Hello
I start everyday with a strong cup of coffee, my journal and giving thanks for having such an incredible opportunity in life to make a living at my passion, people photography. I love to capture images that are contemporary, creative, and most of all fun! A giggle, a shy grin and a beautiful expression of wide eyed wonder all give me goosebumps! When I am not photographing, doing fine edits or answering e-mails, here are a few of my favorite things:
Blue Sky's Studio - Your Orange County Family, high school senior and corporate branding Photographer
Custom matted prints to display on your wall or in our keepsake frame box.
A collection of 10 white or black frames to be displayed in your hall or on a large wall. The best way to display your professional family or high school senior portraits.
Create gorgeous holiday cards or graduation annoucements from your Laguna Beach, Newport Beach or San Clemente family photography session.
Display your Family photography in our gorgeous mats. Perfect for one of our custom frames or our display boxes.
Orange county family or high school senior photography works great in these frame boxes.
Display your family photography in one of our custom made albums.
Albums designed specifically to display maternity and newborn baby portraits
Family or High School senior portraits displayed in these albums with thick mounted pages for longevity.
The Session Fee covers your photo session, help with styling the session and the time and talent of the photographer. A session fee does not include printed product. Print Collections include groups of carefully selected print products. You have the option of purchasing a Print Collection or purchasing Print Products through our A La Carte Offerings. We will go through all the beautiful curated products that we have at the review session about a week after your portrait session.
No, Blue Sky’s Studio does not have a minimum investment fee. Our fine art matted prints start at $200, and what you purchase is entirely up to you. Most of our clients invest between $800 - $5000 depending on what they want to include in their collection.
We will provide you with a list of our favorite locations throughout Orange County which includes Laguna Beach beaches, open fields, Mission San Juan Capistrano, several parks and city areas, and others, or you can let us know your favorite Orange County or Southern California location. If you decide to include hair and makeup in your session, we will meet you at our Laguna Canyon studio. If not, we will meet you at the predetermined Orange County portrait session location. Don't worry, prior to your session, we will help you choose outfits that go best with the location of your choice. For example, if you choose the beach you might like soft flowy outfits. If you’re not sure where you want to shoot I’m happy to work with you to find the perfection location for your portrait session.
We understand that things happen and will reschedule for the following reasons: illness, weather or travel issues, or emergency situations. If this happens, we ask that you email us a minimum of 48 hours prior to the scheduled date in order for us to be able to reschedule. We allow a one-time reschedule if you notify us a minimum of 48 hours prior to your appointment. Additional reschedules will require a fee of $200 and are subject to schedule availability.
For Family portrait sessions, I encourage you to bring two looks or bright different layers so we can quickly change your families look.
For High School Senior portrait sessions, I like to encourage my clients to bring at LEAST three completely unique looks and no more than four, complete with shoes, scarves, hats, sunglasses and jewelry.
We will setup 3 appointments when you book with Blue Sky’s Studio:
We will have a beautifully-curated selection matted portraits available the same day as your Review Session. These include the edited file of the same image. All custom wall art is shipped directly to you within 6 weeks of placing your order. Custom designed books or albums take 6-8 weeks to be delivered directly to you.
Blue Sky’s Studio will archive your final images for one year only after your session. All images that have not been purchased within 6 months after your session will be deleted.
Please be aware that all images taken by Blue Sky’s Studio are the property of this studio, these images are protected under U.S. Federal Copyright Laws. and cannot be printed, scanned or duplicated in any manner or used for any purpose without written consent of Blue Sky's Studio.
We understand that sometimes children can be unpredictable when it comes to photography sessions, here are some helpful tips to make your family photography session the best it can be!
We give them as much time as they (not you, or I) need to warm up to me and my camera. It is very rare that even the most apprehensive child doesn’t become my buddy after 20-30 minutes. Eager to please, many parents urge their child(ren) on, and this rarely ever helps. Relax and allow us to create a bond with your child at their own pace. If you give us a little space to work with your child, they will realize that they don't need to “perform” for you with us and they'll be much more at ease.
We try to bond with them by getting them to talk to us. Often times, we will reach out to “test” your child(ren) to see how they will respond. Depending on their reaction (if they reach back to hold a hand/finger), we will know how to proceed. We like to take time to get to know your child and let them get used to us before we start shooting.
That’s our job. Besides, “cheese” or “smile” is almost always produces a fake or forced smile. We will get your child(ren) to smile by other creative measures that create more genuine smiles. We've been known to do goofy faces, tell funny stories, talk about their interests, etc…you know, kid stuff!! We’re great at kid stuff (we’re kids at heart)!
Many parents bring in 1-3 outfits and various accessories such as hats, scarves and jewelry. However, it’s important to keep in mind that changing multiple outfits on younger children usually changes their mood too. We recommend keeping it simple for the younger subjects. They grow up so fast!
Blue Sky's Studio Photography
462 Bent Street Laguna Beach, CA 92651