date: sunday, august 21st from 10am until 5pm location: private residence in thousand oaks, ca
to attend: you must email us (wildflowersphotography@yahoo.com) for the address of the private sale. thanks so much!!!
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one of the most lovely and relaxed family sessions i have photographed i do believe. it was natural and it showed exactly the way they live their happy life as a family every single day. playing at home, riding their bikes, skating at the beach and a whole lot of cuddling in the sand…
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I LOVE these photos! I want to be as fun as this family looks! 
Fantastic photos, as always!
I love, love your work! As always, amazing like the rest and the ones you haven’t taken yet . These photos remind me one of the many reasons why I love L.A.
New fan here! Your work takes photography to a whole new level — These family photos are amazing!
Every time I look at your photography, I get a peace that comes over me. Beautiful and unique as always…you inspire me:)
these are SOOOOO AWESOME…love every single one!!!!!!:)
I LOVE this session! It reminds me so much of my own family. My husband & I visited Venice Beach last September and shortly after returning back home {Santa Rosa Beach, FL}, we have opened up a skateshop! My husband longboards and we have a 2.5 yo son named Jack who LOVES to skateboard/ride his daddy’s board! We plan to visit the area again this year! I would love to book a session with you! {we are debating bringing Jack, but either way, it would be awesome!} {oh, & I am a photographer too!}
Great work!!!!
Just love the color of your pics…BEAUTIFUL!!!
J’adore, suis complétement fan!!
Just beautiful – your work is so inspiring.
your work is so gorgeous. i love the light airy feel of these photos. beautiful family.
you really captured the fun in that family. awwww venice beach…now i wanna go!
i love everything about this shoot! great family and adorable boy. looks like you captured there love beautifully.
This may be my very favorite family shoot ever, and I am ultra photo blogstalker.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful work!
Your photos inspire me to be a better photographer. These are gorgeous!
I think this might be my favorite EVER!!!
You blow me away. Absolutely amazing session, I love every image. What an incredible family and what gorgie images!
wow, these are all amazing! how will they ever decide!? this might be my favorite of all of your family shoots! if i were them, i’d put every last one on canvas and wallpaper their home. beautiful lucky family! xoxo
these are so great! Awesome!
gah, the one where he is zipping up his hoodie. gorgeous and a perfect capture of a little boy stage. beautiful!
i was over the moon to hear that rosalie and arthur would be making the trek all the way from hong kong for this photo shoot! yowzers… so honored!!! i knew i was going to have to pick a jaw dropping location since they were coming from such a distance and i was so excited to get special approval to be able to shoot at the always dreamy calamigos ranch. rosalie and arthur had a wonderfully childlike vibe about them and were so giddy about the shoot that we were pretty much all giggling until the sun set behind the ferris wheel. :)
this session was extra fun for me as well because it was the first “official” portrait session donny (my handsome hubby) and i have photographed together! we have been co-shooting weddings together for years and he has always been our creative prop building extraordinaire but he is now on board full time! stay tuned for his official introduction to come. :)
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Beautiful. Just beautiful!!! Something seems a little different…processing? Did you change gear? Regardless, they are fantastic photos, as usual my dahling!
LOVE this session. My favs? The black + white one by the ferris wheel and then the one right below it.
These are so lovely! The Farris wheel is great and the vintage feel that you give all your photos is so amazing. You are such a wonderful artist Joy.
these are so beautiful! I just soooo love how you play with light!
P.S. LOVE the processing on these. The one with the trees is TDF!
Love Love Love the feel of this pics! You are amazing!
i super duper love that your husband shot this with you, what an amazing gift to have! ive been trying to talk my husband into it too, he loves to give me ideas beautiful session! you can almost hear her giggle my fave is the red trees with her looking back over his shoulder…
This is an amazing location!
These are amazing photos! I am sure they will love them. What a great honor to be able to fulfill their shoot!
Always amazing! very lucky to be able to use such a wonderful location!
They are adorable! I <3 them
Love this. My favorite is the image of them on the bridge looking back. Love the composition and the feel of it all!
AHH-Mazing! Seriously, always blow me away. GREAT job, and I LOVE shooting with my fiance
I love the carnival idea! such a cute engagement shoot!
These are so amazing! I love the color and lighting! Perfect!
this was the very first session at my workshop in julian, ca. i had planned for a sunshine filled morning, but instead, the most glorious thick blanket of fog rolled in and settled over all the apple trees! it created a much different backdrop than i had planned but one that was more beautiful than anything i could have crafted up so we just went with it. gabriella and naomi, our darling models, toughed it out in the cold and we were able to shoot for about a half hour thanks to a cozy blanket and their mama to cuddle them up and some fresh baked chocolate chip cookies. it just felt like pure wonder out there in the orchard… one of those magical things that happen only once in a very great while.
a few with mama…
* Headbands created by the lovely Christine at Benny Peacock Accessory Shop!
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Joy, your photos make the fog look beautiful!
LOVE this!
How lucky to have that fog blanket your orchard – it truly made for a magical session…absolutely lovely! I look at these images and feel cozy, like I want a cup of tea and a cozy blanket. 
These are absolutely stunning! Beautiful girls, beautiful mama and a beautiful backdrop! Love, love, love it. <3
Absolutely beautiful images from the inside out!
I’ve never seen fog look so good!
how beautiful. These are fantastic family shots.
My new favourite photos…just magical!
Seriously stunning! I wish I could have attended this workshop.
we will be having another “snap happy – a beginning photography workshop for parents” on saturday, august 6th, 2011 in thousand oaks, ca from 4:30pm til 7:30pm! we are about half full on registration and will be taking the remaining attendees on a first come, first serve basis. this workshop is geared towards parents that have a good camera but only keep it on auto mode… we will break you out of that box and teach you how to use your camera, your mind, your body and your creativity to their full potential! :) please read the flyer below for all of the details to make sure this workshop is a good fit for you. to register, please email us directly at wildflowersphotography@yahoo.com with the subject titled, “i’m snap happy”! also, this will be our last beginner’s workshop this year. thanks so much!
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I can’t wait!
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Sarah daly - Would love to come!!
Bek - I want to come!! Why do you live across the country?!
Jaymi - OMG, something I want to go to and its super close to my house AND I’m free that day!! I can’t believe it, I will be emailing you
Jen - I’m suddenly very sad that I live in the Sunshine State…would be so great to attend! Have a great sale!
Maioha - I want to come!! Why do you live across the other side of the planet!
christine olsen - oh my! do you think any of the items you will sell online?
nelou | {little.green.bird} - I second that!! I live in Germany… poo.
good luck on your sale
Amanda @ Ruffled - Oooh how I wish I lived on the West Coast!
Kelly Coulson - Oh how I wish I lived in CA right now so I could attend this sale. I just KNOW it’s going to be jam packed with all kinds of drool worthy goodies.
Stephanie - ah man!!! Too bad I live NO WHERE close to you! Want to do another one in September? Ill be in Cali on my honeymoon!!
Sarah - Oh I wish this was an online sale!