San Diego Photographer ~ Alison Beachem

I’ve told this story before but these are the pictures that we took today (even though it was supposed to be last Wed) to mark the 16th anniversary of Joe’s proposal to me at Crown Point.  We never remember our wedding anniversary.  This last year it took us a month to realize we had passed it.  Back in the day I was much more excited about the engagement than the actual wedding anyway.  Precisely why I don’t shoot weddings.  Engagements, yes… weddings, no.

So just a recap… every year we take the camera and the tripod (just in the last five years have brought a tripod) down to Crown Point and we do a series of family pictures.  We have one from every year after the engagement (no pictures of the actual engagement).  The pictures are always the same but so very different from no kids to one to two to two to two;)  and now three.  This year’s theme was running.

All of the group shots are on a timer.  So are all anticipating the timer and never at the same time.  I love love love that Slater is jumping in them too.

And running… another one not so easy to time and get the focus right but this is a favorite.

One of my goals is to go through our personal photos as soon as I take them, narrow them done, do a little editing at least and create the folder along with a blog post.  I love making photo books at the end of the year (although I have only managed it twice) and I think if I can get my own photos more organized, it will be easier to make them in December:)