Sweet Teeth | Los Angeles Baby Photography

August 26, 2010

I went to Philadelphia to photograph this family initially. Mom, who is a photographer, mentioned that she had never done professional photos before and wanted to capture her 5 year old twins while they are still young. So I flew in from California and spent the weekend with them. It is exciting to me that her children will be able to look back and see a glimpse of life before kindergarten~ love and snuggles from mom and fun play time with dad (who has a ton of knock-knock jokes ready at all times). It was not the easiest of times (near 100-degree temps make being outside unfun), but we did get beautiful moments!

There are others, but I think that’s enough for now!

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  • Lacey · Posted August 26, 2010 at 9:05 pm · Link

    It’s unreal the amount of talent you possess. I scroll through your posts (with complete joy) and I’m just blown away. There is no one else like you, Mindy Harris! I’m sad that I don’t have a Pastel session of my 5-year old twins. Maybe someday, when they’re older. A girl can dream…..

  • Allison Rumble · Posted August 26, 2010 at 9:48 pm · Link

    Mindy, you are AMAZING!! Absolutely mind-blowing!

  • Skye · Posted August 26, 2010 at 9:57 pm · Link

    Mindy – you are “hands-down” the VERY best family photographer! It’s all about capturing a feeling and you do it each and every time…amazing job!

  • Kristen Cook · Posted August 26, 2010 at 10:51 pm · Link

    You’re out-of-this-world kind of good Miss Mindy. Every.Single.Time xx

  • Brandi-lee · Posted August 27, 2010 at 5:43 am · Link

    I totaly wish I could bottle your talent, you are one amzing photographer Mindy!

  • Sally L · Posted August 27, 2010 at 7:02 am · Link

    AMAZING!!!

  • Danica Nelson · Posted August 27, 2010 at 8:22 am · Link

    These are all so breathtaking!! I just moved from Philadelphia and am sure jealous that I never found a location as beautiful as this one! These are perfection!

  • Elle · Posted August 27, 2010 at 9:18 am · Link

    Again, completely inspired by your work! You don’t take photographs, you capture magical moments and make them art. You’re an amazing artist.

  • Krissy Allori · Posted August 27, 2010 at 11:58 am · Link

    Your work is always so beautiful and inspiring. LOVE IT.

  • melissa deakin · Posted August 27, 2010 at 12:17 pm · Link

    these are so gorgeous!
    wow.
    what a beautiful family and the location is wonderful.
    you are such a talented photographer.
    amazing work, as always!

  • Hilary C · Posted August 27, 2010 at 4:57 pm · Link

    Captivating! Lucky families that are photographed by you!

  • Deirdre Dunham · Posted August 27, 2010 at 5:28 pm · Link

    There is crazy love blasting through the screen from these photos, Mindy. Each one was a treat to see.

  • melissa anderson · Posted August 27, 2010 at 6:41 pm · Link

    Wow.. just gorgeous! You amaze me!

  • Michelle Kane · Posted August 27, 2010 at 6:49 pm · Link

    I would give an arm to have you photograph my family like this. Just breathtakingly gorgeous, playful and sweet. ….. and a whole lotta kissing going on!!!

  • Lisa W · Posted August 27, 2010 at 7:13 pm · Link

    Mindy-

    I am just entering the realm of family photography and you are the BEST. I can’t get over how amazing each and every one of these photos are. Your lighting, poses, and just plain ability to capture natural, beautiful emotions. Thank you for sharing your talent with us.

  • IamMel · Posted August 27, 2010 at 7:19 pm · Link

    Oh my goodness, these photos are simply divine! What I would give to have these photos of my own family!! You are one of a kind Mindy, your work is outstanding.

  • Carrie · Posted August 28, 2010 at 3:01 am · Link

    OK, that does it! You must come out to Australia and do a family session for me and my boys! I want some Mindy art on my wall!!!!

  • Jen G · Posted August 28, 2010 at 8:49 pm · Link

    Mindy these are just amazing! Your work is outstanding! Love them all!!

  • rebekah · Posted August 30, 2010 at 11:22 am · Link

    these are incredible. amazing. stunning. every awesome word that I can and cannot think of- that’s what these are!

  • Antoinette · Posted August 31, 2010 at 12:08 am · Link

    BEAUTIFUL – BEAUTIFUL AND BEAUTIFUL!!!

  • Audrey Litfin · Posted August 31, 2010 at 10:27 am · Link

    You.r.AMAZING!

  • Alissa Ferullo · Posted September 1, 2010 at 8:42 am · Link

    Incredible and absolutely AMAZING. I just adore your work!!!

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Meet the Bretons | Los Angeles Baby Photography

August 25, 2010

I was able to photograph to photographer’s families last month in Philadelphia! (The other family will be posted tomorrow)

This is the family of Jennifer Breton:

The baby, “I” [voice like Barry White]:

“J” [total sweetheart]:

“R” [a gassy, beautiful, gassy girl]:

And of course, mom and dad [willing to help random strangers lift up their car and change the tire in the dark] :)

I think you can see for yourself how wonderful they are! :)

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  • Jill Velicer · Posted August 25, 2010 at 1:01 pm · Link

    My dream is to hire you someday. I’ll make it to you somehow from wisconsin. ha ha!

  • MelissaJ · Posted August 25, 2010 at 1:14 pm · Link

    WOW, Mindy..WOW..They are a BEAUTIFUL family and you did a SPECTACULARLY WOW job photographing them..WOW..

  • Kristin Rachelle · Posted August 25, 2010 at 1:22 pm · Link

    You really are just so amazing it’s not even funny! I still want to come to you so bad and will make it one of these days. I keep making excuses and I need to stop! Must have Mindy pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • HeidiMarie · Posted August 25, 2010 at 1:27 pm · Link

    I just love your work so much! Beautiful!!

  • christie · Posted August 25, 2010 at 1:30 pm · Link

    amazing, totally amazing. these are to die for.

  • Lisa · Posted August 25, 2010 at 1:47 pm · Link

    Ummm, hello – look at all that gorgeousness. I’m sure Jen was over the moon with her photos! You rock!

  • Mollie Kendall · Posted August 25, 2010 at 1:47 pm · Link

    These are beautiful shots!! And so many! They are going to be over the moon about these!

  • Jen Mahoney · Posted August 25, 2010 at 2:44 pm · Link

    You have to shoot my family some day! Gorgeous, gorgeous work!

  • Nikki · Posted August 25, 2010 at 2:58 pm · Link

    Oh wow. I really have no words for how gorgeous these are…how utterly amazing you are! Just wow!

  • Joanna · Posted August 25, 2010 at 3:20 pm · Link

    SO SO SO amazing – your work is just beyond beautiful!!

  • jaime lackey · Posted August 25, 2010 at 3:24 pm · Link

    gorgeous jenn and mindy! can not even stand it. takes me back to MY mindy time almost a year ago! my walls have never been the same!

  • Melissa Corcoran · Posted August 25, 2010 at 3:25 pm · Link

    Stunning, M. Just a gorgeous family and you always capture the fun and the love so perfectly! :)

  • Jen Breton · Posted August 25, 2010 at 5:05 pm · Link

    Mindy, you are simply amazing. I know you hear it all the time, but you are. :) Thank you so much for sharing the amazing gift of your photography with our family. I will sincerely treasure these images for a lifetime.

  • Jeni · Posted August 25, 2010 at 6:48 pm · Link

    If I had a family, I’d call you in a heartbeat. These are absolutely stunning, I dont think stunning does these photos justice in the slightest actually. Total Wow.

  • Deirdre Dunham · Posted August 25, 2010 at 6:50 pm · Link

    Dear Mindy: Please hurry and come to South Florida. My walls want photos just.like.these. all over them. Thankyouverymuchly.

  • Kathleen · Posted August 25, 2010 at 7:17 pm · Link

    freakin’ amazing Mindy, as always!!!! Gorgeous gorgeous family Jen – cannot imagine how happy you are right now :)

  • Elle · Posted August 25, 2010 at 9:13 pm · Link

    Stunning. Simply stunning. Gorgeous lighting and family. I’m in awe of your work!

  • Amanda Radovic · Posted August 26, 2010 at 3:02 am · Link

    OMGosh – these have just blown me away! So when are you coming to Australia? hehe.
    I have to say – I adore the ‘rolling in the grass’ series and I nearly spat out my drink at the finger up the nostril shot hehe.

  • Stephanie · Posted August 26, 2010 at 5:33 am · Link

    Beautiful! Oh the one of mom and daughter, black and white, eyes piercing? Stunninnnnnnnnnnnng!

  • Lindsey Smith · Posted August 26, 2010 at 6:42 am · Link

    Greetings from the deep South! I am a potrait photographer that follows your work all the way from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. I read tons of Photog blogs everyday and yours always just draws me in. I. Love. it. Your use of light and the way you are able to capture family interaction is incredible! Great work!!

  • Ramsey · Posted August 26, 2010 at 7:12 am · Link

    So beautiful. I love the warmth in them, the connection, the location and the family is gorgeous.

  • April · Posted August 26, 2010 at 1:33 pm · Link

    Wow, these are all SOOOO good! I would never be able to choose from them and would just have to get them all and make an album:) Seriously great work here!

  • Amanda · Posted August 26, 2010 at 3:18 pm · Link

    Just…wow. You seriously captured so much for this family. You have given them, and the whole world, a gift with your art.

  • sophie · Posted August 26, 2010 at 3:38 pm · Link

    Holy cow these are AMAZING! I love each and every one of them – the lighting, the nautral beauty that you captured – perfection!!!

  • Laura Morita-Yeun · Posted August 26, 2010 at 7:00 pm · Link

    I want to marry these pictures. That’s how much I love these. I’m gonna have to start working on finding myself a Justice of the Peace that is willing to allow such an unusual nuptial, but I’m gonna have to work on that. Cuz, THESE, are gorgeous. I love them, and even though I have never met you, I love you for making images like this. The world is a brighter place with images like this in them. You are such a rare talent.

  • Allison Rumble · Posted August 26, 2010 at 9:50 pm · Link

    Gorgeous family Jen! Mindy, I am speechless – simply perfect!

  • Danielle · Posted August 27, 2010 at 4:30 am · Link

    Do you own that field? It is so beautiful! Your stuff is so soft and dreamy!

  • Brandi-lee · Posted August 27, 2010 at 5:47 am · Link

    Love the intimacy you capture. It’s like you get inside their own private world and manage to photograph that love!

  • Hilary C · Posted August 27, 2010 at 4:56 pm · Link

    These are breathtaking! The emotion you captured is incredible!

  • Tori Piercy · Posted August 29, 2010 at 10:37 am · Link

    GORGEOUS! Absolute love! Beautiful, beautiful job Mindy!

  • heather Gibb · Posted September 1, 2010 at 10:35 am · Link

    Absolutely amazing!!! Everything you do!! I need to have you do our family pics! Do I need to get some families together and fly you in????

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Flower Power | Los Angeles Baby Photographer

August 24, 2010

These are long overdue…. you may recognize this family from an entire gallery on my website!

Some children were more cooperative than others~ we did have lighting and “mood” challenges, and this image is a good summary of our time together:

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In between those moments, there were some happy faces!

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Can’t wait for our next session this fall!

20 Comments

  • Lacey · Posted August 24, 2010 at 10:30 am · Link

    Stunning. Magical. Perfection!!! What a lucky family to be able to decorate their home with these images!

  • Antoinette · Posted August 24, 2010 at 10:34 am · Link

    Wow – totally worth the wait – you ROCK so hard – cannot wait for the canvases – I just don’t know which to choose – you are amazing!!!!!!!!!!! Antoinette

  • Carin · Posted August 24, 2010 at 10:56 am · Link

    AMAZING…is a perfect word for these images!
    So much love captured in them!

  • Charla · Posted August 24, 2010 at 11:11 am · Link

    What a gorgeous family! Stunning work!!

  • Danica Nelson · Posted August 24, 2010 at 11:12 am · Link

    These are unbelievable – each one a magical piece of art!! You are such an inspiration!

  • Kristin Rachelle · Posted August 24, 2010 at 12:03 pm · Link

    You are amazing! These are stunning.

  • susie L · Posted August 24, 2010 at 12:31 pm · Link

    I love every single one of these images – they capture great connection and emotion. I want to be you when I grow up!

  • Jill Velicer · Posted August 24, 2010 at 12:42 pm · Link

    Stunning. I would LOVE images like these of my own family.

  • Julie Delgado · Posted August 24, 2010 at 3:41 pm · Link

    WOW. Stunning work. Beautiful family.

  • Kristen Cook · Posted August 24, 2010 at 5:09 pm · Link

    You are 100% incredible… xx

  • jolie · Posted August 24, 2010 at 10:26 pm · Link

    These are so amazing! I love them! You captured this family so beautifully!

  • Carrie · Posted August 25, 2010 at 2:46 am · Link

    Haha! The first one is priceless! You are so gifted. Each session you share is amazing. Please come to Australia for a workshop…pretty please? :D

  • Brandi-lee · Posted August 25, 2010 at 5:48 am · Link

    Errr, and this is what you call lighting and mood challenges?? Excuse me while I pick my jaw off the floor, these are amazing, I am totaly in love with your work and the connection you get, please please please consider coming to Australia, I would hire you in an instant!

  • Brandi-lee · Posted August 25, 2010 at 5:49 am · Link

    LOL, I just saw Carrie’s post above, I swear I didnt read it before I begged for you to come to Australia, but there you have it, your highly wanted here!

  • Audrey Litfin · Posted August 25, 2010 at 7:13 am · Link

    Oh my goodness girl…TEACH ME!! There is something about the richness and depth to your images that continually amazes me. :) When I look back at my images, they look so flat. You are so gifted, not only with how you capture these shots but also with how you edit them.

  • rebekah · Posted August 25, 2010 at 10:53 am · Link

    on my goodness. how many perfect images can one session have??? these are EXTRAORDINARY!

  • jaime lackey · Posted August 25, 2010 at 3:23 pm · Link

    how did i miss these! they are gorgeous! ive been waiting for them all summer! gorgeous as ever! until next time!

  • Melissa Corcoran · Posted August 25, 2010 at 3:28 pm · Link

    Definitely one of my favorite families… so gorgeous! I love seeing images of them! Beautiful work. :)

  • Nadeen Katz · Posted August 27, 2010 at 5:47 pm · Link

    Mindy (Erica),

    You are AMAZING!! Your pictures are SOOOO beautiful they make me teary eyed!

    I wish you only success…….XOXOXO

  • Ebony · Posted August 31, 2010 at 2:48 pm · Link

    Your work is truly amazing! I am in total amazement at this session…at all the others that I have seen! These pictures are truly amazing! I so wish you lived in NC, you’d be getting my business! Beautiful, spectacular, stunning, gorgeous…etc!!!

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Beautiful Life | Los Angeles Baby Photographer

August 21, 2010

I was able to photograph two newborns right before I left California~ one boy, one girl.  Aren’t they beautiful?

First is baby boy J., who at nine days old, had the most blonde hair I have ever seen on a newborn! I am also not sure how his mom could look so stunning just days post-partum- maybe she has some tips on her blog.

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He also has a big brother who has the most gorgeous baby blues ever!

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Baby girl G. is such a cutie pie and one of the tiniest newborns I have photographed! She is already a sweetheart and so loved by many!

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Love the puckered lips!!

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So kissable!

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19 Comments

  • Karen Byker · Posted August 21, 2010 at 6:50 pm · Link

    Adorable! These are amazing! I love every thing about every one! Amazing job!!

  • Inna · Posted August 21, 2010 at 7:22 pm · Link

    These are simply fantastic! Can’t even pick a favorite. Lovely use or light and processing. Beautiful job on these!

  • Joanna · Posted August 21, 2010 at 8:37 pm · Link

    WOW! These are SO amazing! I keep looking at them trying to figure out how you get such perfect catchlights. I love the way you process them too. What a beautiful family!

  • Jennifer Boggett · Posted August 21, 2010 at 8:48 pm · Link

    I had to scroll through these a few times to see if I could pick a favourite – I can’t! They are all amazing. I love how you tell stories – these photos are full of fun, love and life.

  • Brandi-lee · Posted August 22, 2010 at 3:38 am · Link

    I LOVE your work so so much, these are precious. I love your style, your processing, the connection you capture, everything! Amazing!

  • Hilary C · Posted August 22, 2010 at 5:27 am · Link

    Couldn’t love your work anymore if I tried! Breathtaking.

  • susie L · Posted August 22, 2010 at 7:14 am · Link

    What amazing portraits! Love your use of light and the emotion you captured in the ones with mom. Beautiful job!

  • Audrey · Posted August 22, 2010 at 8:05 am · Link

    Oh my goodness, these are all so precious Mindy. I just LOVE your macro shots….that shot of the nose is amazing!! You have such a gift girl. :) Your post processing is definitely one of a kind.

  • Jennifer Lauren · Posted August 22, 2010 at 10:57 am · Link

    Absolutely gorgeous work, I’m in love with the mom and baby images, but they are all beautiful!

  • Sarah · Posted August 22, 2010 at 12:11 pm · Link

    Stunning – as always. I love the photos of mom and baby. You have such a talent for capturing the connection between mother and child.

  • Laura Morita-Yeun · Posted August 22, 2010 at 12:46 pm · Link

    You are so insanely talented. These made my heart smile. Thank you!

  • Julie Kraai · Posted August 22, 2010 at 1:37 pm · Link

    I want to be you when I grow up. These are to die for. All of them. Your images always are — you just rock out your camera. BEAUTIFUL!

  • jennifer adams · Posted August 22, 2010 at 5:33 pm · Link

    wow these are absolutely gorgeous and perfect!

  • Carrie · Posted August 23, 2010 at 1:31 am · Link

    Absolutely DIVINE! All of them!

  • Deirdre Dunham · Posted August 23, 2010 at 8:39 am · Link

    Another lovely blog post by the incomparable Mindy! I wish I knew how you are able to make new parents feel so comfortable in front of the camera. What a gift you have!

  • Pamela Topping · Posted August 23, 2010 at 9:55 am · Link

    Soo gorgeous!

  • melissa deakin · Posted August 23, 2010 at 12:47 pm · Link

    oh my goodness…these are just incredible!
    your work is amazing.
    you are such a talented photographer!

  • Tori Piercy · Posted August 23, 2010 at 2:17 pm · Link

    Ummmm holy wow! GORGEOUS work Mindy! I can’t pick a fave either. they are all so beautiful

  • Kelly · Posted August 25, 2010 at 7:24 am · Link

    OMG – that is seriously the most ADORABLE baby ever! You make everything beautiful – always Mindy. Your blog is a happy place – a guaranteed smile.

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