Sommerdyke Family {Orange County, CA Family & Children's Photographer}

This shoot started off with a little panic attack, because right as we reached our destination point on the beach to start shooting, a WEDDING and their guests walked came to the same spot!  Thank goodness that beach offers lots of great angles and (most importantly) my clients were not the high-stress type, and it ended up being one of my favorite shoots ever.

This first shot is really just to show you what I was constantly hiding in the background...

Also, I could NOT believe the beautiful color of his eyes!  They are unreal.  I literally didn't do a thing in Photoshop to enhance them!

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Desi {Orange County, CA California Family Photographer}

This little guy is ALL BOY: he wanted to run, face-plant, throw sticks, bite and give kisses.  I loved spending the evening photographing and catching up with this handsome family!

I love this "in-between family picture" shot with parents hands on hips when Desi kept running away

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Harvey Family {Orange County, CA California Family Photographer}

This family may be the biggest milestone marker of me being a "professional" photographer, as I photographed their kids when they were younger than mine are now.  It's unreal how grown up they all are!

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Newborn Brady {Orange County, CA California Newborn Photographer}

Wow... this little guys face!! I couldn't stop commenting to the parents how amazing it was!  Usually newborn faces are so tiny and scrunchy, but his was so full and mature - it made him look older than the one week that he was!

Side note: I go into a monomaniacal state when on a photo shoot (inherited directly from my dad, who does the same thing and I remember thinking it was so weird when I was younger).  I'm not thirsty, hungry, and probably not the best communicator (and conversely, the second I'm done I'm completely fatigued and starving).  Anyways, while taking pictures of the dad and baby in their bedroom, I backed into a small garbage can and nipped my heel on it.  I didn't even notice until I looked down about a minute later, wondering what all the weird spots were on the floor... my blood!!!  I gave myself a good gash on my heel, and it's still recovering weeks later!  So embarrassing!! I spent the next 15 minutes or so trying to get the blood out of their carpet and ruining their towel (if you're reading this, Brady's parents, thanks for being such great sports about it!)

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Newborn Charlotte {Orange County, CA California Newborn Photographer}

It seems like so many more people are waiting to find out the baby's sex until birth, and I love it!! (I did that with my last baby... best surprise of my life!)  This was the story with newborn Charlotte - who has a big brother.  By the time I got to meet her (about a week old), she already had a full line-up of the most girly props, headbands, clothes and stuffed animals I've ever seen!  I think mama was pretty excited to get her girl :)

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Reagan | 7 Months {Orange County, CA California Family, Baby, Kids Photographer}

This shoot was technically Reagan's 6-month shoot (although she was 7-months) and we did it in my client's amazing new house instead of at my studio.  Therefore, it was really more of an all-inclusive shoot since there were so many great places to shoot and the kids held up so well!  I had a really hard time editing down to my favorites!

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