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Child Photographer – Ally – Ashley McNamara – Bay Area – Photographer

This is the last of my sessions as a San Diego resident and I am feeling a big nostalgic. Before I left San Diego my good friend Marie came to visit me and made me promise by penalty of a smack down to take her to my favorite beach. Marie lives on the east coast and I am not biased or anything but the California beaches kick all other beaches butts.

Marie had criteria though she wasn’t just going to shoot any ole person, she wanted to do a kid’s shoot on the beach with a surfboard kind of Roxy style. I did some digging in old client files and found Ally, who doesn’t love a redhead? We had so much fun and Ally was a good sport because it was probably the coldest I have ever been in San Diego, it was ffffreezing!

Note: For those of you asking when i’ll be back in San Diego the answer is January. I’ll be keeping everyone informed via my newsletter. If you are not a member send me an email and I will add you to the list. You can also email me to book your spot now before someone else does!:)

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Child Photographer – Zavi and Jakai – Ashley McNamara – San Diego Photographer

It has been a long and busy couple of months and I have been not so patiently waiting to process pictures from my trip to Raleigh, NC 

I was there for my good friend Marie Cox  who was going into surgery to have a hysterectomy.. CANCER SUCKS!  I wanted to be  there to help out, entertain the kids, and eat boberry biscuits ummmmmmm biscuits.. Did I just type that? 

While I was there I took some pictures of Marie’s awesome albeit big headed children minus the oldest Tayvonne who wouldn’t dare be photographed, I’ll get you next time Tay.. I was there for 5 days [I think] and I took 1600 pictures 90% of them were of Zavia that girl is my muse.. I love her. 

Here are some pictures from my trip and this is what  3000 in a plane looks like..

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Jakai, I miss your cute and cuddly self.

Within the first 5 seconds I was in the door Jakai was hanging on my leg and every morning he would sit in my lap and play with my hair.

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Zavia, I miss your sweet dance moves.

Zavia is a self proclaimed diva. While Jakai was fixing my hair, Zavia was listening to music on my laptop or begging me to take video of her dancing… err… I mean make music videos.

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Raleigh was a good time.. I did a couple of shoots while I was there  one with the awesome Heather Love and had some super BBQ at The Pit [check it out] with my friend Gretchen Mathison, thanks everyone for showing me an awesome time and thanks Marie for letting me crash your house.

Baby Photography – Princess Ava – Ashley McNamara – San Diego Photographer

and were back!

Following Ava as she grows through her first year.  She is now almost 8 months old and one of the daintiest babies I have ever met.  I just love her to bits! 

Ava’s likes: The color pink, tutu’s, Dancing Broby, and long walks on the beach

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Carlie – Ashley McNamara – San Diego Child Photographer

It isn’t often enough that I photograph kids older than two so this was a cool change of pace. Enjoy your sneak peek, Carlie!

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I couldn’t decide which one to post so I will just post them both. 

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A picture is worth a thousand words – Ashley McNamara – San Diego Family Photographer

My favorite pictures are those that do not need an explanation and this shoot was full of them. My friend Kristin Rachelle (also a San Diego photographer) asked me to photograph her family and if you have met Kristin you will know that she is a blast so I couldn’t resist the opportunity! There are lots of “say cheese” moments in this shoot but of course I picked the funny/wacky ones because that’s just how I am. 

 

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My favorite red staircase. 

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