I love this time of year! We get to share so many fabulous moments with our families doing all of their holiday portraits.  Each year we meet new families and also see some families we have seen before.  Here we have my friend Melly’s family.  Her daughter Amy has been in front of my camera several times and now they have added baby Rayden. This past May I took his newborn photos when he was only a day old and now he is already six months old! This is the first family photo of the whole family and we even included grandpa this time. I just love Chris’ dad, he was so happy to take the photos with the kids and just couldn’t stop thanking me.

Capturing these moments are so important. I can’t express enough how happy I am to have this gift that I can share with all of you. I am thankful everyday that I can do something I truly love.  We wish all of you a holiday season filled with many happy moments. We want to send Chris and Melly a special thank you for sharing their fabulous family with us. Much love, J+D

Family Love

These two are so cute and have some cute babies!

Melly and Amy with a mother/daughter moment!

The girls just want to have fun with a matching dress and boots!

The boys, just being cool!

Miss Amy

Miss Amy and Grandpa

Rayden and Grandpa, also three generations with all of the boys!

And I leave you with this…

Happy weekend to all of you!  This evening I want to share with you Miss Keira’s first birthday portrait session.  We met this family about 6 months ago when we photographed them for Keira’s 6 month portrait.  I was so excited to see how much Keira had changed, she had grown so much and is now becoming her own little person.  Matt, Kristel and Keira are such a wonderful family and I can’t wait to continue watching Keira grow.  Kids change so quickly in their first year and grow up so fast.  With these precious photos, she will stay your little girl forever.  Thanks so much to Matt and Kristel for sharing your daughters one year celebration with us.  J+D

I like to call this one the many faces of Keira…so cute!

What a gorgeous family!

The birthday girl herself with hat and party dress to celebrate!

A few holiday sessions are still available! Please contact us for more info. Happy Holidays!

Here is one of our favorite families, back this year again to do portraits for their holiday card. We just love to visit with our past clients, it is great to see the kids another year older and how they have changed. Tommy is now in Kindergarten and Lauren has grown out of her shyness a bit. We had a great session filled with many laughs and I just loved Lisa and Lauren’s matching sweater dresses and boots. Those girls looked “Fab”!

Here you have it, some great moments with Brian, Lisa, Tommy and Lauren! Enjoy, J+D

Little Miss Lauren posing on the park bench!

Brian + Lisa enjoying a moment!

Love this…

This family should be in a magazine…happy holidays to you all!

We are in full swing for the holiday portrait season and we have had some wonderful families so far. Julie contacted me from the Bay Area wanting to do a family session on their next visit to San Diego. Her mom and dad live near Point Loma, in the beautiful San Diego area. We decided on the Point Loma Lighthouse area as the backdrop for their session. It was such an awesome location for their family to share a few moments because it was a place they hung out as a family when her and her siblings were still at home.

Thank you Julie, for sharing your family with us and getting everyone together. It was a beautiful day for some spectacular images filled with fun, love and fabulous moments. J+D

Julie+Caleb+Corey

Great moment between father+son

The whole gang…they were such a fun family and it’s great to get everyone together!

Julie commented “that it is great to see your parents like this”, I agree. Caleb also got some great shots with his grandparents!

Caleb is such a cutie!

A group shot by the Lighthouse

Caleb with a view of San Diego Bay behind him!

Where does the time go? Our sweet little niece Emmi is already 6 months old! Aunt Dana + Uncle Jeff are so proud and just wanted to share a few of her latest photos that we took last weekend! This is such a fun time as she begins to sit up by herself, smile and laugh…so many amazing moments!

Enjoy- J+D

Here we have our fabulous family of Matt, Kristel and Keira. We recently shot these photos of Keira as she turned 6 months old…congrats to all of you! We are continually blessed to meet such great people and shoot their family moments. Kristel is good friends with our mutual friend Amy, who is one of the beautiful brides in our Wedding Gallery. Thanks Amy for sending Kristal our way!

When Kristel contacted me about taking her photos she wanted to go back to the place where her and Matt took their engagement photos. We were all for it, how nice is it to go back to where you started as a couple with the family you have grown into. We always encourage our clients to think of a place that is special to them or that they just absolutely love! It makes a great backdrop to all the fabulous moments we capture.

Keira is such a beautiful little girl and we are so happy to share her half year with her. Thank you to Matt + Kristel for sharing your gorgeous family with us! And here are the moments with Keira and family as she turns 6 months old!