One of the coolest things about being a photographer is learning about new locations that are right under my nose. I mean, I’ve only lived here for my entire life…how come I never played here??
Thankfully this fun family has done some exploring and now so have I. I saw troll bridges and fairy hats and a family full of energy and love. It was really wonderful hanging out with them. We have a few more tricks up our sleeves soon, but here are some shots from our journey to the fairy forest!

Thanks for the tour guys!!!  More to come soon!!

I’ve had some requests for mini sessions…so I thought I’d update my holiday specials to include a mini session option. The full details are here. Any questions, please use the contact page, or email me at lisa_damrosch@yahoo.com.

Sigh…I knew I loved these photos, but when I see them set to music I get giddy all over again.

We have been planning this shoot for a long time and I was SO excited to get to shoot in the dahlia fields. So the day finally came and it was soupy wet fog. But, I was heading out of town the next day and they were going to cut the flowers before I could get back. So we decided to brave it and see what we could get. I’m actually so happy about how it all turned out. The day and the photos have kind of a dreamy feel from all of that fog…and I was just so excited to finally shoot these guys. I’ve known Judy for….well…hmm…forever I guess…and watching her and her adorable family was so much fun.

I’ve know that she and Jim are chomping at the bit to see some photos, so even though I have more to share, I’m going to post a little taste.

I may be back with more sneaks…and I will definitely be getting the whole gallery to Jim and Judy soon…but at least now I can show my face at school pick up tomorrow knowing that I kept my promise!!

Thanks you guys, for waiting while I was off in Disneyland…I hope you love these as much as I do.

For everyone else….don’t forget to check out the holiday promotion page and get those sessions booked soon!!

I’ve put together a little promo for sessions reserved before October 10. Each session will include 50 FREE photo holiday cards. I’m pretty excited about it!! Any questions give me a call at (650) 255-2063 or email me at lisa_damrosch@yahoo.com!

This is the first time I put together a slideshow for a client. I shared it with Mom the other day (with different music) and she LOVED it. The next step was to figure out how to do it for the web which was decidedly more difficult than expected…but I’ve got it now, so don’t expect this to be the last slideshow you see around these parts. Mom requested this song and I love it, even if I’ve watched this 1000 times and still get a little misty.

I think it is not only because this baby is so beautiful (and she is) but because I’ve seen how completely knocked off of her feet in love this mom is with this girl. We just met, but I SO get where she is…I’ve been there. It is such a magical mix of overwhelmed and starstruck and grateful and sleep deprivation and joy and holy cow every minute. (Looking at the list I’m still most of these things now, but I do get to sleep). As I watched this I felt completely privileged to be welcomed into their home and trusted to capture this beautiful girl…just as she is right now.

sigh….so here is the beautiful Ava, set to music. (and I warned you you might need tissues)

I recently spent some time with a beautiful baby girl and her mama…and in a minute, I’m going to share a sneak peek, but I had one thing happen on this shoot that has never happened to me before, and I had to share because I thought it was so funny. We were doing a few shots outside and the house is on the main street of our town. There are often many tourists cruising around the area and as we shot people kept stopping and oohing and aaahing over how cute the baby was etc. and a few of them actually pulled out their own cameras. This guy though was just too much…I honestly have like 5 photos of him because every time I thought he was going to get out of my way he decided to take another cell phone shot. It was seriously the funniest thing….I’m like “hello-I’m working here!!!” but he didn’t seem to notice me much at all…he was too focused on the darling baby. She didn’t seem to mind the additional paparazzi and eventually he continued on his way so we could get back to business!

Anyway…onto much cuter things….

I had so much fun with this little one… she is 4.5 months old and was so smiley and interested in everything that was going on. It is actually a great age because she was totally engaged but not quite mobile (even if she did seem to know some Pilates moves!!)  I love going to people’s homes and this home was so cute and had so many touches that I just loved thatI was totally inspired from the moment I walked into the door! Plus, I was totally inspired by her beautiful eyes and baby toes.

Many thanks to Stacey and her sweet girl for hanging out with me!

The other night we decided to take a last minute unplanned photo jaunt to the beach. I’m so glad that we did. I love watching Todd and Alex play, and watching them play while I have a camera in my hand is one of my very favorite things to do. The night was so gorgeous. I swear it was one of those nights where I realize how ridiculously lucky we are to be able to decide to go to the beach and to be taking these photos all in a matter of minutes.

This was a first for me…a visitor from out of state contacted me to take their family photos while they were vacationing here. Even though we had spoken on the phone, I was a little nervous because normally my shoots are for friends of friends, or friends of clients and there is already a connection when we meet. This time really was like a blind date of the blindest variety.

I really had no need to worry. I chatted with Michelle for less than a minute in person and immediately knew we were going to have a good time. When I met her husband (wearing bright striped pants) it was confirmed…we were going to have fun! Their son made me a little nervous at first. He is adorable, but twelve years old and super shy. He didn’t want to chat with me too much, but lucky for me (and him) I was really more interested in his interaction with his parents…which was really special. Watching these 3 was so much fun!

Poor Mom has her work cut our for her with these two!!.

Because our first location (their hotel) had tons of restrictions for shooting there, we took off for greener pastures (I mean non regulated beaches) and ran around. It didn’t take too long for them to kind of forget I was there (I love when that happens) and with each other their smiles came so easy. There was lots of giggling and wrestling and even some jumping

And kissing…

and frolicking….(these are some of my favorite shots from the day!)

I had a wonderful time working with these guys and couldn’t have been more excited that they got such amazing weather while they were here. It sounds like they had a fabulous trip and I hope that their photos will help them hold on to their memories of California!

I’m reserving the right to post a few more from this shoot in the coming days….and Michelle, I’ll get you the whole gallery soon!