[life] is a ninja costume
![[life] is a ninja costume](http://kristiannekochphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/20091030_serracostumeparade_collage01-150x150.jpg)
Merrik is dressing up as “Baby Ninja” for Halloween this year. He was going to be Batman but saw the Ninja costume and was committed immediately. His two favorite (designer) plushies are the Super Ninja by FunFun and Wee Ninja by Shawnimals. He wanted to be Wee Ninja because he is black and black is [...]
[life] is priceless
![[life] is priceless](http://kristiannekochphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/20091028_serrapreschool_collage01-150x150.jpg)
I am so fortunate to be able to witness Merrik’s preschool days. Because he is at Serra Preschool I work 3-4 days per month to help out during class time. The day I was there last week was priceless. Merrik was in the “Five Little Pumpkins” skit, he played a vampire in the class play [...]
[photography] is a great gift
![[photography] is a great gift](http://kristiannekochphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/DSC_0169-150x150.jpg)
I have to share these gorgeous little albums with you. They would make fantastic holiday gifts for Gramma and Grampa, your spouse, and anyone who just adores photos of your kids or family. Book a session with me before the holidays so you have fresh images to fill them with! Contact me if you want [...]
[life] is a stop at velvet yogurt
![[life] is a stop at velvet yogurt](http://kristiannekochphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/20091028_velvetyogurt_collage01-150x150.jpg)
Many times after our beach and surf sessions this summer Merrik, Maliea and I stopped in at Velvet Yogurt. It’s been awhile since we’ve even been downtown so I thought it would be fun to make a trip after our busy day at preschool, lunch with Aunt Cindy and Cousin Jessica at the Wind and [...]
[life] is a whimsical birthday party
![[life] is a whimsical birthday party](http://kristiannekochphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/20091024_zoes4th_collage01-150x150.jpg)
Merrik’s friend, Zoe always has the most photogenic birthday parties. Her mom does an amazing job with finding the perfect balance between unique entertainment for the kids, stylish decorations and colorful favors that just so happen to coordinate with each child’s outfit!@#$?
[photography] is a mini session | sinacori family
![[photography] is a mini session | sinacori family](http://kristiannekochphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/20091024kkpclient_003sinacori-150x150.jpg)
The light peaked out of the fog for a brief moment while I was photographing the Sinacori family at the San Clemente pier for their holiday mini session. They were so fun to work with and I even received a palm full of little shells as a gift from the middle daughter (the one climbing [...]
[photography] is the hohenester family
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I had another great holiday mini session with Hohenester family. They are so much fun to work with. We had a misty morning bright and early at the pier.
[photography] is sweeeeet sixteen
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I had the most wonderful time photographing eight gorgeous and energetic teenage girls in Redondo Beach recently. A sorority sister from CSULB tracked me down on Facebook and my name popped up as she was discussing a unique sixteenth birthday party with her daughter. Her daughter planned the whole evening with seven of her closest [...]
[photography] is organic designs by aggelige
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On my way up to Redondo Beach for a photo session, I stopped in at The Camp where my good friend Aggelige has recently moved her business, Organic Designs. She is set up in the refurbished airstream trailer across from Patagonia. Her shop looks amazing and she is stocking up on all kinds of new [...]
[life] is beds and books
![[life] is beds and books](http://kristiannekochphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/20091024family_005bedandbooks-150x150.jpg)
Merrik and Maliea love spending time in their room. They love their beds, their books and their music there. Every time the music goes on Maliea starts jumping in her bed. I’ve opened her crib up so she can get in and out as she pleases and this works great. I love seeing her get [...]
![[life] is a tea party](http://kristiannekochphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/20091023family_007teaparty-150x150.jpg)
[photography] is a travel book
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[photography] is our little model
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Last week I shot an image of Merrik for a comp for one of Jim’s campaigns that he has been working on for CHOC. He is so proud to be contributing to such an important hospital here in Southern California. I couldn’t find a shot of Merrik that he outlined in his sketch so I [...]
![[life] is our little girl](http://kristiannekochphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/20091020family_014malieaipod-150x150.jpg)
[photography] is a beautiful holiday card
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I still have a couple of spots left for my short but sweet holiday sessions so don’t miss out on this great opportunity to capture your family for your holiday cards. October 24th is a morning session at the pier and November 8th is an evening session at Linda Lane. This package includes a 5×7 [...]
[life] is camping out
![[life] is camping out](http://kristiannekochphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/20091017family_014fallcampout-150x150.jpg)
We set out on a somewhat spontaneous camping trip this weekend. I found a site available to book online at the San Clemente State Beach instead of having to go down to the park and put our name in a lottery. We loaded up the car on Saturday with so much stuff I thought we [...]
[life] is a morning ritual
![[life] is a morning ritual](http://kristiannekochphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/20091016_malieamorningritual_collage01-150x150.jpg)
Every morning Maliea goes outside. One of the first things she does is go outside. She’s been doing this since she started walking at 9 months. No matter the weather, no matter how early she gets up. I have video of her and Merrik outside in freezing cold weather when I could barely handle being [...]
[life] is a fall outing
![[life] is a fall outing](http://kristiannekochphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/20091015_irvineparktrain_collage01-150x150.jpg)
We went on our annual Halloween outing this year to the Irvine Park. It is a beautiful location and so much nicer than the typical commercial pumpkin patch. Merrik loves the train and even enjoyed the straw bale maze and haunted house this year. Maliea had a good time keeping up with Merrik in the [...]
[photography] is life in Polynesia
![[photography] is life in Polynesia](http://kristiannekochphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/farevaa_web-150x150.jpg)
On this day in 2000 we were sailing from our beloved Fare, Huahine to Moorea. Before we departed we watched Fare go from a sleepy polynesian village to a full blown event center accommodating 5000 visitors. It was insane. We had to move our boat from the prime anchorage on the reef across from Fare [...]
[photography] is an ad comp
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We were all home sick today. Me with the worst of it. Or maybe just with the worst attitude about it. Being home with the kids is usually a nightmare. The house is a disaster because it’s one project after another to keep them entertained. Today I started the morning looking for existing images of [...]
![[life] is grandma's special day](http://kristiannekochphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/20091011_grandmasbday_collage01-150x150.jpg)
[photography] is a school field trip
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We went on another great field trip with Serra Preschool. It was at Tanaka Farms in Irvine where the kids all rode the tractor pulled wagon, petted farm animals, found the flag at the center of a corn maze, picked carrots, radishes, onions and green beans and picked their own pumpkin from the field. It [...]
[life] is a day at the farm
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We went to Tanaka Farms for a Serra Preschool field trip today and Merrik got to pick his own vegetables (without getting his hands dirty!) and pick out the biggest pumpkin that he could carry.
[photography] is a coffee table book
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I just wrapped up a great project with Jordan Rahal. He ordered a large format coffee table book as a memento of his “most amazing vacation ever.” I chose to do it through Blurb because of the preview feature, binding and print quality (as long as you stick with dark solid backgrounds). I also like [...]