::Mother:Daughter:: {Oak Glen Family Photographer}

When I first met Amber the day of the shoot I knew she looked familiar but couldn’t put my finger on it where I knew her from. It was about an hour into our session when I realized how I knew her. I use to work at Electric Beach Tanning salon, in Grand Terrace, many many moons ago, and Amber used to come in. It has been years since I saw her which is why I couldn’t figure out how I knew her. Her daughter Hailey is right around my sons age and luckily I had my family with me that day. Her and Logan ended up playing towards then end of the shoot which worked out to my advantage. When we met Hailey was sleeping in the car,  when she woke up she was not a happy camper at first. I can’t blame her, I wouldn’t want some weird lady with a camera in my face if I just woke up from a nice nap. It took some time for her to warm up to me , but after that, we were all good. We drove to a couple different spots in Oak Glen, basically if something caught my eye we stopped, I love shoots like that. We ended up at Riley’s farm and had a great time running around there. I love that I was able to capture all the different faces of Hailey, she is quiet the character.

           

 

Amber and Hailey, thank you for such a fun shoot.

::Senior|Alissa::

 

I met Alissa up in Oak Glen. I had planned to take her pictures at Los Rios Ranch, but I wasn’t aware that the park and trails closed at 4:30 all year round, and they don’t mess around about locking your car in there if you are not out.  So after freaking out inside for a min I figured I would just “wing” it. I know, super professional right?! There are several spot in Oak Glen that I always pass and want to take pictures at so I thought I would use this golden opportunity and use a couple of these spots and then finish at Riley's Farm, because you can never go wrong there, it’s impossible. On this day I also realized how small the world really is… Alissa noticed a Local Union 1245 sticker on my window. It is a sticker of the union my husband is in for his job, Power line Construction. Alissa’s mom then asked why I has this sticker and who I knew in that trade. I explained that it was my husband, told her what he did, who he worked for, and where his “show up” was… her eyes got brighter and her smile got bigger as I kept talking, which it totally not normal when I tell people about my husbands job because no one ever gets it. Well, the reason why LeeAnn got it is because her husband does the same exact thing, for the same company, same show up!!! My husband and Alissa’s dad work together and we had no clue!!! See, told ya. Small world! After knowing our families worked together I felt as if I had known them forever. We had a great session with several laughs.

Alissa, I wish you nothing but the best in your future. I know you will go far and succeed in everything you put your mind to. You and humble, I like that, and you have a smile that can light up a room, use it to it’s fullest potential. ; )