san diego child photographer | brooks | a 5 minute christmas shoot

2009 Christmas card!

One of our traditions on Thanksgiving day is to take a walk up to our favorite hill … Elings Park … it overlooks the ocean on one side and the city of Santa Barbara on the other.  B.L.I.S.S.  This is one of Brooks’ favorite places to be!  Before dinner was ready, we went for our walk with all of the kiddos … I brought along my camera ‘just in case’.  When I asked Brooks if he wanted to take some pictures, he politely answered ‘no thanks’.  I still had nothing to put in a Christmas card so I offered the big bribe … hot tamales!  He’s a sucker for hot tamales!  All he gave me was 5 minutes and he earned his prize box of hot cinnamon goodness.  I love these captures because they truly show who he is right now… sticks and all!

I had picked out a tri-fold template last summer and couldn’t be happier with how it went with the images!  I picked my favorite for the full panel center image…4th one down … that’s my boy!

Merry Christmas!

xoxo