Merry Christmas 2012

Angela found a gorgeous set of Christmas cards online this fall - all designs made with things found near the sea: rope, shells, sticks, etc. They were made by a local photographer but they were expensive. That didn't matter, she had her own idea. We copy the idea, the theme, and make our own! So...

Off we went! The week before Thanksgiving we headed out to the beach, Venice Beach specifically, on a bright and sunny and cold Monday morning (Presidents' Day, in fact). We collected things to take with us, some rope from the garage, some Santa hats we'd used at the children's AIDS clinic last year, and I purchased some shells and starfish at a craft shop. We wrapped an empty box and used a 99 cent bow to decorate it and Voila! instant photography shoot props!

The day was sunny and crisp and perfect. We used the digital camera I got for Christmas last year (a little point and shoot) and our iPhones as back up. We took 146 pictures. Way more than necessary but it was perfect, we had a lot to pick from when we got home.

All in all the shoot lasted about an hour. We got sand everywhere, we laughed a lot and we even had several offers from fellow beachgoers to take our picture together which was very sweet (even though the photo we ended up using is one taken by me on my iPhone). A very good day. And a beautiful result, if I do say so myself. I'm so glad Angela had the idea and we were able to execute it easily and perfectly. So Merry Christmas from us to you!
xoxo