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.

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.

Makayla Summer Time

Here is little Miss. Makayla. It's summer time and her mom wanted just some nice pictures to document her little girl growing up. She picked out a nice outfit and we went to a park in San Pedro. There is lots of greenery to go around.

Missy Graduation

This is my friend Melissa. We have been friends since I was a child and she presented the opportunity to me about shooting her graduating  photos. So I picked the location and we went ver what she was looking for. Some cap and gown, a nice outfit and a a Long Beach t-shirt.