{Andrea Gallagher Photography | Seniors | Families

{San Diego Family Photography~ Japanese Friendship Garden with the Roxworthy's}

I recently had the pleasure of working with a lovely family, the Roxworthy's (awesome last name, I know:) and I was so thrilled when Emily asked me to do their family portraits for them! When we discussed locations Emily was very drawn to the Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park. It was my first time ever shooting their so it was a wonderful experience and the garden turned out to be a perfect setting to match this beautiful families style. A special thank you to the Roxworthy's for allowing me to be a part of their 2011 family photos, it was such a pleasure working with you and your sweet family!

{San Diego Family Photography~Balboa Park with the Ledford's}

This was a really fun shoot at a location which had been in the back of my mind for a long time! A good friend told me about this amazing tree with an exposed root system at Balboa Park but I knew that the family had to have older children in order to navigate it. Mickey was super flexible about where to shoot so I was so thrilled to be able to utilize this beautiful tree in their shoot and it came out beautifully! The kids are similar in age to my too eldest so it was a lot of fun and they were full of energy and having a great time climbing around! Thanks so much to the Ledford family for allowing me to capture their 2011 family photos and much happiness in the future!

The Ledford Family 2011

Ryleigh ~ 7

Looking like an angel in this pic!

Chase ~ 11

Chase and Ryleigh being sweet and adorable

Mom and Dad aka Mickey and Rick

Love this one of them <3

Want one of my hubby and me like this!

{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!

{Paisley Chief Pinning Ceremony}

This was a very special shoot for me. Jessica had originally contacted me about a homecoming photo shoot but as most homecomings go it was not at an opportune time so we planned on regrouping in the future. Fortunately for us another big milestone was waiting just around the corner for the Paisley Family. Mike had been selected for Chief and after the process as a selectee would be the Pinning Ceremony! This was my first Pinning and it was really amazing to witness such a special occasion for so many that day. I love so many things about being blessed to be a part of a military community and those you meet are more like family than friends. Thank you so much to Jessica and Mike for allowing me to capture this very special day in your lives!

{Kim and Connor~Maternity}

Kim had approached me about doing maternity pics and our initial idea was a dreamy field setting which in Indiana where I am from we could have gone to any number of locations and found a grassy field but here in San Diego; not so much. Grassy fields are hard to come by so we continue to search for the perfect location and literally on the same day we messaged each other the exact same place, Summer's Past :) We had such a fun time walking the grounds and capturing these 'dreamy' shots and also whenever Connor felt like joining us we would snap a few of him as well! Thanks to Kim for allowing me to capture these very special moments for their family and I cannot wait to meet Abigail Gray!!

Two of my favorites <3

Love the color and the shot on the botton right was totally spur of the moment and I love the angel

Blue door was a great find!

Love this little guy, how precious is he...

We used some of Abigail's booties and Connor was so helpful putting them on the belly!;)

Lots of flowers in bloom, perfect backdrop

Loved this little bridge and the close up of the belly!

{50 Years Together~ Anniversary Luau}

The Robertson family contacted me about photographing a very special occasion at the Kona Kai Resort in Point Loma. Karen's Mother and Father were celebrating 50 years together and although Hawaii would have been ideal they decided on a more reasonable trip down the street to a festive Luau:) The family was adorable in their Hawaiian shirts and outfits and it was a pleasure to capture this special time for them!