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.

[photography is] a husband who is young at heart

Merrik bought Jim a skateboard for his 48th birthday. He wanted he and his dad to be able to ride together. Jim is like a 40 plusser going on 20 plus. He surfs, swims, skateboards like no other dad I know. This is why I fell in love with him. He plays hard and works hard. . . . → Read More: [photography is] a husband who is young at heart

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[photography is] my kindergartener

Merrik starts Kindergarten soon. I can’t believe it has already come time. Jim and I felt like it was such a long way off. I look at Merrik and still see the cute little baby boy that he has been for the past 5 years. All of a sudden he is a boy, a kid, a . . . → Read More: [photography is] my kindergartener

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[photography is] faith

I am not an outwardly religious person and am pretty uncomfortable preaching or listening to others preach. I think it’s just that I feel this is a personal thing and like to respect privacy around personal things. BUT I do have to say that if you don’t believe in God or Allah or Budda or Ishvara . . . → Read More: [photography is] faith

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[photography is] land cruising

After our visit to Granite Peaks Ranch, CO we hopped on the Durango-Silverton Narrow Guage Railroad in a vintage coach. Grampa Grampa (actually Gramma and Grampa but since Merrik started saying GG over a year ago we don’t want to change it) drove the Cruise America RV to Silverton to pick us up.

The train ride was . . . → Read More: [photography is] land cruising

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[photography is] Granite Peaks Ranch

We had been talking about going to Granite Peaks Ranch, a private escape owned by Mike and Molly Gregoire, for some time. Molly is a passionate photographer and I loved the idea of spending time with her at her home away from home. She and her husband can only spend a few months a year there . . . → Read More: [photography is] Granite Peaks Ranch

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[photography is] a road trip

We headed out on our RV trip early in the morning one Saturday in August. The first two days were spent driving the highway across California, Arizona a bit into New Mexico and up to Colorado. We really got a good sense of the West and Route 66. The movie Cars popped in our heads and . . . → Read More: [photography is] a road trip

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