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

these beautiful women live on a working ranch, and on a college tour of california, stopped off in newport beach to meet me.mothers and daughters are so inspiring for me to work with, probably because of the amazing relationship i have with my own mom. it really does seem like only a week ago that i was 16 years old and she was still trying to cuddle me on her lap…these girls were super fun to work with, loved my ideas, (or pretended to) and most importantly, loved each other very much. it was plain to see.as this guy came into my peripheral vision as i was shooting her in this spot, i thought-keep on coming, keep on coming…i LOVE capturing surfers in the background at the beach.bikini shopping:

about a year ago, or so, i got an email from a photographer from NYC. her name was bentley waters and we hit it off over email pretty nicely. she helped me out with location and dinner ideas while i was in NYC, but the day we were supposed to meet up, i woke up with a nasty stomach bug.

i still so badly wanted to meet her, so i was so happy when she asked me to photograph her family while she was here in CA. she was even more lovely in person-and so was her family.

her brothers were in town also, so we dragged them into a few photos…

somebody’s trying to get away…

this next series of just the two of them are some of my favorites from the session…

the kid was undeniably adorable.

its the most contagious time of the year…….
i have an ear infection and strep throat. got medicine today so i should start feeling better. thank you jeff for doing the kid school run this mornin’ for your sickly wife.

no photos were taken on thanksgiving. my camera just didnt feel like coming out to play. im not super bummed about missing photos of turkey, but i am super bummed that my annual “photo shoot in my moms back ditch” didnt happen.

onto the photos.
older aged kids, which was fun for me-usually i get littles.
cool family dynamic.
great location.

“who has the stinkiest feet?”

“HE DOES!”