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March Availablity

(Please contact the office about weekday availability)

Saturday, March 13th @ 8:30 a.m. Scheduled

Saturday, March 13th @ 3:00 p.m. Scheduled

Saturday, March 20th @ 8:30 a.m. Scheduled

Saturday, March 20th @ 3:00 p.m. Scheduled

Saturday, March 27th Scheduled

April Availablity

(Please inquire about weekday availability)

Saturday, April 3rd @ 8:30 a.m. Scheduled

Saturday, April 3rd @ 3:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 10th Scheduled

Saturday, April 17th @ 8:30 a.m.

Saturday, April 17 @ 3:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 24th Scheduled

Baby Lucas

Sweet Baby Lucas…I just want to hold you all day long!  Congratulations Paty and Victor your little man is adorable!  Here are my favorites–I hope you enjoy!

I’m Here!

I love this sweet little baby t-shirt announcing the arrival of one of the Paguyo Twins.  A baby boy and a baby girl!  What an amazing gift and they are so sweet and precious!  We took these pictures in their home with the new parents.  It was such a great time and we captured some amazing moments for the family to treasure together.  I can just see them looking at these for years to come remembering their arrival into the world.

Such a special moment between daddy and daughter…

Here they are side-by-side…

Daddy with his son.
And the new family, doubled in size!  Congratulations!

I LOVE this picture of the twins peaking over dad’s shoulder!  So sweet!

Taylor-Senior

Taylor congratulations on your Senior year of High School!  I hope the rest of basketball season goes well and you have an amazing Senior Year.  Taylor took her Senior pictures in Seal Beach on the Main Street Blvd. This area it so cute and offers so many neat spots to take pictures.  Taylor is beautiful!  And could easily do modeling–she looks a lot like Tyra Banks.  However, she isn’t high maintence like I would imagine many models could be.  She is laid back, considerate and so low-key.  I love it!  Taylor I am sure you are adored by your family and friends.  I hope that you enjoy your senior pictures!

Here are some of my favorites!

Spring is Filling up!

With only one Saturday session available in March and is April quickly filling up, if you are hoping for Senior pictures this Spring make sure to call the office ASAP to make sure you can guarantee your session before graduation.  We have extended the free Mini-Card special into the first two weeks of April.  You have a couple more weeks to get your Mini-Cards!  Before you know it you will be graduating!  As always, I have a lot of flexibility during the weekdays.  Call the office for weekday availability.

Bellies to Baby Special!

It’s nearly Spring and we have a wonderful special to offer this Spring–It’s the Bellies to Baby Special!  This session includes both a pregnancy and a newborn shoot and is the perfect gift for a baby shower!  So, if you know of someone who is expecting be sure to give the office a call and schedule your session or order a Bellies to Baby gift certificate–562-529-8926

Zoe

Zoe had scheduled her session back in December.  However, as her session approached we had crazy winds down at the beach and had to reschedule for January.  Then January was filled with rainy skies and had to postpone till February.  It has been a crazy season weather season in California. Well we finally got to take Zoe’s pictures and I think it was well worth the wait.  Zoe is a beautiful senior graduating in June 2010 and now she has pictures to share with her family and friends when it comes time to celebrate!  Zoe took her pictures in Laguna Beach at Cressent Bay.  Below are some of my favorites!  Enjoy Zoe!

So Beautiful!

Zoe enjoy your pictures–you are beautiful!  Don’t forget to email me your favorite images for facebook!

Lots of fun effects!

I want to introduce you to some of the very cool effects we can add to your session pictures.  So over the next week I will introduce you to many of them.  This first effect is the FALL EFFECT.  It turns all the green in your picture to a beautiful fall scene.  Here is an example of the effect.  I really like it!

Here is the picture before:

And here is the picture after with the fall effect:

Love in the country and down at the beach.

Another beautiful engagement session!

Doug and Emily’s wedding is coming up at the end of March.  So we needed to get this engagement session in before the big day!  I love engagement sessions–it is a chance for me to visit with the couple and get to know them before the busy, busy, wedding day.  Doug and Emily are so SWEET together.  There is so much health and life in their relationship.  Emily is just this sweet, kind, generous person just filled with joy and compassion.  Doug you are a blessed man to have such a beautiful, soon-to-be bride.  Doug actually is a photographer and has done wedding and portrait work himself.  It is a privilege to work for another photographer. We started their session in El Dorado Nature Center which just had this great country feel to it.  I absolutely love the pictures in the forest and on the dirt road. Make sure to scroll all the way down there are lots of great pictures to view.  Here are a few of my favorites.

This picture below may be one of my favorites–really beautiful!

I want to show you a couple of ideas that Emily really wanted captured.  Below is series of pictures of the couple.  Emily had seen this done at another spot and really liked it! I love to do things for my clients that they love.  I really like how this turned out.

I love the colors and light in this picture below.

I have to give Doug all the credit for this picture–it was his great idea and I love how it turned out.  Thanks for allowing to to capture this special time in your lives.  I am really looking forward to your wedding next month!

February 11, 2010 - 3:07 pm Emily - Oh my gracious Julie, these truly live up to your passion for photography. You catured us so well :-) Thank you so much for these memories we can look back on for the rest of our lives. I love the light and color. The sun that filters through leaves, the way you used the shadows on the beach to go through the heart we made in the sand. Yeah!!! I couldn't me more thrilled with how these turned out. You are a true artist. Much love and thanks to you my friend!

February 13, 2010 - 10:39 am Jenalee Bomgaars - These pictures look AMAZING! Great job!!!

Senior Special

I know most of you seniors are not thinking about pictures as we have had lots of rain this January which is very untypical of Southern California.  However, the rain is going to be bringing you a deal.  Since in January many of my sessions had to be canceled, I am offering a special for Seniors who schedule in February and March.  If you schedule a session and place a collection order in the months of February and March you will receive 100 FREE Mini Cards to share with your family and friends.  And these little mini-cards are great!  The front holds 5 of your favorite images and on the back your personal information.  To give and share with friends.

Here is a Sample of the Mini Card:

Back Sample Writing:

Front Sample Image: Use 1, 2, 4 or 5 different images within your session to make your 100 Mini Cards!

Welcome to the World Karisma!

Baby Karisma you are so beautiful! I am so excited about your arrival! You have amazing parents that are so excited to love and care for you. And you are highly anticipated and we are glad you have arrived. It is such a blessing for me to record your arrival and even a bigger blessing to see you grow and be a part of your life. The whole family is a special part of our lives right now they are on our church planting team for City Church of Compton. Here is their first family portrait! I hope you treasure these moments captured! You are dearly loved!

And here is little Karisma…Oh so cute!

I love, love, love these moments between daddy and daughter and mother and daughter…

Such a sweet little girl and what an amazing blessing she will be for the body of Christ!

A blessing for you Karisma…

You are precious and you are a blessing from the Lord.  You are a beautiful expression of God’s love, grace, and mercy.  May you grow strong, healthy and close to the Lord.  You are is little princess and He has brought you into the world for such a time as this.

January 23, 2010 - 4:22 pm Meghan - Liset and Barry- how fun to see Karisma in action! WHAT a cutie. Julie, you always do such a great job with the little ones! Miss all of you!