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Swami's Beach Family Portraits | San Diego Family Photographer

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Can I take a minute of your time? Allow me to introduce myself (or reintroduce myself to those that have been here for a while). I’m Kate, and I'm a photographer out of San Diego, CA. A super random fact about me is once I shared a water bottle

I didn't do any St. Patrick's Day photos this year, so I just picked the greenest photo in my queue to share with you today! We've never been huge St. Paddy's Day celebrators over here, but this year we are dying the milk green, finding some hidden c

This has been such a crazy week.... I can't help but think about where we all were this time last year. Many of us were leaving jobs to work from home for "a couple weeks." Schools were announcing closures, sports were cancelled, and travel

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2020 was a CRAZY year for weddings. I still feel so horrible for so many brides & grooms who had to cancel, change, or postpone th

Boys can be soooo hard to dress for shoots! I have one myself, and I know how limited we are on cute boy clothes without pictures of tractors or dinosaurs on them... hah! This family did great dressing their kiddo for family photos this past winter!

Sometimes when people think of "rustic" or open field locations, they assume they need to wear boots & flannel. While that look is amazing too, I absolutely LOVE doing formal photos in open field spots! There's something very "fine

I always try to end my shoots with a big group hug. And 9 times out of 10, that shot ends up being my favorite one from the whole shoot! Case in point.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I'm so excited to have beach shoots again this weekend! It's been awhile & while I don't LOVE the sand, I've gotta admit, the photos are always beautiful!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Kate Mills of Chasing Daylight Photography is a

San Diego family portrait & lifestyle photographer,

specializing in both posed & un-posed photos with a

photojournalistic style. Kate has been capturing authentic

family photos in a fun & relaxed way since 2009.

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