Baby Scarlett :: Newborn Shoot

Here's a sneak peek from baby Scarlett's shoot this morning! She was amazing and barely cried once the whole session.

Unfortunately, the southern Cali weather Gods did not decide to give us much light to work with, but we made do. Hopefully the sun will decide to come out here sometime soon!

How adorable is she?!

Tara & Corey :: Homecoming

Earlier this week, I met Tara on base at 2 AM to help welcome home her husband, Corey. I was pretty excited for this homecoming, because I shot their maternity session last December, before he deployed. Luckily, everything worked out well with timing and Corey was able to meet baby Trenton before he left - but Trenton still grew quite a bit in the past 7 months :)

Here's a few of my favorites from that night.













Welcome home, Corey! Enjoy the time with your family :)

Brandon & Alli :: Maternity Shoot

Last weekend, I spent an evening with Brandon and Alli up in San Clemente for their maternity session. They were such an amazing couple to work with, and were super comfortable in front of the camera.

Here's a few of my favorites.

















Brandon & Alli, it was great to meet you both! Good luck with the new arrival next month :)

Jake & Michelle :: Homecoming

Earlier this week, I shot Jake's homecoming with CLB-5's Advon party. Jake would have been meeting his son, Caiden, for the first time - except that he came home on emergency leave only a few weeks into this deployment after Caiden was born with serious complications. Michelle is a strong and amazing wife & mother, and I can only imagine how hard that must have been to say goodbye again after everything. I am so happy that your family is back together again!

Here are a few of my favorites from their homecoming.

She's got him!
















Welcome home, Jake!

The R. Family :: Family Shoot

I had the opportunity to meet up with the R. family (Michael, Jennifer, and their daughter Kaylee) on the beach a few weeks ago. Like many of the other families I am photographing right now, Michael will be deploying shortly. This is such a special and important time to get those memories documented before they are apart for an extended period of time. I can speak from firsthand experience that it is definitely comforting to have photos of happy time all around your house.

You can also see a few more photos on my Facebook.

Kaylee was just adorable, and so accommodating of having the camera in her face :)





Love this one.





"Surprise!!"




Michael and Jennifer, it was great to meet you both. Hope the time apart passes quickly for you, and stay safe, Michael!