October has been a busy month for Family Portraits, I recently had the pleasure of photographing my Brother Jason and his family in Julian,CA. When we spoke about the location Pattie (my sister in law) said she wanted a location that had plenty of trees and looked like fall. I mentioned Big Bear, however this was a little too far too travel, Then i mentioned Julian. After showing her a few pics of the area she was sold. We set out for Kayamaka Lake, which is right outside of julian.
I had a few different spots in mind, One was this dry marsh which has a beautiful burgundy hue to it, next i wanted to head to the lake itself and get some backlit shots of everyone. Finally we went down next to some dry brush to do a few sitting poses.
We had a blast during our shoot. Baby Olivia was a trooper, she did so well. I would highly recomend Julian for Family or engagement shoots. After we finished shooting i put my gear away and we started walking back to the car when i noticed the amazing sunset unfolding in front of me. I asked my brother if he wanted to take a couple more shots, the family was on board so we made a couple more images. I shot a few looking out over the lake, then i noticed the pink and purple sky directly behind us. So i grabbed a few more. I hope you enjoyed the images, if you haven't been to julian yet, get out and see it. Until next time, keep shooting and never give up on your dreams.