Emerson's California Senior Portrait Session

Everyone meet my little brother, Emerson! I can't believe he's going to be a senior in the fall. I'm getting old. I was in San Luis Obispo/Los Osos all last week hanging out with my family and wishing I lived in California. While I was there, I took an afternoon to go around town with Emerson to a few of his favorite spots to take his senior photos. We started out in Los Osos on this super cool trail with these great trees, then we headed to downtown SLO for some more urban feeling shots. The next evening we wanted to try and get the sunset at the beach at Montana de Oro, but unfortunately it was foggy both evenings we tried. So we just worked with it and ended up with a few great shots!

So anyways, as you will see by the photos, my little brother is basically a model, and with the amazing locations, it was hard to choose just a few favorites. Enjoy!

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Elfin Forest Family Session

 Say hello to some of MY family! This is my brother, Todd with his daughter (my ridiculously adorable niece) Ruby, and fiancee Karie! While I was visiting for the holidays I did a quick family session with them and it was super fun. The location is in the Elfin Forest which is this cute little forest with a trail/boardwalk through it right near my parents' new house. My sister had taken me there and I got so excited I wanted to do a photo shoot there. So it was awesome that Todd and Karie were up for a walk with Ruby on a beautiful Sunday morning.

It's nice to be able to do some work in a different part of the country. You don't see this kind of stuff in Chicago! I'm currently going through lots and lots of photos that I took in California over the break and there will be more blog posts to come because I can't keep all of the beautiful scenery and fun to myself!

I hope everyone else had a lovely holiday and a very happy New Year!

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