Laguna Beach Family Photography

Each and every year for over ten years I make my entire family get together for a family photo session.  Not just my husband and kids…. but my mom and dad, my sister and her family and my brother and his family.  We pick a color scheme, a location and we spend about two hours creating beautiful portraits, as well as some very funny memories.  I then spend my last spare moments during the holidays putting together either a coffee table book or an album for everyone for Christmas.  Every time we get together as a family, the kids sit down and look through the years of their albums and books and laugh.  I am so very glad that I MADE everyone join me, even if it was a really busy year, even if I had to stay up until 2 AM to finish the albums and that I have these precious memories to enjoy year and after year.

That is why I always encourage all my clients to do the same thing, document their family each year and put together some kind of book or album.  Sometimes in the moment, it seems like a real hassle, or like a large investment, but in the end it is one of the best gifts a family can give themselves.

Here is the beautiful Hawkins family that I documented for the first time last year.  I loved how different all the boys personalities were and how much they all loved each other.  Enjoy!