Paramount Ranch Vintage Maternity Session Part 2

I can’t tell you how excited I am to share the second half my maternity shoot at Paramount Ranch with you guys!

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Two of my very favorite photography sessions types are themed and vintage and this maternity session is both!

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When Adriohn contacted me about the pregnancy session he suggested as one of his ideas a southern front porch themed shoot. I thought of Paramount Ranch and we kind of rolled the two ideas into one and ended up with a vintage southern front porch photography theme.

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Paramount Ranch is an awesome southern california portrait photography and wedding location. There was even a wedding going on there while we were shooting!

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How cute do they look?!

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One of the things I love about Adriohn and Carolyn is that there are always having fun together! They bring such a great vibe to portrait sessions!

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Creative Vintage Maternity Photography Los Angeles

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I would like to point out that Adriohn and Carolyn’s idea to jump the broom; it is not my normal practice to ask pregnant women to jump over anything! How adorable is that last photo though?

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Creative Vintage Maternity Photography Los Angeles

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I love the texture the light shining through the wood grain gives this photo.

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Thanks again Carolyn and Adriohn for helping create such a fun and creative photo shoot! I can’t wait to meet little Mirae once she decides to make an appearance!

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Paramount Ranch Maternity Shoot Part 1

 

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Yay! New photos finally! I have been super super busy lately doing work for other people’s companies. While it’s nice to just show up and photograph it tends to get in the way of less pressing things– like blog posts. And the worst part of shooting for other people is that sometimes I can’t post what I have photographed. So I can’t post a lot of what I have been shooting the past month and a half, but I finally have some new stuff of my own to show.

Los Angeles Maternity Photography Creative Pregnancy PhotographerYou might remember Carolyn & Adriohn from a couple’s portrait shoot I did with them.

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I had a great time with them so I was super excited when Adriohn got in touch with me to tell me they were pregnant and wanted me to shoot maternity portraits for them. They always have fun and creative portrait ideas and I love to come up with unique photography shoots so we work well together. Adriohn’s southern front porch idea reminded me of Paramount Ranch so we ran with that. This first half is their first look which is more modern, I will post the retro photographs soon!

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I love the dynamic between the two of them!
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Adriohn is such a goofball. Carolyn is constantly playfully rolling her eyes and laughing at him. You can tell they have a great relationship based on fun and friendship.

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Los Angeles Maternity Photography Creative Pregnancy Photographer

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Los Angeles Maternity Photography Creative Pregnancy PhotographerLos Angeles Maternity Photography Creative Pregnancy PhotographerThanks guys!

More images from our vintage southern Paramount Ranch maternity shoot soon!

 

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Sneak Peek Paramount Ranch Maternity Photography Session

I’m jumping the gun a little since I have nothing else ready from this shoot yet, but I’m just sooo excited about my maternity session from this weekend!Paramount Ranch Maternity PhotographerAwesome location, super fun and creative theme, and an adorable couple! This is my favorite kind of maternity shoot (or any photography session for that matter!).

I’ll have more from this fun shoot up in a week or so!

 

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Engagement shoot part 2- Chinatown, Los Angeles

Los Angeles Chinatown Engagement Photography

This is part two of my shoot with Vanessa and Adi (as a second shooter for onpointimages.com). It started as a beach engagement shoot in San Pedro and for their second look Vanessa wanted to get some shots in Los Angeles Chinatown.

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Los Angeles Chinatown Engagement PhotographyLos Angeles Chinatown Engagement Photography Being a second shooter is very different than being the main photographer. It can be both fun and frustrating. You have to take a back seat and worry more about the main photographers images than your own, which can be sometimes be hard for some photographers (me included :) ).

Los Angeles Chinatown Engagement Photography

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But second shooting is also great because it makes you approach situations in a more creative way.  I know the main photographer is getting what is expected to be the best angle of the shot, so I move around more. I play with the angles more.Los Angeles Chinatown Engagement PhotographyLos Angeles Chinatown Engagement PhotographyLos Angeles Chinatown Engagement PhotographyLos Angeles Chinatown Engagement PhotographyLos Angeles Chinatown Engagement Photography

Sometimes, I get great ideas for more fun and creative photographs from being a second photographer. I’m a creative photographer by nature but its nice sometimes to have that extra push to create a more unique photograph. Los Angeles Chinatown Engagement PhotographyLos Angeles Chinatown Engagement PhotographyLos Angeles Chinatown Engagement PhotographyLos Angeles Chinatown Engagement PhotographyLos Angeles Chinatown Engagement PhotographyLos Angeles Chinatown Engagement Photography

Thanks again, Vanessa and Adi! And Jesse for allowing me to be a part of this fun engagement photo shoot! Los Angeles Chinatown Engagement Photography

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Palos Verdes Engagement Shoot

A couple weeks ago I had the fortune to be a second shooter for an engagement session with Jesse Anders of onpointimages.com. Jesse is an amazing wedding photographer (he shot our wedding!) and our styles are different but similar enough that we work well together. Since Vanessa and Adi were Jesse’s clients I don’t know as much about their backstory as I would for my own clients, but they were adorable together and we all had a good time on the shoot!

Southern California Engagement PhotographerVanessa and Adi wanted to do a beach engagement shoot so we headed down to Palos Verdes Estates. Southern California Engagement Photographer Southern California Engagement PhotographerSouthern California Engagement Photographer

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Southern California Engagement PhotographerThe beach there is beautiful and interesting and lead to some really creative fun shots.Southern California Engagement PhotographerSouthern California Engagement Photographer

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Southern California Engagement PhotographerAfter we finished our photo session at the beach we headed over to chinatown for our second look. I’ll post the photos from part two of the engagement session in a few days!

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Los Angeles Author Portrait

One of the things I really love about being a photographer is that sometimes I get to meet and work with some really interesting people. Matt called me last week to set up a headshot session for an author portrait. He told me that his book was about to be published and the publisher wanted a headshot portrait for the book jacket. We talked about locations and times and then he said- oh just so you know what the book is about- I do not remember his exact wording but he generally said that his book is a comprehensive  guide on zombies. Not the sensationalized hollywoodization of zombies but real scientific analysis. I’m a skeptic and a bit of a nerd so I tend to get excited about the idea of taking something like zombies and exploring it scientifically. I honestly didn’t get to grill him enough about it while we were shooting- it came up that we were both vegi (he’s vegan, I’m vegetarian) and we went off on a tangent about vegetarian restaurants in LA. We were actually both at the same restaurant at the same time the weekend before he called me to set up the shoot. Anyway, here are some of favorites of the headshots/ author portraits that I shot for Matt. I realized afterward that I chose a lot of smily shots which may not be the most appropriate for a book on zombies :)
Los_Angeles_corporate_headshot_photographerLos_Angeles_corporate_headshot_photographerLos_Angeles_corporate_headshot_photographerMatt is the Head Researcher of the Zombie Research Society. He brought along his advisor jacket to get some headshots with. Los_Angeles_corporate_headshot_photographerLos_Angeles_corporate_headshot_photographerLos_Angeles_corporate_headshot_photographerLos_Angeles_corporate_headshot_photographerHe was also in the French Foreign Legion and he brought along that jacket as well. Los_Angeles_corporate_headshot_photographerLos_Angeles_corporate_headshot_photographerI kind of love the Indiana Jones-ishness of these ones! Los_Angeles_corporate_headshot_photographerYou can get some more information about Matt and the Zombie Research Society  at zombieresearch.org – the blog has some really interesting posts. You can also check out his already published children’s book ‘That’s Not Your Mommy Anymore”  http://www.amazon.com/Thats-Not-Your-Mommy-Anymore/dp/156975926X/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1

‘Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Zombies’ should be out soon. I can’t wait to see which image he chose for the book jacket!

 

 

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San Diego Maternity Session part 2

Here are the rest of the portraits from my maternity photography session with Laura. Southern California Maternity Photographer

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Laura specified on her registry that she doesn’t like monkeys- but she does really like giraffes. This cute little guy below was a baby shower gift. Southern California Maternity PhotographerSouthern California Maternity PhotographerSouthern California Maternity PhotographerSouthern California Maternity Photographer

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As soon as we got Laura situated on the ground (not the easiest task at 8 months pregnant!) one of her dogs came running over and attacked her with cute little doggy kisses. Southern California Maternity PhotographerSouthern California Maternity PhotographerSouthern California Maternity PhotographerSouthern California Maternity PhotographerSouthern California Maternity PhotographerSouthern California Maternity Photographer

Southern California Maternity PhotographerLaura pretty much left the portrait session in my hands, she brought along a bunch of options and then let me go crazy. The only thing she specifically requested was that we grab a few shots with this guy below….Southern California Maternity PhotographerSouthern California Maternity Photographer

I had never had a snake at a maternity shoot before but I was totally game! Southern California Maternity PhotographerSouthern California Maternity PhotographerI love doing anything to make a portrait session more creative and fun and more about who you are! Beautiful portraits are, of course, great; but my photography sessions and the resulting portraits are going to be part of my clients’ history. And ultimately they should really showcase who the clients are; giraffes and snakes and loveable little dogs included! Thanks Laura! I can’t wait to meet little Tempi soon!

 

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San Diego Maternity Shoot #1

I went down to San Diego for Laura’s baby shower and maternity photography shoot. But when I found out that one of her best childhood friends was pregnant as well (due within a few weeks of Laura) I thought I would be fun to shoot a couple images of the two of them together.

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Southern California Maternity PhotographerWe took some portraits for the soon-to-be Daddy….
Southern California Maternity Photographer and some with two of the other family members! I love adding pets to portrait shoots- they’re part of the family too!

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Then we took a couple fun portraits Southern California Maternity PhotographerSouthern California Maternity Photographer
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Los Angeles Headshot Season

More headshots! Wendy is one of those people who seems to do a little bit of everything in the entertainment industry. She is a writer, a producer, a comic, and sometimes an actor. She was looking for professional headshots as well as actor’s headshots for her comedy and acting. (As well as some creative and fun photographs for her soon to be released website, which sounds awesome!- but I will talk about that later after she debuts it.)

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Los Angeles Headshot Photographer

Thanks Wendy! I had a great time; I hope the headshots work great for you in all of your                               endeavors!  If you are in Los Angeles you can check Wendy out                        May 5th at Sit ‘n Spin. It’s Free!

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Sherman Oaks Headshot Session

I think in that all of my headshot sessions have an element of creative portrait photography in them. I can’t help it! We start of shooting headshots and then the light is just so amazing or the setting so picturesk that I can’t help but throw a few creative portraits into the mix! That was exactly the case with Lauren. We finished with 3 great headshot looks and were walking back to her apartment and the light in her garage passageway made me stop. And then I made her stop and pose for ‘just a few more shots’. I have a habit of repeating ‘we’ll just do one more’ and ‘just a couple more shots’ over and over at the end of my shoots. I often tell clients- this one might not be a conventional headshot but it will make a great facebook profile photo!

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We started out with the traditional headshot photography…

Los Angeles Headshot PhotographerLos Angeles Headshot PhotographerLos Angeles Headshot Photographergot a few different looks….

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and then once I was sure we had gotten enough headshots for Lauren….Los Angeles Headshot Photographer

we moved on the the more creative work.Los Angeles Headshot PhotographerLos Angeles Headshot Photographer

look at that light! I want to live in these apartments just to have continual access to this passageway! Los Angeles Headshot Photographer

I love how vintage that last one is. So old hollywood glamour looking!

Lauren found me through the magical web of facebook- she mentioned that she needed a headshot photographer and someone else recommended her to me. If you aren’t already you should totally be my friend on facebook-http://www.facebook.com/sharonalagnaphotography

And if any of you know anyone who needs headshots or portraits (wedding, engagement, family, even dating profile portraits!) taken tell them to befriend me as well. They’ll probably get a great facebook profile pic thrown in there too!

 

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