I had a great time photographing Rena & Geoff’s holiday portrait! Love the festive props! The Camarillo Ranch house is always good for some holiday cheer!





I had the pleasure of photographing my cousin Laura’s family during my mini-sessions at the Camarillo Ranch house. I love the red barn and I think it makes the perfect back drop for Christmas portraits!
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The Harris’s were a great end of the day for mini-sessions! I love the cute outfits Andrea put the family in!






Super fun mini-session with Bonnie & Braden!






I had the best time photographing Kim’s family portrait! I’m so glad we got some good smiles :)






I love this portrait session. The girls were dressed up in Ralph Lauren plaid riding outfits. I love the navy blue against the rustic background. I love the riding boots! I thought this was such a perfect theme for Paramount Ranch! What a great start to mini-session season! I can’t wait to see what the rest of the holiday portraits look like!






I was so excited to take the Westfall’s portraits again this year! The kids have gotten so big! Last year’s mini-session was so cute and this year’s portrait session in Agoura was just as fun. Yay! Thanks for kicking off holiday portrait season! These are going to look so cute on your Christmas Cards!
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{ More information on holiday mini-sessions }
I’m so glad I got to do pictures with Kristina’s family this year. We were supposed to do it last year and postponed. I met Kristina at Kim and Bill’s wedding and was soooo looking forward to taking more pictures of Zoe. Those blue eyes are so expressive and beautiful! It was so much fun to do a session with the whole family. And the pumpkin bread Kristina gave me afterwards totally hit the spot. Enjoy!!!
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Here’s the DeLeo’s at Kim and Bill’s wedding…


and here’s their Christmas session!











Amanda and Andrew were my first mini-session of the day on Sunday. I was so excited to shoot at Camarillo Ranch for an engagement session. The fact that it was already decorated for Christmas was an added bonus. The red walls of the stables and barn are amazing! Amanda and Andrew are such sweethearts. They totally worked it for this session! Congratulations on getting married later in the year at
Hartley Botanica!










I can totally tell which ones are Amanda and Andrew’s favorites by thier order.
This one was a hit!


I’m so glad they liked some of the unusual angles :)

I love the christmas card they picked out!

and I love, love, love the picture they picked out for the back of the card. It’s my favorite from their engagement session!

I met up with the Lowen’s for thier annual family portrait for the Christmas card. I was so excited that we got to use thier neighbor’s vineyard for the portrait session. There is nothing I love more then portraits in a vineyard at the golden hour. It’s the trifecta! ;)
And if anyone wants to know how they can look as cute and styled as this family check out Julia Rose & Company in Ojai. Taffy owns it! They have the cutest boutique clothes. Tell Taffy you saw her on my blog and that she looks fabulous!
Julia Rose & Company
335 East Ojai Avenue
Ojai, California
805.646.8564
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Super cute card to send out for Christmas this year!

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