Make Over Monday
Oh wait, It's not Monday!! OH WELL!!!
Since my 2nd child has been born I've been super absent on the blog. It's been brought to my attention that I need to step it up in the Facebook and Blog department, so once again I'm bringing back some special weekly blog posts that I used to do in the past :)
Make Over Mondays is when I post an image that I've photographed 2 different ways. First I post the picture just as I see it straight out of the camera. The next image I post is the final image after I've edited it.
I do all my editing in Lightroom and final touch ups in Photoshop. In Lightroom, I adjusted for exposure, shadows and contrast, and then desaturated it. In Photoshop, I sharpened it and did a few touch ups.
Here is an image from a recent shoot. This little guy was so handsome and just too sweet! enjoy!
The Michel Family
I love that I get to meet so many new people doing this job! The Michel Family recently traded chilly Ohio for sunny San Diego when they moved here not too long ago.
It was on the chillier side and was not our usual sunny San Diego the day of their shoot, so we cruised around the streets and waited until the very end to let the kids go crazy down at the beach!
Here are a few of my favorites from their session! enjoy!
Ribbon & Rhyme
I can't believe it's taken me THIS long to write this blog post, but I've been so busy with all the new business stuff that I just haven't had time!
After having my son just a little over a year ago I quickly learned that I wasn't going to be able to shoot as many weddings as I would like to. I cut down the amount of weddings that I shot, but I was still having a hard time keeping up with everything that comes along with running a wedding photography business!
Luckily, my good friend, Jon Upson, who was already an amazing wedding photographer was just as excited as me to jump in and create a new and amazing wedding photography company together!
We created Ribbon & Rhyme
We launched our business on our Facebook page about a month ago (our website is still in the works), and have had a ridiculous amount of love and support from everyone! In just a month we've already booked a bunch of weddings and are so excited to be filling up the calendar with all of these amazing new clients!
If you have time to stop by our Facebook page and LIKE us we will be keeping that updated with all of our most recents shoots! Would love to see you all there :)
Here's a few teasers from a couple of our recent engagement sessions! enjoy!
Michel Family Teasers
The Gray Family
My poor blog has been totally ignored for the past 2 months! I'm sorry guys! I've had a TON going on and lots of big exciting news that I'm sure most of you heard about on Facebook, but in case you didn't I'll be blogging about it all soon :)
This adorable family won a session from me on my Facebook giveaway a couple of weeks ago. If you missed out on that one stay tuned because I'll be having another one very soon ;)
These guys were a pleasure to work with, and their little angel is just too sweet! Here are a few of my favorites from their session.....enjoy!
Best of 2012
One year ago we had this little guy....
Now he's this big guy!
It's been a crazy year! With the new baby here I decided to take it easy with weddings and only took on one a month so that I wouldn't get too busy. Wouldn't you know that of course it would be THE year of family/baby sessions though! Those kept me busy enough to make up for the lost weddings :)
It was a great year, but I can't wait to turn it up a notch for 2013! New and exciting changes coming to the business....I can't wait :)
Happy New Year to all of you!!!!!
and now my favorites of 2012! enjoy...
The Zapien Family
One of my all time favorite families!
Mini Sessions-Teasers
Kevin + Rachel
I don't even know where to start! I loved EVERYTHING about this wedding! From the amazing couple, the fabulous bridal party, the details, and of course my amazing partner that day, Jon! Those of you who "like" my Beki Dawn Photography Facebook page have seen my posts that there are new and exciting things coming for 2013. This wedding is just a glimpse into what Jon and I will be teaming up to bring to the wedding scene in the future. I can't make an official announcement yet because there are still details to be put into order, but there's my unofficial announcement :)
Back to this wedding! We are both extremely proud of these images and were honored to capture Kevin + Rachel's story!
Please enjoy.....Kevin + Rachel's Wedding Day
Kevin + Rachel-Teaser
The Grant Family-Teaser
The Jennings Family
This little one is going to be a big sister very soon! We took some cute shots to announce the sex of the baby, but I didn't want to post them here and ruin their whole surprise :)
We took these shots at their Grandma's house in Escondido.
Here are a few of my favorites....enjoy!
The Masnica Family
I just love these guys, and was thrilled to finally meet their sweet baby!
Here's a few of my favorites...enjoy!
Aaron + Susan
Last weekend I had the pleasure of doing a little swappy swap with my friend, Aaron Huniu of Aaron Huniu Photography. He got some amazing pictures of my family that we adore, and I grabbed a few of him and his wife as well :)
Here are a few of my favorites....enjoy!
The Pratt Family
I hadn't gotten to photograph these guys since I took their engagement photos....what was that? 3 years ago?! Now they have this sweet little man in their lives! What a doll!!
Here are a few of my favorites from their session.....enjoy!
The Hollingsworth Family- Teaser
The Neroy Family- Sand for Snow
These guys will be packing it up in just under a month and moving to the great city of Denver, Colorado. That's the 3rd family we know to move there this year!!! Crazy!
I've been photographing these guys for the past 5 years, and will be sad to not be able to photograph their yearly pictures anymore :( but am excited for them and their new adventure!
They wanted this year's pictures to be classic San Diego, so of course we chose the beach!
Here are a few of my favorites from their session! enjoy!