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Getting Real {San Diego Family Photographer}

One thing that I try very hard to accomplish to is capture a wide variety of emotions.  I feel like every family has their “picture perfect” side, but it is also so much fun to capture their perhaps “less than perfect?” or in my opinion, “perfectly imperfect” side. I LOVE smiles…real genuine smiles that start...

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Be true.

“Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.”  –Richard Bach

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speechless.

Is that OK for a blog post?  I suppose it has to be because I don’t even know where to start (or even more appropriate, when to stop) gushing over these.  I am so overjoyed with the images from this recent session that the photos are just going to have to speak for themselves.  I...

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Sometimes you’ve got to let go of your plans.

When I start a session, I usually have some sort of expectations and plans for the family, but the reality is that things rarely go as planned.  Especially with my newest little clients…newborns have a plan of their own and usually being put to sleep naked under a window is not part of it. This...

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do you see what i see?

Everything is magnified in photos…small spaces between family members can look huge, slight shadows will be totally dark & obscuring and subtle discomforts and awkwardness will give you an uneasy feeling when you look at the photo. Luckily, strong connections and positive energy are also magnified in photos.  Sometimes I think that photographs allow you...

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