orange county family photographer/photography Archives - Page 11 of 44

Apr

Neon colors in the Nursery [Orange County Baby Photographer]

I mentioned the other day that I was at Melody’s (of Sweet and Saucy) loft photographing her beautiful baby Blake. While there, I took the opportunity to document all the amazing details that went into her nursery. While we were chatting, she mentioned that she’s normally drawn to a neutral/pale color palette, but while planning Blake’s nursery, she was smitten with everything bright and bold! The mix of colors is spot on. I love how everything comes together in the room! And I have to agree that while I fancy myself a rather neutral person, lately I’ve been known to buy a thing or two in hot pink.

Apr

To Sum it Up [Rossmoor Family Photographer]

It’s been a little while since I’ve summed up for you what I’ve been doing! Work-wise, it’s been full of fun photo shoots and tons of newborns. I mean tons! The last four photo sessions I’ve had have been with babies under 2 weeks old. And I love it! On a personal note, the kids have gone back to school after a week on spring break. We were here for the break, so the days were filled with play dates, frozen yogurt and trips to the beach. Oh and all that pesky rain. But, we won’t dwell on that. It’s supposed to be back up to 80 this week. YES.

One of the super cool things I got to do recently was a newborn photo session with Melody, the owner of Sweet and Saucy. The photo session took place in her loft and the huge windows gave us the best lighting. Baby Blake had a ton of accessories for us to choose from and I really could have photographed her all day. Such a cutie and such a great family!

Baby Michael came in last week when his dad called in literally the night before to see if I had any openings. I happened to have the next day free and since Michael was almost 3 weeks, we needed to get his newborn photos taken right away. He was such a sweetheart and kept wanting to pop his head up to see what was going on. He didn’t want to miss anything! He finally drifted into sleep and we were able to do some sleepy little newborn poses as well. What a great photo session!

Apr

Baby Baby! [Long Beach Baby Photographer]

As promised, I’m sharing Erika’s little Monroe. In just a few minutes, we documented all the moves of a crawling babe. This stage is my favorite to photograph…they smile non-stop and they are always posing (whether it’s chubby toes together, lunging forward or the cute little ‘kickstand’).

Erika makes all Monroe’s headbands. I love that so many moms are doing this now. Babies bring out our inner-crafty!

Rolls for days!

Apr

To Sum it Up [Huntington Beach Baby Photographer]

Yesterday I was parking my car and got hit by a bicyclist. As in ‘he crashed into my car ‘(apparently not looking where he was going). After he yelled at me, (huh?) he sped off. I was too flustered to chase after him, so I basically got into a hit-and-run with a bicycle. That’s a first! Anyway, it came on the heels of a busy weekend. Not really how I wanted to start my week (a $500 deductible later), but I have lots to be thankful for…so we press on!

To brighten spirits, I’ll share with you what I was up to last week. All kinds of crazy good stuff!

Mar

Flashback: Spring 2010 [Rossmoor Child Photographer]

This shoot makes me think I need to use balloons more often. I love the punch of color in an otherwise neutral photo.

Mar

To Sum it Up [Huntington Beach Photographer]

Were you part of the Hunger Games mania this weekend? I read the books last year, but I’m nervous to see the movie. I hate when movies ruin the wonderful experience of the book. And it’s happened more than once. So, I’m on the fence. Those that have read the books and seen the movie…was it worth it? Do you feel angsty about having seen it? Did it do the characters justice? Do you feel like maybe I shouldn’t be obsessing about a young adult book/movie when I am WELL into my 30’s?

Speaking of young adults…middle school. I photographed a local middle school’s graduating 8th graders and don’t ever remember looking this cute. Not in middle school, and maybe not ever!

Here’s a few other sessions I had this last week. On sunnier days. I told Brent today I was so tired of the gloomy weather and he asked me if I meant I was tired of the last 10 hours of gloomy weather. Because yesterday was beautiful. I just forgot. And the week before. Oh, Long Beach. You spoil me.

Mar

Style Findings: Modern Door [Long Beach Photographer]

I hate to be a tease, but guess what? I’m going to. Last week, my friend Erika let me RE-TAKE images in her modern home because sommmmmeone lost all the images she took the last time she was in Erika’s home. Boo. But, the bonus is that Erika’s baby is now sitting up and crawling and chubby and just the cutest thing you’ve ever seen. So. It’s not so much a bad thing when you re-take images and there’s a very cute baby there to photograph as well.

Here’s where the tease comes in. I have to be out the door in about 10 minutes for a photo session AND I won’t be home again until about 8:30 tonight. Can you say working mom? Anyway, I only have time to post Erika’s entry way. TEASE. Oh and her cute baby. I promise I won’t lose the photos this time and I’ll share her living area with you next week. promise.

Her door is perfect. It made me want to get a new door. And paint it. She told me the pots on her front step are from Anthropologie and Home Goods. Gotta love a girl who does high brow/low brow.

Okay back again with more from Erika’s house next week. Oh and Baby Monroe gets her own post too.

Mar

Flashback: Oilily Spring [Orange County Child Photographer]

So, this flashback is just from a few weeks ago, but I didn’t get the chance to blog it! I photographed a campaign for Oilily Spring 2012. Jillian and her friend Lydnsay got to model for me. Love when those sample sizes are an 8!

I was able to shoot in my studio because they wanted a plain and simple backdrop. Do you recognize these paper flowers? Here they are in action!

And this is the finished product on the Oilily website!

Mar

To Sum it Up [Rossmoor Baby Photographer]

Can we talk for a moment about time? Where the heck does it all go? I totally feel you when you call me and say…I just want to capture my kids the way they are today. His missing teeth are going to be filled in, like tomorrow, with those big adult teeth and that empty space on the top won’t be empty again. I love that you want to freeze time for a moment.

This week I had such a fun session with a 7 and 10 year old. We were running with bubbles and jumping over waves. My kind of work day.

I also finished up the sessions at Rascals to Rebels. The kids were amazing…lots of babies this time around. And I didn’t plan it this way, but the colors and the softness of the backdrop was perfect for babies. So, win win.

And newborn season. Yes, there is a season for newborns. When Baby Morgan came to the studio this week I was talking to her mom about how during the fall and winter months I see a few newborns, but when spring rolls around those babies come one right after the other. So, yeah! We’re into the newborn season!!