Krysta's Maternity Shoot | San Diego Family Photographer

As many of you know, I come from a big, goofy, affectionate family. On the Powell side alone, I am 1 of 12 cousins (18 if you count the ones that have married in) and we are thick as thieves!

Some of you have been blessed to meet my good-natured and selfless cousin-in-law, Krysta. Krysta and my cousin, Adam, dated for 4 or 5 years before they were engaged and our family became so fond of Krysta during this time that we told Adam, "if you don't marry Krysta, we'll keep her and ditch you!" Adam is a smart man, so he took the ultimatum to heart and decided to wed this darling girl -- winning a bride and keeping his family!

So, first came love, (then came wise and somewhat threatening council), then came marriage, and then came baby Mikayla!








I have had the great pleasure of taking Adam and Krysta's engagement, wedding, maternity, and newborn photos and I am so honored they have chosen me to chronicle their family's growth!

Now, if you read the paragraph before this one carefully, you may have realized that Mikayla has already been born and photographed! Oops! But remember, I admitted that I'm blogging retrospectively, so you'll just have to wait for more from this pleasant and prolific pair (they are already pregnant with their second baby!).


Love you Krysta & Adam.

It's a Boy! | San Diego Photographer

Jamie and Brenda came to me a few weeks back to take some maternity photographs. I figured I should post them...since their son was born this past weekend!

Their session was so fun! We took the photos in this amazing Carlsbad home. It was such a beautiful home, and as you'll see later...the yard was also landscaped fantastically! Needless-to-say, we shot for hours because there were so many great places.


Brenda was stunning...

She was so easy to photograph! She just glowed! :)




Their session was particularly fun because they had chosen not to find out what they were having! Not many people have the patience to do that anymore! :)

I love this photo of the two (I mean three!) of them.




I just LOVED the lighting coming in on this shot...


And now, to the backyard!
This is one of my absolute FAVORITES from the day. Not much editing done to this image...just some amazing landscaping with fantastic lighting! Their expressions are just the cherries on top!


Some fun in the pool...
Jamie kept threatening to push Brenda in the pool. It was really cute to see them interact! They are so excited to be parents!




I really love this shot as well...


Brenda, you were absolutely stunning...and Jamie, you were such a great sport to endure such a looooong photoshoot! Not many guys could hang for that long!
Congratulations on your new baby boy! I'm so excited for you!! :)

More Little Ones are Coming!

So, here's for a little flashback...

Three of my closest girlfriends and I, decided to get pregnant together in the Summer of 2006. (I stole these next two photos off my friend's blog). We thought it'd be better if we had the support of one another....boy, were we right!!!


All four babies were born within 2 months of each other....3 boys and 1 girl (Abbey).


Now we are in the middle of celebrating all of their one year birthdays! So fun!

Being a parent to Abbey has been the most incredible, rewarding experience of my life. She is just so amazing! I can't believe that it has been almost a year already since we've brought her home. We are so blessed to have her...and thank God every day!

Abbey's birthday is on March 11th...so, I'll be sure to post photos when her party comes around.

Anyhow, the second wave has begun! Two more of the 'most awesome girls I know!' are pregnant and scheduled to deliver soon!

This is a photo of all of us (we started a Bible Study years ago...and have been together since!)...minus Tira (I can't find a picture with all of us! Is that terrible, or what?!?!) Anyhow, this is us at a Halloween Party in 2005, I think. Before kids...(Yes, Maressa is holding a doll...she REALLY wanted to have a baby! Ha ha!)


Jill, the blond in the top row, is due on March 12th. That's only three weeks away! AND....she's having a girl!
Wahoo! A little girlfriend for Abbey to play dress-up with. =)

She opted out of pregnancy photos...BUT, I'll be taking lots of her little one when she arrives, so stay tuned!

The second prego, is my friend Leah...due on April 1st (is that funny?). She is Eve in the photo above. The cool thing about Leah, is that she and her husband are 'doing it old fashion' and have no clue what they are having! Isn't that exciting! I don't think I could ever do that with my Type A personality...
...but I'm really excited for them! =)

She asked me to do photos the other day and I thought they came out really nice. So, I asked if I could share a few with you guys...

...doesn't she look amazing?!?!



























I'm so excited for both of you ladies! Motherhood is such a gift! You're gonna LOVE it!