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Oh boy. These family portraits on the beach in San Francisco make my heart sing! I adore this family — we’ve had quite a few sessions together and each one is better than the last. We try and do something a little different each time and, for this one, they wanted to go to the beach. They picked out simple clothing with a splash of color (my favorite combination) and just had fun being themselves.

It was so cute — at first, little “J” didn’t like the sand.

Then he started to warm up to it once he saw that you could play with the water…

When we were all done with the sand, we had a spontaneous tickle-fest on the grass. Love this kid’s smile.

One of the last shots of the day, but also one of my favorites. You can’t really see it here, but little “J” has the BIGGEST smile on his face. Love it.

J, J & J, I had SO much fun with you guys. Thanks for being just plain awesome!

Get ready for some super-smiling holiday portraits that I took in downtown Sacramento last week! Also, I have a confession to make…I have a HUGE crush on this little guy. He makes me laugh until my eyes are watering and my face hurts from smiling so much. I first met him when he was just a few days old for his newborn pictures back in April and he was already charming the socks off of everybody.

Okay, who could resist? Love, love, love the eyebrows!

Feet kicked up! So sweet.

Mom and Dad must have abs of steel with all of the laughing that is inspired by this smiley face!

It’s been pretty busy around here the last few months and, although I wish I had time to blog every session, getting out and actually taking the pictures has taken priority lately. Even still, I had to share these pictures with you. If they don’t put a smile on your face, well, I don’t know what will!

What a treat it was for me to take pictures of these kids on their grandparents’ farm in Elk Grove on such a beautiful fall day! Although I grew up in LA, I’ve always been a farm-girl at heart, so this was so much fun for all of us.

These four kids are two sets of siblings and cousins to one another. Their grandma had been saying for a while that she really wanted pictures of the kids playing on the farm, so the moms conspired…They waited for her to go out of town so that we could run on over the property and spend the afternoon doing all sorts of fun things that had a special place in this family’s heart.

We got to collect eggs and chase chickens…

Ride the jeep (which big brother is surprisingly good at — I saw multiple three-point-turns happen!)…

Show off some gorgeous smiles….

Play on the grass in the warm autumn sun…

And look super-sweet for grandma.

Ah, what a great day!

My favorite way to take children’s pictures is in a natural, outdoor setting. Not only is the light from the sun beautiful on their skin, but the kids can run around and be themselves.

Their mom and I talked before their session and we decided to include some of the boys’ favorite planes in the photos. I’m so glad we did because I really enjoy sequences like this, where you feel like you can jump right into the scene and join in their play.

This was a complete giggle-fest! Love their smiles.

Imagine these two, twenty years from now, all grown up. They’ll have these pictures to look back on and see how close they were at such a young age. Priceless.

I asked him to take his sister’s hand and lead her through the trees. He did so with such pride — I felt like this photo captured him, the brave and courageous big brother.

What fun we had! I can’t wait to show mom and dad the rest!