These girls are growing up too fast! Photography by San Diego Family Photographer Jeni Bernatz

This weekend I got to shoot one of my favorite families! This mom gave me a great compliment when she told me "I am addicted to your pictures" , awww thanks! They are a great family and I have had the pleasure of doing many sessions with them over the last few years.

This weekend we had a session with Miss K who just turned 6 and her youngest Miss D who just turned 1. About a year ago I also got to do Miss D's newborn shoot, I cant wait to do a side by side of the progression! We also got to add a few of their other sister too, even though she just had her pictures done (its hard to resist the petticoats!)



Here is your sneak peak, there are some great shots from this session, I cannot wait to get to them all!!

Say "sassy 6 year old!"

Happy birthday big girl!!

Who's going to marry Luke Skywalker? Photography by San Diego Family Photographer Jeni Bernatz

what about Hans Solo? These girls kept me cracking up with their silly giggles when ever their parents asked these questions, they seem to {love} the Star Wars boys!!


Last night was such a fun night, playing with the N family at Balboa Park. We started early and had a great time with a couple clothing changes, and lots of laughs. This was a great session with the parents too- also willing to try anything and everything, even being super silly to get some great "real" smiles! We got some great shots of them playing, being silly and just natural wonder.


N family here is your sneak peaks for sissa, boobala, and all the other fun names!

and "D" family your sneak peak is coming soon!!

One more beautiful '09 Senior High School Senior Photography by Jeni Bernatz Photography San Diego

So.....meet Miss C. another beautiful senior from the class of '09. We had a blast going from open fields to really run down urban areas to get some fun grungy shots. She is very fun, and willing to try anything at all so we had a blast!

Check out her gorgeous hair, isnt it great? We have so many great shots from this session it is tough to pick any favorites at all!

Here is your sneak peak Miss C!

DSD Alpine Dance Academy Recital

So this weekend was the annual recital for DSD Alpine Dance Academy. The theme this year was Dancers at Work and it was an amazing show. I was able to photograph both the dress rehearsal on Friday night and both shows on Saturday. These dancers were amazing and did such an awesome job!!

They had kids in the Tiny Tot classes that start at 3 years old and the classes went all the way up to the adult classes which even have some Grandmas in them! The dances covered all types such as ballet, tap, hip hop, lyrical and production numbers. What a great performance!

It was very dark but we still got some great shots!

Here is a sneak peak, dancers your galleries will be ready in the next 2 weeks!

Kiwanis Magazine

Remeber a while back when I went on the shoot at Rady Childrens Hospital for the Kiwanis magazine? It was an article about Sue Cox, an amazing trauma nurse at Childrens hospital in San Diego. Well, in the mail this weekend I got the copies of the magazine with the picture from the shoot in it :)

There are 2 links to the online magazine, one with the article on Sue, and another that talks about the "behind the scenes" of the picture, its actually an amazing story!!

Here are the stories if you are interested!
http://66.29.197.80/magazine/0608champs.asp
http://66.29.197.80/magazine/0608story.asp

coming soon, previews from this weekends dance recital by DSD, Alpine Dance Academy!

Beautiful High School Senior High School Senior Photography by San Diego Senior Photographer Jeni Bernatz

Meet Miss J, she is going to be a senior this year and she is beautiful (can you even believe she is only 17??)! I had a great time shooting with her and could have done many more hours. She is so natural with her smiles and posing and willing to try anything, even laying in the middle of a cobblestone road to get the shot!



Here is a peak for Miss J and her family...more to follow!

The Little Red Head Book Cover Shoot

I had a great opportunity this weekend to head up to LA for a shoot to get the cover for the little red head book. I shot with another photographer from LA and we had a great time with about 13 little red heads.

While there I got to get a sneak peak at a sample of the book and it looks so awesome! There is so much fun information and great pictures in there (including my little K), I cant wait to see the real deal!

Here is a little sneak peak at some of the shots from this weekend, lots of fun!

East Coast Senior shoot Photography by San Diego Senior Phtographer Jeni Bernatz

Ok, so as promised, here is the first of the senior sessions from my trip to Virginia. We shot around Chesapeake, Norfolk, got lost somewhere past a place called stump lake, and found some awesome old deserted buildings, down in Ghent with some amazing historic buildings dating to the 1800's (yes that is amazing to me after so many years in San Diego!) and other places we found along the road.



Here is senior #1...

Back from Vacation....

Well we are home and we are tired!! This last week on the east coast was wonderful and very emotional. After 38 years my Dad retired from the Navy and the ceremony and parties that followed were just amazing. He is such a wonderful person, father and grandfather, and to see how many peole look up to him and respect him was so great to experience first hand.

The same weekend my "baby" brother graduated from Cape Henry Collegiate High School and that was almost equally emotional. It was great to have a mini family reunion as well as seeing family friends, some of whom I havnt seen since I was a little girl.

While in Virginia I was able to fit in a few sessions too, all of them high school seniors, and lots of fun in some very different than my normal locations. These sneak peaks will follow soon!

For now, here are some of my favorites from the retirement ceremony. Both of my sisters and my brother in law are active duty Navy and were a part of an emotional flag ceremony.