[life] is a family ukulele jam sesh
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Merrik, Maliea and Dad all have an amazing ear for music. They love jamming together on their ukuleles. Merrik told me that I need to get one too but I think I’ll stick to documenting all of them with theirs. Kristianne Koch Photography Kristianne Koch specializes in artistic portrait photography of families, children and couples. [...]
[life] is discovering new things
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took Merrik and Maliea to a birthday party the other day. I didn’t get one good pic of the birthday boy because my two munchkins were at opposite ends of the zoo from the rest of the party but I did end up leaving a very excited and proud mom. We took Merrik to Zoomars [...]
[life] is a party
![[life] is a party](http://kristiannekochphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/20100328_malieasparty_collage01-150x150.jpg)
o celebrate Maliea’s second birthday I decided to treat the family to a nice dinner at a favorite local restaurant and enjoy presents and cake afterward at our home. The evening was wonderful; it is always so much fun to have the Riddles, Newmans and Kochs come together for a celebration. Both Merrik and Maliea [...]
[life] is a two year old
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Maliea is 2 today. Two years ago I welcomed my baby girl into this world. Her birth was anti-climatic just like Merrik’s. We walked in to South Coast Medical Center on March 25, 2008 and 20 minutes after entering the surgical room we had a beautiful new baby girl. I definitely had it easy. The [...]
[life] is a visit to San Diego
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Ron Burgundy: You stay classy, San Diego. I’m Ron Burgundy? Ed Harken: Dammit. Who typed a question mark on the Teleprompter? I can’t believe I haven’t posted these yet. They are from our trip to Coronado and surrounds. Whenever it rains while we are visiting, we end up doing something really fun that is not [...]
[photography] is the PDN Faces contest
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Please vote for my photograph in the PDN Faces Environmental Portrait contest!! Kristianne Koch Photography Kristianne Koch specializes in artistic portrait photography of families, children and couples. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net
[life] is life
![[life] is life](http://kristiannekochphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/20080327family_121malieasbirth_bw-150x150.jpg)
If one feels the need of something grand, something infinite, something that makes one feel aware of God, one need not go far to find it. I think that I see something deeper, more infinite, more eternal than the ocean in the expression of the eyes of a little baby when it wakes in the [...]
[life] is in sync
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Photography is the beauty of life, captured. – Tara Chisholm Merrik and Maliea love to play together in their room and especially on Merrik’s whale bed. I love how they are in perfect sync. Maliea mimics everything Merrik does. Kristianne Koch Photography Kristianne Koch specializes in artistic portrait photography of families, children and couples. 949-702-7707 [...]
[life] is how you feel it
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It is not what I see outside that makes my images, it is what I feel on the inside that comes out. – Carolyn M D’Alessandro These images are the perfect expression of process. They were developed the way I remember the day, the way I felt that day, and not the way my camera [...]
[life] is an xterra course with kids
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So I tweeted about doing an xterra course with the kids the other day and here are the photos from my attempt at a challenging walk to get some much needed exercise. We went to the trail up in the hills behind our house. I ended up pushing Maliea’s bike and pulling Merrik’s bike uphill [...]
[life] is the t-street crew!
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Kristianne Koch Photography Kristianne Koch specializes in artistic portrait photography of families, children and couples. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net
[photography] is a sneak peak | southern california on-location family photographer
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Here they are. The images you have all been waiting for. My family session at Legoland! I was so excited when I heard that Amy wanted to do a session at their “home away from home:” Legoland. Something new! A location other than the beach!! Yay! Don’t get me wrong. I absolutely love my sessions [...]
[life] is the T-street crew
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We’ve been spending a lot of time at T-street lately meeting up with friends. My friend Brandy takes her kids down there every Tuesday and Thursday so her son Noah (Grom of The Week in the SC Times recently) can surf. Merrik and Zoe have a great time playing together so I always just join [...]
[photography] is a story
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Here are some story boards I have been working on for a client. I still have two more to complete but I am just loving the way they are coming together. Mom is doing one for each of her 4 girls. Gotta love that. It’s todays version of “silhouette” art for your child! Kristianne Koch [...]
[life] is bubbles and bling
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mah leeeee-e-eah Kristianne Koch Photography Kristianne Koch specializes in artistic portrait photography of families, children and couples. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net
[photography] is a sneak peek | southern california maternity photographer
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I had such a blast photographing Marla and her growing family recently. I really enjoyed bringing together my love for the water (and hers of course!!) and photography. It reminded me of the time I let myself drift in the shorebreak at Pipeline to get some amazingly gorgeous water images when I was living in [...]
[photography] is my career
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When I think back to my formative years as a photographer, the experience, sensation and process I recollect is so different than now. It has always given me joy, however. I even remember the joy I felt when I was about 8 or 9 years old and played with my baby sister’s Fisher Price Polaroid [...]
[photography] is film
This book is a collection of images that were all shot with a Nikon film camera while I was sailing Polynesia. Preview or purchase my book right from my blog! MAKAI by kristianne koch Kristianne Koch Photography Kristianne Koch specializes in artistic portrait photography of families, children and couples. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net
[photography] is holding all your gear
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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. [...]
[photography] is a sneak peak \ southern california family photographer
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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 [...]
[life] is helping a friend
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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 [...]
[photography] is an afternoon session | southern california family photographer
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Kristianne Koch Photography Kristianne Koch specializes in artistic portrait photography of families, children and couples. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net