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{Families} The Booth Ohana-Nipomo, CA

November 3, 2012

I’m still blown away that the Booth family drove all the way up to the Central Coast to have me photograph their family for the 4th year in a row. They are one of the hardest working, busiest families that I know running their own business, Rock Steady Inc., and their kids’ schedules. It’s amazing to see the growth in their children, and the transformation with Mama Booth through all her hardcore workouts and training. You are looking good girlfriend! Oh, and you can’t forget Papa Booth and the amazing tattoo work he’s had done. Wow, they are looking amazing! Their little man is truly a little man now and their daughter is getting more and more beautiful each year. I love you guys and miss you madly. I hope you love these as much as I do.

Click the links below to check out their previous photo shoots.

2011 Booth Family

2010 Booth Family

2009 Booth Family

Tags: Arroyo Grande Family Photographer, Bradsberriers LLC, Bradsberries Family Farm, Farm, Grover Beach Family Photographer, Nipomo, Nipomo Family Photographer, Pismo Beach Family Photographer, Ranch, Rock Steady, San Luis Obispo Family Photographer, San Luis Obispo Photographer, Santa Maria Family Photographer
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Mother’s Day with Nana- {Seal Beach, CA}

May 31, 2012

This is the third time I’ve had the privilege of photographing my sweet friend’s family. This time, Jen’s mom, Laura was in town and Jen wanted her to have some pictures as a Mother’s day gift. I adore Laura. I grew up with Jen, and became very close to Laura over the years. When Jen would be spending hours in her room getting ready, (well it felt like hours), Laura and I would have the best chats at her kitchen table. She was like a second Mom to me and I love her so much. Click here and here to see the two previous photo shoots we’ve done together.

Tags: Children, Children Photography, children portraits, Family Photographer, Family Photography, kids, Main Street, Mother's Day, portrait, Portraits, seal beach
Posted in Children, Families, Infant, Kids, portrait, Uncategorized | No Comments »

{Families} Home is where the heart is….

May 1, 2012

I had the honor to photograph Linda’s beautiful family almost 2 years ago during a mini-shoot with 4 other families. Click here to view. Linda wanted to capture her home and her two beautiful daughters in this amazing San Marino, 1920′s home, before they move in two weeks. They have lived here for 10 years, and she wanted her daughters to have a memory of the home that they lived in for the first part of their lives. What a wonderful idea! I think every family should get pictures inside their home, doing every day things, to capture those memories. I hadn’t met her youngest, and she actually took some of her first steps while I was there. It was so cool! Enjoy the photos.

Tags: Children, City of San Marino, Families, family, kids, Long Beach Children's photographer, Long Beach Family Photographer, Los Angeles Children's Photographer, Los Angeles Family Photographer, Pasadena, San Marino, San Marino Historic Home
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{Families} The Kim Family-Fullerton, CA

February 28, 2012

After months of emailing about the shoot, I was so happy to finally meet Hanna and her beautiful family. It was such a perfect morning to capture them. We had fun walking around the trails and exploring the park where we met. I’m so thankful to live in California where I can shoot outdoors. Their littlest one is turning 1 year old, so we focused on getting some really sweet shots of her for her upcoming birthday.

I love this series of the birthday girl! Happy 1st little one.

Tags: 1st birthday, dol, Families, family, Fullerton, Infant, kids, korean, parks, portrait
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{Family Shoot} The Kim Family-Long Beach, CA

February 7, 2012

Jeanie and Edward were such a joy to photograph, along with their two beautiful daughters. The balloons and sunflowers were so fun to incorporate into our shoot. It took awhile for the little one to warm up, but once she did I couldn’t get enough. Their oldest daughter was so sweet and gave me the absolute best smiles. Enjoy this beautiful family!

Tags: Balloons, el dorado park, Family Photographer, Family Portraits, Kid Portraits, Long Beach, Long Beach Family Photographer, Sunflowers
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{Families} The Saenz Family-Long Beach, CA

January 16, 2012

My dear friends wanted me to come again and document their family, mainly the kids, especially since they have a new little guy, almost a year old. I took their family pictures over a year ago at their home when it was just the four of them, click here to view. The kids are always so comfortable in their own surroundings, and it was fun to do the shoot again at their beautiful home in California Heights. Jen told me she wanted me to get lots of close-ups of the kids eyes, feet, and hands. It was fun to bust out the macro lens for this shoot. I love you guys!

Tags: California Heights, Children, Families, family, Long Beach, Long Beach Family Photography, Mia Marisa Photography, Toddlers
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{Families} The Booth Family-Long Beach, CA

November 20, 2011

It’s the third year in a row that I’ve had the opportunity to shoot my sweet neighbors and friends the Booths. It’s been so fun to see their kids grow up, with their oldest already in 1st grade. Kryssie, always has such great ideas for location and props. We have the best time together. Click on the links below to see the previous years.

Click here (2010) and here (2009) to view their other shoots.

Tags: Bixby Knolls, Families, Long Beach Family Photography, Long Beach Portrait Photographer, Racho Los Cerritos
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{Families} The Johnson Family-Oak Glen, CA

November 15, 2011

It was a cold, rainy day, but that didn’t stop this beautiful family from having fun up in Oak Glen as we took some family photos. This was actually my second photo session this year with Danielle and her kids. But, this time she wanted to include her parents in on the fun. You can check out the other photo shoot here.

Tags: Apples, Children, Families, Harvest, Oak Glen
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{Families} A Mother’s Manual-Cerritos, CA

September 22, 2011

When the idea came around that my church wanted to make a “Mother’s Manual” comprised of many different articles written by the amazing mothers at our church, I loved the idea. For me, it was great to contribute as well, sharing our story of foster/adoption and our struggles with infertility. We have so many newly married couples and new mothers, that putting together this amazing manual to help new moms trying to figure out the ins and outs of motherhood is so great. As a gift, I offered to give the manual a little something extra by giving each mom a face to their name by doing the photography. As our church grows, it will be awesome for those new moms reading the articles to be able to look at a picture of the mom that contributed and make a connection with her as they share in their trials and triumphs.

Motherhood is a journey, and we need each other to encourage one another and help in times of need. I’m so excited to see the finished product. We still have 6 more families to photograph, including mine (that’s always the challenge getting my family pictures done), but for now, here are the the first 13 moms and their precious children. A few of the husbands came too, so we seized the opportunity for a family picture as well if time permitted. We did 15 minute back to back sessions, so it was quite busy, but so fun.

If you’d like to come by and check out our church, we’d love to have you.

Tags: Babies, CCSC, Cerritos Library, Cerritos Presbyterian Church, Cerritos Sculpture Garden, CPC, Families, Mia Marisa Photography, portrait
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{MairWear} Beanies + Families-Fullerton, CA

August 12, 2011

Mary and I have known each other now for 14 years. We met through our husbands many years ago. We’ve both seen our hobbies evolve into businesses, and have also watched our families grow. When we started talking about her amazing, custom, handmade beanies, and getting some pictures done I knew it would be a fun project. MairWear is Mary’s business, and her hand knitted beanies are amazing. I can’t wait for winter so I can wear mine and see my girls in them. We decided to run a contest and choose two families to wear these amazing creations. It’s a win, win. The families won pictures and they were able to pick out their favorite hat to wear. Thank you everyone for being involved and making this happen. A special thanks to Brianne, with {Bre} Style who did all the set designs and displays for the hats. You were amazing!

Look at all these cute beanie clips, or could double as a hair clip. I love them. They come in small, medium and large.

Little boy hats. So cute!

I love the variety of men’s hats. They are so awesome.

Little girl hats. They are just perfect.

Here’s Brianne’s little girl. She has the perfect hair for hats, so I had to take a few pictures of her wearing them.

Our first family. I’ve known Suzanna since college. We met at school in Pennsylvania. They moved to California last year, and this is the first time we’ve seen each other since she moved. It was a pleasure shooting their family.