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Lizzy, Natalie & Victoria: Long Beach Lifestyle Photographer

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:09 am Posted in lifestyle

Lizzy emailed me several weeks before her birthday asking if I was available to take pictures of her on her actual birthday, she wanted to do something special. When you’re the photographer in the family, like Lizzy is, it’s rare that you’re actually *in* the pictures. So for her birthday, Lizzy wanted some photos done of her with her mom and sister. What a better way to spend your birthday than documenting laughter with the people you love most? Their session is easily one of my favorites from this year!

We decided to meet at a coffee shop because then everyone would be distracted from the awkwardness of being in front of the camera by having yummy coffee in hand. ;] I have to say, I have a newfound LOVE of shooting inside.. mostly inside cutely and eclectically decorated shops and homes. I think it’s because I desperately want to be a hipster… so I just want to photograph all the places that hipsters go.Anyway– we met at a coffee shop in Downtown Long Beach and we laughed, I’m so happy I was able to document the memories that were made that day. I love these three ladies! ♥

Then when went outside to wander around Downtown Long Beach… because as much as I want to shoot inside all the time be a hipster, the sun will always be my first love. ;]

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May: goals

Monday, May 13, 2013 10:35 am Posted in personal

I know it’s halfway through May already, so to say I have goals for the month is kind of pathetic. But I can’t bring myself to give up on this month, even though I totally want to.

To be honest, I’ve been really disappointed in my goal-achieving over the last few weeks, and it is so much easier to wallow and feel like a failure than to pick myself up and start all over again. So. Much Easier.

This past Saturday was The Color Run, when I participated last year I was able to actually run about half [1.5ish miles] and from that moment I wanted to become a runner. Like, a real life runner, someone who enjoys it and goes out to run for the fun of it… and even if that never happened I wanted to at least be able to run an entire 5k without wanting to kill myself. But I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t already started dreaming of running 10k’s and Half Marathons.

About a month ago, after posting that one of my April goals was to run outside, I got off the treadmill and went to a local track to run. Lets just say after that attempt, a walk around the neighborhood later that day and a photo shoot at Da Vinci I could barely walk to the car my foot hurt so bad. And it just went down hill from there. Apparently ground is a lot harder than treadmill and the impact on my heel was not pleasant.

So this past Saturday when I pulled out of my driveway at 5:45am heading to The Color Run I was just disappointed in myself. After a year of waiting and working to be able to run I was going to be walking the entire 5k. Talk about feeling like a failure. :[ Especially because Alexis has been training with me and she totally could have run the whole thing but she didn't, she stayed behind to walk with me. Basically I failed myself and I failed her. :[

So, the reality is, goal setting is far, far from something I want to do right now. I'm here purely out of pride because I don't want to skip one of these posts all year. I am not an amazing person who is picking herself up after a major disappointment and being all inspirational as I move forward. Nope. I'm not inspirational, I'm definitely still wallowing. ;] But either way, here are my May goals.

1. Continue icing my foot. As it is the only thing the doctor told me would help my heel pain. So helpful.
2. Decorate my walls. The walls in my room are now completely white and I love it, now I need to start hanging prints and adding pops of color. Because materialistic things will fill the void of disappointment, right?
3. Bawl my eyes out watching the series finale of The Office this week. I haven’t really kept up with the show since Michael Scott left, but I watched a bunch of season 9 yesterday so I’m ready for the finale. And just to make sure we’re all on the same page: we’re all going to pretend John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer are going to live happily ever after like they’re married in real life. Jim&Pam♥

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Katie: Costa Mesa Lifestyle Photographer

Tuesday, May 7, 2013 8:34 am Posted in lifestyle

I met Katie through Twitter several years ago, we were both going to a SoCal Photog Shootout and through the wonders of hashtags we connected. ;] We hung out that afternoon, I was definitely terrified of spending the day with other photographers… and was likely really clingy, but we became friends anyway and not too long after that when Katie tweeted about needing new headshots I was like, “Pick me!! Pick me!!!!”

I’m not really sure why Katie stayed friends with me after those first two photographic encounters because let me tell you, the photos from both are absolutely *awful*, but she kept me around and was one of the handful of “photographer friends” I had who became real life friends.

A couple of weeks ago Katie asked if I would take new headshots for her as she relaunches her business under the brand new name: Katie Jane Creative and I’m so excited to share what we came up with, with you today.

P.S. In case you don’t remember, Katie took MY new headshots a few months back.

We wanted to make the images personal to Katie and where she is in life right now, so we started the session at her church, ROCKHARBOR Costa Mesa.

Then, we made our way over to The LAB, we were pretty sure photography wasn’t allowed but it was a Monday and no one was there… so it worked pretty well in our favor I’d say.

There were too many cute Katie’s I couldn’t just pick one.And I have to say, I’m in love with this whole session because in the 5ish years I’ve known Katie this is the happiest I have seen her. She has always been bubbly and exuberant but happiness and laughter just spills out of her now, I love seeing my friends truly happy.

The LAB is just too cool, no wonder it’s where the hipsters go.

After seeing a security guard we made our way across the street to grab coffee at Milk & Honey, one of the most adorable coffee shops I have ever been to!

These are some of my favorite pictures ever. A cute girl, her Bible, and coffee in a Boston mug? Perfection.

And I’ll end with succulents… because I love them. And, Katie, I love you too!! Thank you for asking me to capture these moments for you!! ♥

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