Orange County photographer | Tara Whitney – Orange County's Leading Photographer. Family, Pregnancy, Maternity, infant, Newborn, Baby, engagement photography in Orange County, Los Angeles, San Diego

Bentley and her boys travel from NY to CA a few times a year to visit the family they have in Venice Beach. We connected online a few years ago and stay in touch. I adore her. These are good people who I really like being with.

I love:

the fluorescent pink nails
the Venice canals
the blue eyes
the matching/alternating open mouthed smiles on dad’s shoulders
the bougainvillea on fire and the colors they wore
the scrunchy nose smiles from Bentley
the true, honest expressions
the checkered shirt
the birds flying with us as we walked to the shore
the kite flying in between
the way she looks at her boys
the blue lifeguard tower
the one handed cuddle while holding plastic cup of champagne
the colors of the Venice boardwalk behind them
the them.

xo
Tara

More from this family session with dear Bentley tomorrow. I have so many sessions to show you from this year! I need to get ON IT.

How is it JULY in a few days?!

xo

Tara

“There is something about getting a stick and writing in the sand that is just as good as sucking up a bunch of dirt with a vacuum or hosing off the back patio.”

These are the thoughts I think.

We like to write messages in the sand.
We like to bury Uniqua and make Mckenna find her. (Mckenna likes it too.)
We like to drift and then find our way back to our original spot.
We like to examine seaweed.
We like to dig holes that fill up with water.
We like making sand angels.
We like stepping on the heads of each others’ shadows.

I love Anna’s raccoon glasses tan.
I love how Mckenna doesn’t really notice the sand.
I love watching the boys get trashed by a wave.
I love beach hair.
I love hearing their laughter mixed with the sound of seagulls.
I love the ocean when it’s like this – gently rolling waves onto the shore, like you would under-hand a ball to your toddler.

xo
Tara