January 18th, 2013:

Long, Beach, Family, Session, California, Los, Angeles, Photography, Photographer

Nellie and I met way back in the day I was a bartender (somewhere around late 2004 or early 2005).  I served drinks, and Nellie usually dropped by once a week or so during happy hour for an icy cold beverage and we developed a banter-filled relationship across the bar top. When I finally decided to ditch the house, the car and take off on a 1 year round the world trip in February 2006, I started this blog (hence the title “Mom Says I’m Running Away” ) and Nellie became one of my first followers as I posted about my travels through Europe, Asia, South America and the U.S. – she even named my bicycle when I rode PCH from Santa Monica to San Francisco (go read the comments). Needless to say she has always been in the background rooting for me.  So when she shot me a Facebook message about doing family photos for her, Ambrosia and Samuel we immediately got it all set up for a cold January afternoon.

Felicia and I had a wonderful time with this beautiful family and just have to say thanks once more for the ribs + beer post shoot.  Nellie, I think we should try to do this more often than once every 6 years…

Long, Beach, Family, Session, California, Los, Angeles, Photography, Photographer

Long, Beach, Family, Session, California, Los, Angeles, Photography, Photographer

Long, Beach, Family, Session, California, Los, Angeles, Photography, Photographer

Long, Beach, Family, Session, California, Los, Angeles, Photography, Photographer

Long, Beach, Family, Session, California, Los, Angeles, Photography, Photographer

Long, Beach, Family, Session, California, Los, Angeles, Photography, Photographer

Long, Beach, Family, Session, California, Los, Angeles, Photography, Photographer

Long, Beach, Family, Session, California, Los, Angeles, Photography, Photographer

Long, Beach, Family, Session, California, Los, Angeles, Photography, Photographer

 

Long, Beach, Family, Session, California, Los, Angeles, Photography, Photographer

Long, Beach, Family, Session, California, Los, Angeles, Photography, Photographer

Long, Beach, Family, Session, California, Los, Angeles, Photography, Photographer