About A Boy

I got an amazing surprise phone call a few weeks ago. First great surprise, my old friend was coming into town, and second great surprise, she is pregnant!! SUCH GREAT NEWS! My friend is having a little boy, and I could not be more excited for her and especially for this little boy that gets to have her as his mom! What a fun life he is going to have.

We had such a wonderful time together catching up and taking some belly shots. Congratulations Ashley, I hope to meet this little one someday soon! 

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Little Lion

A dear friend just had her second little baby and oh man is he adorable :)! I got the wonderful chance to snap a few photos to document him at his tiniest.

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The Highest Heights

This shoot by far turned out to be one of my favorite photo shoots! A few weeks ago I got a whole Saturday morning (all by myself!!!) to do some location scouting. I felt like I had over-used the places around my neighborhood and needed to venture out a bit more. When I first chatted with Jen about doing maternity photos, I immediately pictured her standing on a mountain with crazy views behind her like she was on top of the world. So off I went in search of that very mountain and I ended up back in an old hiking spot I used to love in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It starts off on this big grassy hill and winds down into a canyon full of trails and Oak Trees. It was exactly what I was looking for.

Jen has a bigger-than-life, joyful spirit about her and it fit perfectly to have her show off that gorgeous belly up above it all. AND she is every photographer's dream of a subject, up-for-anything, gorgeous and totally comfortable with the camera. We both decided she will be my model for any future scouting I need to do! Thanks in advance Jen ;)! 

We set off in the AM for the beautiful first hour of daylight, and I am love with this morning's sun. 

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Doux Doux and the Family

This growing family and I had a wonderful time together! The sun going down over the lake was providing some beautiful reflections! I've been messing around with incorporating some VSCO filters in my editing, and I enjoyed putting a bit of a vintage film-feel on these.

"Doux Doux", the lovey-blanket, turned out to be a star in the beginning of the show. I think it is so fun to incorporate a child's lovey or stuffed animal into the photoshoot. It can seem like it might be an eyesore, but I think it can truly add to the nostalgia when you look back on the photos in the years to come and remember how they never used to let that lovey out of their sight. How you always had to figure out creative ways to find the time to wash it, or buy extra and keep them equally rotated, so no "doux doux," was ever more noticeably worn or different than the others.

I had a "doux doux" and I still look back fondly on it :). 

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Blue, Grey, Happy Day

Oh man, what a fun morning this was! These kids are beyond cute and so much fun! We spent the morning running around the beach and having a wonderful time. I think we even got one or two when everyone was looking at the camera!...Ok, maybe not the baby ;). The most fun news is that the lovely, glowing, pregnant one on the left had a beautiful baby boy just a week ago. Next photo session, there will be another little one to chase around :)! Click on any of the pictures to see their entire gallery.