Hello! My name is Kristianne Koch and I am a on-location, documentary-style portrait photographer located in Southern California. I can’t express how much joy I get out of capturing families as they play, laugh, cry, smile, giggle, run, splash, jump, hug, kiss and hold each other. I do portrait sessions all over Southern California but will travel anywhere to tell your story. If you want to see my portfolio be sure to visit my website.
Here on my blog you will get to see photographs from all my portrait sessions as well as images of my own family and friends who have inspired me to keep doing photography after all these years. My enthusiasm is also sparked by all of you who send me on a new adventure every time I do a photo session with your family. Thank you for keeping me behind the camera!
If you have any questions about investing in Custom Portrait Photography, there is a wonderful resource online that can answer some of your initial questions. The website was created by Marianne Drenthe who has a world of wisdom about portrait photography. If you have further questions or are ready to book a session to come play with me, please do not hesitate to contact me by email or phone 949-702-7707.
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This book is a collection of images that were all shot with a Nikon film camera while I was sailing Polynesia.
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Kristianne Koch specializes in on-location portrait photography for the contemporary family and child for all of Southern California. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net
Merrik and the beach train. A very short slideshow.
Kristianne Koch specializes in on-location portrait photography for the contemporary family and child for all of Southern California. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net
I have been putting off purchasing a new camera bag just like I put off purchasing a new computer-forever and for too long. I have many, many camera bags but none like this. Two of my camera bags are huge-I mean gigantic beasts and I never take them anywhere but they are full of stuff. Film camera bodies, manual focus lenses, flash brackets, Cokin filters (!!!), film rewinders and all this stuff I used to need back in the olden days.
I also have a small typical canvas field bag that is supposed to hold a camera and a couple lenses but it is such a pain the ass that when I take it on a session I am always juggling my lenses or have to set them down in the sand. Not good. And it looks like a camera bag.
So, I bit the bullet and bought one of those new hip camera bags that look like a purse. It’s funny because I’ve never even had a ‘real’ purse that looks like this but I love the idea of it. If I need to do a shoot at Legoland (Amy!!) and be low-key about being a “photographer” then this is the perfect bag to disguise all my gear. There are a few stylish camera bags on the market right now but the Ginger Epiphanie bag really suits all my requirements.
It’s faux leather, affordable and just the right size. I just ordered it so I will let you know my final critique after I receive it!
Kristianne Koch specializes in on-location portrait photography for the contemporary family and child for all of Southern California. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net
So, finally the session with the Penta kids gelled after several near misses over the last few months. It could not have been a better day after all the wait and we had so much fun it was hard to leave. Trestles was in true form with extreme low tide, peeling waves, lush native vegetation on the beach and a perfect amount of cloud cover to ’soft-box’ it all. What a gift.
Kristianne Koch specializes in on-location portrait photography for the contemporary family and child for all of Southern California. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net
The other day my friend Aggelige called. I love when she calls because there’s always something new and exciting to hear about. We are on such different life paths right now but it means a lot for me to have her intuitively creative spirit and dry sense of humor in my life. Any way, she had been out walking on the beach with her dad who is visiting from PA and found this amazing, huge, beautiful piece of redwood that had drifted onto the beach near Riviera in the recent storms. I could tell she was so fixated on this thing that I had to help her get it.
We headed down the following day after it had dried out a bit and scoped it out. It must have weighed 100 lbs. or more. I brought my trusty wagon that has been getting a lot of use at the beach lately as a T-Street transport and photo session vehicle. I can’t wait to see the work of art she is going to transform it into with her arrangements. If you want to check it out it will be at The Camp in her shop Organic Designs which is located in the airstream trailer across from Patagonia.
After lunch in downtown San Clemente, I stopped by her place to see her new arrangements. I purchased this one for my mom for her 75th birthday. Amazing, just like my mom.
And this is an arrangement she did for me in a pot that was given to her by my good friend Cindy who was taken from us in November of 2009. This will always be a special little inspiration on my office fireplace.
Kristianne Koch specializes in on-location portrait photography for the contemporary family and child for all of Southern California. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net
Kristianne Koch specializes in on-location portrait photography for the contemporary family and child for all of Southern California. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net
Amber wrote: So cool!! I love the feel of the train whizzing by while Merrik shouts his "Hellos" to the passengers!! (03/10/10, 10:18 am)