Dina and Family

As if spending a sunny, 80' Southern California day at Venice Beach with my son and some friends all afternoon wasn't good enough, I had the opportunity to spend the second half of this gorgeous day yesterday with this fabulous family below in Manhattan Beach.  :)

Yes, the beach was packed with people, and yes it was a bit intimidating at first for the family to have all these onlookers, but the view under the pier was so gorgeous that they couldn't resist...so they pushed on through and I think they did an awesome job. :) :)

In addition to their family photos, they brought their nephew along who will be graduating from Palos Verdes High this year, and was recently accepted to USC to play baseball!  How absolutely exciting for them all!  So we got some graduation announcement photos of him as well as some pics symbolizing his huge baseball accomplishments. :)

Here's a little sneak peek at the shoot....have a great week everyone! :)

Nicole's Senior Portraits (continued)

Just finishing up Nicole's senior portrait session!  Here are a few samples of some of the pics that Nicole and her family picked from her session. :)

Have a great night everyone!!  :)

/>

Nicole's Senior Portraits (continued)

Just posting a couple of pics from Nicole's senior session.  Isn't she beautiful?  Love that red hair...it's like fire. :) :) :)

Nicole's Senior Portraits

Yesterday I met up with this beautiful young woman to take her senior portraits.  She was super sweet and a joy to work with.  She was very patient with me as I said "Sit right here, actually sit here instead, put your arm over here, but don't put it right there, look over here, but don't really look over here, you know what I'm trying to say, right??"  LoL...yes, I'm working on my verbal direction skills...I know in my head what I want a photo to look like, but I need to broaden my vocabulary so everyone else knows what I'm trying to say too, lol. :) :)

Anyways, here's a little sneak at her shoot. :) :)