Check out these BEAUTIFUL eyes!

A sneak peek from a session last week....and what a session it was. Sweet, sweet "J" has stunning eyes, a sparkling smile and such an adorable personality. And, mom and dad are pretty great too :) The family came to see me at the Photography By Charise studio for an OpLove session as well as to capture some milestone images to mark the 1 year birthday of little "J". We started our session with some captures of "J", then snuck in some adorable family shots, followed by the infamous.....one year old cake smash images! I love when the little ones get into the cake and have such a great time making a mess of themselves while getting down as much cake as their little hands can hold.

We had a great time...and thank you George for your wonderful courage and service to our Country. I hope that these images bring a smile to your face while you are away from your beautiful family.

Megan + Eric

Love is in the air!! Here is another sneak peek from an engagement session I had the pleasure of shooting on Sunday. Its always so great to get out and photograph a couple that is so in love. What can I say, I'm a romantic and absolutly love shooting these sort of sessions. We started with a breif session in the Photography By Charise Studio and then went on to a great outdoor park. Megan and Eric are getting married next year at The Abbey in San Diego and judging by the fun we had at their engagement session I know that the wedding is going to be a blast and I cant wait!

You guys were so much fun, up for anything ;), and oh so in love. They seriously were such troopers, it was FREEZING back in the mountains but they just went along with all my requests without batting an eye. And a special thanks to my trusty assistant who also froze her butt off for me :)

We made a quick stop on the way to the park to get this shot that was inspired by the amazing husband and wife team that is the image is found, who's work I absolutly adore :)

Happy Birthday 'A'

For those of you in So Cal, you know we were experiencing some cold weather and rain over the past few weeks (I know all of you people that have 'real' weather would laugh at how cold and rainy it was here ;)), however the sun was shining and we were lucky to have some great So Cal weather for this birthday party at the park last weekend. Such a sweet little girl 'A' is and she is very blessed to be surrounded by some wonderful friends and family. I absolutly loved that she got into her cake and loved every minuted of it....she was like a little pro.


Making her rounds...saying "whats up" to her peeps :)






Time for cake!!




Big sis and a friend of the b-day girl.....AKA The cake bandits