There is a great deal of beach front in the state of California, but very few places are actually private. Seham and Kyle were thrilled when a friend offered the key to a private gated beach front in Corona Del Mar. After a month of up and down weather, we set a date, then changed […]
Southern Californians are so accustomed to sublime weather that when faced with questionable weather, we still plan for the best!! The big rain storms that were coming the weekend of Jason & Ashley’s big day, did come, but they were much more subdue than forecast. Ashley had to make the defining decision…inside or outside ceremony? […]
Talk about being comfortable in your own skin…Robert & Kristina needed no direction at all for the engagement portraits. They just instinctively created their own emotion in front of the camera. From the get go, I knew they wanted to just play and show their affection for each other, so I was literally there just […]
Every opportunity to shoot a couple brings a different experience for me as a photographer. Some couples are examples of young, crazy, excited love, while others like Ashley & Jason you can see and feel the calm, supportive deep love that only comes through time and life’s experience. I could see immediately the first time […]
Oh my gosh….could she be any more beautiful? Rachel, a Senior at San Clemente, luckily avoided shooting her senior portraits in a crazy rain storm last week, but we managed to exchange a rainy day for the HOTTEST day in October!! The Mission is so gorgeous to shoot at and Rachel just made it even […]
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