Orange County Wedding and Portrait Photography in Costa Mesa, California
Category Archives: UncategorizedI had so much fun working with the ladies at Three Loves Beauty! Thank you girls for doing such an amazing job on the hair and makeup for the boudoir photography sessions. I can’t wait to do this event again next year. Here are some photos from the fun Valentine’s Day Boudoir Brunch.
 
This year I had fun making gifts for my husband, Josh, on his first Father’s Day, as well as for my own parent’s.  At Christmas, Josh’s cousin gave us a gift wrapped in an old English newspaper. Josh and I both thought it was pretty cool, but I didn’t think it was worth saving. As I went to throw the newspaper away, Josh stopped me and said I should save it, maybe it would be a good matte for a picture frame. So, when I went to Micheals about a month ago and ran across a DIY frame kit the idea came to me. I used the DIY frame, the old newspaper and a lot of love to make his Father’s Day gift this year. Here’s how: What you need: DIY photo frame kit, wood letters, black paint, paint brush sheet of newspaper, hot glue gun, glue stick, photograph. To make the frame, I started by painting the sides of the frame and the letters black. Then I glued the newspaper to the wood using a glue stick. Once this glue dried, I trimmed off the excess newspaper. Using the hot glue gun, I put the letters in place. Here’s the tricky part: I had to get Caleb to fall into a deep sleep. I put a medium amount of paint on the bottom of his foot and then pressed it onto the frame. The key is to get enough paint that it will transfer to the frame before drying, but not so much that you lose the details of his tiny foot. After that paint dried I just added the photo and a little had written note on the back. Super easy and cute!
 What are little girls made of? Sugar spice and everything pink.
 I absolutely love this do-it-yourself 4 year old fairy birthday party. Mom can do a great job with a few little touches and a ton of creativity. The themes here are fairy land and pink everything. Top it off with touches of green like in the Fairy Cakes sign for the vanilla cupcakes, the Magical Marshmellow Pops sign and the strawberry Fairy Drink sign (water with strawberries for a touch of pink). The Trader Joe’s limeade and pink lemonade were such a simple way to keep the whimsical vibe going while sticking to the simple color theme. I love the added details like the jewelry on the dress stand. Mom can buy these jewelry pieces in bulk to give to all the little fairy guests. The combination of pink balloons, paper lanterns and tissue paper flowers create a beautiful and fun atmosphere. Who says fake flowers don’t work? They make a great centerpiece on this soon to be kid crowded table. The faux hot pink Gerber daisies are topped with large jewels for extra pizaz. The best part of this party is the professional fairy brought in to entertain the kids. She provides face painting, arts-and-crafts and fun games. Her very fairy adaptation to popular kids games is fantastic. Pass the Teacup instead of Hot Potato and Sit on the Mushroom instead of Musical Chairs are two of my favorites and don’t worry, she brings tons of props with her to each party. She can even bring fairy wands for all the guests, like the one the birthday girl is holding in the bottom picture of her. Easy, whimsical and fun. I love it! Family Portraits in Orange County, California
 How cute is this kid? This was a family portrait session and 1 year old baby portrait session combined. We started with the family portraits on the bridge and then moved to the stream in the park. I love photographing by the stream because it is so green, even on the tree trunks, plus there are a lot of duckies for the kids to look at. I love the contrast between the green trees and grass and the pink of here outfit. Actor Headshots
Central Valley, California
 I love photographing Joshua Tree National Forest! The nature is absolutely amazing. You can see every star in the sky. I think I counted 8 shooting stars during dinner. These images were taken at night and the next morning at sunrise. In the image with the amazing moving stars put the camera on a tripod and painted in the light on the rock with a flash light. It was so beautiful!!! I love reconnecting with nature and photographing the amazing world that God has created. I also love eating yummy delicious tri-tip and BBQ corn while camping. Audra & Family
 I shot Audra’s maternity portraits a few months ago and was recently able to photograph baby Raelee for the first time. This slideshow includes all of the portraits from the recent baby portrait photography session, as well as a few of my favorites from the maternity session. I wanted to make sure I captured some of Tyler too so they could have matching portraits. We tried to get some of both kids, but as you can see Raelee was not having it. I love these kids!! I’m sure ya’ll will see plenty more pictures of these two in the years to come. Jen and Maggie brought Macey, their adorable dog, along with them to their engagement session. I used this as an opportunity to not only capture images of them playing with Macey, but a beautiful family portrait as well.
 I love the color of this wall in the tunnel leading to Salt Creek Beach. We were all headed out after photographing on the beach and at the park when I suddenly stopped to take this beautiful image. I didn’t notice the wall on the way in, but I’m glad I did on the way out.
 Here we went to the top of hill in Laguna Beach to play in the field. Despite the freezing cold overcast weather we were able to get some very natural images. This is a great family portrait and will soon be on their wall! NEW FREEDOM JEWELRY
 I was lucky enough to be able to work with New Freedom Jewelry and to offer them my photography services to help create this ad for them. Their story was featured in Beverly Hills Lifestyle Magazine with the ad to raise awareness of what the foundation does. Here is a little bit about them…
It really is a fantastic organization. Please purchase jewelry from them to support the organization. |
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