Susie’s family has been coming to the Hotel Del for years, and this trip they wanted photos on the beach in front of it. When I asked what she was hoping to capture, she put it simply: “The Del holds so many fond family memories and we wanted to capture a moment in our happy place!”
Here’s the part I love: the last time they did family pictures, the girls were three and five. That was twenty years ago. So yes, they were due. Now it’s two grown daughters and the people they’ve brought into the family, all back on the same sand where the little-kid version of this photo probably happened. And a few sunsets later, one of the couples got engaged right there. My friend Liz Romeka (thirdstrandphotography.com) photographed that part of the weekend . . . so this beach now has one more family memory attached to it, and it’s a big one.
Susie’s note afterward: “The family can now go to our favorite vacation spot every time we look at the beautiful pictures!” 🥰










































