Hang Ten

I actually walked away from my computer today to hang out at the beach with my kids and good friends. I don't bring my camera out to the beach often enough for personal days, but I thought today was an exception....

Something Different | HB Photographer

The weather couldn't have been more beautiful today. The warm sunlight with a slight chill in the air equals a Great day in Huntington Beach, CA. Now I'm not gonna lie about being somewhat worried about how bright out it was. As any photographer can tell you, the bright bright light is never a fantastic thing, but what can you do? You work with it and use it the best you can. I know they wanted some taken on the Beach. I have this thing... this secret photography crush on Alleyways. I'll look for them, and if I know they're around, well my friend, you're gonna get some cool shots in the alley. It's nice to do something different for my clients. I know they probably have never had photos taken in an alleyway. So if I can make it fun and different... That's what I'm gonna do.

A Great Gift...

A photograph is really a priceless gift. I love when I get calls from people who want to give a loved one a PHOTO SHOOT as a gift. Seriously... What a great gift. It's really the only way we can freeze time. I was so happy to meet this family. I knew that it had been a while since they were photographed as a family. Now that I think about it, I might need to work on that with my family... hmmmmmm ... ok, sorry. So as you can see, they got some really memorable shots that they will have FOREVER...

Happy Mothers Day..

Clients that call and use you more than once is such a GREAT feeling. Makes you feel like you've really done your job right and that you've made someone happy. I love that I'm able to give that. I was asked 7 months ago to take Little Emma's newborn photos... and was asked again to take some fun fun fun Mothers Day Photos. I wanted these to really be special and bright... This was her first Mothers Day and you could tell being a mommy was the most important thing. Once again had some crazy idea of an old swimmers cap and thought it would look super cute on a smiling seven month old. I knew it had to be RED! I went out and purchased real swimmers caps and a big bunch of fake flowers. After separating flowers from stems, I plugged in the glue gun. Started out with a tester to realize that you CANNOT GLUE SILICONE!!! Nothing worked... Then .. DING.. another idea. I knew it had to be somewhat stretchy, so I found some stretchy material, glued it together and started to glue flowers all over it. Fingers almost deep fried, but dang was it cute!
So I couldn't be happier with the turn out. These photos just make me SMILE! Thank you guys for trusting in me enough to get two (of many) magical moments in your lives... Thank you thank you!