Mali’s Blog

I just want to share some cool shots that Noel from Bosh Images took of us the other day. Check out how her way of processing her images is totally different from mine and so fun (just like Noel):

 

My little photographers:

 

I want to share this one not because it’s a particularly flattering image of me :), but I know I look like this pretty often!

 

This is the 2008 version of one of our engagement shots - almost 8 years later!

 

I processed this one myself:

Thanks Noel for a fun afternoon, some great shots, and a reality check on how I look in my 30’s! :) 

 

 

 

 

 

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I love to photograph this family! Here they are again:

Baby Ethan is now 8 weeks old:

 

 

Asher looks so much older now that he’s a big brother: 

 

 

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It was so nice when AJ and Kristin asked me to photograph their family not only because they have a super adorable baby girl, but also because they are my next door neighbors.  We live in a nice little community, full of children and friendly smiles, so working with neighbors is always a great pleasure.  Here are some of my favorites:

 

 

 

 

Kristin’s parents came from San Diego for the photo shoot and to celebrate her birthday:

 

 

 

 

Thank you guys for being such wonderful people to work with, but most of all for being such great neighbors! 

Click here to see a slideshow of the session.

 

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This is one of the most relaxed, fun-loving, happy families I’ve ever met.  They are expecting their 4th child, which you think would drive most people close to insanity, but not Maria and John.  They handle everything so beautifully and make parenting seem so easy - But I’m not fooled! I have 2 of my own, so I know how it really is for the rest of us!!

With their wonderful personalities,  it’s no surprise that their family portrait turned out to be one of my favorites ever:

How cool is it that they named their children after they favorite travel spots:

Here’s Tai:

 

 

And Kona:

 

 

 

Brother and sister fun!

 

And joined by their little brother River:

 

And a quick moment to new baby brother or sister, who will join the family next March:

 

Click here to see a slideshow of their session.

 

 

 

 

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Since I’m way behind on blog posts and I don’t think I’ll be able to catch up anytime soon, I decided to post some of my favorites from this month so far.  I’ve had some wonderful clients with some adorable kids. So here they are:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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It feels like she was just born and at the same time it feels like she’s always been around. Either way, I can’t imagine our lives without her! Here’s my beautiful niece:

 

 

 

Ask her “What’s up?!” and this is the attitude you get:

 

This is the busiest time of the year for me, but I’ll still try to sneak in a blog post here and there.

Kim, Shannon and Ryan are a very sweet and loving family. Ever since I met with Kim and Shannon for the first time I knew I’d love to work with them. There are some people who just naturally send out a positive vibe and it makes it just fun to be around them. Here are some of my favorites from the day. 

 

 

And their adorable daughter Ryan:

 

 

 

Thanks Kim and Shannon.  Beautiful families like yours make my job so extra especial!! 

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Today Kaylie  participated in her first swimming competition. She has been taking swimming lessons at Waterworks Aquatics since she turned 5 years old in April and has become such a great little swimmer. She was concentrating so hard and we couldn’t get her to smile or to take her eyes off the pool. She had to watch all of the events until her event (The 47th one!!):

 

 

Here she is at the end of her warm up:

 

Then it was time for her event.  I shot this one while screaming as loud as I could!

 

Brian was so proud of her! He’s not there when she practices during the week, so he hadn’t seen how well she has been swimming. 

 

Here’s Derek’s way of showing how proud he was… I guess

 

Kaylie was SO proud of herself for getting this ribbon.  She didn’t get a placement, but she didn’t really care. She already asked me to sign her up for the next competition and said that she will do at least 3 events. 

Great job KK!!! We’re so proud of you!

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I’ve known Makena since before she turned 1, and I’ve photographed her a few times. Every time she is cuter and sweeter. She has also developed such great personality that I could just hang out with her all day!  Here are a few of my favorites:

 

 

 

Thanks for dinner, Todd and Nicole! I can’t wait to hang out with you guys again!

This session was a change of pace for me. Most of my families have younger children, or at least one younger child, but the Marfone’s have 4 teenagers. They are all very cool and unique, and made the session so easy for me. 

Here’s Olivia:

Here’s Celia:

 

And Izzy:

 

And Vinny:

 

I’ll upload a slideshow in the next few days. 

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