When I was a little girl I loved to play dress up. To put on a sparkly dress was to become part of another world of imagination where anything was possible. There is just something so freeing about dressing as someone else, assuming another identity, and becoming that person for a short while.
I often feel like this as I look through magazines and catalogs. I get lost in the images, in the clothing, in the models and the characters they have become. Every time I open up an Anthropologie catalog I feel this way. For a while now I have wanted to do a session inspired by these thoughts and images I have in my mind. So when I talked with my good friend, Bri, of Brianna Anderson Photography based out of Scottsdale, Arizona, and she was equally as excited about a session of this type, I knew we had to try it.
This past weekend we met up in San Diego and we had the best afternoon as we got dolled up, found the absolute perfect location to shoot, and avoided the threatening rain clouds overhead. It is so rewarding as a photographer when something you have already created in your head becomes reality in the form of an actual photograph. I just love these next images of Bri. She is just so stunning.
I don’t even know how many images we actually took and which pictures ended up on which camera. When all was said and done we just burned a couple of cd’s so we could edit our favorites from the session. Here are a few of my edits of the images that Bri took of me.
I’m currently working on another concept shoot with a client of mine and can’t wait to do more sessions that really push me as an artist.
{S}, I had a great time (as always) with you this afternoon. Though we weren’t able to get images with little {T}–I hope he feels better soon–I think we captured some awesome ones of your and your soon-to-be little one. I hope you love your sneak peek! I’ll have your gallery ready for you soon!
Mom–thank you so much for meeting up with me this week (even in the cold, wet, rain!) I hope you enjoy your sneak peek! I’ll have your gallery up and ready for you very soon!
Love, love, LOVE this next one of James. When Sandy dressed him in his black, velvet blazer I nearly fell over. It honestly doesn’t get any cuter than this.
And I just adore this one of Haylie.
Sandy, I’m glad we were able to get some of just you and the little ones, too. I love how they are both clinging on to your leg. So precious!
As you know I have lots more for you! I hope you love them!
I can’t believe this little guy is a whole year already. His six month session is still one of my all-time favorites. You’ll even recognize his adorable face from my blog header. I honestly didn’t think he could get any cuter, but he went and proved me wrong. 
Like I said before, I absolutely loved the lighting here. I rarely experiment with sun flare, mostly because I like my images super crisp and bold and have a hard time achieving that with a lot of flare. But I adore this next image–it might just be showing up in my blog header soon.
And here is that color that I know and love so well.
I just really enjoy this adorable family. They were so wonderful, are absolutely in love with their little guy, and are so stinking photogenic to boot!
{G} family–thank you so much for choosing me again to capture these images for you. I had a great evening with you all and love the locations you found. And you helped me overcome (okay, not completely) my fear of snakes! I hope you love the sneak peek–I’ll email you as soon as your gallery is ready for viewing.