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What a wonderful family this was, their lovely girls were so fun and easy going. Their oldest was a bit shy but once we got a little more aquainted she opened up and became her self. They wanted to do the session in the backyard, at first I asked if there was shade but there were no trees and I was concerned a bit. When I arrived it was a bit overcast and when I saw their yard I could not resist. We ened having most of the session outback as they suggested. They had the most beautiful wanter fall with a lot of open space, it was beautiful and luckily the weather cooperated as well.

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I’ve had the pleasure of photographing our friends in the past and I must I get excited each time, it helps that they choose really nice locations and that they are a gorgeous family. They wanted me to do their photos for the holiday last christmas but I was not available then and I am happy they called me this year to do their photos.

Their little daughter is as sweet as she can be, smiling and dancing away, it made it easy that grandma was there too since she knew what made her smile.

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We recently attended our friend daughter’s 5th birthday party, which took place at La Jolla Shores. I knew it would be very hard to bring my good SLR with me specially knowing that I would be chasing after my two year old, not to mention that it was at the beach which made it more of a challenge to keep my camera sand free. Instead I took my little Canon PowerShot SD790 as I usually do when I know I’ll be on a go but still want to capture some good memories.

I started snapping away the few little chances that I got while my little one was around all the other kids from the party specially the birthday girl. It made it really hard not only because of my little one but because every time I directed my camera to the birthday girl she would shy away. Her dad had told me at a prior event that her daughter does not like getting her picture taken, and well I was lucky enough to capture one photo of her.
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I knew that since I was using my point and shoot that I would probably have to do some real processing after wards to fix background, sharpness, contrast and other but I think the end result was pretty good if I can say so myself. I also got quite a few photos of her sister who was standing still for me when taking her photo, such a great little model. Aren’t they the most beautiful little girls?

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It’s amazing how kids grow up so quickly, I can still quite remember when I did the first photo shoot for this little girl and her parents. She was only a few months old and was so tiny now she’s two and all grown up and more beautiful every time I see her.

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What two wonderful little boys they are, I photographed their oldest a month after he was born. Now they welcomed their second little boy and contacted me to get pictures of him, and I was happy to be able to do that for them. Their baby was only two weeks old and he was very alert but what surprised me the most was how strong he was, he could hold his head strong, such lovely boys.

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This was a great selection by my clients to have their photo session, it was lovely. There were so many great spots to chose from it had many areas with shade, beautiful structures, nice big trees and the best part a few ponds. I am happy they told me about this place, thank you


Their little boy turned one, he was a great little model, so happy and full of life and of course very handsome, his eyes were amazing. He did so good during the session and it makes it even easier when you have good looking people as your subject.

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I cannot believe my little one is two!!! He’s growing up way to fast it seems like not long ago he came into our lives and we took him home. I miss him being my little baby, so tiny; now he’s a big boy who can’t stop, he’s on the go and wants to be just like his big brother, he’s two going on 6.

This year I wanted to try the session with the cake as I did for his first birthday, much better turn around then last year, he actually tasted the cake and sat there without a cry

Playing around with some props and my willing model, it was a fun little session, and he really enjoyed it too, went along with all the craziness mama made He’s such a good sport, I am sure I’ll be hearing from him in his teenage years

One beautiful sunset in the backyard, there were lots of clouds that night which made the sunset even more colorful, my SLR battery had ran out and so I have to pull out the point and shoot to capture this beautiful sunset before it was gone. Within a few minutes it was gone and I was happy I managed to capture it.

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This little guy was such a joy to photograph, not only is he a very handsome little boy, he smiled so many times it made my job easier. I was surprised that at almost two months old he managed to stay asleep for quite a few photos which allow us to get a good variety of poses both sleeping and awake.

I was really excited to have been called again to photograph this little guy I had such a great session with his parents when he was still in his mommy’s belly. It was a pleasure to have finally meet the little guy, he was truly a joy, parents are so lucky to have such an easy going baby. He did awesome the entire session.

We could not forget some football shots for their favorite team Redskins, his daddy was a huge fan of the team and we had to incorporate it in the session, mommy was prepared with all the accessories, isn’t he adorable!

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I have not had the chance to photograph a new baby, it was nice to be able to do that this time. Aunty was so proud and in love of her first nephew that she wanted me to capture that moment in time. I loved how relaxed they were and how adorable this little guy was, is was quite alert for most of the session was only asleep for a little when he got there which allowed me to get some sleepy shots. The rest of the session he was alert and quite the strong little guy, he was able to hold his neck quite well. He was such a wonderful little baby and I was glad to see her aunty again and be able meet this little guy and his mama for the first time. Congrats!

Our good friend of the family contacted me wanting me to photograph her family, her four kids and their respective families. They had all moved away and were getting together this month, some lived east coast while one of them lived in Germany, they all came to visit.

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I was really excited to see them all reunited not only because they are a wonderful family but because we grew up with them and hang around when we were little, it was nice to be able to see them all grown up and with families of their own.

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Our friends invited us to their party, their three boys had a birthday within a few weeks apart so they decided to convince them all. We had so much fun, and the kids well what can be said, they had a blast of course. I normally don’t have the chance or time to take photos at parties, mostly because I am watching my little one like a hawk making sure he doesn’t get into trouble or get hurt. I definitely don’t take my good big SLR mostly for that reason and because it gets banged up, so I decided to take my little point and shoot, and I was very pleased with how some of the photos came out.

Of course I could not really compare them both because they are very different in many ways and I can’t say the little camera performs as well as the SLR but I can definitely say it doesn’t do a bad job at all, the clarity and detail were outstanding. To this date I can still recommend that camera to anyone interested in purchasing a point and shoot camera. The few down sides is shutter speed, aperture and shutter release delay, but overall great camera for the money.

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