Five Years of Manhattan Beach Family Portraits

Sunday we participated in the Thanksgiving weekend tradition of family portraits for the Krantz family. We started this when their daughter was just 1 years old--now she's 6. We look forward to keeping this going for at least another 12 years. We met at Manhattan Beach early on a Sunday morning, which was crawling with photographers taking family portraits. Get those cards crackin' folks!

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It was cool to meet Katie on Sunday, for a weekend portrait session at that most iconic of settings, the Manhattan Beach Pier. Sam Graham and Katie did a variety of poses at "magic hour," until sunset, as Katie sought new headshots for blogs and newsletters.

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We spent a wonderful Sunday afternoon with the Harris family on a wet, rainy day for a Hermosa Beach family photo session. We had hoped to step outside, but with the downpour, we made do with an instant studio set-up in the family living room instead.
We're thrilled with the results, and better yet, so is the family.
This is an amazing look group!

Manhattan Beach Family Photographer | Manhattan Beach Portraits

If it's Thanksgiving, it's time for holiday cards!
And that's how we spent the weekend, helping families with their holiday cards, with classic Manhattan Beach family portraits.
We began on Friday, with our new friend Bill at Polliwog Park in Manhattan Beach. His family from Michigan called to get photos to distribute to all the family members, and we were happy to oblige.

Then Saturday it was off to Pacific Palisades, to meet Matt, Nancy and their lovely young daughter at the Santa Monica Mountains hiking facility off Temescal Canyon. What an amazing backdrop! This was our third annual holiday card for the gang, and we look forward to many years more.

Finally, we met with our old friends Rich and Lisa, to photograph their family, again for year no. 3, at their home in Manhattan Beach. This was the best shoot ever, and we can't wait to see the new holiday card!

We closed the weekend on the sands of Manhattan Beach with the Stewart family from Long Beach, for classic Manhattan Beach family portraits under the Pier.


Thanks everyone, for the fun weekend by the sea!