Fifteen people, three generations, and one narrow window to get everyone on the same beach. We met at South Ponto in Encinitas during a family vacation scheduled just before three members of the family moved to Thailand.
Trisha had been meaning to book family photos for four years, but life kept happening — and every year their photos ended up “in the dead grasses or springtime grass.”
The Nielsens have been summering in Coronado for 19 years — same beach bungalow, every June and July — and I’ve photographed them several times over the years.
Mark brought his three boys to San Diego for their first family session in years — and the first since becoming a single dad.
Matt reached out to book a family session during their visit to San Diego. When I asked what inspired it, he gave an answer every parent understands: families keep growing and changing, but photos hold onto each season.
Sarah’s family has been coming to Coronado for more than twenty years, and every year she said they should finally have professional photos taken. This was the year.
Some families come to San Diego for the zoo, the parks, the tacos. Donna’s family comes for one thing: the beach. When I asked what they did while they were in town, her answer was “Nothing but beach!” That’s my kind of vacation, too.
Bonnie’s parents are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this year, and the family wanted to honor them with photos of the legacy they’ve built together . . . three generations, with everyone on the beach at once.
Steffani and Brandon brought their three boys — Hayden (15), Wyatt (10), and Brecken (4½) — out from home this June for a sunset session on Coronado Beach. The boys ran the entire time (the entire time), and that turned out to be the best thing about it.
Megan wanted San Diego for her birthday. Reece took that and quietly ran with it — asking her mom’s permission, re-setting her grandmother’s ring, and conspiring with his aunt to create a proposal she never saw coming.
Heather’s husband proposed on a San Diego beach 20 years ago this summer. This trip brought the whole family back to San Diego — except now there are kids, and the kids are getting older, and Heather wasn’t sure how many more chances she’d have to get everyone together in one place.
Every few years, Mario and I get to meet up for another senior session as one of her extremely good-looking kids heads off on their own adventure. I’ve now photographed three of them, and it’s become one of my favorite little traditions.
Fifteen people, three generations, and one narrow window to get everyone on the same beach. We met at South Ponto in Encinitas during a family vacation scheduled just before three members of the family moved to Thailand.
Trisha had been meaning to book family photos for four years, but life kept happening — and every year their photos ended up “in the dead grasses or springtime grass.”
The Nielsens have been summering in Coronado for 19 years — same beach bungalow, every June and July — and I’ve photographed them several times over the years.
Mark brought his three boys to San Diego for their first family session in years — and the first since becoming a single dad.
Matt reached out to book a family session during their visit to San Diego. When I asked what inspired it, he gave an answer every parent understands: families keep growing and changing, but photos hold onto each season.
Sarah’s family has been coming to Coronado for more than twenty years, and every year she said they should finally have professional photos taken. This was the year.
Some families come to San Diego for the zoo, the parks, the tacos. Donna’s family comes for one thing: the beach. When I asked what they did while they were in town, her answer was “Nothing but beach!” That’s my kind of vacation, too.
Bonnie’s parents are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this year, and the family wanted to honor them with photos of the legacy they’ve built together . . . three generations, with everyone on the beach at once.
Steffani and Brandon brought their three boys — Hayden (15), Wyatt (10), and Brecken (4½) — out from home this June for a sunset session on Coronado Beach. The boys ran the entire time (the entire time), and that turned out to be the best thing about it.
Megan wanted San Diego for her birthday. Reece took that and quietly ran with it — asking her mom’s permission, re-setting her grandmother’s ring, and conspiring with his aunt to create a proposal she never saw coming.
Heather’s husband proposed on a San Diego beach 20 years ago this summer. This trip brought the whole family back to San Diego — except now there are kids, and the kids are getting older, and Heather wasn’t sure how many more chances she’d have to get everyone together in one place.
Every few years, Mario and I get to meet up for another senior session as one of her extremely good-looking kids heads off on their own adventure. I’ve now photographed three of them, and it’s become one of my favorite little traditions.
