This morning I photographed my friend Michelle and her entire family! I have known Michelle for about a year and half and it’s always a ton of fun watching our kids play together. Here is a little sneak peek at this beautiful family.
I had the privilege of photographing the beautiful Lupo family this morning. These kids were such a delight to work with! Enjoy this little look into our great morning.
My husband and I decided to take our twins out for a morning hike this past weekend to one of my all time favorite photo spots. Since we have been having such beautiful mornings here in San Diego, it was a perfect time to get some updated photos of our children. It’s always so hard to get the two of them to sit next to each other, but they cooperated beautifully for me.
I am so excited to introduce you to this little girl. Even though this little miss decided not to sleep, we still got some pretty cute shots. I think my favorite thing about her is that I get to come see her anytime I want and then give her back when she starts crying! This week I’ll wander back over there and get some more shots. In the mean time, enjoy this shot of a wonderful little ladybug.
I don’t think there are words to describe how excited I am about this beautiful Mamma and her little Lady Bug. I have known the daddy since I was in high school! He used to live in the same dorms as my then boyfriend, now husband. They quickly became best friends and have been inseparable since then. A few years ago he met an incredible woman who quickly became my good friend. I have been waiting since November, when they first told us they were expecting, to take these photos. Enjoy this little preview of your shoot! I can’t wait to do her newborn photos in just a few weeks.
Today I had the privilege of taking photos for an old friend from high school. She has a precious little 5 month old who is just as happy as can be, and two beautiful nieces. We ended up having to move everything inside because of the rain, but they were all such troopers! Enjoy your little peek at what’s to come!
When I think back to my childhood and the way I was raised, my memories always include the “canyon kids.” I grew up on a small ranch in the middle of nowhere that was located up a four mile dirt road. Along this road is several other families and ranches. Growing up there was such a unique experience. There was about a dozen kids all within a couple years of each other and we were all best friends. During the hot summers we would all hang out in each others pools and explore the many trails that went through the bottom of the canyon. When other kids were out riding bikes, we were all riding dirt bikes and 4-wheelers. When other kids were playing with toys, we were out shooting guns. When other kids were having slumber parties, we were sleeping under the stars in the middle of a field. Our parents never had to worry where we were and who we were with. There were very few fences in the canyon, and the fields that did have them, had gates that were never locked. It truly was an amazing experience. It just so happens that one of the “canyon kids” won the giveaway. Laurye and I always had so much fun together. When we used to play together, it was like we were in our own little world. It was so much fun being able to photograph her beautiful family back at our old stompin’ grounds. Here is a little peek at this wonderful family.
Amazing Shae!! Thank you so much. You left me sitting here in tears. You captured the essence of our family so perfectly. It is going to be hard to choose which one to frame, when the tasters are all going up.
Great Shots…..Love them!!!
Shae, you captured Gregg, Laurye ang the girls perfectly. Amazing.
Congratulations to Laurye! You are the winner of a free photoshoot with me. I will email you a little later today with all the details and stuff like that.
For those of you who did not win, I am offering you 15% off your total if you choose to book a future photo session with me. This is good until December 31, 2010.
I want to say thank you to all the wonderful people that have become fans of Saflower Photography on Facebook. Now that my page has reached 100 fans, it is time for a giveaway!
What you get: 1-2 hours with me and my camera, a CD with all the images, and an 8×10 of your choice. I specialize in children’s and family portraits, but can do engagements, best friends, siblings, pets, etc. Pretty much anything except weddings.
Who is eligible: Anyone in San Diego County, Southern Monterey County and Northern SLO County. If you do not live in one of these locations, but you are willing to travel to them, then you may enter too.
Who is ineligible: Anyone I am related to. Anyone outside of the stated areas that are not willing to travel. Anyone looking for wedding photos. I DO NOT do weddings. Never have, never will. I can do engagement photos, but not weddings.
How to enter: All you have to do is leave me a comment on this post telling me what your favorite color is and what type of photo you are interested in. Want another chance to win? Tell your Facebook friends, via a status update, about this giveaway and post a link to it in another comment on this post (make sure you use the setting that makes it visible to everyone, not just friends, or else I can’t see it if you are not on my friend list). Make sure you leave two separate comments if you choose to do the Facebook one. Comment number one is your color and type of photo. Comment number two is a link to your Facebook so I can see your status.
How the winner is picked: I will be using a random number generator to choose the winner. The winner will be picked on Monday, February 15.
And just because a post can’t be without a photo, here is my boy.
My favorite color is green and we are very interested in family photos. We’ve never had them done. It’s always just the kids, never all 4 of us.
Green is my favorite color and I was thinking outdoors with my two kids
My favorite color is blue and I would love to get a picture of all 4 of my boys together.
http://www.facebook.com/family/Tolbert_Radder/1#!/profile.php?id=679026256&ref=fs
Hope I did that right. 
My favorite color is green I am interested in family photos in an outdoor setting.
My favorite color is green and I love outdoor pictures of the kids!
Favorite color is yellow, and pic type is family
My favorite colors are green and black. I would like some pictures of Reese with mommy and daddy!
Yea for Shea. You are awesome. My favorite color use to be purple but for some reason I have been loving ORANGE lately. I would love some fun photos of the girls with thier big brother just being kids.
here’s the facebook link…
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=1420224813
Oooh, my favorite color is green, by far. Now that Arlo is a couple of months old, we’re interested in doing our very first family portraits…and, doing them outdoors!
Your work is awesome, Shae. Love it!
My favorite color is purple and I like green as well. We’ve yet to do family photos
http://www.facebook.com/?sk=messages&tid=1182720140599#!/nancy.north
Here is the facebook link. (hopefully I did that right!)
My favorite color is Red! I’d love to have family pictures taken. Like the ones you did of Angie’s family at Balboa Park.
My favorite color is Red and I would like to do a family photo. We keep talking about it, but never get around to doing it.
Fav color is green and we’d love some more pics of the boys; very casual…probably beach/park. We love your pics Shae! If we move we’ll def have to do another session before we go or schedule a visit just for pictures!
My favorite color is aqua and I would love to get some springtime outdoor pictures of the girls.
My favorite color is green. We have only had the girls pictures done once together and we have never had any as a family.We love the outdoors pictures. Lockwood would be great.
http://www.facebook.com/lauryek?v=feed&story_fbid=292812558795
Hope thats what you wanted me to do
Blue is my favorite color, any shade really. I am interested in family photos on the beach…b&w!
Wish me luck!
Green is my favorite color and outdoor photos is what I like!
I hope I’m doing thi right….
My favorite color is blue. I would love to have pictures taken of the kids with my mom and grandparents. A four generation picture taken by you would be a treasure!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/karrie.schultz
Is this right? Of course I got the big FB change this afternoon!
Purple is my favorite color. A shoot involving something with outer space would be rockin.
My favorite color is blue and I can never have enough pictures of my son
my fav color is red, and I love pics of the kiddos!!
color: green
photo: family shot of the entire Tavares Clan. We haven’t had one since I was in diapers. (no joke)
I feel left out. Good luck with the project. The lucky winner will be fortunate to have a shooting with you
My favorite color is pink! I would love photos of my family and just my boy outside. BTW, I LOVE your photos!!!
I live near Seattle, WA and wandered to your site through my nephew, Jonathan Beebe. (He had you as a favorite on his facebook page.) We would love a photo of my husband and I. We’re moving into the empty nest stage of our family and I thought next year sometime it would be good to get a photo of the two of us. We could come to you. We’re down in the SLO/Paso area to visit relatives probably 3 x per year. I love your photos!
My favorite colors are green and black and I would like a picture of me, Reese and Nathan…..or just me and Reese.
My favorite color is purple and im looking to just get some nice portraits done… Usually im behind the camera and not infront!! It would be nice for once to be infront!!
Hi Shea,
I just wanted to say you do great work! My favorite colors are green and grey. I love B&W too. We have never had a family photo done. It’s always been of just the boys. I actually don’t really have one of just the three of them, except for the one with Santa! Win or not I will be contacting you to do a family session.
My favorite color is purple. I love black and white photography. I’d love to get some pictures of my girls.
My favorite color is RED! I would love to have a family portrait done of my husband son and I! Thank you!
Has it really been 6 weeks already? My image for this week is actually that of a camera. This is an old Kodak Vest Pocket camera that belonged to my grandfather. I have no idea if this was used by him, or if he bought it as a collectors item. I always wonder what this camera has seen. When it was first sold, Kodak advertised it as a “Soldier’s Camera” during WWI. I wonder if this camera was ever used to capture the memories of war? Another cool thing about this camera was the “autographic” ability. It came with a stylus and you could open a little window on the back of the camera and write directly onto the film. My camera, unfortunately, is missing the stylus, but you can see where someone wrote on it. it almost looks like it said “Mammoth,” or something similar. Maybe someday I will be able to find some 127 film and try it out. If you want to see the other ones that I took, you can check them out here.
This camera was originally your great-grandfathers (Poppa Salley). He traveled the world in his youth, going to sea at 12. He served in both WWI and WWII as well as several politically sensitive countries, perhaps this little camera was with him in China, The Philippines, or on the seas. Look in his campaign box, maybe the stylus is in it, if not it will contain a bit of this camera’s historic travels.
love mom
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