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Smart Kids Who Play shoot: Laguna Beach Children’s commercial photographer

Take lots of wind, and sunscreen and sand and you get a pretty wild photography session!  Especially when it is after a BIG rain storm that left the beach covered in seaweed.  Oh well, the kids are adorable and the props and styling are done by my good friend Rashae Taylor, who is geting ready to launch the most fabulous Vintage Rental company!  The session was for my gal Jennifer Taylor’s amazing line of Chemical Free sunscreens and skin care, Smart Girls Who Surf (definitely click to check out her website).  Thanks to all involved!  My favorite one has to be baby Jensen working her little heart out to get sunscreen ALL OVER HER BODY!  Enjoy!

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O’Malley Family’s new addition: Laguna Beach Baby photographer

The wonderful thing about being a portrait photographer for Blue Sky’s Studio is that I get to experience all the important milestones in my client’s life.  Take the Hunt family for example.  I met them two years ago through my friend Nikki who manages Fairytales.   Megan and Shawn were planning a destination wedding in Laguna Beach and I was so honored to work with them as their wedding photographer.  Two years later, they have moved to Orange County and welcomed a beautiful new baby boy into their family.  I was so excited to meet the newest member of the O’Malley family!

When Megan and her little guy showed up at my home studio, he was NOT in the mood for a photography session.  We both tried everything to get him to giggle!  Luckily, I have lots of beautiful outdoor spots to work in around my home and we decided to take the session to the outdoors!  Well that did the trick and this little baby boy was cracking up in no time!   What a beautiful Mamma and baby!  Thanks so much Megan for bringing him out to play! :) Enjoy!

I love this one!  He is so cute blowing kisses to his Mamma!

Princess Party: Aliso Viejo Portrait photographer

Everyday I keep meaning to blog these beautiful images, but the day gets away from me.   Finally, finally….. I am sitting down to share this FABULOUS party with you!  Some of the old time Blue Sky’s family will remember my daughter Kasey’s fifth birthday complete with horse and carriage and TV coverage.  You will also remember that I was actually a “professional” children’s party planner for 5 years.  I would now like to hand over my crown to my great girl friend Sriti who has taken the cake, as they say, with this amazing Alice in Wonderland inspired tea party.  I LOVED being behind the camera and just appreciating all the detail and splendor that went into this celebration.  Laura Marie Foster provide hair styling services to both the birthday girl and her Mom and as a special added bonus, she also did my hair.  Just so I could be a part of the celebration, she also grabbed my camera so there is a fun portrait of me included in the day (see if you can find me :)!  Enjoy!

Grant Baby Girl: Laguna Beach Baby Photographer

First and foremost I want to welcome my new beautiful, talented and all around great gals, Emily and Rachel!  You haven’t heard from me for about a week, cause we have been busy, busy, busy training and getting then up to speed on everything Blue Sky’s!   Second, I want to share with you these adorable images of my friend and client, Lisa’s, new baby girl!  Although it was really tough to get a big toothy grin from her, I love all the different expressions we were able to catch.  Thanks to her big brother for coming to the rescue and entertaining her during the session.  He got lots of funny faces and event got her to stick out her tongue!  Enjoy!

I heart this shoot! Family Photography in Irvine Regional Park

Sometimes when I slow down to think for a little while, I realize I have some really cute props, outfits, hats, etc… that I haven’t seen in a while.  Take this cute heart chair for example…. I love this chair.  When I found it I thought, “this will be great for sassy (yes, I know this is my favorite word) senior shoots, fun boudoir sessions and of course kiddo sessions.  But then, I got busy and piled lots of stuff in front of the chair and forgot about it for a while.   Sooo, when these great clients asked for something with a valentines feel, I thought, yes, I have a great chair that would be perfect in the park.  It was like finding an old friend and I got excited all over again.

The chair worked out great, as did the fun tutu and wings.  Anna and I don’t usually shoot in Irvine Regional park and now I am wondering why?  It was so beautiful with perfect afternoon light and the kids loved the pond and were really engaged during the whole session.  I am definitely adding Irvine Regional Park to my list of favorite places to shoot.  Thanks to these two cuties for making such great models.  Enjoy!