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Los Angeles Documentary Family Photography Session - The Serranos
 

Honestly, I’m getting a little emotional writing this… I’ve known Aileen and Jaime for a while - yearssss. We planned their wedding together for a couple of years together, getting super excited with all the details. We flew to Mexico - Guanajuato city - to do their engagement session; we had so much fun hanging out. Then Covid pandemic happened. We were carefully watching what was happening and what the rules were during the lockdown. They decided to cancel the wedding. But then, they wanted to just get married. So they came to us (we’re also based in Carlsbad, CA) and eloped in Balboa Park in San Diego with masks on and the 6 foot social distancing rule. Nothing was going to stop their love and their plan to build a family together. During the pandemic, they welcomed Nicolas who turned 3 years this year. When Nicolas was an infant, I went to visit him, hand-delivering their wedding albums, and I still have photos of me holding tiny Nicolas.

The Serrano family recently bought a house in lovely area of Woodland Hills and has invited me to come over and document their typical afternoon with the highly energetic toddler boy and a new puppy. It was so much fun - a lot of running around, and I always like to end the session with a lovely portrait of the family.

(Oh, yes, I’m overdue to post their elopement and engagement portrait photos. I hope to get to them eventually!)

 
FAMILY PHOTOS IN DISNEYLAND SESSION

Lilli and Mike first reached out to me with an incredible idea a few years ago.
It was this (click the hyperlink). They were throwing an engagement party with their beloved ones, and then told them that they’re actually getting married right there.
It was the best and the only surprise wedding I’ve ever been and photographed.

Now, they have a son named Lincoln, and we had to go to the Disneyland together and documented amazing memories together.
What a smart and young boy Lincoln is!
The session was My Story Collection - a 3-hour coverage.

SAN DIEGO FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION

Sara and Jared are one of my favorite people of all times. I hope they don’t read this because I’m getting shy writing this. We photographed the doctor-lawyer couple’s wedding a few years ago, which I still need to get to and post their wedding photos. They’re our ideal friends and clients. What that means is that not only they’re super chill to hang out and talk about literally anything, but they also appreciate the work of art we produce as photographers. I haven’t been posting family photo sessions for many years and I have a lot of catching up to do, but here is the start. Charlie was almost 1 year old in these photos. Enjoy some of family photos in San Diego - North Park to be exact.

(FYI, this was My Story Collection coverage. :-))