I had a blast photographing this beach family and baby in Santa Cruz. Yea, yea, I’m a San Francisco-based maternity, newborn and family photographer but sometimes I get to go adventures and take photos in Santa Cruz and other fun places. It was an added bonus for me to photograph this family because they’re great friends of my family too. I had taken their maternity photos while mama was pregnant with their baby girl. And because life gets busy, they hadn’t had any new family photos taken since her birth. So shortly after baby girls 1st birthday the mom decided it was due time.
Interestingly, this is the same location that we took their maternity photos. But it looks completely different because we shot early morning verses sunset. The kids had a blast being in their element running and playing. I love that this family really wants to capture what their family life is like in Santa Cruz, which is being at the beach.
We decided on a morning session at the beach in Santa Cruz. We got there so early that the gate to the beach wasn’t even open yet so we had to park our cars elsewhere and walk down.
Be sure to see this families maternity photos too. Same beach, different time of day: “Maternity Photography Santa Cruz | Beach Family” and “Maternity Photographer Santa Cruz | Beach Family”
Check out the beach family and baby in Santa Cruz portraits below! As you can see, this family knows how to have fun. Everyone ended up wet by the end of the session. It was a blast. Good thing everyone had a change of clothes with them. This isn’t their first beach outing, clearly.
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