[life] is the t-street crew
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T-street is my beach. I know, I know, it’s your beach too. But, it’s the beach where I spent many summer days as a child. The beach where I spent 8 hours every day in the summer as a teenager. It’s the “town” beach in San Clemente and I didn’t spend time at the pier [...]
[life] is friendship
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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
[life] is bikes and beaches
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Redundancy is prominent in our lives right now: watching and rewatching Curious George, Dinosaur Train, Polar Express and other movies; reading and rereading Meet Kai Lan and Brown Bear, Brown Bear. Our other redundancy is the beach: bikes, swings ocean and sand. With it in our backyard it’s feels weird to not go. Later the [...]
[life] is a vivacious friend | remembering cindy schafer
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I received the tragic news yesterday that my dear friend, photography peer and supporter, Cindy Schafer, was killed with her husband Bruce in a float plane crash on their way back to the mainland from their vacation home on Saturna Island. I have known Cindy’s undying energy and enthusiasm since before Jim and I went [...]
[life] is a rad running race
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Merrik went to a classmates 5th birthday party that was planned out in detail by the birthday boy. From the running race to the pit stop with water and oranges, he wanted it to be like a real 10K for kids. They all had a blast and were exhausted after a full lap around the [...]
[life] is a day at Merrik’s school
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I love to go in to Merrik’s school and capture the joy and playfulness of the kids there. Of course I am supposed to be supervising them too so sometimes what makes for a great shot is not the safest or most appropriate behavior on the playground so I need to control myself (and the [...]
[life] is finally a playdate
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Merrik and Maliea finally had the chance to get wild with Joseph and Noah the other day. They love hanging out with these kids but it’s been several busy months of work, school and threats of swine flu that have kept us apart. Rebecca and I love getting the kids together so we can chat [...]
[life] is a whimsical birthday party
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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!@#$? Kristianne Koch Photography Kristianne Koch specializes in artistic portrait photography of families, children [...]
[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 camping out
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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 second birthday
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After a hectic week of working at Merrik’s school and playing catch up from our trip to Catalina with work and home I was still excited to take the kids to my friend Gemina’s youngest’s 2 year birthday party. It was a beautiful evening and the kids had a grand time in the backyard as [...]
[life] is a spontaneous play date
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We ended up meeting up at Doheny State Beach yesterday with my friends Gemina and Rebecca because we were all on Facebook at the same time and were able to coordinate. For some reason getting together always ends up working out this way because the best laid plans ya know… I was a bit unsocial [...]
[life] is an expectant mom
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My good friend, Jeanine, from college who originally inspired me to go into photography in the first place recently put out a call for gently used baby items for her friend Kelly. Kelly’s husband is in the Navy and will be deployed when she is to give birth so Jeanine thought it would be nice [...]
[life] is a new friend
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While Jim was swimming his events in the SPMA Long Course Championships, M&M and I stayed back at our hotel to keep cool in the pool. Merrik immediately made a new friend and ended up swimming non-stop with Harrison for 5 hours. They jumped and jumped into the deep end and swam and swam. He [...]
[life] beach fire bbq
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Last week I sent out a spontaneous email inviting some friends and family to join us at the San Clemente State Beach for a beach fire and BBQ. We showed up at 3:00pm and fortunately my good friend, Chris had already arrived and snagged the last table available next to a fire pit. By the [...]
[life] off to the camp
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I had the opportunity to join my girlfriend, Aggelige, up to The Camp to scout out the new location of her shop, Organic Designs. She was wanting to get a feel for how to prepare her inventory and displays for setting up shop in a refurbished airstream trailer. It was a great afternoon for me; [...]
[photography + life] getting out
I was actually able to pull off being out after dark two nights this last week. The first night was “date night” at Kid’s Day Out and I had already made plans to go out with my good friends Aggelige and Yvette. We all met at seven4one in Laguna Beach. This boutique hotel is a [...]
[life] beach trail
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The beach trail is like a lifeline around here. It is the source of the outdoor community in San Clemente. It is always wonderful to go down to the shore but not have to just play in the water or sit in the sand. Today was an especially gorgeous day at the beach. I think [...]
fun with zoe
We finally made it to Zoe’s house for a visit. It’s only been months since we’ve both had time to get together for a playdate. Zoe now has a new puppy named Coco. I pointed out to Merrik that Zoe is dressing herself (note shoes on wrong feet and pants on backward) so he decided [...]
another awesome birthday party for shane
Merrik’s friend Shane has the best birthday parties in town. This year there was a bounce house and an amazing animal show with cotton candy and snow cones plus lots of other goodies. I think the parents had just as much fun at this party as any of the kids. To see all the pics [...]
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 [...]
dream date
We had a fantastic day at the beach on Monday. After Merrik went to swim lessons we met up with Marley and Quin. It was Merrik’s perfect date. He and Marley competed for being in front on their two-wheelers all the way from the pier to North Beach and back. Merrik took a couple of [...]
little escape
Merrik was invited to his girlfriend’s birthday party on Sunday in Coronado so I took Merrik and Maliea down for the day. Jim decided to stay home and recover from his long days of shooting the Weinersnitzel spot in LA. It worked out great because I got to escape and do a consulting session. I [...]
gap: zoe turns three in style
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