orange county senior portrait photographer

(okay... so maybe these beautiful girls aren't seniors yet, but they will be soon!)

thanks to dexi, annaliese, and lauren for being such great models. they were so sweet and we had so much fun!

the ferguson family | orange county family photographer

this was my first ever family photo shoot and boy was i nervous! i spent the whole week studying up on how to pose families. i was so worried i wouldn't know what to do! it turns out i was worried for nothing because this family was so amazing. they were so great to work with. and talk about good looks!

ferguson's -- thank you so much for letting me practice on you! i hope you love them!



















































p.s. email me if you'd like family pictures. currently, i'm not charging a single penny. :)

first birthdays -- lily & lincoln | orange county baby photographer

these next photos need more of an intro...

i've always loved those photo sessions where a one year old tears into a cake. i think they are so fun. so i asked a friend if i could try it out on her beautiful baby girl who had just turned one. i wanted to get a "studio" look, so i searched all over the internet hoping to find out the best way to do that. one of the options i came across was to use a sheet. so i got everything set up - time, place, awesome cake (made by a good friend, emily) and a pink sheet with all the wrinkles ironed out (i thought a pink background would be cuter than white) and off i went. well... it didn't work out as great as i'd hoped. the pink sheet didn't work, so mom and dad offered up one of their white sheets; it was a little too late by the time i got there, so the lighting was off; and i can't figure out how to fix the darn pictures in photoshop. the pictures of lily are super cute, but i can't get the wrinkles smoothed out in the background. (if anyone out there knows how to do that, please let me know!) anyway, after getting over the discouragement of it all, i decided to try it again.

i asked emily (who made the cakes) if she'd let me try it out on her handsome baby boy who had just turned one. lucky for me, she agreed! i did a little more research this time around and found that seamless paper would be a better option. so, to make an even longer story short, it worked! and i couldn't be happier!

a big thanks to the eks for all the trouble and a huge thanks to emily for the gorgeous cakes, endless patience and the second chance :)

now, without further ado, here are the pictures...

lily:







lincoln:



















p.s. if you, or anyone you know, has a baby turning one soon i'd love some more practice. :)

jamison | orange county child photographer

this little guy is so handsome. how can any picture of him not look cute? thanks for having me over keli!

just a few of my favorites: