beach bridal session / brandon + kim

i did this bridal session over thanksgiving break and am so in love with it. not only do i love the people (it's my brother-in-law and new sister-in-law), but look at how amazingly pink that sky was! it was a happy accident that we ended up at the beach

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family session / hjelmstads

family session / hjelmstads

as i finished uploading all of these pictures i realized that it is the third post in a row of pictures at the beach! i contemplated saving it for later, but i don't even care because i actually really love this shoot. i keep thinking that i'm sick of taking pictures for people at the beach, but then they always turn out so well that i just over it and am ready to do them again!

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bridals / brooke + devin

bridals / brooke + devin

these might be some of my favorite pictures i have ever taken. i did brooke and devin's bridals a little over a month ago at some beaches in la jolla. her dress is to die for, her veil is on point, and we had the most perfect overcast conditions for the pictures. i think doing bridal pictures might be my favorite type of shoot!

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(impromptu) golden hour family pictures

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jarman is on his last week of winter break and i never want him to go back to school. the first couple of weeks it was rainy and cold (even snowed in temecula in case you didn't hear), but this week has been so nice. we have already been to the beach twice. on monday we went with my mom and sisters and ended up taking some family pictures. i really wanted to hire a photographer to take pictures for us when jay was born, but it didn't work out. so i just make people take lots of pictures of us when we get the chance! if i had planned on doing these pics i probably would have done my hair, maybe worn a bit more make up and coordinated our outfits a little more. but i kind of love how they turned out- they have a soft, ethereal feel. looking at them makes me feel warm and cozy inside. it was jay's first beach day we captured it perfectly.