Crystal Cove State Beach

My family and I went down to Crystal Cove State Beach Saturday afternoon. It was so perfect. Our little girl, London, is becoming more and more "grown up". It's been neat to see her want to explore more. She had a blast looking for birds and lizards and her favorite part was playing in the sand with her toes. It's great that she loves the beach as much as we do.

Recently I got some new editing software that I've been playing around with. It's been tough, but I'm beginning to get used to it and learning how to use it. I edited all these photos with the new software and I think they came out pretty well, don't you?

We're coming to Idaho!

We're coming to the Rexburg/Rigby/Idaho Falls area in Idaho later this month! If you or anyone you know is interested in booking a session with me while we're there, let me know!  I'll only be able to do a couple sessions, so contact me ASAP.

Quail Hill Loop

Our family went for a walk a few weeks ago and found Quail Hill Loop here in Irvine. It is so pretty! It makes me happy that we have a little bit of nature even in the middle of Orange County.

This would be a great place to take some family photos or couple photos (or any photos, really). There's a nice easy trail that does a little loop (I believe it's 1.8 miles total) around a field with wild flowers. Right at the beginning and end of the loop are some perfect spots for pictures.

A few days later, I took London with me and we got a handful of pictures that hopefully shows off how great this place is:

If you go to the left on the trail, you can see there's a beautiful path lined with wild flowers. It'd be a great spot for some walking poses.

If you go to the right on the trail, you'll find some tall wild flowers that make a great backdrop for pictures.

Aren't those flowers just gorgeous?!

A great path for a short walk

This is at the beginning when walking up to the loop. You can't even tell that there is a freeway a couple miles away.

Right at the parking lot, there's a couple benches that have the loop as a backdrop. This would be a perfect spot for some posed photos.

We finally got a smile. :)

I loved coming to Quail Hill Loop. I think it's a gorgeous spot for pictures and another great thing about it was that it wasn't even busy. We only saw a few other people the entire time we were there.

I hope you love these pictures as much as I do!

Echo Run Park

Yesterday, London and I found a new park that's awesome for taking pictures! It's here in Irvine and is officially called Echo Run but is also known as Big Wheel Park. It's pretty great. It has tons of nice little hills with big trees and right now the grass is pretty long with lots of leaves (they keep it like this until after Easter for an Easter Egg hunt). It also has a couple tunnels and a little bike path that would be fun for some action shots for older kids. Check out some photos of London that I took there yesterday: