Oh, the beach!

My favorite beach to shoot at is the Capitola city beach. It is usually not too crowded on the north side, where I like to shoot, it has a great pier that provides shade when it is too sunny and it is facing just the right direction for sweet light at sunset. (for you photographers, I am not a huge fan of sun-lit sunset images, so I mean sweet “open shade” type light).  We like to head for the beach as a family whenever I have a shoot there in the summer, so we can hang out before and after the session. Saturday we headed up from San Jose to meet a most adorable family. After their shoot it stayed remarkably warm at the beach after sunset and we hung out for an hour and a half, just enjoying the beauty of it. My daughter, Layna, just can’t help herself and ALWAYS gets wet when there is even a puddle. She doesn’t even seen to notice the cold, but jumps right in. She cracks me up. Here are a few snaps from our hang-out. Isaiah was trying to demonstrate “the crane” move from Karate Kid, LOL and Alayna just has to make a silly face when the camera is out. These were all shot with a wide-angle lens (16 mm) just for fun. Soon I plan to get a true fisheye, to really crank up the distortion, but for now. . .

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And the view just before we left. You can see the ever-so-faint moon. I do so love California!

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10 Comments

  1. Terrilyn said . . .

    Oh Anna what fun!! I love the energy and life in each of these images. So much spirit, I bet Mom is thrilled!

    Posted July 14, 2008 at 4:31 pm | Permalink
  2. Anna said . . .

    for sure, Terrilyn!! I AM the mom!! LOL

    Posted July 14, 2008 at 5:04 pm | Permalink
  3. chantelle said . . .

    what an awesome location!!!! I love these, so fun! I just got the fisheye last week and love it so far :)

    Posted July 14, 2008 at 5:47 pm | Permalink
  4. Stacy said . . .

    Makes me want to pack up and move to the West Coast. Love the pics of the kiddos, so fun and carefree!

    Posted July 14, 2008 at 7:28 pm | Permalink
  5. corey civetta said . . .

    You have some gorgeous kids, Anna! I love all of these – they’re all so fun!!

    Posted July 15, 2008 at 2:02 am | Permalink
  6. 411marketsource for Photographers said . . .

    What fun images! I love them all! And, wow, I can’t believe a beach in California is that empty! Sweet spot for pictures!

    Posted July 15, 2008 at 2:56 am | Permalink
  7. PamN said . . .

    Your kids are beautiful, and wow! what a great location!

    Posted July 15, 2008 at 3:53 am | Permalink
  8. Carrie Steffe said . . .

    gorgeous and i just love the feel of these images!

    Posted July 15, 2008 at 5:53 am | Permalink
  9. Lisa Dillon said . . .

    These are great–love the wide-angle work. Looks like you had great fun at the beach!

    Posted July 20, 2008 at 11:38 am | Permalink
  10. Lisa Kelly said . . .

    Love them all Anna. I esp love the crane shot, made me smile. Your kids are so beautiful, and the beach looks so yummy.

    Posted July 20, 2008 at 3:39 pm | Permalink

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