happy sunday! holiday photos in san diego

we kicked off the holiday photo season early this year, with an end of september shoot that was so much fun.  this family is so amazing, full of love, goodness and friendship (plus, they are gorgeous!) --we've known them since before the little guy was born!  this was at tamarack beach in carlsbad, take a look at a few of our faves...

i mean seriously, does it get any more picture perfect than this? i'm waiting for the magazines to come calling...

happy holidays swensons!

its holiday photo time...and we are partnering with a new card company!

many of you have already signed up for holiday photos, but if you haven't there is still time left.  we'll be in san diego the weekends of nov 2-4 and nov 9-11, then again over thanksgiving weekend, so let us know if you are interested.  this year we are doing mini-sessions which are 15 minutes each, perfect for your holiday card.

and this year, we have partnered with minted.com for photo cards.  they are super cute, very stylish and very customizable.  you can check out our storefront here.  it is a fairly easy process, you go online, request photos from us and then we upload, send you a key and you can design your card.

holiday photos in chicago | chicago family photographer

we are on the road again, heading to chicago for holiday photos at the end of the month. we'll be doing the photo sessions in logan square, right near *play toy store. so it is the perfect opportunity to get your holiday photos done and pick up a few gifts while you are at it. contact us or the store to book your session.

clark family | san diego family photographer

i am back to being way behind on photos, but i guess that is ok since i had such a cute family up there for so long. here is another one of my favorites, back from the holiday madness. erin and michael just had a new addition to their family, as if little landon wasn't cute enough, now he has an adorable baby sister. congrats!

charlotte family photographer | foster family

last month we headed to charlotte, nc to see some great friends, the fosters, who used to live here in san diego. its always fun to get to see old friends, but it was even more special since leigh and scott had added a new little guy to their family and scott was celebrating his 40th birthday. i couldn't believe how absolutely adorable their newest son is, but i should have known based on how cute their first one is. here are some of our faves from the day...

vincent

this little guy was so adorable, i couldn't get enough of his chubby cheeks. and his mom's skirt was fabulous, i was in love! we met one early morning at balboa park for some pictures to celebrate vincent's 1 year birthday! here are some of our favorites...

happy birthday vincent, we look forward to seeing you soon!

the clark family

a few months ago we met the clark family, when little landon was just a couple months old. now, at 6 months, he is sitting up, curious, smiling and adorable. his eyes are so wide open, we couldn't stop snapping pics. here are a few of our faves from the shoot...

reichert family

later this year, we'll be photographing kalee and luke's wedding here in san diego, but kalee's mom didn't want to wait until august to get some beautiful family photos done. we met in la jolla right before christmas and did a combo of family portraits, a mini-senior portrait session, and a mini-engagement session, all in about an hour!

here are some of our favorite family shots...


























and some of the coolest senior shots around...













and finally, a little romance, a prelude to kalee and luke's wedding later this year...