These sweet girls hit some big milestones in August! The twin girls turned one, and Miss H turned 10! We started with an in-studio cake smash and moved outdoors for portraits and a glitter fest. What a FUN day. I had such a great time in the weeks leading up to it coordinating props and outfits with mama. A super picture-heavy post, but I couldn’t choose my faves, the girls are just too cute!

My sweet friend Cara was smart to think ahead back in July. Her mom was visiting from out of state, and although they had a very busy schedule planned during her visit, Cara carved out time for her yearly family photo session, and included her mom with her session. Great idea! Sorry for the bazillion pictures in this post…there were so many more I wanted to post of this gorgeous family, I had a hard time narrowing it down!  

This session was a birthday gift! What a fabulous idea. We all met at one of my favorite locations in Laguna Beach and focused on the goal of getting this extended family an updated photo with all of the new family members, as well as smaller groupings. Such a fun time, and the little grandsons were such a blast!  

This family is near and dear to me. I’ve watched them marry, then grow this family of theirs and I couldn’t be more proud to call them friends. While visiting from Santa Barbara, we planned to carve out time for long overdue family portraits. I am so glad I got to capture the T family doing what they do best–playing and loving on each other.  

Let’s try playing a little game of catch-up, shall we?! I am a wee bit behind on blogging my sessions. So we’ll start with sessions from *ahem* May. I blame it on those littles running around my house I blogged about the other week. ;) First up, the R family. They’re all gorgeous. And sweet. And just plain adorable. They recently made a huge move across the country (thank you for serving our country, R family!), and wanted to capture… Read more »

This little one is near and dear to my heart. I love her little family so much, and couldn’t wait to meet her! The most special part for me is that I was blessed to document her coming into the world, the moment she was born. I’ll be sharing that with you all soon! Baby Blake was such a smushy little perfect bit of cuddly goodness during her newborn session. Big sister Blair rocked the photo shoot showing off her… Read more »

Wow! Sent out my newsletter last night detailing all kinds of exciting things happening in the month of May at Harley Jay Photography, and I am loving all the excitement from clients ready to book sessions! Ok, there are three amazing offers going on: a HUGE discount for HJP clients, a chance to win a gorgeous 11×14 canvas from your session, and a wittle tiny afternoon of mini sessions (which are almost booked–one spot left!). So here goes! 2014 has… Read more »

It is always such an adventure when I am photographing an extended family. Personalities, jokes, laughter…it’s all enhanced when there’s a big group of people connected through kinship. I showed up at the beach to capture this family, and with the exception of some traditional posing, I basically showed up to snap pictures of them hanging out at the beach together as one big family. SO FUN!    

I’ve been meaning to feature this adorable family’s session on the blog for a while now. These two spunky girls are at SUCH a fun age! Four is a magic number: still super young and innocent, but like a little sponge absorbing all kinds of knowledge and hilarious sense of humor! Loved every minute of this active session.