Kristin Karkoska Archives

Owen Wedding: Laguna Beach Wedding Photographer

I peaked out my window the morning of Travis and Katy’s wedding and was sad to see the rain POURING down…..I think they say it is good luck if it rains on your wedding day, but “They” must not be a photographer. Anywho, Anna and I jumped in the car early and headed down to Temecula praying that the rain would let up, especially since the reception would take place at a Golf Club! It continued to rain through the ceremony, but the sky’s opened up just in time for us to do a beautiful bride and groom session in outdoors. As you can see, it would have been a shame to have to go indoors for all of the portraits. Katy looked stunning and Travis looked star struck! These two we so sweet together. Not to mention that they both has fantastic families and wedding parties. Katy’s Dad’s wedding toast was the best I have EVER heard! Seriously, he should be a comedian. Enjoy the beautiful images!

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Family Photography

McCarthy Family: Orange County Family Photographer

Beautiful lighting and a beautiful family makes for fabulous portraits! The McCarthy family really delivered. Not only did we have a lot of fun, we zipped through the Mission capturing so many beautiful family shots, it was really hard for me to choose my favorites. I guess my one of my favorites from the day was the family walking! I love the way the boys are messing with each other! It is so typical of siblings and every time I look at it, I get a big smile on my face! Enjoy!

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Headshots

Where’s the Turtle???: Laguna Beach Family Photographer

There are all kinds of ways to get a cutie like this engaged in a photography session. One of my favorites is “where is the turtle” (or ladybug, or frog, or lizard)? We started by actually finding a lizard. The only problem with the lizard, was he was getting all of the attention and love, and me and my trusty camera were forgotten. Soooo, we moved on to, “Where’s the turtle?” I love kids and their imaginations. We never actually found a turtle, but we still had a great time playing the game. The best part, is that this little doll is my friend Kim’s daughter, so she played right along with us! I bet she is still searching for the turtle! Enjoy!

undefined We really worked hard to get the pouty look! Maybe this is just a little too sad?
Awwww, she managed to get the perfect cross between soft lips and smiling eyes! Good job! One of my favorites! Almost done!

Engagement Photography

Katie and Travis: San Juan Capistrano Engagement Photography

After lots of planning, and replanning, we finally managed to get Katie and Travis’s engagement session underway. Though the forecast called for rain last Thursday, the sun peaked through the clouds and we stayed dry at the Mission. The Mission is such a beautiful setting for an engagement session! Katie and Travis are such a sweet couple and the camera LOVES them! Travis joined the military recently, just like his Dad did before his wedding, so we didn’t have much time to shoot the engagement session prior to the wedding (which is in March). I love, love, love all the variety of each of their shots. They both brought several outfits, which helped the overall look and feel of the shoot go from casual to seriously sassy! I can’t wait for the wedding! Enjoy!

Family Photography

My Babies! Laguna Beach Family Photographer

Happy weekend! Yesterday got away from me, so I am just blogging for Friday today! One of my goals for 2011 was to add a little more personal information to “Clicking with Kristin”! I am thinking that on Fridays, I will post something fun about my family, fashion, food or something else that is FABULOUS!

So anyway, on Wednesday I was going through our old archived files, and stumbled on several sessions of my kids from 7 or 8 years ago. I was soo excited to see what each folder contained. The first one I opened was this adorable session of my little ballerina and her sweet brother. There are always things in the past that cause regret, but beautiful portrait sessions of my kids is one thing that I have done right from the very beginning. Even when it wasn’t me taking the portraits, I always splurged on photography! Going back though these sweet memories made my heart smile! I know in all of the craziness of running my own company, I did something very right in taking the time to document my babies growing up! Now that my daughter has the same shoe size as me, and that my son can look me directly in the eyes, I cherish these images even more. In fact, my favorites are not the perfectly posed images, but the ones that truly show their personalities! I love you babies!!!!!!! Enjoy (I am sure for those of you who have been with us from the very beginning, you have lots of these beautiful images of your kids from the original studio on Moulton and La Paz!)