The "C" Family

The "C" Family was so fun to photograph.  We had to reschedule a couple of times because of conflicts and then their little guy got sick, but I'm so glad we finally made this session happen because we had a great time at Natural Bridges State Beach.  The light was so warm and perfect for photos, even if the weather has been starting to cool down.  These are just a few of my favorites from their session.

 

 

Menda Family - Newborn Photo Session

I just loved being able to photograph these friends of ours.  My husband takes credit with having set them up back in high school (although there is some debate about that) and he was in their wedding party so it was so fun to see them welcome their first baby who is just the most darling little thing.  We took these at Vasona Park on a perfect July evening.  I just love it there and the lighting and reflections with the water were lovely.

 

Gale Family

The Gale family was great to work with for this photo session in Saratoga.  Their little strawberry-blonde 10 month old guy was a trooper, even when he got a little tired towards the end.  And the lighting was just delicious.  I did another photo shoot in this same location a few weeks prior and it was fun to see the difference between the shoots due to the changing colors of the Autumn leaves.

 

Klippel Family

When I was editing these photos, I could not wipe the grin off my face.  The Klippel family was so fun to photograph, even if it was a lot of work on everybody's part to get the littlest ones to pay attention to the camera.  Shauna is my friend from church (and she has a great blog, too!) and I was so glad that she asked me to take these photos for them when the photographer that they have used for years was unable to do their pictures this year.  She told me beforehand that they were going for a "fancy" look this year so we chose Villa Montalvo as the setting.  It is a beautiful mansion from the early 1900's with gorgeous grounds and architecture and it was the perfect location to photograph this beautiful family.  These are just a few of my favorites...

 

 

"L" Family

Shooting these photos for my friends with four sons was a hoot.  The boys were so well-mannered and we had a really fun time.  I loved trying some new ideas with them.  In this first photo, I had a hunch and challenged them to race toward the camera to see who was fastest and that I would catch it on film.  When I told them I was going to count them down, they struck these awesome poses without me even asking.  Boys crack me up. 

 

Green Family

We had the most beautiful weather for this day-after-Thanksgiving photo shoot with the Green family.  I took newborn photos for Jenny and Marcus' son Micah a couple months ago and I couldn't believe how much he has grown since then!  The fall colors at Vasona Park were the perfect backdrop for this fun large group.