I got to meet up with the James boys today to take a few pictures of them. We went to Midland Park in Poway (one of my new favorite spots) and grabbed a few shots of them. I’ve known the James boys for quite some time now, so it was my pleasure to be able to capture this moment in their lives. Here are a few of the shots among MANY we got today.
Yesterday I was able to take pictures of the Deerings. We meet at Balboa Park and spent the morning there taking pictures
Yesterday I had the pleasure of photographing 2 week old baby Claire. She was so adorable! Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the session.
A few days ago I got the chance to meet Stephanie and Scott’s entire family. They wanted to do pictures at Campland On The Bay. Campland On The Bay is basically a camp ground full of tents and trailers. I was a bit nervous about a camp ground look in their nice family photos, but I said, why not… I am up for a challenge. I am very glad we stuck with the original plan (especially since the whole family was camping there, so it would have been hard trying to transport everyone somewhere else.) It worked out perfect and we found a great location there. Minus the random people here and there trying to go fishing, but for the most part,we were able to work around them. This family was such a fun family too! I love people who enjoy having fun in their pictures! Here a few of my favorites.
Last weekend I got the chance to photograph the lovely Smith girls. I’ve been photographing Maddie and Emee since they were newborns and I love every chance I can get to capture their sweet personalities. Here are a few of my favorites from the session.
Here is a little sneak peak of Chris and Vanessa’s wedding. :)
Flower girls are only complete when they have GLITTER!!!
I was in love with Vanessa’s hair piece. How elegant does she look!?!?! Gorgeous!
Waiting for her Groom! 
The lovely Bridesmaids…
And the handsome Groomsmen!
A little brother and sisterly love!
They were excellent dancers if I might add! I’m sure you’ll be seeing these two at In Cahoots dancing it up! I admire couples that dance, what a fun way to connect with each other.
My brother in law Mike (the little brother I never had) is graduating this year. When I met Mike, he was 10 year’s old. It’s been fun seeing him grow up and become the man he is today. To say the least, I was excited to take his senior pictures for him today.
Originally I had this vision for Mike’s pictures. I wanted to go Downtown and take some really cool grungy urban shots. Due to a series of conflicting events, tonight was my only night to do pictures and we were a bit limited. We stayed close to home since Don was on call and I wanted to be close enough to go back home to watch our son in case he got a call. My favorite place to shoot in Santee is at the park by my house, but I decided to do something different. I didn’t see Mike as a park kind of guy, even though he was perfectly ok with that. So we went to a few locations through out East County in the small amount of time we had. Our first stop was good ole’ Lakeside. And this was not the nice part of Lakeside mind you! I wanted some grungy shots and I was going to find it some where. Even if it was in Lakeside. This little spot is located next to a run down trailer park and some falling apart industrial buildings. That’s the first place most people would love to get their pictures taken right?!?! :)
Next stop was my old church building in Lakeside. I am a huge sucker for red bricks. I just love them and the texture in it!
This last spot is an area I drive by every single day. I’ve been wanting to take someone’s picture here for quite some time now. I am also a sucker for brush and nature. This photoshoot had the best of all kinds of stuff! For anyone that knows Santee, I would like to see if they can guess where this is at.
Today I met Ashley at Balboa Park to do her Senior pictures. She was my first live subject since taking my composition class through IFLC. If you haven’t heard of IFLC, check them out, they are amazing and I have learned so much from them during my journey of photography. http://www.iflcsandiego.com/
I had so much fun today incorporating some of the things I learned from my class. Ashley told me she loved taking pictures and it was a perfect recipe for an awesome photo shoot. I just wished we had more time, I think I could have kept going all afternoon. I have photographed Balboa Park a million times and yet, my eyes were open to so many fun and new things I never saw there before! Since taking my composition class, I find myself composing the world around me, even if I don’t have a camera. But today, I had my camera with me and the world was my playing field! Thanks for being my awesome subject Ashley, I hope you had as much fun as I did and I can’t wait for you to see the rest of the pictures!
