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Rec outdoor location(s) for maternity photos?
Was wanting to know if anyone could recommend a great location for outdoor maternity photos. We previously lived in Hawaii for four years and had both our maternity photos for our 1st daughter and her 1 year photos taken at the beach so we are looking for something different. Our photographer recommended a beach with some tide pools near Solana/Del Mar, and I don't mean to write it off before I see it (since I haven't been there), but IMHO I don't think that the beach there will look prettier than what we had in Hawaii (sorry). Our photographer tends to work more towards North county (i.e. Del Mar up to Oceanside) so can anyone recommend any outdoor locations in that area (i.e. park, historical building, etc) that may be nice to take pictures? We were also trying to factor a location where our 20 month old DD wouldn't be so distracted- another reason why I'm anti-beach is because I know DD would not see that location as "picture taking" time, but would run straight for the water and/or roll around the sand and make mudpies :P I've seen some fabulous engagement photos from some of you ladies so I thought I'd ask! TIA!
Re: Rec outdoor location(s) for maternity photos?
Presidio Park & Balboa Park are two of my favorite parks to shoot at. I'm sure if you offer your photog money to drive to Balboa Park she would do it! There are photos of both (mostly families) in my blog if you want to get an idea of what both locations look like (www.grinandshareitphoto.blogspot.com) Just go to the very bottom of my blog and there is a list of catagories. There's one for Balboa Park & Presidio Park. I agree, the beach is very distracting for the small ones. A suggestion too, you might want to bring a good friend or family member along to entertain your youngest while you're getting pictures taken alone or with your husband.
Have fun!
ps. There is a beach in La Jolla, Windansea Beach, that IMHO is just as beautiful as a lot of beaches in Hawaii. For future shoots