The Valencia Family - Carlsbad, Ca

Every couple of weeks or so my wife and I take our son on a hike at Hosp Grove in Carlsbad. It’s a cool park to goes hiking in that has lots of hills and a ton of trees. Growing up in Southern California I’ve always loved tree groves and forests because they are so rare. Every time we would go hiking I kept thinking how great of a location it would be for family photos. I finally came across a family that was interested in outdoor family photos and they said they were up for doing it at Hosp Grove. It turned out to be a perfect backdrop for photos with their daughter and brand new 2 week old baby. We captured some fun moments as well as really cute moments. From the beginning their daughter wasn’t really in the mood to sit down and take posed portraits. But once we let her stand up and interact with her parents she started having a good time which resulted in adorable family pics. I hope to be able to photograph their family again in the future as the little ones grow up!