San Diego lifestyle photograper, Alison Beachem shares her work and her everyday life through photographs. Family, Child, Baby, Maternity, Beach Photography
All the grandkids were in town and all in one place … the perfect time to get fun beach photos (on a cloudy overcast, summer day in San Diego). This group of kids was a lot of fun. Rounding them all up was quite a fete. Two of those kids belong to my boys’ orthodontist (I am on Tucker with his rubber bands Trish:P). I think all five kids had fun racing, jumping and getting to run around all over the beach with each other. Here are some favorites from our time together.
This was a quick little family maternity session for this family. I can’t wait to meet baby Christian in September:)
I am only posting this on my blog because I feel like I need a little extra incentive to stay with this. And by “this” I mean a “diet”. I am notorious for getting all pumped up and dive in head first for about 2-4 weeks. And then I fade. Something happens, and I quit. I’m kind of at the point in my age where I am realizing that my body isn’t going to be able to overcome the junk I put into as well as it has in my 20’s and 30’s. And since having Slater 4 years ago, I really notice it and it kind of scares me. I’m also kind of tired (and ‘kind of’ doesn’t really describe right… I hate it) of my clothes not fitting right or at all. And I refuse to buy clothing any bigger than the size I am currently at. I’m used to going in the dressing room and trying everything on in the dressing room and saying “yes, I love it” to each thing. Now I say “no, that looks terrible”… or it doesn’t even fit.
In my mind, I don’t think I eat terribly except for sugar. Sugar, sugar, sugar… I am a total addict I must admit. I always try to cut back but each day I think ‘this little bit won’t hurt’. And that’s a few times a day everyday. And to be honest, I never even thought about the carbs. I am a cereal and bread lover for sure.
So, a few days ago I ran into a friend who just lost 17lbs in 4 weeks and looks great. She told me she was doing The Belly Fat Cure and so I looked it up when I got home. I’ve been pouring through everything the last few days and started it two days ago.
I only say “maybe” in the post title because who knows… Like I said, I am posting it on my blog for my legions of readers to keep me accountable. Because it’s going to suck if in a few months one of my clients or friends who has seen me recently, sees me looking the same:P But I’m feeling pretty good about it all actually. And after seeing this woman’s post with her progression photos… I think it might be doable. She looks amazing!
So I am using week one’s menu (it’s super easy) and so far so good. And I feel like I can make it through week one. When I get to week two, I will see how I feel. Just taking each day as it comes and not trying to think about this as my whole entire life (although I hope it becomes easy to where I can see that). The other cool thing is that Jorge is in San Diego. While I will probably never meet him, I just think that’s kind of fun.
If anyone wants to join me at anytime, post a comment or email me and we can keep in touch during the journey.
And just for fun, here is a favorite photo from a recent family session … I will post a full series in a few days. But I LOVE this one:)
How darling is this picture??? It makes me smile every time i look at it:) They kind of like their daughter… just a little bit!
There are a few people who will be very happy to see this post finally going up. These are a smattering of photos from our last day… I have a zillion more from all our days and I am hoping to get them up as well. My older boys constantly ducked the camera. It’s a miracle there are any of them. I should punish them by posting all the ones where they made crazy faces at me.
I know Lindsay is dying for this post to go up and I have to apologize for making her wait for so long. Hopefully the wait was worth it!
Lindsay and Jamie don’t know this but they are a big reason I decided to specialize in families. The first time I photographed their family was when their twin boys were about 8 mos old. Their boys were in the NICU for 70 some odd days if I remember right. Having experienced the NICU for 11 days with nothing life threatening… I can only imagine the stress and array of emotions they went through while caring for their boys in the hospital. I think at the time I photographed them, they were still very raw from the experience. But what touched me so much was the love they had for those boys and they shared that with me in a way that I hadn’t experienced yet photographing people. I was so touched by them and knew my photography would take on new meaning that day.
It sounds sappy, I know but it’s true. I see them all about every six months which has been so fun. They’ve added another little cute boy to the mix and they were just surprised that one more little baby will be added to their family. I can’t wait for our next session:)
I hope you guys enjoyed your sneak peek… lots more to come:)
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