.your road
All images from my series “Drive By” Your road is everything that a road ought to be…and yet you will not stay in it half a mile, for the reason that little, seductive, mysterious roads are always branching out from it on either hand, and as these curve sharply also and hide what is [...]
.maintaining moxie
This is a custom collage I created as a collaboration for a homecoming memory Going into business as a photographer has taken me years to commit to. I know myself well and the idea of having to do things because it’s business has put the ‘create-on-demand’ factor of having my own photography business off [...]
.happy <3 day
Wishing everyone a fun-loving and carefree valentine’s day. remember what it’s about. love. spending time with the one’s you love and letting them know how you feel about them from your heart. be patient. be sincere. be all the love for them that they need. Kristianne Koch Photography Kristianne Koch specializes in artistic portrait photography [...]
.begin it now
“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits one-self, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one [...]
.my 366 project
Everyone seems to be on the bandwagon lately of doing “A Photo A Day” for the year. I did a photo a day on Instagram for the month of January and it took the heart right out of photography for me. I already shoot a photo a day without forcing myself to (on my phone, [...]
.january was a start
New Year’s Day Boat Christening in San Diego Bay Dad, Maliea, Merrik and Grampa Maliea’s “boat shoes” cleat and starboard bollard I enjoyed many beautiful sunrises getting up early to make lunch and get the house in order for the day. An evening at the San Clemente Pier is always something special Merrik’s first [...]
.why I heart Instagram
I am in love with this app called Instagram. It’s got a bad rap for breaking your phone images down into goo with hardly any information left. However, I’ve made a book of all Instagram images from our staycation on the boat last summer because I took so many fun images with my iPhone. [...]
.my birthday
Symbolic images represent important milestones from my last 45 years of life. reflecting on the beauty that has happened in my life traveling developing a personal style continuing to soar even in the darkness learning to settle into my home town continuing to work with my hands learning to rise above building a family relaxing [...]
.jellyfishers
Merrik created installation art in our family room that is to stay up all through winter. It is a field of jellyfish with snow on them. If any of you have six year olds, you might recognize this from Spongebob Squarepants which Merrik is really into because it’s all about living under the sea. Anything [...]
. a picture postcard
I am so grateful that my kids love the ocean as much as I do. In warm or cold weather. Kristianne Koch Photography Kristianne Koch specializes in artistic portrait photography of families, children and couples. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net
. a little bit of summer
“One must maintain a little bittle of summer, even in the middle of winter.” ― Henry David Thoreau Although we had no say in it… …we all enjoyed the last few days of warm weather even in the overwhelming moments of illness in the family. It’s very characteristic for this time of year here. [...]
. the organic artist
What is art? Nature concentrated. -Honore de Balzac Recently I was so, so lucky to tag a long with my very dear friend, Aggelige, who runs the inspiring shop in the airstream trailer-Organic Designs by Aggelige-at The Camp in Costa Mesa. She is moving her planting space to a greenhouse so she can continue to [...]
. little artists
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. ~Pablo Picasso Kristianne Koch Photography Kristianne Koch specializes in artistic portrait photography of families, children and couples. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net
. a daughter
A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart. – Unknown To our very dear friends Ami Marie and Gavyn. We miss you so much. -the Riddles Kristianne Koch Photography Kristianne Koch specializes in artistic portrait photography of families, children and couples. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net
photography is [being ever so thankful]
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Even though thoughts weigh heavy on my mind about my mother-in-law’s current health situation, our financial future, our world’s political situations, Merrik and Maliea’s constant expectations of new toys and new clothes, our mysteriously high water bill, the future of the photography industry, my eyebrows needing waxing etc. I am still ever so thankful for [...]
photography is [the intersection of two lives]
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Songs of the Sky with Rhythm I’ve been working on a personal series for some time without really knowing that I was doing so. The series’ evolution has been a long process which I started about 10 years ago. It is a junction of two distinct aspects of my life: fine art photography and weather. [...]
photography is [a san clemente picture postcard series]
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I’ve decided to do a weekly picture postcard series to get me energized and mindful about sharing some of the wonderful things I have in my life. I hope it encourages you to slow down and appreciate the simple things too. A little bit of “I am thankful…” all year ’round (thanks to Maliea’s wonderful [...]
photography is [a day to remember]
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Military life has been foreign to me my entire life until recently. I never really understood what it was all about-even though I grew up in a military town and my dad was in the Navy and heard some of his stories about being at sea. As a little girl, all I really knew was [...]
photography is [why]
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I’ve been asking myself a lot lately, “Why? Why am I photographing?” My kids are definitely asking this a lot lately. I have decided to explore this in more detail and ponder it as much as I can. I want to be more conscious of not only why I am photographing but why I am [...]
photography is [an aloha getaway]
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Well it’s that time again! Time for the Riddles to go on a trip to Hawaii. Yep, I love to travel with my family. I am doing a little bit of work while we are there but mostly it’s about time with family. Time well invested. So I don’t have that $3000 underwater camera housing [...]
photography is [not my only passion]
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I don’t know if any of you have noticed but photography is not my only passion. I think it shares a deep, long lasting place in my heart right along with the ocean. Whenever I am doing something that relates to the ocean, I know in my heart I am being true to myself. I [...]
photography is [plugged back in]
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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 nautical staycation]
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We spent the month of August living on our boat in Dana Point Harbor. We sailed the s/v Pelican up the coast in ‘gunkhole‘ style, stopping in Mission Bay and Oceanside before docking in Dana. Once settled in, we lived our lives from the boat. Dad went to work every day and we continued our [...]
photography is [the ripple of water]
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Water Lily by Rainer Maria Rilke My whole life is mine, but whoever says so will deprive me, for it is infinite. The ripple of water, the shade of the sky are mine; it is still the same, my life. No desire opens me: I am full, I never close myself with refusal- in the [...]