Tukua Family Love

Nothing makes me more nervous than photographing a photographer.  I did a maternity for one photographer, a holiday family shoot for another, and this time, my good friend , Erin Tukua, asked me to photograph her adorable family.  Erin and I met over on "The Nest" and we bonded over the fact that we both have identical twin boys.  We cried and supported each other through the trials of raising twin newborns, now toddlers, and now having a singleton in the mix too!  So, why was I so nervous?  Erin was the one who helped me learn to use my camera.  She has encouraged me from the beginning and it has been great to work with her on many occasions.  So, I tried to pretend she was a 'normal' client and shot away.  


Erin is such a creative photographer.  She includes the cutest props in her sessions.  She had this great nautical idea for her family photos and I have to give her all the credit for the props you see in this session.  All hers!  I can't wait to share with you our family session that Erin did for us.


So, we headed to Long Beach and had a super fun evening with the boys.  xoxo

Erin, you've got one perfect little family!

 Handsome boys! 

 

Mommy and Gavin

 

Love Gav's 2 little teeth.

 

Erin even made these awesome origami boats!

 

Brandon & Brody loved the water. 

 

We had a little donut picnic at the end.  The boys are addicted to donuts right now.  It was so cute to see how they ate them! 

Gavin even joined in on the milk and donuts!  I think this was his first time enjoying this tasty treat.

 

This bird would not leave us alone!

 

 Gavin loved the sand!

 

Play time with daddy.

 

I love this one - the looks on the boys' faces says it all.

 

Thank you, Erin, Shawn & the boys!!!  I hope you love these as much as I do.  xoxo

The P Family

I first met S at my neighborhood park when she was very pregnant with her 2nd child.  I remember thinking, wow, she is amazing, chasing after a toddler while heavily pregnant.  After little, or should I say big Ryan was born, S was still such a cool, calm, collective mom!  And I witnessed it first hand during our fun family shoot together.  

Big brother Jacob is a rambunctious 3 year old and half-way through our shoot, he slipped and cut his head open.  There was a lot of blood.  But both Mom and Dad were so amazingly calm and it seemed like it didn't even phase Jacob at all!  He had a pretty nasty gash on his forehead, and S & M were so composed and cool as they cleaned the blood and tried to make the wound stop bleeding.  I totally admired how they handled it because I know that is why Jacob was so calm himself.  I know if it were my husband and I, we would have been freaking out!

Jacob was a trooper and we finished our session without any more accidents.  :)  Ryan hung in there too (it was close to his bedtime) and I think we got some great images of the P Family!  xo, V

 

I was shooting this photo when Jacob's accident happened.

  

If you look really really close, you can see Jacob's gash on his forehead.  Poor little guy! 

Love how happy everyone is!

Commercial Shoot: NotyBaby

I had the privilege to do a commercial shoot for NotyBaby.  My friend Maria started this business all on her own after having her son.  It has grown so much in such a short time and I'm so happy to have been a part of it!  Check out NotyBaby's beautiful handmade products, from gorgeous lush blankets (seriously so soft!), to fun car seat canopies and bibs on her Etsy store and become a fan on Facebook too!  Thank you to little models Morrissey & Graceland (and their mommies) who were beyond adorable!

Morrissey's mommy had this awesome pram & suitcase from the 1950's and Maria just so happened to have these hat boxes.  Love this!