Tyler at Carmel Beach

I took these shots at the very end of December of 2011 at Carmel Beach. Tyler was about 9.5 months old. I cannot believe that his 1st birthday has already come and gone. 

Family Portraits: The Lees

In November I took family portraits for a family that I have known since I was about six. It was so fun to hang out with them for an hour and catch up. 

Dominique Maternity Shots

I have shared with you Dominique's engagement photos and her baby shower photos. Now, here is a peek at some of her maternity photos. What an opportunity it was to capture these moments for her and husband, Juan.

Cristal

Cristal will be graduating from high school in June! I got to spend time with this sweet, sweet girl for a few hours in a beautiful forest and a breath-taking beach to take her senior portraits. We got some fun lighting and, luckily, I had some assistants around to make sure to make her giggle to grab some natural and light hearted shots.

A Baby Shower

Yikes! It looks as though I have some catching up to do. This past October I had the opportunity to shoot a baby shower. I took her and her hubby's engagement photos last March and was invited to document her baby shower. It was a great afternoon spent celebrating a great little family.

Alli Clarke : Part 2

And here is the second part(ish) of my shoot with Alli Clarke, a local musician here in Monterey. You can find the first part(ish) of the shoot here at this link. Go ahead, click it. This part of the shoot kind of took a life of it's own when I started editing and I cannot be more happy with how it turned out. 

I feel that the red tones with hints of green and a largely brown palette give an appropriately autumn feel to welcome in this new season.