I just had to blog these photos…these two couldn’t be any more gorgeous. I had a great set of photo sessions at the lemon groves and will be sharing more soon!
I can’t believe tomorrow is Friday!! I knew this week would fly by and it has. It’s been a blur of shopping, building, painting and photo-editing. In fact, my hands are covered with green paint and I just got done shopping for moss today…how’s that for a teaser!
OK, enough about what I’ve been up to. Here are the details for the Ladera Ranch Spring Sessions…March 28 (Saturday) from 8:30 to 10:30am I’ll be in a secluded field absolutely covered with lush greenery and pops of orange wild flowers.
I feel like I absolutely scored by finding this location!! I can’t wait to see the images we come up with. The photo sessions will be 20 minutes long and will include an online gallery of 10+ images to choose from as well as (2) 5×7 prints. Additional prints/cards/etc. can be purchased a la carte.
The cost is $110 and if you are a socal resident (you don’t have to live in Ladera Ranch to participate) email me at info@kristineldridge.com to reserve your spot. Of course I’ll be bringing some gorgeous antique furniture out to the field. My wonderful Ladera host, Arlene, is emailing this info to all her friends, so I have a feeling the spots will go fast! This is such an awesome way to get Easter pictures of your kiddos that will out-do everything you’ve done before!!
-Kristin
Mar
03
All this warm weather has me excited about an upcoming trip to Oahu! I’ll be staying on the North Shore March 18-23. There really isn’t a more beautiful place to do beach photos, so if you happen to be lucky enough to be reading this from your home in Oahu or if you know someone who’d be interested shoot me an email. info@kristineldridge.com
I’ll be spending many hours watching Brent surf, so I thought it might be fun to break it up with a photo session! There will be special pricing, so email me for details.
Also, for all of you who asked about the photo tips I mentioned, those will be showing up next week on a friends blog. You’ll get to meet her tomorrow!
-Kristin
Can you plan an entire photo session around some one’s eyes? If you are Kristin Eldridge, the answer is yes. Emily brought along an entire basket of clothes, along with her sense of adventure, to her photo session this afternoon. I helped her choose what she would wear, based on- you guessed it- her amazing blue eyes.
You’ll see what I mean…
I’ll share more tomorrow, but I know a few people who’d be super excited to see a little sneak as soon as possible. More on this up and coming tomorrow…
-Kristin
I finally made it to the Fresh Foods Cafe to enjoy a lunch on the water and see my wall art! Way back in October, I photographed different fruits and vegetables for the restaurant. The grand opening was last week and I had a job, so I wasn’t able to go. Brent told me all about it, so I was so excited when Cindy invited me to go to lunch today.
I highly recommend the chopped salad! There’s a huge selection of fresh vegetables and once you choose your favorites, they chop the whole thing and add your choice of dressing. I had cilantro vinagrette and it was delicious!
The restaurant also roasts its own coffee beans, so I had to try a coffee while I was there. Ben suggested the latte with chocolate syrup and it was soooo good! I’m thinking about going back this afternoon for another. 🙂
Oh and the flatware is so cool! I loved my demitasse spoon. Cindy and I kept joking about sneaking a few pieces out the door every time we go.
Speaking of…Ben took this picture of us when he was checking in on our table.
Cindy got the tea and we were in love with her little steeping pot. Not sure what its real name is, but it makes having tea that much more enjoyable.
My friends and family only slightly roll their eyes when I take pictures of my food and people pouring tea and things like that. What can I say, I have to take a picture so I can share it with my invisible internet friends!
-Kristin
Today after school we met Cindy and Sam at Livingston Park in Belmont Shores. The park was built by the community and they did an AMAZING job. Seriously, this is the coolest park I’ve ever been to!
The park is divided into several sections of equipment. It’s great for moms that have different age groups because there is a little something for everyone!
The kids had so much fun!
This updated version of a merry-go-round was taken over by a few dads. There’s something about the way a dad pushes you, because ALL the kids were pumped about getting on the “ride”!
While I was there I met a guy from the city of Long Beach and we talked about doing pictures of the park for their website. How fun! I love chance meetings like that…and thanks Cindy for the introduction! 🙂
-Kristin
If you recall back to January 1, one of my goals for 2009 was to be overall more fabulous. Not me personally, just my business. 🙂 So, yesterday and today I did a major overhaul on the content of my website. The blog is fairly easy for me to update and add new things, but the website is like its forgotten orphan. I rarely think about it, which is wrong! Google Analytics tells me that most of you are coming through my site to the blog.
Anyway, go check out the site…lots of new content, some of which has never even seen the blog! I did keep some of my favorites from years past, but most of the content is new.
This is one of the new rotating pictures on the front page. I don’t think I ever blogged it. It was from one of my last photo sessions up in the bay area. I love the casual feel and the connection between the brothers. Since summer is around the corner, I wanted the front page to have a very light, airy and *warm* feel.
Another change is the categories in my portfolio. In the past, it was divided into stages of life. I decided to instead divide the portfolio into location styles. All walks of life can have their photo session in a rural area, urban downtown, at home or at the beach. I want to use the site as inspiration for clients in deciding the background for their images. They can easily click a location choice and see how they will fit into that environment.
Not to worry, I have an arsenal of locations for each of the categories. There will be no cookie-cutter photo sessions at the same place. If I ever do a repeat location, my goal is always to keep the same feel while making it look like a totally different place than the time before.
Coming soon…I want to keep it fresh by doing an experimental photo session every month. I’ll need local volunteers, so stay tuned for more details on that.
For now, bed is calling my name after a long day’s work.
-Kristin
Now that I’m officially a Long Beach local, I need to build up my list of favorite spots. I met with another photographer, Melinda Kim, a few weeks back and she was telling me about some of her favorite local spots. I finally had a chance to check one of them out!
We had to incorporate this new headband from Anthropologie. I love love love it!
Jake and Cooper tagged along today, so I had to get a current shot of these big guys!
And when all three jumped up on this log, I was wishing I had planned the clothing situation a little more for the boys, because this is such a CUTE shot!
Have a great Valentine’s Day everyone!
-Kristin
…America’s Next Top Model.
Her mom told me she was a serious one. Oh my goodness, these serious soulful looks are drop-dead gorgeous!
It turns out this little cutie has some sweet smiles as well!
And by the end, I had a full-on laugh!
Thanks for a great afternoon photo session!
-Kristin
I spent yesterday evening putting together parcels for all my lovely clients from the Valentine Mini-Sessions. Everything turned out amazing and needed an extra-special touch in the packaging.
It’s so fun to see all these parcels together!
I put together a few limited edition albums and they are such a great way to incorporate all your photos. The leather cover has an amazing texture and the pages are hinged UV-coated. Each photo has a black proofing border, so no turning from side to side- vertical and horizontal images face the same way!
If you are interested in this album, it will be available until the end of February for Valentine participants only.
I hope everyone is enjoying their goodies! Stayed tuned for future collaborations with Rascals to Rebels. And in the meantime, drop by their store…the spring collections are soooo cute!
-Kristin