I did a typical newborn session workflow for him, 3 blanket set-ups and 3 props, mostly blues and neutrals which is the most common request for baby boy photo sessions. 

On WhiteI love starting newborn sessions on a white backdrop with a light or white wrap

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I'm in the process of making some changes to accomodate this major change in my family and for now I'll offer for a limited availability  mini version of my regular newborn sessions. Here are some details about these sessions:

• they are for baby only 
• they take place at my home studio in Garden Grove
• they will last a max of 2 hours 
• parents will have a choice of 3 "looks" to be picked ahead of time (they can all be props or all bean bag or a combination). 
• a total of 15 edited images will be delivered via an online gallery 2 weeks after the session (with full printing rights). 

The price for these minis is $500 with a deposit of $150 to be paid at booking and the balance of $350 at the session. Please contact me via the contact page if you have any questions!  

1. "Newborn Photography is so easy, you just play with babies and pose them how you want since they sleep." or

2. "You have so much patience, I can see why you need to be specialized in Newborn Photography, it's not as easy as it looks." 

Now these are totally different opinions and they depend on baby's willingness to sleep at the session. I'd say reality is somewhere in the middle, I rarely have babies sleep through the entire session so it does take patience and soothing techniques to get them to sleep, but once they do sleep it is really like playing with a doll. I absolutely love being a newborn photographer!

Beautiful Baby Giuliana definitely made my part easy :) This little sweetheart kept sleeping through the posing flow and even gave me some smiles <3 

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These are a few of my favorites from this maternity session in Laguna Beach: 

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It was difficult to narrow down to just a few photos, but here are my favorites :) <3

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Thank you Kat and Max! I hope you'll enjoy looking at this photographs as much as I enjoyed capturing them!

To see more from Vanae's session please watch the slideshow below:

Andrew and Jamie, I wish you two a life full of blessings and joy and  I'll be patiently waiting for baby news :) 

To see more images from this wedding please scroll down to the bottom of the post and click on the slideshow.

I'm looking forward to meet and photograph their newborn daughter, I can only imagine how gorgeous she'll be! 

I've been looking forward to this maternity session for a while since Mary is my sis-in-law :) and I just can't wait to meet the little bundle she's carrying. It was her idea to try this location for our session and now I'm obsessed with it. The light is amazing and you can't find too many woodsy patches like this in Orange County. I can't wait to go back, maybe we'll take baby Olive out there for a shoot.

I love these photos of mommy and daddy to be, they are just too cute together :) Looking forward to photograph their newborn daughter, I can only imagine how adorable she'll be! <3

I mostly photograph babies and toddlers and I enjoy it so very much, but this was a nice change, not to have my subjects to run away from me. They actually wanted to be there and I didn't have to bribe or trick them :)

I hope I was able to capture their love in these images just the way I saw it and felt it being there with them that gorgeous afternoon at the Montage Resort in Laguna Beach. 

I figured I would try to set up a shoot the way I've learned from this talented photographer and have my sister pose for me. I'm blessed with an awesome sister and a talented MUA sister-in-law to help out with the hair and make-up. I usually photograph babies so all this was new, especially having someone sit still and listen to my directions! I'm looking forward to show more women how gorgeous they truly are!

Thank you Stef for going along with my ideas :)

The bride-to-be was pretty as can be and she got showered with all kinds of goodies and household items. Good thing not literally. I'm funny, I know :)

Well, let's just get to the photos:Loved the color of these carnations!

The pretty bride-to-be

To see the entire gallery please go to Photos, Celebrations, Showers and Lori's Bridal Shower. Or just go the the homepage and it's under Featured. 

The location was amazing with a gorgeous front yard for the ceremony, a spectacular back yard for the reception and I must mention an adorable owner. Everyone was so happy for Mario and Tabita's special day.

Mario and Tabita, I wish you blessing upon blessings as you start walking together as one! 

To see more photos from this wedding please to go the Photos tab and you'll find the album "Mario & Tabita's Wedding" in the Celebrations gallery.