San Diego Beauty Portraits | Stephanie

We were given the amazing opportunity to take some beauty portraits with Stephanie. She wanted to take the portraits on location and we decided to take her to one of our favorite locations in North County to shoot. We were back at the Elfin Forest. We didn't just stick to the Elfin Forest for the whole shoot though. There was this location that we had seen in the past that was just off the side of the street that had a lot of tall grass, so we had to go out there to end the session out there. 

We had an amazing time together and the photos turned out amazing. Check out some of the photos here:

San Diego Beauty Portrait Photographers: Ernie & Fiona Photography
Location: Elfin Forest | San Marcos, CA

Follow some of our behind the scenes work on our facebook and on our snapchat. If you are interested in some beauty portraits, we would love to hear from you. Email us and let's talk more. 

Snapchat: @ernieandfiona

Elfin Forest Maternity/Family Session | Trudelle Family

The Trudelle family was amazing. Little Titus always had a smile on his face, while Kyle and Randi were amazing. They are so much fun and we loved working with them. Here is a little glimpse into their shoot that we had with them at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos. 

Maternity Photographers: Be Still Photog | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon
Location: Elfin Forest | San Marcos, CA

Elfin Forest Family Portraits | Sneak Peek w. Trudelle Family

This family is the best! We had so much fun with them during our portrait session out at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos. The area is so beautiful out there and when you have a wonderful good looking family like the Trudelle's, it is almost impossible to take a poor photo. 

Check out a quick sneak peek from the session below. We look forward to sharing more from the session soon. 

Family/Maternity Portrait Photographers: Be Still Photography | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon
Location: Elfin Forest | San Marcos, CA

Photo Booth Photos

San Diego Family Photographers: Photo Slideshow with video

San Diego Family Photographers: Be Still Photography and Video | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon The addition of video on a slideshow just changes everything! Check out the recent photo session that we did during this family shoot and check out the slideshow that we put together for them.

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The addition of the video just changes the game. We only had a few clips of video in that slideshow, but it really adds a different dynamic to everything. That addition is something that we want to do with all of our photography. We create slideshows for all the shoots that we do, but we will be collecting video in all the shoots that we do as well.

It is always awesome to get amazing photos, but the addition of movement in the video brings so much for the client.

Here are some of the photos that we had from that family shoot.

San Diego Family Photographers at Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Photographers at Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Photographers at Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Photographers at Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Photographers at Elfin Forest in San Marcos

Family Portrait Photography at Elfin Forest

San Diego Portrait Photography with the Grant family. We did  a family portrait session with the Grant family out at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos. The family was amazing! The kids were awesome!

We loved capturing the different moments with the family and the light was gorgeous! Check out a few of the photos of these cute little kids that we captured out there.

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

I loved the matching shirts that they wore on the day!

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

Dad held the kids up in this tree. 

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

When you see a flower bush like this, you have to take the moment to pick some flowers! 

San Diego Portrait location: Elfin Forest, San Marcos San Diego Portrait Photographer: Be Still Photography and Video | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon

Fashion Photography | Flour Everywhere!

The best thing about fashion or editorial type of photography... There are no rules and you can do whatever you want to create an image. Use all your imagination and creativity to create something that will make people go WOW. That is the best part of it! We have had the idea of throwing flour or powder around for a while and wanted to finally get it in a shoot. It was a DISASTER of a mess, but in the end we had some amazing images that we could work with.

Check out some of the great things that we were able to make.

We placed flour in the hair of our model and asked her to shake it off. It created a huge dust cloud.

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This next image had the inspiration of ballet from it and it almost looks like she has wings. We asked her to let go off the powder and throw her hands in the air to see what we would create.

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We threw flour from behind to create this image.

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To start out the day, we wanted to use the umbrella in our image. We wanted to toss the flour at the top of the umbrella and let it come down off the side. This was the toughest image to create. After several shots we were able to create this shot.

Lastly, we put this shot together.

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This photoshoot was a mess, but at the end of the day we created some images that will stand out. It was fun to create the mess and it was fun to create some outstanding images.

We can't wait to do our next fashion photography style shoot and create some fantastic images. We are always open for suggestions on what you may think. Suggestions?

Fashion Photographers: Be Still Photog | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon

Beautiful Baby Portraits

Dean and Jasmine have brought a beautiful baby into the world and we were given the opportunity to take portraits for the little one. We did our session at their house in order to make things comfortable for them and really make it comfortable for the little one. As long as the little one was comfortable and in a surrounding that was good, then we would be able to take some really awesome photos with the family and with the new little cub that they brought in.

Check out some of the great photos from their session:

We used one of the baskets that they had and stuffed it down with some pillows and a comfortable blanket and put baby right in and it is like he rested on a cloud. We kept a heater on to keep him warm and comfortable. 

Of course we had to take photos with mom and dad. They had a rocking chair and a white wall, so we made it work out beautifully. We had some of our favorite photos from that little rocking chair against a white wall. Check out some of the photos from there:   

We had an awesome time with Dean and Jasmine.

San Diego Baby Portraits photographer: Be Still Photog | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon

From the photobooth

Just some quick photos from the booth. We created the backdrop with pallets for our secret santa party and let everyone take some photos with our camera. We put up the lights and let people go with it. Here are some of the photos. 

Next time, we want to get a trigger for the camera and place it on a tripod so that people can just hit the button while they are in front of the camera. We also will set up our wifi card so that they can see the output on an iPad. It should make the booth more fun for everyone.

Military Homecoming at Camp Pendleton

  We were given the honor to capture a military homecoming over the weekend at Camp Pendleton. The skies had a few clouds up there and the rain would eventually come later in the evening.

It was a little chilly when the clouds would cover up the sun, but when the sun came, Laura was loving it. We all were loving it. 

Laura had not seen her husband Heath for over 7 months and today was the day that she was going to see him again. There was a lot of waiting and texting back and forth with him to see when he would be coming out. 

This is what Laura looked like when she saw that they were all marching in. I think she was a little excited.   

Together again...

After the reunion, we wanted to do a mini portrait session with the two for their big day. We found a little spot by the parking lot to get away for about 15 minutes and captured a few moments of the two. 

Military homecoming photographers: Be Still Photog | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon Location: Camp Pendleton

How to download images from your gallery

In order to download your images at the highest resolution possible, there are a couple of options that we have made available on your galleries. There is a "DOWNLOAD ALL" button at the top of your galleries that you can select. It will ask for an email address and it will return to you a link that you can select in order to download the images.

If you would just like to download a single image, you can select the button on the bottom right and it will download that image at the highest resolution.

If you right click and download the image, it may not give you the highest quality that is available. Make sure to download the highest resolution possible before sending them in to print.

Cheers,

Ernie and Fiona Padaon Be Still Photography