Joanne and Family (continued)

I fell in love with these pictures as I was editing them. I REALLY like the ones with the family walking down the beach...I want one like that of me and my family that I can blow up and put on the wall in our home. I really need to find me a photographer to take our family photos!!

I also love the one of Joanne's beautiful daughter jumping up when the wave came...love action shots. :)

This beach also offers a great city view...it's a bit stinky from all the seaweed, but since you can't smell it in the pictures it's a worthwhile sacrifice. :) I love the different elements of the beach, the city, the nature-y look, and the rocks...it's a little of everything - one of the many reasons I love southern California. :)

And an FYI on where I am with editing - this shoot is from July 24...next I'm editing pics from July 27. And I had about 20 sessions in August that I'm backed up on (sorry, I know, I know...that's what I get for offering an awesome special over the summer that everyone waited til the last minute to book, lol.) :)

Joanne and Family

It's been a long time since I've shot at this beach - and I forgot what a beautiful place it was! I'm going to have to do more shoots here. :) :)
These two adorable kids and their beautiful parents only add to the great scenery. :)

And just a side note...I'm trying to experiment a little in my post-editing...I'm usually drawn to the high-contrast photo...where all of the lines are very definite and prominent...a lot of dark blacks to go with the lighter colors....but I'm trying to test out some less contrasted photos...more of a sunlit look...I've seen a lot of photographers do a similar style mixed in with their higher contrast images.

I still found myself adding more contrast even though I started off with none...something just kept looking off to me.....but I'd love feedback from my readers - how do the two pics of the young children look that are less contrasted?