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Anyone that has had the opportunity to visit Santa Barbara, a beautiful seaside community on California’s central coast, knows that it is nothing short of paradise.  Being one of the fortunate few that called this paradise home  for nearly a decade, I often reflect back on all the splendor that makes The American Riviera so captivating and what it is that I miss the most?  300 hundred days of sunshine, miles of gorgeous beaches, acres of sun soaked vineyards; all contenders but none are top of the list.  The clear winner, by a substantial margin, is the close friends I left behind!

I recently returned to Santa Barbara for the first time in over a year and before we commenced with the “catching up” festivities at one of our favorite ocean front watering holes, I spent some time with Debbie, Bill and their beautiful daughter Nikki at the beach capturing these family portraits!  Having lost the luxury of regularly spending quality time together, as we often did, this portrait session was that much more special for me!