Hi there! My name is Kristianne Koch Riddle. I am a photographer based in San Clemente, CA and this is my photo blog. I have been passionate about photography for over 20 years. I am also passionate about surfing, sailing and yoga but haven't been able to do as much of those things as I like since having my 2 beautiful kids. I don't like crowds or trendy things.

My blog is where I share my thoughts and a selection of favorite photographs I have made: portrait sessions, my family adventures, personal studies and fine art images part of a series.

I am so glad you stopped by for a visit.

As a vocational photographer, I bring to you, my clients, a fine art photographer's eye and a commercial photographer's preparation and technical skills. I love to spend time with families creating memorable, artistic, storytelling images of their time together. I also love designing out beautiful, contemporary ways to display your images: whether it be a custom session album or framed or mounted print clusters for your walls.

View my portrait portfolio or my fine art portfolio to see more of my photography.

misconceptions

I have been studying a book titled ‘Digital Foundations-Intro to Media Design‘ by Xtine Burrough & Michael Mandiberg to prepare for the Digital Foundations class I will be teaching at CSUF this semester. I am completely redoing the curriculum for my course based on this book which is a huge change from my past textbook. I . . . → Read More: misconceptions

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our house leaks like, well, a boat

I guess it’s blue water cruising in training at our house. Once again we had water damage. This time it was in the art room. The room where all my photographs, family photos, Jim’s paintings, the vintage poster collection and all our art supplies are kept.
Yesterday, at about 10am, I had diapers in the washing machine . . . → Read More: our house leaks like, well, a boat

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a second generation of trouble

On Wednesday, Maureen, my friend from grade school invited us over to their awesome pool. Maureen and I have known each other since 3rd grade. We got into all kinds of fun ‘trouble’ off and on throughout the years. We spent a lot of time playing in the surf at the beach near her house in . . . → Read More: a second generation of trouble

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merrik never ceases to amaze

Merrik continues his amazing maturation. I don’t know if it’s first born syndrome, new big brother traits, personality or what but Merrik just seems to be growing up so fast. There are certain things that have blown me away and that I never expected as a parent.
I wasn’t even going to start talking about potty training . . . → Read More: merrik never ceases to amaze

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blurb

portland

I have been laying out a fine art monograph of my images of Polynesia using Blurb‘s Booksmart. I am curious about the printing quality so I have created a book about our trip to Portland last December to share with Merrik and Maliea’s cousins, Holley and Cameron. Check out the book here to see what I . . . → Read More: blurb

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textures

I have been playing with some fun Creative Commons textures in Photoshop from Essence of a Dream. Here are two different images with the same texture used two different ways. I like them because they are fun but I don’t like them because they are so trendy. I am trying to figure out a way to . . . → Read More: textures

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