I love it when my wedding clients become portrait clients and especially when they end up as friends. That is exactly how it happened with this family. I photographed Kristen and Jeff’s wedding almost 2 years ago and they just had their first baby. A perfect little girl named Davia, after Kristen’s dad. Kristen came to the studio with her little bundle of joy and 2 lattes in hand. It was starting out as a great day! Davia was a rock star. She barely opened her eyes and posed perfectly at exactly one week old. She has no idea how lucky she is to have such a wonderful family! Congrats to Kristen and Jeff! Your little girl is amazing!

I have been crazy busy, typical for this time of year. In addition to some great weddings I have been doing many fun portraits. Here are a few of my faves from some of my recent sessions:

Chastity and Albert, one of my fave couples of ‘07 are expecting!!!!

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Double the fun!!! These twins could not have been more fun to photograph!

Another baby on the way!!!

And another baby on the way!!!

And finally, Brooke, a former cycling teammate of mine and her husband Brian had a baby! Check out this gorgeous family!

And now back to editing, album designs and shooting, OH MY!!!

Selena and Steve had a fabulous wedding at the Palos Verdes Golf Club last month. All of the stars were aligned. A gorgeous day, beautiful details, a really great couple and one of my favorite wedding venues all added up to wedding perfection.

I want to give a shout out to Selena and Steve’s coordinator, Jen Peterson of Jen Peterson Events. She did an awesome job and was great to work with!

Thanks for your understanding everyone. I am back in the office. Thanks!

Matt and Erin are graduating from CSULB this month. We had a little photo session that was both a grad session as well as lifestyle. I had a great time working with these two. The are very photogenic and have the spirit of youth and promise. Here are some faves:

Thanks guys! Good luck in all of your future endeavors.

Meet Adelyn. She is a delightful little girl, about 10 months old for our shoot. She and her family live in Playa Vista which is a treasure of great photo ops. We had so much fun. Here are my faves:

Thanks guys! Looking forward to seeing you next week.

Hi Everyone! I am so excited to show the latest of Cameron. She turned 2 years old last month and she is a very fast moving little girl. We had a quick photo session before the 6 of us sat down to dinner. It was a very fun and very fast session!

The gorgeous Cameron

Love these with mom and dad

Isn’t she beautiful!

My mom checks out my blog every so often and always tells me how much she loves it but gently reminds me that I have very few pictures of her grandson up for display. Ok mom, you can always check out my galleries on facebook which I add to often but here is a post just for you. Most of these are taken with my iPhone so they are not about the artistic quality or technical merit but instead they are purely about the content.

Yes, I am going back a while. These are from our first Christmas in our house and Jandro’s first real Christmas Tree

Ice skating in Redondo Beach

Jandro’s Birthday

Surfer boy

With his bufanda

Sporting the mohawk

One of me and Paul by the fabulous Heavenly Portraits

And finally, my most recent fave, the two loves of my life

Can’t think of what to get your mom, grandma or wife for Mother’s Day??? How about a family portrait session! Book a family or kids session between now and Mother’s Day and get the session and a mini keepsake flip book with 10 images for only $100 (that is a $150 savings!!!) This can also be purchased as a gift certificate which can be used anytime before August 1st.

Here are a few of my favorite family images, since no post is complete without pictures

I photographed Baby Matthew a few weeks ago. He is the son of Laurie and Jeff who’s wedding I shot a few years ago. I love to be able to follow a family as it grows from 2 to 3 (In this case it grew from 3 to 4 including Laurie’s son Justin).

Mom had the cutest Easter theme idea

Isn’t he precious! He was just over a week old for our portrait session

Love these of the family

Thanks guys! It was a fun shoot!