Foggy Mornings in Santa Cruz, CA with surfers

portrait of a Santa Cruz surfer on the beach early morning

I consider myself lucky to live in the San Francisco Bay Area, right over the hill to Santa Cruz, California. many mornings I find myself heading over the hill to sit by the ocean listening to the waves as those first sips of coffee happily hit my taste buds.

I watch the birds dance in the sky thinking how nice it is to be so free and have wings to carry you anywhere in the world.

Then my attention is turned to the surfers, up early to catch the first waves of the day, as their bodies wake up in the icy cold waters that are typical to Northern California. I chuckle as I overhear one surfer warn another that is barely arriving and slipping into a wetsuit, “it’s extra cold out there today”.

Happy New Year!

Hi everyone! I’m so excited for 2012 it’s going to be an amazing year. I KNOW IT! to kick off the year I have this amazing session to show you. We shot it in November however I didn’t want to ruin the holiday card surprise. Seriously I love this kid. He is so adorable. His […]

Family says goodbye to San Francisco {family portraits}

I teased you back in this session with this gorgeous little girl and her smile. I am happy to share this whole session with you! I am sad to just have met such an awesome family and already say goodbye. You see they moved back to the East Coast and this session was taken as […]