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I’ve wanted to do a photo shoot at the Point Pinos lighthouse for quite some time.  So when my sister and her cute family came out to Monterey for Thanksgiving (with a request for some family pictures!) I suggested we try out the new location.  It was just as beautiful as I thought it would be!  The weather was a little crazy that week… it had been quite rainy, so on Thanksgiving morning, when it was cloudy with no rain in the morning forecast, we headed up to the lighthouse.  I rarely do photo shoots in the morning, but we were worried we wouldn’t have good weather for the rest of their visit and we decided to take what we could get.  Of course, it ended up raining about half an hour into the shoot and then was totally gorgeous that evening (figures!!).  What can ya do, right?  We were still able to capture some great pictures!  Here are my faves… 

From the time that we moved back to the Monterey area, I’ve been dying to do a photo shoot at the Santa Cruz boardwalk.  So I was delighted when my good friends, Nate & Becky, came out to visit this week and told me they were hoping to have their family pictures taken in Santa Cruz.  Wahoo!  It turned out to be such a fun, colorful location!!  I can hardly wait to do another session there in the future.  And I would LOVE to have our own family pictures done there!!  Any photogs interested in trading next year? 

I was so excited when my friend, Folsom children’s photographer Sandy Runner, asked me if I was interested in trading family pictures this year.  I’m a huge fan of her work, so I happily said yes!  Luckily, the timing worked out and we were able to travel over to Sacramento this past week for the trade.  Her family is so sweet and we had a fun time together.  Sandy is awesome at finding fun, unique locations, so when she suggested this field and barn, I could hardly wait to see it in person.  Of course, it was absolutely perfect and the weather could not have been better (I’ve already gotten used to the cool weather here in Monterey, so I was dreading possible HOT weather in Sacramento… thankfully it was in the low 80s).  Here are some favorites from the session… Sandy, thanks again for trading with me!  You know I completely LOVE all the pictures you took of our family and I hope you enjoy these, too!!  (Oh, and if you’d like to see some of the pictures Sandy took of my family, go HERE!)

Last time I saw baby R., he was a tiny newborn (and oh-so-cute).  Now he’s an adorable one year old, and so much fun!  I had a blast hanging out with his little family this week.  Here’s a little sneak peek from their session… C. and R., it was so fun to see you again!!

Remember this adorable newborn from last year?  I can hardly believe he is already ONE!  I was so excited that his family traveled all the way out to Monterey for a session!  We headed down to my favorite spot in Carmel and had a great time.  Here’s just a little sneak peek for now… 

Last fall, I donated a session to the silent auction at our local elementary school.  I was so excited when K. contacted me to schedule the session that they won.  Her family is just the CUTEST ever!  When we arrived at the location, I almost panicked because the lovely field of tall grass that we were planning to use had been mowed, but luckily I was able to scout out a couple of new spots to use instead, and the session went great.  SO many favorites… I even added one of the pictures to the splash page of my website, since I loved it so much.  Thank, H. family, for a lovely evening!

I adore this little family! Big sister was in my daughter’s first grade class this past year and was one of her best friends at school.  And little sister is such a sweetie and has the prettiest big brown eyes I have ever seen!  I was so excited when her mom asked me about getting family pictures done and then she chose one of my favorite urban locations in the whole Sacramento area to do their session.  Yay!     

I did baby J.’s newborn pictures almost exactly one year ago, and when I found out that his mommy is a hair stylist, I mentioned that if she was ever interested in trading, I would love to.  So I was really excited when she contacted me a few months ago to see if I was still interested in a trade (and she is an amazing stylist, so I’m really happy it all worked out!!  Check out her facebook page HERE.).  When they told me that they wanted their family session in Old Sacramento, I couldn’t be happier.  It’s such a great location with plenty of cool backdrops.  And it was so fun to see how big little J. and his older brother, C., are getting!  Aren’t they so cute!!  Here are some favorites…

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