This Spectacular Family Session on a Stormy Day took place on the beach in Santa Monica.

Spectacular Family session on a stormy day with Los Angeles family and birth photographer Diana Hinek for Dear Birth

 I love the beach life in Southern California; particularly in Santa Monica, where the sunset sky is as diverse as the people who come to admire it. 

This family came all the way from Arizona to spend few days here. They booked a family session and the day we met, the sky surprised us with the most dramatic scenery.

 Nevertheless, they decided to enjoy their spectacular family session on a stormy day and even braved to play in the water. 

Spectacular Family session on a stormy day with Los Angeles family and birth photographer Diana Hinek for Dear Birth


I was really impressed by their motivation and fearless enthusiasm. Despite the freezing temperature of the Pacific, especially during the winter. They even changed their outfits so we could have some variety of images and looks.  The only thing that really put an end to our session, wasn’t so much the sun setting – as we eventually would run out of good light- but their sweet baby getting cold. 

I usually give some recommendation and tips about clothing for all my photography sessions – with the exception of birth,of course.

I remind my clients that the point of the session is to enhance their features and emotions and connection. So while it is important to choose the outfits for your photography session, they are not meant to be the primary focus of the session itself.

The main rule of thumb is that, you should aim to choose outfits that won’t make looking at your photos in 30 years from now, cringe (or laugh).
Once this spectacular family session on a stormy day over, Papa Bear, in particular, decided to sprint ahead of us and take baby to the car to keep him warm.

Color image of family of three kissing at the beach on a winter day in Santa Monica during a spectacular family session on a stormy day as photographed by Los Angeles Santa Monica family Photographer Diana Hinek

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