Now, besides photography I really love to be in front of the camera. I just love cameras. Period. Whether in my hand or pointed right at me. I’m kinda diva like that. So I may have been a camera hog during this session, and I can’t wait to start seeing the girls blog photos of me. But since you know I’m not really a model, and I am PHOTOGRAPHER, I figured I better blog the pics I took of them, stat!

Here’s a peeksy at our fun girlie-photog day!

Here’s Anna right in front of my place. The sun was bright, which made it the perfect opportunity to take what I had just learned from J* about natural reflectors and shooting in bright sun! I think I did well! Hope Jasmine approves!

Anna you are gorgeous! And pure awesome!

Then Brittany and Laurie and I at cupcakes at Vanilla Bake Shop. Shhhh it’s a secret! And then we hit up The Viceroy! I love this shot of Brittany. It’s SO her!

Brittany is amazing! She is from Chattanooga and has the BEST Southern Accent! She is like butter. Ah to be a Southern Belle…

Then there is Laurie! So cool! So fierce! Look at her rock it!

But I made her laugh. Cause I am hysterical!

Brittany strutted her stuff like a total LA Chick!

Brittany you are gorgeous girl!!!!!!

And Laurie!! You are gorgeous too!!!

Seriously look at those high cheek bones! Those piercing hazel eyes! GOR-GEOUS!!!!

We finished our awesome day looking at the beautiful Santa Monica sunset. And it hit me. WHOA! I’m so lucky! I’m so lucky to be a SoCal girl! To see beauty like this! And to be capturing it all in photos! Lucky lucky lucky!

And then we ate really good Korean food. And I felt even luckier

So here are a few shots from our family portrait session, which we took at Kenneth Hahn Park. I really need to enjoy this park more often because its so big and beautiful! Because we’re family and chatty with each other, we kinda lost track of time and got a late start! The sun was getting low, but did offer up some cool lens flare!

Kenneth Hahn has a beautiful lake and creek thing running through it! Yes, it’s man-made but it still makes for a pretty background!

Here’s my Leo! My nephew and I have this crazy bond! He cracks me up and actually reminds me a lot of myself when I was little. He is a unique little kid who loves to ham it up, get attention, be the boss and is dangerously smart! Yes, that can mean he doesn’t always listen to the adults when he should…but I think its kinda awesome. hehe. I love that he beats to his own drum! I feel like we are kindred spirits and that I was destined to be his Aunt. It’s kinda amazing how things work out in this world…sometimes your family isn’t born to you, it finds you!

My niece Georgia had a playdate with her BFF Molly that day, so Molly tagged along as my assistant Of course I had to shoot some pics of these two girls! Aren’t they fierce?!

The girls already have developed such style! Check out their awesome shoes!!!

I love this sweet moment.

Mitch & Angie have been married 15 years!!! And they are still sooo in love!

This last shot was at the end of the day and Leo was not having any more of the “smile and look at the camera” thing. In fact he told me his face was hurting from too much smiling! LOL. I told you he beats to his own drum! So, it is what it is. An almost perfect picture. But maybe what makes this picture perfect is the fact that Leo is goofing off and just being Leo. Its so much more real!