{San Diego Family Photography~ Encinitas}

Talk about a really fun girls day! We met a a local beach nearby Jen's home in Encinitas where she frequents and the view was just breathtaking! Grandview is located in between Moonlight and Ponto beach in Encinitas and I have to say that I have being so fortunate to shoot all over the San Diego beaches and this was one of my favorites so far! The staircases leading from the tops of the cliffs to the base of the sand and beach line were huge and many of them beautifully weathered from years of bright sun and ocean air. The cliffs were also just covered with beautiful ice plants that gave a beautiful pop of color against the bright red clay cliffs! We shot and played and chatted and just had a wonderful time capturing these moments of these two beautiful girls! Our children grow so fast and I am so happy I was able to be a part of these really precious moments between mother and daughter :) 

Enjoy!~

This was one of the first shots and one of my favorites! We scaled a very high and narrow staircase to be high above the beach and I love how it came out :) 

I think we all love the weathered staircases so much!

Love all the color from the cliffs in this shot!

My favorite of this beautiful little lady!

See the little patch of rainbow over her right shoulder... 

Gorgeous girls and a perfect beach day! 

See the heart... ?? Loved this shot and only noticed that post processing! 

Love the ice plants surrounding them

As the sun went down we had some fun playing around and enjoying the last light!

The colors were just magnificent! 

And another heart! Final shot and really sums up this beautiful mother daughter duo! Full of love!

{San Diego Family Photography~Hotel Del Coronado}

I have been very fortunate my last several sessions to have the pleasure of not only photographing some wonderful families but also the grandparents who make up the extended family. This session was done about a month back at the beautiful and sunny beaches of Coronado in front of the Hotel Del. The session was a gift for the grandparents from their daughter to capture them with their two adorable red headed grandchildren! We did all sorts of combinations and even included the family dog (also adorable) and their eldest grandchild who was visiting CA along with them! Thank you to this lovely family who I just adore, this was a very fun and memorable day! 

Enjoy! xoxo

Grandparents and beautiful Grand babies <3

Really love sweet moments like this so much!

3 Generation Shot 

This little lady was all about the photos! 

Such a cutie!

Elena

Tyson and Elena relaxing 

This was the last shot of the day! Hope these will bring back fond memories for all of you! 

{San Diego Family Photography~ Hotel Del Coronado with the Lutz Family}

 In San Diego the Hotel Del is one of the most iconic features on the island of Coronado.

 This is the Lutz Family on the beaches of Coronado with the Hotel Del in the background for their family portrait session. It is always challenging working with young children but these two little angels were so good and so well behaved I could not believe it! It was a pleasure to work with such an amazing family and capture some really sweet moments with them in such a lovely location while their babies are still small. These are the memories you look back on when they are all grown up and ask where the time went. Thank you so much to the Lutz Family, Enjoy!

{San Diego Family Photography~ Mission Beach CA}

I have been so blessed to be able to capture some very special milestones for the Phalin Family over this last year. Some of you may remember Kim's beautiful maternity photo shoot {here} last September and then upon the arrival of Miss Abigail Gray I had the pleasure of doing her newborn photo shoot at home {here} 

So needless to say I was more than thrilled to meet Kim's extended family as she has become such a dear friend to me. Although the shoot was short and sweet the memories will last a lifetime. These moments when babies are small and all of the ones you love are together come way too infrequently in our busy lives and I am so thankful I could be a part of it! Thank you Levy/Phalin family so much! 

3 photo shoots down and less than 3 months old!! She is a pro this one!

All the family together, love this one<3

The Phalin family and proud Grandparents! 

Grandma and her newest grandbaby

Daddy's are the best, so tough but so sweet:)

My Fav from the day!! Prettiest little ginger ever drool and all!

{San Diego Family Photography~Cole and Quinn}

I fall in love with every shoot I do. Working with the families to style and pick locations,  scouting out new a fun places to create the perfect backdrop for their special day, and of course the cuteness of children on the day of dressed up in holiday finery, perfectly polished and clean faced. In this case that is how they arrived and for a short time that is how they stayed... But I have to say I love a mama who wants both sides of her children, the pictures you can hang for all the marvel at how perfect your children must be and then the shots I love the most, the real ones. So when the lollipops came out and the faces became smudged with layers of colorful sugar we did what any fun loving family photo shoot would do~ Through them on amusement park rides with lolli's in hand and then have them romp in the ocean to clean up after! These two were tons of fun and mommy and daddy were equally amazing. Thank you so much Kelly family for allowing me to capture just how beautiful you are inside and out!

I adore this shot of these two <3

Quinny

Cole

Look at those eyes, so handsome!

Now the fun begins!! Amusement park rides and lollipops!

The little heart on the bottom of the sparkly silver shoes~ priceless.

At sunset and still enjoying the lolli's!

Cole was so excited to go in the water

Quinn, not so much :)

This made my day. Thanks Kelly Family for being so amazing!