Lisa Whalen Photography Blog!

Happy 2009 everybody! One of my goals (I do goals, not resolutions. Resolutions are just ASKING to be broken, if you ask me!) is to actually start blogging on a regular basis. With that goal in mind, I'm posting my first official blog of '09 only two days after the shoot that inspired this blog. Shocking, indeed, considering I still have jobs from months back that are "in the cue" for some blogging...

So, without further ado, I bring you Aaron! Yes, those rosy cheeks and stunning eyes are all his - there are no Photoshop "enhancements" on those adorable little features of his at all, I promise!

We started out our shoot down in Carmel at a local cafe - the purpose being to grab some lunch prior to our shoot, although in reality it wound up becoming the first part of the day's photo session. I worked very hard to keep my elbows out of everyone's lunch, and managed to get some fun photos of Aaron entertaining himself while the adults chowed down.

After lunch we headed down to the beach. This proved to be a less than popular option with Aaron so we didn't stay for too long, but we managed to get some interesting images.

It wound up being a little too cold on the beach for Aaron to really enjoy himself, but even sans smile those compelling eyes of his kept tempting me to click my shutter.

The last part of our photo session was spent in the town of Carmel, and we capped the afternoon off with some amazingly good hot chocolate. (actually didn't taste like brown powder suspended in a cup of hot water, like most hot chocolate seems to these days) Aaron's quite the introspective little guy, and he just hung out and enjoyed people watching while the adults once again stuffed themselves with food items...

Here's a few more photos from the afternoon:

This next image is one of my absolute favorites from the day:

Thanks to Aaron, Mike and Maria for the opportunity to indulge my photographic obsession for an afternoon!