The Wiekamp Family Session // San Clemente State Beach // Orange County Family Photographer
The Hatch Family // Calafia Beach Family Session// San Clemente Photographer
Sarah+ Blake // Montage Laguna Beach Engagement Session// Laguna Beach Engagement // Orange County Photographer
This Montage, Laguna Beach engagement session was full of passion & connection for these two Sweden's. Yes, thats right they came to California to have their engagement session captured along the beautiful coast! It was so incredible to capture these two and all the love between them with the sun shining , waves crashing and birds flying all around us . You could just feel the emotion in these moments and thats when I love my job most.
Congrats Sarah + Blake on this new chapter in your lives!
S t a c e y + M i k e // Shaw’s Cove Maternity Session // Orange County Maternity Photographer
Capturing memories with your IPHONE / S u m m e r // C h i l d h o o d // Jae+Audrey
Often I think people assume because I'm a photographer I have my camera on me all the time to document my own family but the truth is I use my iPhone more than anything. I do find it important to capture the day-to-day moments of my kids growing and learning and changing but my camera is just such a pain to carry everywhere and a liability when we go places that I have learned to rely on my iPhone primarily for the day to day stuff . When I use my iPhone to capture moments I typically work hard at getting crisp sharp images by stabilizing the camera and using the focal point given (selecting the araa of the screen I want to focus on) and playing with the light wherever I am. What I like about it? I LOVE that new technology has really improved the quality of phone cameras and therefore it literally captures what your eyes see , which sometimes I have to work really hard adjusting my BIG camera settings to achieve . Not to undermine my expensive equipment I use for work , just to say that you can really get good photos with your phone these days and the convenience factor of already having it glued to our hands 24/7 helps! SO, start playing with your iPhone camera (if you have one) or whatever phone camera you have! I wanted to share with you on the BLOG all photos captured with my iPhone. Every single image you see below , I took of my munchkins at play and WITH my PHONE! These are the memories of childhood I want my kids to remember, to be able to look back on and one day share with their own children or get passed around in a circle of loved ones reminscing .
I LOVE Summer, my family loves summer so you’ll find lots of shots from yard play, beach outings, water play, donut shop pit stops, bike rides, zoo fun, nap times, target trips -
ok ok ok , you will see for yourself ! Ha. Scroll on down. If this blog inspires you to capture more of the ‘everyday' for your kids than it’s fulfilled its purpose! If you have questions on how to achieve a certain look in your images, feel free to leave me a note and I will do my best to answer your questions!
Beach days // San Clemente , CA // Calafia Beach
Audrey's badonka donk . . .
Bed head hair don't care
Because I wouldn't let her have a cookie for dinner .
Grocery store naps .
Many donut shop morning stops in PJ's
Audrey's not pleased to share her bike with mommy . Ha.
Jae discovered her love for roller skating. She is fearless and gets up after each fall with such determination to learn .
Her stink face competition .
The Dunbar Family// Lifestyle Baking Session // Lifestyle Family Session Orange County
A little fun baking with Paisley . . .
HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY PAISLEY!
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO WATCH YOU GROW!
And lastly . . .
this is her sitting in her MOMMYS rocking chair from when she was a baby! I mean , c’mon , how cool is that?!
Joanna + Alan // San Juan Capistrano Engagement Session // Hamilton Oaks Winery Session
The Smyth Family // Newport Beach Family Session // Newport Beach Family Photographer
One thing I love about this time of year is getting the privilege to capture memories for families vacationing here in beautiful Southern California! This sweet family came all the way from Texas to visit our gorgeous city Newport Beach . I just adored all of them! They were so down to earth and fun to photograph! I feel so honored to be able to document a special time for their family, a time where they are splashing in the water and giggling on the beach , embracing the beauty of the coast sunset that we sometimes take for granted living here. Thank you to the Smyth Family for allowing me the privilege of meeting tour sweet family !
The Hersperger Family // Montage Resort Laguna Beach Family Session // Orange County Family Photographer
The Duchesneau's Family Session // Calafia State Beach // San Clemente Photographer
This session was a special one because one of these sweet girls, (Sophia , age 8yr), is a best friend of my daughters and in her second grade class . I really love shooting at this location because of the versatility in all the scenic you get ! This spot has incredible hiking trails like the one you see us shooting on below and it offers an incredible view of the ocean! Not to mention, kids always love watching the train go by right along the beach! Just perfect. I truly loved watching these two sisters ( Sophia & Emma) bond in the ocean and run and play, capturing their sweet connection as siblings! I love getting mommies in these shots too, because even though we tend to hide from the camera, our munchkins will love having these memories to look back on together later! Thank you Sarah for allowing me the privilege to capture these moments of you & your beautiful girls!
-Xoxo
The Rich’s Family Session // Orange County Family Photographer // Calafia State Beach Family Session
I met this sweet little family about 6 months ago when they asked me to document their first little boy arriving to this world. Baby Bolton is one of the most handsome little newborns I have ever seen and here he is, 6 months later, still as handsome as ever! This family session was so much fun to shoot because of all his little expressions, not to mention the location was killer! This is Calafia State Beach in San Clemente, CA. I love this spot because of its versatility , it has a train that goes by that my kids love watching and it has these gorgeous huge boulders that overlook the ocean . One of the sweetest families ever, a location like this + a baby boy with all smiles - I mean seriously, what more can you ask for in a session?
Keira’s 1st Birthday // Fiesta Birthday Theme {Orange County Event Photogapher
HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY KEIRA!
