Beach Maternity Shoot

My friend Tanya was visiting from Texas to be my second shooter for the Flower Farm Wedding. On the way to the airport we stopped at the beach for some maternity shots. Can you believe this is number 5!!!!! ? She looks amazing. The baby is due in January, and I can't wait to see if it's a boy or girl.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while. I've been really busy with Christmas shoots and a Wedding in Sacramento. I promise I will post soon, I just really want to get everything edited first! So on this day of Thanksgiving I wish all of you a wonderful day of counting your blessings. I'm posting some snap shots of two of the biggest blessings in my life! I took these shots right after I had finished a session at the beach. Kyle and the kids were waiting for me at a different beach. There wasn't much light left, but I captured real smiles and a special moment between my kids. It was one of those truly blissful moments.

Sunset

A couple of days ago I came out of the nail salon with my mom and Makena and this is what we saw outside. What a beautiful sunset. I just now got home from Santa Barbara where the big fire is raging, and now this picture makes me think of fire. It was so sad to see all the smoke in the hillsides today, with helicopters buzzing around. It was surreal to be walking on the pier, eating an ice cream while people were losing there homes. I hope the winds stop, so fire fighters can get the upper hand.

Creative Family

I met this beautiful family through Junior Lifeguards and they wanted some fun family pictures at the beach. They came armed with hats, wraps, a soccer ball, and lots of ideas. I LOVED that.
Everyone was game for anything I wanted to try and they had creative suggestions of their own, especially the Dad. How cool is that? It was a lot of fun for me to try new things, and we kept shooting until all the light was gone and everyone was freezing. The pictures are beautiful, here are a few of my favorites, you can click on the title (Creative Family) to view the entire slide show.

Twins

What a great shoot I had with these twins! They couldn't have been nicer or easier to work with. G. is a buddy of Kai's. They like to skateboard together and have known each other since Kindergarten. Time really flies. Miss O. had really long hair and got her hair cut before the shoot, I love her new, sassy do. We got many awesome shots, here are just a few. And one I sneaked of mom, who was enjoying her Starbucks and the view of the ocean.