Mon - January 14, 2008

The Bailey family in Downtown Orange...


Right before Christmas I received a phone call from Justin Bailey (father of this lovely family) inquiring about a family portrait session. They were visiting just before the holiday and wanted to squeeze in a sitting with me before they left for home. I was delighted as I had already become somewhat familiar with this family when I shot Justin's sister's wedding a few years back. Anyway, it was a fun morning with the Bailey family in Downtown Orange and a beautiful day too!

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Mon - January 7, 2008

Lan & Carl...a few months after....


A few months ago Lan contacted me about shooting a "trash the dress" session for her and her husband. I was delighted, since this was my first shot at it and although we didn't actually "trash the dress" it was fun shooting a couple in wedding attire without the worries of ruining the bride's beautiful white dress. We shot the session in Downtown Pasadena and had an awesome afternoon with Lan and Carl!

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Thu - December 20, 2007

The beautiful bride-to-be!


Last week I spent the afternoon with Amy...my first bride of 2008! I shot portraits of her in her wedding dress at a nearby park. The one thing she really wanted was the look of fall leaves in her photos, I think we pulled it off pretty well!

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Fri - December 14, 2007

Do you know Jack? Part 2


Once again, we had the fun opportunity to photograph my cousins beautiful growing family. Ethan, Whitney (with number two on the way!!!), and Jack are always a good time, so of course we were delighted when the time came around again to shoot their family photos. We weren't the only one's excited....Hudson loooooves playing with Jack! We had a good time going to dinner with both of our families after the shoot was over.

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Wed - December 5, 2007

The Abbott family...


While we were in Arizona for Thanksgiving Justin's sister asked us if we could take their family photos, of course we agreed and tag-teamed the photo shoot! It was a real breath of fresh air to shoot in a different state! We had a fun afternoon with them, their girls are super adorable...and I'm not just saying that because they're my nieces!

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Tue - October 16, 2007

Old friends and a sweet family!


As I've mentioned in other blog posts, I love photographing friends and family! I've been friends both Caitlin and Chad (the sweet parents of this adorable family) for a long time. I've known Chad since I was about five years old and Caitlin since I was about fourteen. Although I lost contact with Chad and his family over the years, Caitlin and I have remained friends since we attended the same high school. It was pretty cool to see these two people that I have known for so long find each other, get married, and create such a cute little family! I shot these photos last week at my favorite stomping grounds, Downtown Fullerton!

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Tue - September 25, 2007

The happiest family alive....meet the Nortons!


I spent an afternoon last week with this amazingly cool family. With three little boys running around one would have thought it would have been a stressful photo sitting, but I thoroughly enjoyed myself! I found myself smiling and delighted as I drove home from the shoot! I think the reason I had such a great time was because of the genuine happiness i saw in this family...I absolutely loved the way they all interacted with each other, especially the parents! I guess I sort of saw a glimpse of what my future will be like with my own personal growing family, and with another boy on the way in just four weeks. I get a little nervous with the idea of having two boys together, I feel like my life will just be super crazy, but the Norton family quickly put my nerves at ease and made me feel super excited for what is to come!

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Wed - September 5, 2007

The amazing family of John, Sarina, Colin and Josh!


Last week I spent an afternoon with this lovely family at the Ritz Carlton in Laguna Niguel. I would usually opt to shoot outdoors, but it was so windy that we decided to stay inside and take advantage of the hotel's awesome interior! I was introduced to Sarina and John (the beautiful parents of this family) a few years back by good friends of ours. Sarina saw the family session I shot with these friends earlier this year and decided she wanted us to capture her own family while they vacationed in Laguna Niguel.

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Thu - August 16, 2007

The happy Thompson Family!


I spent a fun afternoon a couple of weeks ago with the Thompson family. My sister (Pickle) has been so blessed to have married into such an amazing, fun-loving family! Andrea (Pickle's mother-in-law) had been wanting new family photos for quite some time so all of her children thought it would be nice to have me shoot a family session with everyone for her birthday. We headed to beautiful Laguna Beach and had some fun playing around in the sand.

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Tue - August 7, 2007

The sweet Steimle family....


Last week when we had swim classes for Hudson my cousin Nanette was in town with her two cute kids to have swim lessons also. She thought that she could kill two birds with one stone and set up a family session with me as well while on her visit. Once again, I was delighted to not only photograph such a sweet family, but it was a good chance for me to hang out with another cousin...gotta love having a huge family!!!!

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Thu - July 12, 2007

Two Buhrley families...all at once!


Last week I spent the afternoon with two Buhrley families. Many of you may remember a portrait session I shot with my Cousin's family a few month's back, anyway Amber (my cousin) showed her two sister in-laws the photos I took and they both immediately contacted me to schedule sessions while they would be in town for their family reunion.

Here is Buhrley family #1:

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Tue - June 12, 2007

What a great looking family!


As I mentioned in my last post, I shot Brooke's family portraits a few days after her bridals. WOW, SIX KIDS! Now that I something to be proud of.... and the parents look so good too! I really enjoyed this session, it reminded me of my crazy family with seven kids...I loved it! The Cottle family was super fun and easy to work with, everyone was so well behaved and they even let me get creative with our surroundings!

Here's one of my first shots...yes, I did make everyone lay down!

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Mon - June 11, 2007

Brooke as a bride!


Some of you may remember Brooke from an engagement session I shot a few months back with her and her handsome fiancee Braden. Brooke and Braden actually live in Utah and are getting married there at the end of June, while I am not shooting their wedding, they have asked me to shoot everything else (including this bridal session with Brooke and then a family portrait session with Brooke's sweet family...post to follow this one!).

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Fri - June 1, 2007

Happy anniversary to Natalie & Roland!


Natalie contacted me a few months ago about scheduling a portrait session with her and her husband to help celebrate their one year anniversary. They first saw my work when I photographed Roland's brother and fiancee (Jeffrey & Ashley). Natalie and Roland were so great in front of the camera... super playful and easy going! You'll catch a few more photos of Roland in my next post as he appears as a groomsmen in his brother's wedding.

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Wed - May 2, 2007

Introducing Eliza Magazine!


My good friend Summer Bellessa has been in the modeling industry her whole life and has recently ventured out on her own to start up an amazing fashion magazine called Eliza Magazine. Check it out, I really think its going to be a huge hit! Here is what the "about us" page reads, "Created for women who want to be stylish, sexy, and engaged in the world while retaining high standards in dress, entertainment, and lifestyle. Each issue provides exciting and informative features in Fashion, Beauty, Health, and Entertainment, and Lifestyle. ELIZA addresses the whole woman-inspiring and helping her become her best self!".

Summer decided that she wanted to do a section for weddings and wedding dresses with an edge, I was totally syked when she asked if I would like to help out with the shoot....Of course I jumped right on the offer to be the photographer and she accepted! We shot this series of wedding dresses last Tuesday and had an amazing time. I had a ton of fun working with the model, make-up artist, and especially hanging out with Summer. For some of those who have been following my blog for a while you might recognize the location, I think its a nice contrast to the beautiful dresses!

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