Little Beauty Queen...

What a busy week it has been! Preparing not only for Syda's birthday party but for her very first pageant as well (all on the same day)! Saturday morning she woke me up at 7:15 ready to primp for her special day. We got ready and headed to the mall and met with our friends (my friend and her daughter who was also in the pageant).

I was SO PROUD of my little girl! She was not nervous at all, walked up on that stage all by herself, talked into the microphone like a big girl AND WON! There were a total of 6 beautiful little girls in her division, ranging in ages from 4-6. I tried my best to take pictures -- however, mall lighting isn't the best (it was REALLY dark).

Below are a few that I got~
See who's picture the judges are looking at (for most photogenic)!!
Congratulations also to my friends daughter S, who won her age division!

Mizz J is 6 months old already!

Shew, I tell ya...these kiddos grow up way too fast! Yesterday I met with little Mizz J. I still can't get over the fact that she's sitting up already! It was a tad chaotic in the F house, ha ha, and J was not quite sure what to think of me.
Using Natural light only was a bit tough as the weather was iffy outside. No light, bright light -- back and forth the whole time. We managed to get a few really good shots though! Here are a couple of previews from our time together~

Mizz LB ~ Beautiful!

This afternoon I met with the beautiful L, a senior from Saint James High School, and her Mom. We decided on Huntington Beach State Park and I'm so happy we did! The castle gates stayed open well after 5pm so we got to play inside. L was a bit shy but my oh my, did my camera just loved her! She brought several outfits and may I add had a body I would kill to have!!!

L, I really enjoyed working with you. I know as we were leaving you were doubtful that you'd like anything we got. Well, take a peek and THEN tell me what you think, ha ha! You are a beautiful girl...hold that head up high! Oh and can I just say you have amazing eyes? I noticed them while we were together...but man, they just jump off these images!

Hope you like them as much as I do!

Early Bird gets the 'picture'!

Rise and shine was at 6:15 this morning so that I could meet with a couple that wanted an early session. I arrived on location at 7:30 and we promptly got to work. We played in several different locations; the inlet point, the inlet nature walk, in the road and in front of their condo. It was a beautiful morning -- however, the rising sun was just brutal!

As we were walking back to the car to drive to the nature walk I spotted a great shady spot right in the middle of the road. It had vibrant greenery behind them and the stark black road beneath them. We got in a few shots before almost being run over by a truck, ha ha ha.

The nature walk had a great walkway over the inlet, where we were able to find more shade. These guys are such a cute couple!! I had a great time working with you and hope you like what we were able to capture.

Here are a few previews from our time together~

Renewal of Vows....

This afternoon I had the honor of photographing a married couple who were renewing their vows. We shot on the beach in front of their beach house and the setting was just beautiful. There was even a little swash that provided us with great reflections! Not a cloud to be found in the sky -- but the sunset gave us glorious pinks and purples.

Thank you so much for allowing me to capture this special time in your lives. I really enjoyed working with you and your family!

Here are a few previews from our time together~

Family of 10....

Yesterday afternoon I met with the L family. There were 10 of them total...two families with two kiddos each and the grandparents. They were celebrating Grandma's birthday! We met at Huntington Beach State Park. Since they have started closing the castle gates at 5pm now, we started in front of the castle. When finished there we moved down to the beach. The tide was coming in but there was plenty of beach for us to work with. The hardest element is that the sun is going down so quickly now. So we finished up in the dark, lol.

I really enjoyed working with you guys! Thanks for choosing Natalie Kimball Photography!
Here are a few previews from our time together~