A few years ago I won tickets to Expressing Motherhood.  Tickets to a show for women with free wine and cupcakes.. HECK YEAH! My friend and I both left our nursing babies with our husbands for a ladies night out. This was a rare treat for me at the time. I was pretty new to L.A., had only made a few err, a friend. At the show we treated ourselves to greasy food truck snacks, a few glasses of wine and cupcakes. Each cast member told a different story. Stories of joy, pain, and silliness.

The show was raw, humbling, and hilarious.

I was so inspired by these woman. Their confidence. Their passion.

From the day my husband I moved to L.A., 8 months pregnant with our 20 month old and 10 year old we knew we loved it here.  But, after this show though, I felt a connection. A connection with ALL the L.A. moms. Not only the ones like me but the ones who were different as well!  I left less judgmental because even if a mom parented different than me we were the same. We all had 1 thing in common aside from having had babies.

We were raising kids in L.A.!

This year I was asked to do the cast photos for the show. I was honored and excited to be part of a show that was so touching to me and helped me feel like I belonged here.

A huge thank you to all these beautiful and families and new friends of Little L.A. Photography! It was wonderful working with you and I can’t wait to see the show again!

To buy tickets to the shows in May visit Expressing Motherhood

It’s almost spring and that means its will be warm enough for shoots like the one I had last year with Miss Molly.

Molly celebrated her 1st birthday at the Santa Monica pier with me. We played at the water, up on the pier and even had a giant cupcake! Because what is a 1st birthday photoshoot without some cake?

Lets book your babies Santa Monica pier and beach shoot this spring!

Last week a friend showed me some super hero inspired shots of a toddler boy around my sons age. I thought right away I NEED these of my son.. so today I cleared out the space to shoot.. dug out the cape… found matching under roos and my son wanted NOTHING to do with me, my capes or my camera…  It was time for plan B! Wrangled up my daughter (wasn’t going to waste the freshly cleared area) haha and took these. Authentic smile courtesy of my husband making fake farting noises in the background!

This little family was full of light and love at their session. They chose a beautiful Pasadena garden as their location on a sunny fall day. I chased their girls around the garden catching these beautiful pictures!

Births are my all time favorite  type of shoot! Attending this all natural birth at Cedars Sinai Los Angeles was one of last years highlights for me for sure!  Watching her push through this and having the birth she wanted was amazing to say the least! This rock’n mama has not only become a repeat client but a friend. I have this little guy on my scheduled every 6 months to the date of his birth!

This little sleeping beauty was a joy to work with. Only took a few nursing sessions with mom and some snuggles and a little patience and she was peacefully in dream land. Using the gorgeous natural light that filled her home and a little help from her doggy we got a ton of beautiful shots!

I have some exciting news! I will have a booth at the Le Leche League of So. CA/NV Area Conference!

Will you be there? Stop my by booth for a give away and lots of fun!

Here is a little more information on the conference.

Also, my Nursing Mother Mini Sessions are coming up on Fed 23rd.

Space is still available. Don’t miss the great price on these sessions!

To book your spot for a $100 Nursing Mother Mini Session with 3 digital photos in the Hollywood Hills (OMG awesome right?!?!)

visit Little L.A. Photo and send me a message or email me at christina@littlelaphoto.com

Additional digital images and prints are also available.

Here are a few photos from a nursing session I had last night in the hills!

On a rainy day…

Enjoying the SoCal storm today? The clouds look spectacular. We are having a relaxed day at home. Organizing and doing a little spring cleaning.

As I was going though photos on my “to blog” list I came across these….

from a much warmer day than today and they warmed my heart!

I hope they warm yours too!

Last May I met the beautiful Kelly Lombardo in Paris. I was so excited to be there with other women in my field and even a few from my area! Last night I had the opportunity to do maternity photos for her. She is a very pregnant 36 weeks here and absolutely adorable!

We drove around the Hollywood Hills till we found this (semi) quaint spot. We got cozy, reminisced about our wild Paris adventure,  had some laughs and took some beautiful shots! Be sure to check out her work and like her page on Facebook

The birth of Emerson

About 2 hours before Emerson was born his dad called and told me labor had begun. Just over an hour later he called back and told me to head over when I could but not to rush. I was so eager to get there I left right away. My bags had been packed for days and everything was ready at the door waiting. I pulled up to the house about 30 mins after the call to head over when I got a chance and saw the midwife pulling up as well.. I went inside, walked right up to the bedroom and with only about 30 seconds to spare captured this first set in my first 6 photos. Dad catching his baby in the bath! ♥♥♥

I was shocked! I was expecting to arrive to mid labor with the passive phone call I had received. This family was just so relaxed and easy going about the process. I bet the laid back attitude is what lead to a super quick birth! I am so happy I made it and was able to capture this even it was only 30 seconds before!

They did a little bonding in the tub….

Her sweet midwife working through those hard after birth contractions. So kind and understanding. Such love.

Followed by an evening of getting to know each other…..

Laughter and joy..

A little business.. 🙂

And a whole lotta love!

Thank you dear friend for sharing your birth with me! I loved all 30 seconds of it! 🙂

To celebrate the free maternity sessions with all booked births I thought I would start sharing some of the births I was honored to be at last year!

Starting with sweet the birth of sweet Stella!

It was a joy to watch this family welcome Stella. Since I was there to capture it, baby Stella and her mama had the full attention of the rest of their birth support team including dad, big sister, grandma and Doula Nikki from Blessed Be Birthing!