nostalgia | personal | elena gipson photography BLOG at egipsonphotography.com

So I get nostalgic when my kids birthday’s roll around : ) No worries I won’t post my entire library, hehe! My son is my world… a gentle, loving soul like his daddy, kind & humorous like his mommy. He is growing each year with such character, intelligence, kind-heartedness and I am so proud of him. I’m happy I still get hugs, kisses and I love you’s everyday from him. Happy Birthday to my SON!

definitely will be doing a photo shoot this weekend for his birthday, this is 2011

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January 10, 1999 (1st pic awww, 2nd pic always makes me laugh, sec's out)

“Your SON will hold your hand for only a little while, but will hold your heart for a lifetime. He makes my life worth living and I’m so proud of him.”

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012 | elena gipson photography

I want to share a link to my collection of some of my favorite images captured from this amazing year 2011! (just copy and paste in your tool bar)
I also pray each of you will have peace, love and joy in your mind and heart this NEW YEAR 2012! A little quote reads on a stickie on my computer… “When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears” Everyday one of my goals is to have a grateful heart and believe me it does help, with pitty partys or negative pulls…. I still have to sit down and write down my 2012 RESOLUTIONS, but believe me gratitude will be on there. I will strive to have a grateful heart daily!
God Bless each of US : )

http://slideshow.egipsonphotography.com/2011HIGHLIGHTS_ELENAGIPSONPHOTOGRAPHY/

& a post always has to have pictures… these are a couple of my favorites from MAUI- 9/2011!

little girls | sugar & spice | elena gipson photography

One likes blue & one likes pink, one smiles with teeth one smiles without and both I have fallen for… head over heals. Pouts, giggles, why’s, dancing, climbing trees, I love children photography! These two sisters are sugar, take a peak I know you’ll think so too : )

Sisters sharing their lollipops, can’t believe it either, so precious!

family portraits | elena gipson photography | Claremont, California

Love this family! This is one of my college girls and her beautiful family. We live sorta of close but so busy with life… careers, children, home and more life We do try and get together at least once or twice a year, if not to celebrate a birthday then a wedding, reunion or baby. So I had the pleasure of capturing her little angel when she was seven days old. Now at two, she is full of sugar and spice! Miss princess had me work for her sugar but I did get it : ) Thank you Brenda and Luis for trusting me to capture a bit of your family, love ya’s.

Family Portraits | Southern California Children and Family Photographer | elena gipson photography

So this family was a true pleasure. I haven’t seen my friend in ten years! It was during my first job as an RN at Loma Linda Univ. Med Ct. we worked the wonderful 12 hr night shift together. She is so funny and I see her in her precious little daughter. I’m so happy to have met her family and capture a bit of them in such a gorgeous location. A pending storm was approaching so it was a tad cold… but I got some beautiful light : )

Family Custom Portraits | Santa Monica Pier Photography | elena gipson photography 2011

FUN!! Love this family! Did I say that recently..? It’s so true, I fall in love with my clients and this gorgeous family is no exception and clients that turn into friends even better : ) So happy I got to capture this family again, we met last year through friends and now we did another session.. a little over a year later and yearly photos by a professional photographer is so worth it! These kids have grown so and are beautiful than ever!

Family Portraits | Custom Holiday Portraits 2011 | elena gipson photography

Love this Family! We had a great time in Temecula, on a gorgeous October afternoon. Got to love Southern California, especially since this family knows winters in Michigan. This is my dear sweet friend and her wonderful family. We met during our first job as nurses, 15 years ago and since then we laugh ALL the time! She did her vital signs 30 minutes prior to the hour, I did mine 30 minutes after the hour, within the hour… its all good! I was in her beautiful wedding full of poison oak, our families visited in northern MI on their lake house (Frank makes the best Korean bbq & it was the first time Jacob & I kayaked), our birthday’s our on the exact same day, her Owen and my Julia are less than one month apart and now it gets better… She’s moved twenty minutes from me and our kids go to the same little school, how cool is that!?! Thank you for your unconditional friendship and for allowing me to capture a little bit of your family : )

one year old | happy birthday | elena gipson photography

Someone’s had a birthday were so gald, let us see how many he has had, as we count the candles we are told, ONE….! Yes, Ezra is turning ONE : ) This little angel will turn ONE on Monday, a year ago he brought so much love and joy to two very special people. His birthday party is tomorrow and we hope he enjoys all the fun that has been planned in his honor. HAPPY BIRTHDAY EZRA!

Yes, he is the baby in this famous image that is hanging in Loma Linda University’s Medical Center, Murrieta.

newborn portraiture | precious baby boy | Orange County Newborn Photographer | elena gipson photography

This baby boy is so cute… do I really say that about all my babies I shoot? lol… but they are! I work with this special new mommy and I’m so happy for her. Happy she has a healthy baby boy added to her family. Congratulations to both of you : )

newborn | baby boy | Fontana Newborn Photographer | elena gipson photography

Babies are so sweet and precious. I could not get enough of this one snuggled up to his teddy bear : ) 8 days old, Welcome Baby “A” he slept like a baby and did not even mind my camera or positioning. He’s going to make mommy and grandma melt, of course daddy and papa too!