Kustanbauter Family

Okay how cute are they...We were finally able to nail down a date (we had to reschedule twice do to a series of unfortunate events) and so glad that we did. Molly Neil, And Jack were so awesome and totally hilarious. I met them at their house in Dana Point (the farthest I have traveled for a shoot, but well worth it) and really we did two shoots, a family and a maternity. Everyone was so happy even if it was 9:30 in the morning. Neil is a total comedian really I think he would totally have a shot on Last Comic Standing, Molly was just glowing and totally beautiful. Now Jack he is down right ADORABLE even if he made me totally work to get even a hint of a smile. Here is the Kustan-whatevers' (as they are affectionately known as) Family shoot... I'll be posting Molly's Maternity one soon. ENJOY!










I see a smile


He has spotted the playground






Utterly Handsome

Preciado-Martin Family

Oh my goodness I am so far behind it is actually almost funny. Any way as you all know the holidays have crept up on us and for me that meant a flurry of family holiday pictures. So Lets just jump right in. I kicked off the month with the Preciado-Martin Family. We went to Irvine Regional Park and had lots of fun just strolling around snapping way. The boys loved chasing the peacocks, and we even did a little chasing, of the light that is.....






















A mini Man vs. Wild :)

Krys, Mel, & Holly

A few week ago I had a great time with my very good friends Krysti, Melina, and Holly. We did a shoot for Holly's mom's birthday. The three of them grew up and then worked together with mom. So they all got together for a fun shoot to give to her as a birthday gift. ( Krysti is very talented at making gorgeous custom picture frames.) We went to Tewinkle park and had fun just wandering around and even taking over the playground for a few minutes. I'm pretty sure most people thought we were crazy but it was all fun.





















Now for some fun and silly ones :)








are they stuck in a dryer???

Jones Family

Wow has it been busy. Everyone is ready for their holiday portraits, and luckily I was able to capture the Jones Family's for theirs. They are such a nice family and it was wonderful to work with them. The boys had so much fun feeding the ducks. I think at one point we were surrounded, good thing mom brought enough bread :)

Pacheco Family

Okay now this shoot was a definite adventure. My "new" assistant Tatiana and I took off for Irvine at 9:30am as we drove down the 71 we saw smoke and upon hitting the 91, yup there was a fire but at that time it was quite small not thinking too much about it off we went. Well the shoot went off with out a hitch. The Pacheco's are a wonderful family who are hilarious. Tom (dad) is a big jokester and Tais(mom) is so sweet and not to mention beautiful. The boys are so handsome and Nico was quick to smile and tell me all about the horse he was going to ride when we were done, and little Lucas has the most hair I've seen on a little one in a while ( so jealous my little one finally gets to wear a "pretty" in her hair and she's 17 months). Any way we had lots of fun despite the wind and fire I even stuck around to watch Nico on his horse :) Oh and by the way it only took 6 hrs to get home!!




















What a sweet big brother












This was just a sweet moment I caught when we took a quick break, you can just see the love in this family.