Lisa was nervous about this shoot because she said it took her 6 months to convince that teenage handsome son of hers above to even

consider the idea of family portraits. After many emails back and forth and our phone consultation, I was a little nervous myself!

She said he really didn’t want to go AT ALL! I expected the worst. I expected to be totally ignored, disrespected and pictured lots of

moments with rolled eyes at me. Boy was I completely wrong and so pleasently surprised!

Both Lisa’s kids were so respectful and sweet, and you would never guess her son was anti-photos at all!

He was awesome! And such a natural!

Here is one of my favs of him and his sweet mama.

I know my boys will be teens one day too, and I hope I get photos of us like this.

When you are a mom, it doesn’t matter if your boys are turning into men and are growing taller than you,

you will always be their mom.

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Here is her adorable daughter, who was just such a sweetie to work with too!

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The G family wasn’t too familiar with Ojai, so I had lots of fun walking around with them

and showing them some our our best known hidden treasures.

(PS. Lisa said she wanted a little bit of an edgy look in her photos, so I had fun processing :) )

Here is a glimpse of some of our fun together…

Thanks again G family!

Lisa, you are such a great mom and have such a great family!

I enjoyed our session together!

xoxo Shell