The awesome thing about the Santa Cruz/Monterey area is you can shoot at beaches year-round, and they pretty much always look the same. The only thing that changes is the clothing people wear. I photographed Nick and Tara’s beautiful family of five (if you include Oso, the dog) a week before Christmas, but you’d never […]
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Monica is a regular client of mine, and being an Aptos resident she really loves her beach – Rio Del Mar / Seacliff. We go there every time we shoot together, and somehow we make it new each time. For this particular shoot, we were aiming to get some great photos for their Christmas cards. […]
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It had been a couple years since I last got to work with the Tate families while they vacationed over Thanksgiving at their beachfront rental house in the Pajaro Dunes development near Watsonville. We had some beautiful weather this day, and the light was a little better than last time – plus I had an […]
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It’s always great to capture 3 generations in one photo shoot, especially at a fun location like Seabright Beach in Santa Cruz. It’s no easy task to coordinate four families and their schedules for one shoot, especially when they don’t all live in the area. Luckily the stars were in alignment, the weather was gorgeous, […]
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OK, so there’s a lot more photos in this post than is typical for a family portrait session, but Tom and Kristin have five photogenic, fun kids that made it really hard for me to narrow them down. They live near Seascape beach in Aptos, so it was a natural choice for their family photo […]
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Capitola Beach is one of my favorite locations for taking family photos – kids love the beach, and everything from the colorful beach-side houses to the wooden pier make for incredible backdrops for family portraits. I met this family of four under the pier for their session, getting some formal group shots of them before […]
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This is a fun, short family photography session taken at Capitola Beach. Michelle told me she really only wanted one photo, but of course you know this isn’t my style. Let’s have options, baby! These guys have tons of personality and I thoroughly enjoyed spending this evening with them. Here’s some of my favorite photos from […]
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Large families can be challenging to shoot – there’s that many more eyeballs and expressions that have to be open and happy at the exact same moment. Add to that the unpredictable wind, surf and lighting for an on-location outdoors shoot, and you have a lot to manage as a photographer! I’m always up for […]
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Can you say adorable strawberry blonde kids?!? I met Amy, Greg, and their cute kidlets Isabelle and Aiden for their family portrait session at Seascape Beach (this section also known as “beer can” or “beer bottle” beach to the college kids…). But today the beach was refuse-free and we took advantage, running around, being crazy, […]
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Sisters Leah and Clara stole the show during their family portrait session at Seabright Beach in Santa Cruz. We hit the sand near sunset and the girls had so much fun running around and playing together. I got a few posed shots, but lots of candids as well. Many beach family photo shoots end up […]
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There aren’t too many grassy parks right next to beaches, so it’s no wonder this place is named “Hidden Beach Playground.” It’s a good place to take little kids as it has a nice variety of locations to use, depending on the child’s mood. Bella and her uni-pony made some great photos for my camera […]
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I’m good friends with Jennie, we love to meet up for tacos and margaritas at Olita’s on the wharf. When she suggested we do a big shoot with her siblings and their kids, I was happy to take on the big group and see what I could capture. All the kids were fantastic, took direction […]
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The Brown family was a pleasure to shoot and hang out with at the ever popular Natural Bridges State Park Beach in Santa Cruz, California. The park has everything – green fields of grass (in the spring), huge trees, fallen dead wood, blossoming flowers, a marshy pond, monarch butterflies and of course the beach with […]
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