The most amazing part of my shoot?
Seeing two of my closest friends, Sam and Jon, become parents.

Words can’t describe the happiness I felt when I learned about Sam’s pregnancy, let alone this moment, when I finally meet their little bundle of joy.

Edwin, I can’t wait to watch you grow and become a wonderful, amazing and talented human being!

Congratulations Sam and Jon!

He says the most amazing things and has the most incredible, awesome, hard -working, superstar mother, Erika.

To celebrate his 3rd birthday while I was in Charlotte, NC, we went to a park and took some photos.

If I can sum up our session with just one image, it’s the one below.

It’s love. It’s a beautiful mamma and her beautiful son.

Erika and Jamison.

I soon thereafter approached their mothers and took some shots of them too. Hardworking people, some of these mothers are lawyers, nurses, house cleaners and small business owners. In addition to the help we got at the train station when we rented our bikes, these ladies gave us even more insight and suggestions whilst in Sevilla.

Before arriving in Cadiz (read here about it), Juan and I spent a day in Sevilla, where we met some of the friendliest folks in the Andalusia region.

We got off the train and found a bike rental place, where the manager told us the ins and outs of the city, where we should go and where we could stay, and how to get to the heart of Sevilla.

Have I mentioned I suck at directions?…..So off we headed to the center of Sevilla and you guessed it, we got a bit lost…however, magical things happen when you get lost, stop to eat and ask for directions.

This was the case as the hot noon sun was beating down on us, lost tourists, so we decided to stop at the next bar to grab a cold beer and some tapas.

The bar was teeming with children and their parents……a perfect photo opp.

Once we hydrated and ate, I grabbed my camera and asked the children if I could take their pictures – they were not shy – as you can see from these portraits!

Getting lost is sometimes the best thing that can happen to you; these turned out to be some of my favorite portraits of the trip!

]]> http://www.catalinaphotography.com/blog/children-of-sevilla/feed/ 2 http://www.catalinaphotography.com/blog/lucas/ http://www.catalinaphotography.com/blog/lucas/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 13:46:30 +0000 catalina http://www.catalinaphotography.com/?p=3124 Juan and I recently traveled to Ecuador for work, and had a chance to spend a few days with friends and family.

We stayed with my cousin Daniela, who recently gave birth to Lucas – how could we not have a photo session?!

Congrats, Dani + Eric on the birth of Lucas. Many, many blessings to you.

Love,
Catalina

My husband Juan and I met Alexa and Chris about 7 years ago back in Charlotte, NC. At the time, she and Chris were dating, and it’s been truly special to watch their relationship blossom – we celebrated their engagement, attended their wedding, and now we celebrate the birth of their beautiful baby girl – Sloane.

I was recently in Charlotte for the opening of Bring The Family, a show where some of my Let Love Reign images are being shown and by that time, Sloane was 2 weeks old and we had only seen photos of her through Facebook.

While in town, I just HAD to meet Sloane and let me just say, what a delight it was to finally meet her!

Sloane – I look forward to watching you grow and hope to have many more opportunities to capture you, beautiful you!

Chris. Alexa. We couldn’t be happier for you two. We love you!

Juan and I visited them whilst in Charlotte over Thanksgiving week and after a yummy dinner, it was picture time!

If ever there was a musically included baby, Lucas is *the one* – instead of shying away from the noise of his dad’s band practicing, Lucas is the first to grab his musical instruments, walk into Tony’s practice room and join the band with his marimba. I am totally serious. Plus, the minute a music plays in the background, Lucas will dance. And I don’t mean no “bouncey bouncey” kind of dancing, but a “dance-to-the-beat-and-bob-your-entire-body-up-and-down-with-a-perfect-rhythm” kind of dancing. I have never seen a more musically tuned baby in my life.

Lucas is going to be a rockstar. Just sayin’

Here’s a slide show, and some photos just below the slide show. Enjoy!

Congrats Luli & David!!!

This past Saturday, I had the honor to spend some time with Cat, Mike and their beautiful 9-month old son, Nicholas Joseph and capture some intimate moments and dynamics between the three of them.

These are the moments I love to capture, these are the moments that make the word “family” mean so much, the moments that fill my heart with joy.

Nicholas is a sweet, beautiful baby boy who has an amazing level of concentration. Whatever task he is doing, he gives it 100% and you tell from the look on his face how focused he is at the task in hand. When he is not concentrating on a task, and looks at mom and dad, he breaks out the MOST BEAUTIFUL smile ever. Ear to ear!

Cat & Mike, thank you for letting me capture such a wonderful day with you. You are beautiful.

Hit “play” and enjoy the slideshow below!

see more of my children’s portraiture at www.catalinaphotography.com/children

some images from our photo session

Here’s my favorite photograph from our session last week, and quite possibly one of my favorite baby portraits EVER.

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