Fullerton Family Session

I had the pleasure of photographing this family session a couple of weeks ago, and thought it'd be a fun share to kick off the blog for 2013. Bibi and her family were referred to me by another client (thanks, Alejandra!), and we'd been trying our best to schedule a session prior to the holidays, but the weather and calendar just weren't cooperating.  Booo!  I'm so glad we finally had the chance to connect, all of us meeting one late Sunday afternoon at Hillcrest Park in Fullerton.

If we live by the mantra of "show, don't tell", the bats, balls, and gloves in these photographs should clue you in as to what brothers Andrew and Brandon love most.   (Hint: it ain't fly fishing!)   I'm so glad we were able to capture their passion for baseball during this shoot.  After all, as a kid, would you rather pose solely for formal portraits for an hour, or swing your bat and play a game of catch?  I always love mixing traditional portraits with in-the-moment-shooting-from-the hip on all shoots.  We did loose one ball into the ravine below, but hey, that's the sacrifice for art.

Bibi and Dominic, thank you again for connecting with me.  I hope everything went well at the game after the shoot.  Your energy is boundless.

Blog visitors -- looking forward to weddings on the near horizon!

Long Beach + Seal Beach Bridal Session

You've been drafting your wedding day schedule and have come to realize you just can't squeeze in as much time as you'd like for portraits.  Or, perhaps you've already had your wedding, only to discover you didn't capture as many portraits as you had hoped for.  Consider a bridal session as a solution to both of these scenarios.

A bridal session-- scheduled either on a day before your wedding or on a day after -- allows for a scalable window of time of your choosing, free of the limitations of a tight wedding day schedule.   No worries about missing your whole cocktail hour.  No clock watching or pressures from family and friends. And no constraints on location -- it's often a challenge for couples to stray very far from their wedding venue to take pictures.  Or, though your venue may make for a functional wedding, it may not offer all the surroundings you've always imagined for your wedding day photographs.  A bridal session has no such restrictions on location.

 

 

This session lasted about three hours, and spanned from El Dorado Nature Center & Park in Long Beach, down to the community of Seal Beach. Praise to this couple for keeping such high energy levels and for being such naturals in front of the camera!