Young Family {Balboa Park San Diego Family Photographer}

I first met Michelle & Joe when Joe was stationed in the Marines here. I shot their engagement photos at Sunset Cliffs and it instantly became one of my favorite sessions. Their connection and love was so obvious ! Well, it's been a couple years, they moved back to the East Coast and have added Jaxon to their family ! Both Lana and Jaxon are the sweetest kids. So well behaved ! I was in awe ! But the whole family is super cute, right ? We had a great time catching up and roaming around the park taking pics. 

Lighting workshop with Gregory Cain

It being a slow time of year for photographers, most of us take this time to go on vacation, catch up on paperwork, re-evaluate our branding and marketing and learn some new photography techniques. Local San Diego photographer, Gregory Cain, put on a workshop this past weekend teaching off camera flash techniques. I've been wanting to get more confident with this for a while now and was super excited to have the opportunity to learn in such an intimate setting. I've taken other workshops before on this subject, but there was never much opportunity to practice at them. After a couple hours in the classroom, everything was starting to click into place. All the bits and pieces of info I'd collected over the past year melded together in my brain and I was ready to put it into practice for real ! I know I still need to practice more to get slicker and more confident with it, but I think I'm off to a good start ! Here are a few examples of the pics I took at the workshop being 100% in charge of the shot ! I just love how dramatic they turned out. Can't wait to use these techniques at engagement sessions and weddings going forward ! 

 

Mostofi-Lawson Family {Hillcrest San Diego Family Photographer}

This family was referred to me through a South African connection and it was great hanging out with them near their home in Hillcrest. Such a funky neighborhood, and the boys fit right inn with two of the coolest names, Caspian & Zephyr ! I love it ! Little Zephyr was a pleasure to photograph, only getting grumpy when he wanted some food. And we managed to sneak some pics of Caspian in, despite the fact that he is running head first into his terrible twos !