Baby Cannon Sneak Peek

This precious little guy slept like a bear throughout the whole session, we had such fun changing his outfits and props. His mom and dad are the nicest people and he has an adorable 2 year old brother who is just a firecracker (a sweet one). Lots of love in this family. Quick shot for mom, many more to come soon.

Sweet 16 Party

Stephanie's Sweet 16 party was beautiful-and a smashing success! The ballroom at the hotel looked like a trendy night club, and there was no shortage of gorgeous people. To view the slide show of party pictures click on the title of this post (Sweet 16 Party).

Baby Zadok Sneak Peek

I couldn't go to bed without posting this picture first. Everything about this makes me melt. The sweet smile, the puckered lips, the cool hair, the soft textures. Many more to come soon!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I've always loved Valentine's Day. And 24 years ago we got engaged on Valentine's Day. At 19.
I feel blessed that I found the love of my life so early on. Here is a photo of our kids who are best friends (and worst enemies, sometimes)!
Happy Valentine's Day to all of you!!!!

Sweet Little Girl

Here is a sneak peek for the mom and dad of beautiful little Veneta. What a sweetie, and I couldn't get over how alert and "grown-up" she seemed at only 2 weeks. She was interested in EVERYTING around her, and seemed to just absorb as much as she could. I'm glad her parents got my baby plan, so I'll get to see and photograph her again at 6 months and 1 year. Can't wait to see her personality develop.

Sweet 16 at the Beach

Here are some gorgeous beach pictures of Stephanie. I loved her all dressed up, but I think I love these even better (as you all know, I'm prejudiced and love anything beach :) ). Something about the wind blowing in her hair, the soft sunset lighting, and the overall feeling of beauty and peace. Well, that's Laguna for yah. And lastly, no photo shoot of a 16 year old is complete without a shot of the BFF.

Sweet 16

Here is a sneak peek for this lovely 16 year old. We did some pre-party pictures at the St. Regis, and the big party is on Saturday. It's a masked ball, I can't wait to take pictures of the event! I guess my mask will be my camera :)
By the way, this young lady was a pleasure to work with, so sweet and game for anything. She pulled herself up on a concrete wall at the beach, impressive.

Pretty Girl

During Kai's flag football practice we sneaked off to a nearby train depot for a quick session. Here is shot of my baby who is getting bigger by the day! More amazing shots to come really soon.

Serendipidy at Sunset

Okay, there is a funny story behind this picture. We were done with our shoot at the train station, driving on the freeway on our way to our favorite pizza place, when I spotted a glimpse of the sunset by the beach. Once I was off the freeway. stopped at a red light, I jumped out of my car, ran to my client's car behind me, asked "Are you up for a quick 5 minute detour to the beach?", they agreed, off we went. Got there just in time for this shot. So glad we got this.

First Shoot of 2010

Sorry I've been behind on blogging lately. Between the holidays, being sick and focusing on my new blog I just didn't get to it. My first shoot of this new year was on New Year's Day. This is Kyle's cousin's family, they couldn't be any better looking or nicer, and on top of that they were game for everything during the shoot. Here are some of my favorites so far.

Christmas Eve

I hope everybody had a great Christmas. We got to spend Christmas Eve on Coronado with family. It was awesome. Nothing like great people and great food. Throw in 4 dogs, 2 tweens and an adorable toddler and it's a perfect evening. One highlight was a quick walk to the Hotel Del Coronado. The kids got to ice skate (Kai for the first time)and all of us were treated to an incredible sunset. It was really clear that day, you could see the (Mexican islands) of the coast (pink picture in the middle).
All of these photos are straight out of the camera, no photo shop.

Merry Christmas

Sweet Twins

These sweet 2 week old twins loved snuggling up together. Can you tell that the boy was a whole pound heavier at birth? Amazingly,these two not only have big brother Jonah (see below), but also have 14-month old twin siblings. What gorgeous kids.

Pilot and His Lady

Here are is a WWII inspired shot and a nice close up of this beautiful couple. Actually, they told me they have a picture of a pose like this from their wedding many years ago. Sweet to see that the magic is still there.

Airport Museum Shoot

I was thrilled when this family booked a session at an airport. Everybody knows I love the beach, but you may not know that ever since I was a little girl I loved flying in planes. I grew up near an airport, heard Berlin airlift stories from my parents, and loved traveling by plane. I played stewardess and was actually accepted to be a flight attendant for Lufthansa. Then my life took a totally different turn (including a history degree, anything old is extra cool). So being at a plane museum at an airport, with my camera and a beautiful family was a treat. I'm super excited to share these pictures, I had to wait until their Christmas cards were mailed :)
Thanks, G. family, I hope you'll love these pictures as much as I do.










P.S. I love boats, too, I used to race in an Olympic boat class (470) and have a couple of skipper's licenses, I'd love to do a boat/yacht session. In due time, I'm sure.

Makos Surf Team

Meet the Makos Surf Team of San Clemente. My favorite surfer is the cute guy in the middle (blue shirt under the hoodie). There are longboarders, shortboarders and body boarders. Go Makos!!!!

The Shoemaker's Kids

Feeling a little guilty about how few pictures I've taken of my kids lately. Life's been busy with school, soccer, flag football, surfing, and my growing business, I just haven't taken a lot of cool pictures of my kids. And boy are they growing. Time seems to go faster and faster. This one was taken by my photog friend Colleen during our Christmas photo session. Love it! I was able to sneak in a few of my kids as well, they will be posted soon.

B-52 Bomber

Saturday I did an awesome shoot for a helicopter pilot and his family at the plane museum at the Camarillo airport. Photos from that shoot to come soon! While we were there, we got to watch a vintage B-52 bomber take off and land. Wow, did that engine purr (I'm not into that type of thing, but really liked it, I don't know why). Made my History scholar heart skip a beat.
Really look forward to going back there some time to listen to the stories of the veteran volunteers. The shot of the poster reminded to say "Thanks". Actually, it gave me the chills.