I have a confession to make. I have wanted to take a picture of my daughter in the yellow mustard flowers for about 5 years! In California, these flowers bloom like crazy in the end of March. Every, single year I promise myself I am going to get out there and take some pictures of my daughter in the beautiful yellow flowers and I never pull myself together to do it. Well this year I was absolutely DETERMINED to get it done. And I am so pleased with the results! This is my sweet daughter who’s just 13…

One thing I know for sure is that every mom needs to have her picture taken with her child! So often, it’s mom who has the camera and is taking all of the pictures, but is in none of them! As they grow, it’s so important for your children to see you the way you were when they were little. To see how you interacted with them, laughed with them, hugged them and adored them! I know, I know, there are so many reasons not to be in the picture, “I’m so old…I’m so fat…I need a tan…but, my hair” and so on and so on. Enough already! It’s time to have your picture taken with your child!

Our Mommy & Me mini sessions are the perfect opportunity to do this. These sessions will take place in our studio on our white background. We recommend very simple clothing, jeans, white shirts, white sundresses. Keep it simple and you will have images that you and your child will treasure forever. Join us April 16-17th! This is perfect timing for Mother’s Day gifts for grandma or you’ll be early with the perfect Father’s Day gift for the dad that has everything!

Call or email us to schedule your session today! Spots will fill up quickly.

and love like you never been hurt.

Sorry, got busy yesterday and missed my post! Anyway, these girls were so much fun to photograph! The camera just loved them and they totally went for it and had a blast. I think the real fun started when I pulled out the fan. Can you say “America’s Next Top Model”? Enjoy!

Every girl needs a pair of these.

Happy Friday!

Yeah, so I’ve been on a bit of a blogging hiatus lately. They are terrible really, my blogging skills. But I have given myself a new challenge, two challenges actually. One is to blog every day for the next 30 days. Shocking I know, but I figured it’s a good way to get me jump started. I have so many sessions that I never blogged that I am so excited to share, so that will pretty much cover the next 30 days.

The second challenge is what I call Project 52. Last year I completed Project 365 which was to take one picture a day for the entire year. It was hard, very hard. And I did miss a few days here and there, but overall I was very proud of my accomplishment! Mind you these were not fabulous quality photos. Often they were just snapshots taken with my point and shoot and dare I say, the flash! This year, I’m not quite as ambitious. My project this year is to take one picture a week and share it on my blog, hence Project 52. These will be mostly personal pics of my family, etc. I also plan to take some artistic images and share those too. I’ll often highlight composition details and share photo tips and tricks that I use to make my images better. Come along with me and maybe I can teach you some photo tips along the way!

Anyway, enough talk…here’s the first one. I’ll post 3 over the next few days to get myself caught up from January 1st.

My son, using his very favorite gift from Santa!

You are invited to our first annual

Holiday Open House

Thursday, December 3^rd
4-7 pm

Join us for hot chocolate, cookies and pictures with Santa!

-  Goodie bags for the kiddos!  -
-  Door prizes and a raffle!  -
-  Double Dollar Gift Certificates available for purchase!  -
-  Portraits with Santa!  -

Bring your little ones to our studio for your portraits with Santa this year and avoid long lines. Portraits with Santa must be booked in advance. $50 includes session with Santa, and one digital image. Additional prints and digital images will be available to purchase at a special rate.
Limited sessions available. Call the studio at 949.305.9115 to reserve your spot today!

Double Dollar Gift Certificates will be available for purchase on this date only and must be redeemed by 5/1/10. Not valid with any other coupons or specials. Limit one per customer.

Another cute park mini session! I am having so much fun with these mini sessions this year, and these girls were super cute as always! If you want to try a mini session there are still a few spots available for our last mini session date of the year Friday, November 6th. Call or email us for details.

We’ll folks the fall family portrait season is in full swing here at the studio. It really is my favorite time of year even though we always seem to be swamped and one step behind! We are so excited to see our “regulars” come back each year for family portraits. This family has been coming to me since their little one was in mommy’s tummy and it just keeps getting better each year. I just love all of  these!

Holiday mini sessions are in full swing here at the studio. There are still a few spots available for this weekend at the studio and at our urban location November 6th. Here’s some from our first round last week at the park. Stay tuned, more cute families to come…