Category Archives: Santa Barbara

a new year celebration

Before we left Santa Barbara, I got together with a photog friend, Tamara, from SLO to do a red and pink shoot!  With inspiration from New Year’s and Valentine’s day, we had a great time with all of the kiddos.  They, of course loved the treats, balloons, flowers and ’snow’.  We’ll be using some of...

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mees family {2009}

During Thanksgiving break, I also had the opportunity to do a quick session with my sister’s darling family to get some shots for their holiday card.
Before we left for the beach, Brooks enjoyed showing off some of his new reading books.  His cousins are always so sweet and encouraging!  Love this family!

we tried to sneak...

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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...

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wintersteen family {2009}

I couldn’t wait for this session with 6 beautiful girls…including the gorgeous mom!  We had tried to schedule this session last summer, but just couldn’t get the timing to work.  I was so glad to meet up with them when I was home in Santa Barbara for Thanksgiving.  They spent the holidays at this beautiful...

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clayton family {2009}

During Thanksgiving break I had the pleasure of capturing the beautiful Clayton family in Santa Barbara.  This gorgeous mama and I have known each other since I was 6 … my sister and I loved to walk down the street to their house.  Fun memories!
We met up at Santa Claus beach on a gorgeous late...

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