Portrait Session in Carlsbad Beach

Portrait session in Carlsbad, CA Photographers: Be Still Photography | Ernie Padaon & Fiona Padaon Location: Beach in Carlsbad, CA (Won't tell all the secrets since it is nice to have this spot without a ton of people around)

We were doing a family shoot with these two and had an amazing time with them. We were able to take them away from the kids for a bit to get some shots of them as a couple. Loved the light that we wer able to get. They were a great fam to work with and the location is dreamy. Love how you can get a beach without many people walking around it.

Senior Portraits in Carlsbad, CA | Lexy

Photographers: Ernie Padaon and Fiona Padaon | Be Still PhotographyLocation: Carlsbad, CA

Senior Portraits are always fun. We were able to do this Senior Session out in Carlsbad, CA out at a beach that doesn't get much traffic. It is such a great spot for beach portraits if you want to avoid all the beach goers.

We have a great time with Lexy and snuck in this session right before the sun went down.

We love doing Senior Portraits for teenagers. It has been great to capture the personalities of the teenagers and love the idea of giving them something different that is not in the studio.

Check out the photos from the day.

Trash the Dress Photo Session in La Jolla Teaser

Fiona and I were able to shoot a "Trash the Dress" session over the weekend and had a blast with this couple. We started out the day in Point Loma jumping in a fountain and worked our way up to La Jolla to splash around in the beach. We have some amazing shots of the couple and here are a couple of teasers from the portion in La Jolla.

This one was an amazing shot that was taken by Fiona. That wedding dress was flung out perfectly on the shot and we were able to get the area clean enough to make that composition.

On the photo from above, Fiona was working with "bride" while I just shot off to the side and found a perfect spot to get them both into the photo. Having a pair of photographers on sessions has its benefits.

Trash the Dress sessions are so great! Can't wait to get more of these booked on the schedule!

These are just a couple of teasers from the session over the weekend and we should have more to share in a few days.

San Diego Photographers: Be Still Photography | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon

Location: La Jolla Cove

Family Portraits at Poway Railroad Station

We just did a family portrait session out in Poway at this old school railroad station yesterday. It was the first time that we have ever been out to the station and found it by looking up poway and photography through google. Apparently everyone and their mother knew about this location for photography though. There were at least 4 different photography sessions going on at the same time that we were out there. It was crazy. We all had the same locations in mind to shoot and we even saw some photographers steal ideas on our posing.

Either way, the posing part of family sessions is the shots that we make sure to have because it is traditional and everyone has it. They definitely are a must to take, but the style that we will be pushing is more of the photojournalistic feel. Shots like the one above. Shots that show you the love and fun that the family have.

The shots are set up in a bit, but posing and popping hips out and smiling are not part of the requirements. We want real reactions and real movements. We want real laughs and real smiles.

We still have to edit through this batch, but we will share more of these types of shots from this weekend's shoot.

Impromptu Photo Session at Daley Ranch