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.

Abbey's first haircut

I realize that it has been almost a year since my last post and that my perpetual enthusiasm to 'catch up' has proven not to be sufficient to propel me through the last few months. In other words, we have been busy!!! However, with the help of an amazing Amber Dawn Photography fan (my wonderful sister-in-law), my hopes and dreams of sharing the many images from 2009 and 2010, of fantastic people in beautiful places might actually become reality! Thanks Tammy for 'joining' the team!

So, where do you start when you are so far behind? Well, no better place than the present, right? While I fully intend to retrace my every move and reminisce every moment of the past year...I will start with what's new at the Burmeister household as of today:

Abbey is three and a half...and she just had her first haircut.
The BEFORE:



After 3-4 inches cut and some long layers...



She's ready for the next Pantene commercial!





So big...she is getting so big.

Scott Family | San Diego Portrait Photographer

I'd like to introduce one of the coolest families around. They are super duper friendly...I mean the kind of people you meet at church. Okay, that was sort of a joke. Paster Tim Scott is the pastor at my church, Grace Church San Diego...so, yes, you would actually meet them at church. Ha! ;)

Okay, moving on...they seriously are some of the most fun people to hang around! Pretty much all of them could have their own stand up show. They had me crackin' up through the whole session! Oh, and they are very fashionable...which makes my job a piece of cake.

Without further ado...the Scott family.






These two couldn't be more perfect for each other. We just love them!











Ha! Isn't this hilarious? Little Kung Fu Fighters!























Okay, so Aaron came away from this shoot saying..."I definitely want lots of kids!" He LOVED the chaos! ha ha! We'll have to see about that... ;)

San Diego Workshop | San Diego Wedding and Portrait Photographer

Oh my goodness! What a weekend. Melissa and I just finished our first San Diego Workshop together...and it was awesome! We had the opportunity to meet some of the greatest gals in photography. We had such a blast with them...relaxing in a beautiful home in Coronado...okay, maybe not 'relaxing'. Ha! We had a packed schedule...but we did have a lot of laughs and some awesome time 'perfecting' our photographer skills.

I'll be blogging some more photos from the weekend, but for now...I stole this group shot from Melissa's website of us ladies after our beach shoot. ;)



I had a blast with you ladies!

San Diego Workshop | San Diego Wedding and Portrait Photographer

Oh my goodness...I can't believe its been this long since I've posted! Well, between the wedding season and my family's camping trips...I haven't had a minute to keep you all up to date! So sorry about that...

Good news is...I have lots of fun stuff to blog in the next couple of weeks! :)

Starting with THIS! Drumroll please...I'm so excited to announce that I'll be joining the fabulous Melissa Koehler in hosting our first Workshop Retreat in San Diego! Many of you have been asking for this, so we are just ecstatic that it has all come together so nicely! We have put together an awesome program for you with lots of valuable instruction (from two professional photographers) and hours of hands-on shooting experience with models! The space is limited, as we'd like to create a unique and beneficial experience for all of you. So please let us know soon if you plan on joining us! We'd LOVE to have you!