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Lifestyle/Maternity Session…

Saturday, July 10, 2010

I am falling in love with what is Hollywood Beach more and more each day. My family and I are living on the beach this summer until the end of August, and it’s been a transition for sure, but I know that my husband and I are going to look back on these three months as some of the most magical of our lives.

One of the reasons that I am falling in love more and more with Hollywood Beach is because I am shooting here all the time. Everyone who has grown up in South Florida has some memory of Hollywood Beach and when my clients step out onto that broadwalk for the first time in years, they are immediately taken back. The look has changed (thank god!), but the sights, the sounds, the smells, the people, the families are still there. They’re the same as they were when we were kids. This gorgeous soon to be mother of two, grew up in Miami Beach, but remembers that when her mother took her and her brother to the beach, they always came to Hollywood Beach. We even reminisced about the old pizza place that used to be just south of the bandshell (I can’t remember the name).

Marci is five weeks away from having a little girl. This little one has big shoes to fill. She has an adorable and charming big brother.

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Hollywood Beach Summer….

Friday, July 9, 2010

The Third Installment…….

I had a “lifestyle session” on the beach this evening, and my family was waiting for me on the Hollywood Broadwalk playground as I walked home. (A benefit of living on the beach and shooting on the beach is the commute.)

…a joyous sight indeed!…

Black and white really spoke to me tonight. It’s been speaking to me more and more. Which is a change.

We flew the kite again tonight.

But tonight, it was Lenny’s first time!

Her laughter is sunshine….gorgeous, beautiful, and warm.

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Summer on the Beach…The Second Installment

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

I haven’t been photographing my kids as much as I thought I would this summer, but as long as I’m getting images like the following, I’m all about quality over quantity.

My dad came over last week, one evening, and we went kite flying.

“Grandaddy’s here!”

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Sneak Peak…

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Another gorgeous family for a Lifestyle Session on Hollywood Beach!!!

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Hollywood Beach….A Lifestyle Session

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Let’s talk about wardrobe and family photography sessions on the beach. I 100% encourage clients to NOT wear all white on the beach. Especially all white and matching! I do this for a number of reasons, although the #1 most important reason is……IT’S BORING. I tell potential clients, “If you wouldn’t dress that way to go out to dinner, then please don’t dress that way for your family portraits.” It is my goal as a photographer not to just capture your family, but to capture true and genuine experiences, interactions, and emotions. To document the true essence of who your family is at that exact moment of time. In 20 years when you are looking back through your Session Album, I want you to remember how much fun you had that day…together. A Lifestyle Session on the beach, with me, is just that; a fun afternoon at the beach with the people you love most. You won’t have those memories if you’re all wearing matching outfits, standing stiffly as a group in front of the ocean saying, “Cheese.”

This is truly photography for the modern family.

Interested in a Lifestyle Session on Hollywood Beach???? courtney@courtney.com

Now, the only reason these cuties are wearing matching dresses is because they’re twins! xxoo

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A Baby Shower…

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

No details were spared for this gorgeous baby shower held Saturday at Steak 954 at the W Hotel on Ft. Lauderdale Beach. This mom is celebrating the arrival of a baby girl. With a toddler boy already at home, and a precious baby girl on the way, life can’t get any more perfect. Congratulations!!! I hope to meet baby Marlow when she arrives!

Venue: Steak 954 @ the W Hotel Ft. Lauderdale

Flowers: Flowers and Found Objects

Cake & custom cookies: We Take the Cake

As the guests were saying their final goodbyes, I couldn’t help myself but play around and capture some of the details of all the frilly girlie things!

Won’t Big Brother have lots of new things to play with and explore!

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Cafe Bambini

Monday, June 28, 2010

These adorable twins celebrated their second birthday surrounded by family and friends at Cafe Bambini in Aventura, Florida. Having two kids of my own, I’ve been to quite a few of these indoor play spaces. Cafe Bambini is a step ahead of the rest in its attention to detail! Gorgeous, open, clean, and beautiful. Not to mention the bank of floor to ceiling windows let in the most DELICIOUS natural light. I’d love to have a natural light studio space just like this!

Also, the super adorable cute tutu outfit worn by the birthday girl is another Pickle Juice custom design!

Cakes designed by Jenny of Pastry is Art.

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Family of the Month….

Monday, June 28, 2010

This gorgeous family is the courtney ortiz photography, first monthly drawing winner!!! If you’re in the downtown Hollywood area, stop by the studio, located inside the Haircut Hangout, and enter for your chance to become our “Family of the Month”. The “Family of the Month” receives a complimentary studio session, a 16×20 enlargement, and their picture in the Hollywood Gazette. So look out for the July issue of the Gazette.

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Heart Gallery of Broward County

Thursday, June 24, 2010

It was a cold day in January 2009, when I photographed Kassie for the Heart Gallery of Broward County. Tuesday, June 22, 2010, was gorgeous and warm when I was privileged to photograph her adoption.

Congratulations Scott Family!!

For more information on the Heart Gallery of Broward County click here.

It truly takes a village!

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Hollywood Gazette

Monday, June 21, 2010

Courtney Ortiz Photography along with the Hollywood Gazette is holding another cover contest for it’s July cover. Tuesday, June 22 (sorry for the short notice!) from 6:30-8:00 pm on Hollywood Beach at Fillmore Street. We’re looking for families that are ready to build sand castles together and swim in the sea. In other words…come beach ready! The winning family will have their picture on the July cover of the Hollywood Gazette and receive a 16×20 enlargement of the winning image.

The Hollywood Gazette is a locally owned and operated monthly magazine. Have it sent directly to your house. The subscription is FREE!!!! Click here to subscribe now!

Of course I can’t announce the second cover contest without posting images from the first! We had a wonderful morning at the Hollywood Arts Park. I sincere “thank you” to all who came out to play with us that day! It’s because the first one was such a success that we’re having it again! If you have any questions regarding tomorrow’s cover contest email courtney@courtneyortiz.com.

The winning image……

A few of my favorite images of the day! Hope to see you all out tomorrow!

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