The sun is back out, the sun is setting over Catalina and it is the perfect time for family beach portraits!  If you have scheduled a beach shoot in October or November, you know that the beach is a crazy place for portraits leading up to the Holiday season!  But NOT right now!  Now it is perfect on the beach with few people and gorgeous pink sunsets!

Speaking of pink, here is another very pink session, but this time on the beach.  I have been photographing these two beautiful gals since they were tiny tots!  I am not sure if there are two girls out there who like the beach better!  My biggest challenge is keeping them out of the water until we are done with their session!  Enjoy!

Happy 2013!  It has been a sort of slow start for me this year, but I am jumping back in full force today!  Here is my favorite hairstylist and her family over the holidays!  She is amazing and if you are in need of a great stylist, I HIGHLY recommend giving her a visit!  More to come soon!  Enjoy!

To see the slideshow of her session, see below!

I spend a LOT of time at the pool.  I mean, a crazy amount of time… poolside at Soka University in Aliso Viejo.  And it isn’t because I am working on my tan or relaxing, it is simply because I am raising two kids that are unbelievably good swimmers.   Dreams of going to the Olympics type swimmers.  Now I know that there is only 2 best swimmers in each event in the US that get to go to the Olympics, but  kid can dream right! :)  For the past two years, I do my best to catch up on Blue Sky’s Studio work while they are swimming.  Still, there has been time to meet some amazing families that I feel fortunate to call friends.

So, where am I going with all this talk of swimming???  To the amazing Calaiacovo family.  They too have some extremely talented, dedicated swimmers.  Not to mention that all three of their kids are knock out beautiful.  It is no surprise when you see their gorgeous Mama!  Dad, you aren’t bad either.  Though we battled a crazy crowd on the beach, we still managed to get some amazing portraits of their family.  Thanks so much to the Calaiacovo family for trusting me to capture their memories!  See ya poolside!

This summer it was my pleasure to photograph lots and lots of families visiting Laguna Beach on vacation!  Destination family photography is so much fun for me because I love getting to know families from all over the world.  It is also a fabulous time to book a session, as everyone is rested, sunkissed and looking and feeling their best.   For this beautiful family we headed down to Victoria Beach and were lucky to have amazing weather and a relatively quiet beach.  You can really see how much they all enjoyed each other.  Now back in school and off to college, I hope these beautiful portraits are a memory they can charish forever!