoot it and the whole vibe the pictures will have.

I had seen this old hotel in San Pedro (which is now filled with offices) and envisioned a really retro feel.  Then I found the cutest red dress at the Gap and the rest is history.  Once we got into the shoot, she was having fun.  For five minutes.

Light floods in through a glass ceiling and it looks like not much has been done to the building for the last 80 years or so.  It’s SO up my alley.

Here’s a few more with a bit more a vintage feel to the editing style.

Hey little diva- some day you’ll be happy that I bugged you to take pictures every once in a while. 🙂

-Mom

I finished up my time in the Bay Area with Dwan and her family.  We had the most gorgeous sunset lighting and since the kids were older, I was really able to position them to take full advantage of the lighting!

The boys came straight from football games all day in the heat.  They cleaned up pretty well! 🙂

And little sister, Amelia, fell right in line with her brothers and their amazing blue eyes!

This is one of my favorite family shots.  I love it when families are affectionate.

Since I have two boys as well, I was especially fond of this picture too!

Thanks to ALL the families that moved around their schedules, endured the heat and all the rest to do a photo session with me.  I’m finishing up the galleries in the next day or two, so I’ll be in touch with you all very soon!

-Kristin

…we got some wonderful pictures that doesn’t let on how stinkin’ hot they all were!  These kids were absolutely amazing and so patient as we walked around the park in well over 100 degree weather.

Little Robert was so serious (as most two-year olds are!), but all it took was a little squeeze from dad to get a smile!

His big sisters were so helpful with Robert.  They held on to him…and bribed him with a little candy!

Then, I asked them to just let him go and I got this picture, which I think is so adorable!

All the siblings had such beautiful eyes!

And although I love bright vibrant colors, this one just worked for me in black and white.

Thanks for putting up with the heat!  I can’t wait to show you the rest of the pictures-

Kristin

…at being cute!  I met Semira several months ago when I was working with Models, Inc. Talent Agency.  I took her headshots, then got more requests for her cute little face, so I was able to work with her on some commercial jobs.

It was fun to be able to photograph her with her mom and dad…and see how grown up she is now!

Isn’t she such a cutie-pie!!?

Not surprising…look at her mom and dad! 🙂

This is one of my favorites.  I love the moody lighting.

I hope you guys enjoy the pictures!

-Kristin

What brave parents to entrust Baby Kevin with his big toddler siblings!  Don’t worry, dad was close by ready to save the day.  I poke fun at the situation because I have my own 3 kids that are very close together and I have memories of Jillian being dropped because her brothers decided they were done holding her…and gave me a split second’s notice! 🙂

Here he is back safe in his mommy’s arms!

…and another in daddy’s arms.

One of my favorites from the day…

What a cute family!

Congratulations!  Baby Kevin is soooo sweet!

-Kristin

The bar was set pretty high last time I saw this family.  In fact, Sydney’s cute little fairy face graced the top of my last blog for months on end.  So, last week we began the planning for this fall photo session.  I knew I could count on Lisa to come up with super cute outfits and she didn’t disappoint.  🙂

We did a mix of really pretty scenery and the rustic field background.

And some more formal shots…

…mixed with a few fun ones!

My personal favorite…

Thanks you guys!  Hope you are having fun at Disneyland this week!

-Kristin

Mia started out a little shy, but I think it took her all of 3 seconds to warm up to me. 🙂  She was a total cutie pie, even though the weather was beyond hot!

Seeing her in this tutu made reminded me that all little girls need to be photographed in one…

It turned out great in black and white too:

Look at these eye lashes!!

Mia…you’re an absolute doll!

-Kristin

As if the last post weren’t enough, I have an abundance of cute pictures of these guys.

Here’s one of my favorites of Ethan:

…and Talia:

I flew in from the bay area today and I knew I gave it my all because I am ready to collapse on the floor!  The photo sessions went SO well and I can’t wait to share all the gorgeous kids and their families.

To kick things off, I saw Ethan and Talia- who were even cuter than the last time I saw them.  🙂  Tina had an idea to take her fainting couch outside and I was all for it!  Too bad for us that the weather was well above 100 when we were lugging it down a flight of stairs, into the car and down the trail.

But, wouldn’t you say it was worth it!??

I’ve got plenty more from this session to share, but here’s one for now while I download all my carefully numbered cards.

-Kristin

It’s a little crazy to be thinking about the holidays. Yet, here I am packing my bags to head up to the Bay Area with the purpose of taking pictures for holiday cards! I’m so excited to see some favorite clients and meet some new ones as well.

Here are some of the new tri-fold cards. They are 5×5 after they’re all folded up…so cute! You’ll see two images for each card-one is the inside, one is the outside of the card.

And here are a bunch of the 5×7 cards. They can be made as a flat card or a folded card..with more goodies on the inside.

Classy: (hard to see, but there’s a white borer around it)

Cocoa:

Entwined:

Evergreen:

Funky Snowflakes:

Grunged Up:

Gumdrops:

Holiday Spice:

Opera:

Patina:

Polka Dot Cutie:

Rococo:

Rosemary:

Sentimental:

Simple:

Wishes:

These are press-printed cards, so they totally stand out and as you can see there’s a bit of something for everyone!

-Kristin