Precious Peyton

Newborns are getting easier the more I do them. Each shoot will always provide different challenges. Baby Peyton has arrived and I can't wait to Photograph her growning up.

 

Mommy To Be

I love when I get to capture the stages of life from the beginning. Here is my friend Kimmy's maternity shoot. The pictures were taken on the beautiful Southern California Coast.

Easter 2014

It's baby Chavi celebrating the Easter season. He was looking sharply dressed and having fun while explored the park. Children portraits are my all time favorite to photograph.

Halloween 2013

This shoot was so much fun. I had the pleasure of photographing baby Xavi and his mom Kathy. A year ago I took Kathy's maternity pictures and newborn pictures of Xavi. A year later it's a blessing to see the baby walking and starting to talk. Kathy was Batgirl and Xavi was Superman. We went to the local pumpkin patch and had fun with the animals and pumpkins. Here's what I got to show you.

 

Welcome Baby Xavier

The first of many for baby Xavier. A newborn shoot isn't the easiest of shoots but it has many endless possibilities. What fabrics are you going to use? What props are you going to use? Will the parents let you have creative freedom or will your creativity be limited to parents wishes. Like "No I want the clothes on" or "Why do you have to take off the diaper?" My mentor, Erica Adams, gave me a good tool to counter those phrases to persuade the willing. She was explaining to me that when people tell her that, her answer is "Your baby will be dressed for the rest of its life. Any other time that someone is naked isn't as beautiful and innocent." I was thankful that Kathy, Xavier's mother, was letting me get rid of the diaper. The images wouldn't have been as nice with diaper on, I think.

Maternity 101

This is Kathy and Javier. Kathy is a friend of mine that was almost at her full term with baby Xavier. I asked if I could practice taking maternity shots on her because I have never done them before. So we set out for an ocean side seen. I was shooting later in the day trying to capture the golden sunlight. Each session I shoot I try and make them personal to the subjects, so that when they look at their images they don't see what that theirs are similar or just like other people. I try to build a relationship with them. In this case the relationship was built already at work and through a previous shoot of Kathy and her dog Chapo. So when I gave direction is was followed easily and was comfortable for the subject she already kinda knew the routine.

Dustin

This is baby Dustin. I play slow pitch softball with his parents and they just wanted some nice pictures of their family. Babies are tough, i've come to realize that.