Category Archives: Portraits

Portrait photography by ChristanP Photography

Corey, Melanie and baby Jackson Gregory [San Luis Obispo, CA]

This post is a massive change in gears from the norm because I, Allegra–Christan’s Wife–have hyjacked his blog to share a moment of our life from this weekend with our friends. Back in spring, I got a phone call from one of my dear friends telling me she believed she was pregnant. Soon after, it...

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Robert, Anjali and baby [Avila Beach, CA]

This is the first time I have ventured into doing a maternity shoot– at least one that was not of my wife. It brought me back to the moments of excitement and nervous anticipation that was to come as my wife and I waited for our son’s arrival. Photographing them allowed me to relive that...

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Greg – Senior Portrait [Avila Beach]

No matter what stage you are in life, it’s easy to look at the past and see how much easier “this or that” would have been if only you knew then what you know now. As Greg and I drove around San Luis Obispo, I found myself turning back the clock to when I was...

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Mason – Senior Portrait [Morro Bay, CA]

When we are younger, all we want to be is older. In youth we dream of getting our license and then going off to college. Milestones. Mason is the age I wish I could be again—the age I feel but the age my body reminds me that I am not. A senior in high school...

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