Some traditions are meant to be broken

At the beginning of each baseball season, my boys are conducted to line up and take the traditional posed team photo. Maybe it's because I tend to like something more unique, or possibly because these forced, brightly lit photos don't show much of the boys' personalities and attitude, I started a tradition of my own. There is no better way to get to know my kids' friends then by spending a few minutes photographing each one of them. Their personalities can't hide! Not only does it provide parents with a more personable photo, but I walk away more connected to the kids and inspired to cheer just a little bit harder for each and every one.

Meet one of the 2013 Mustang Irvine All-Star teams:

Take it as it comes - a sneak behind the scenes

 

Sometimes a session of a family with young kids doesn't go completely as planned. Since my main goal is to capture a family's natural lifestyle, these spontaneous, crazy sessions capture just that.

The Hurtt family is a go with the flow, bring on the fun kind of family. When one pose didn't work, we adjusted and moved on. The results...fun, candid photos that really show this stage in their family life. I wanted to take you a little behind the scenes to show how being in the moment and not worrying about always smiling at the camera can capture more of who you really are.

full body doesn't work so...we crop in :-)

note the lolipop stuck in the little ones hair

Destination Wedding - Tammy and Marty

This past I had the treat of heading east to the Palm Springs area to photograph Tammy and Marty's destination wedding. Their family and a few friends traveled from Minnesota and other Eastern locations to join them on a week long California vacation.

As it has in the past the Classic Club in Palm Desert photographed beautifully. The sunset was an unbelievable desert sunset which filled the sky with beautiful golden colors.