the garcia family • orange county family photo session • downtown seal beach

i love seal beach. there are so many awesome little nooks and crannies to be found. when we walked down an alley and found this awesome sign, i said under my breath, “i am so coming back after we are finished to snatch this lovely into the back of my car.” AND I FORGOT TO DO IT! i still mourn the loss. especially when i look at this shot.

the garcias are an awesome family who are grounded, fun to talk to, and great with their kids. kami is currently co-authoring a book that got picked up by the publisher of the twilight books. cant wait to see how that progresses for her! their oldest is a ham and completely photogenic and into it. their youngest was a bit of a wild card and totally made me work my butt off. its the age, definitely the age. 1 year olds are notorious for being aloof around a camera. so instead of standing and posing, we did lots of STUFF to keep her interested.

stuff like getting swung like an airplane…

or getting loved on by her big brother (whom she ADORES)…

or being safely cuddled in daddy’s arms because the sand, the water, the sun, and the noise of the beach were just too much to take for her delicate sensibilities!

we had to improvise for the foot shot. sweet honey would have nothing to do with the sand, and i love her little piggy toes on her dads, and just the hint of a full diaper and those chubby legs…

sibling shots with a one year old…typical…you take what you can get, and this happened in a split second.

fun morning, ill be dreaming of you forever picture-show-gallery sign.

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16 Comments

  1. LOL – your sign cracks me up! You remind me of myself – when I get something in my head like that, I can’t get it out until I do it. I probably would have driven back for it!

    Beautiful family shots! You are an inspiration to me, and I love the interactions you capture. And one year olds are hard! My son runs the other way whenever I get out the camera. I need some tips from you on how to do it.

  2. Like this sunny session. Is it alaways sunny in your town? because here (in the north of France) it’s cold and grey since 2 month… Very Lucky!!! Claire

  3. Gorgeous work as always. I was wondering if I might could talk you into doing a post or two about how you get your subjects to relax as well as they do in front of the camera. Obviously, they know your work and are after the particular type of portraits that you take, and that has to help. But how do you elicit the interactions between the subjects? Do you ever get people who don’t “get it” and keep trying to pose the way they feel they should be? How often do you (or DID you before people understood your concept) turn people away simply because they are looking for a different type of picture from what you want to create?

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