• Children,  Special Occasions

    My Baby’s First Fiesta (and Cake Smash)

    May 15, 2019

    I created a one year and cake smash set based on the theme for baby’s one year birthday party: Baby’s First Fiesta. The cake is a mini 2-tier, and is a small version of the cake for his actual birthday party. My intention was to have a session outside at Corriganville Park in Simi Valley because it has a nice desert look to it, but in the end, it was much more comfortable to do the cake smash in-home. Baby was so comfortable that he was singing during his session. Shout out to Golden Mittens Bakery for the amazing cactus/succulent cake and Enchanted Rose Creations for the custom banner! Session:…

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  • Children,  Creative Edits

    Additional Edit for a Magical Spring Session

    May 12, 2019

    If you follow my main Instagram account, you know that every so often I upload a handful of session photos and have people vote on the one they want me to creatively edit. This time, I’ve asked everyone to vote on some of the photos from a particular session: click to view more photos from my magical spring session Here were the photos voted on: When voting ended, this photo was the winner: This photo was already magical to begin with so only subtle changes for made. Evening out the soap/bubbles, brightening up some shadows, adding some light, etc. Here’s the before an after, see of you can spot the…

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  • Children,  Creative Edits

    Spring Session Butterfly Edit

    May 11, 2019

    If you follow my main Instagram account, you know that every so often I upload a handful of session photos and have people vote on the one they want me to creatively edit. This time, I’ve asked everyone to vote on whether I should edit in a butterfly or a fairy. The first photo at the top of this post is the winner, and final edit which includes a butterfly. Here was the original photo I had my followers vote on: As I mentioned, majority picked butterfly over fairy. Let me know what you think! Session: Children Occasion: Spring Location: Conejo Creek North Park in Thousand Oaks, California (Ventura County) Theme: Spring, Woods, Nature, Magical…

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  • Children,  Creative Edits,  Newborn

    Newborn Memories

    April 11, 2019

    I can’t believe my baby is almost 1… I am planning his one year cake smash and birthday party, while looking back at old photos (yes, this is the same big baby I took taking the sink bath). I took the above photo at the hospital with my iPhone the day after he was born. So, I thought it would be fun to do a creative edit of this photo: So what did I change? The Trees: I wanted the photo to be about light, so I took away the green from the open window and made the window bright and white. Smudges: I minimized the smudges on baby’s bed…

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  • Children,  Creative Edits

    Baby Sink Bath

    April 5, 2019

    If you follow my main Instagram account, you know that every so often I upload a handful of session photos taken of my children and have people vote on the one they want me to creatively edit. The first photo at the top of this post is the final edit of the winning photo. Here were the photos I had my followers vote on: The 3rd photo won. The last photo was close to winning but lost by 1 vote in the final hour. So what did I change? Lately, I’ve been trying to stop adjusting color so much during final editing. It takes up a lot of time and…

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