Welcome to the blog of Lisa Roah Photography.
Please excuse my website at the moment! (I am finishing the updating of my brand, and my site will be back shortly.)
I create natural, fun images of your children that you will treasure forever in my custom coffee table books, session albums, gallery wrapped canvases and wall portraits. I am located in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, and shoot mostly on location in the homes, parks, and beaches around Palos Verdes, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Playa Del Rey and Torrance.
I hope my blog helps you get to know me, my work, and my style. Please don't hesistate to leave me a comment or two! If you are interested in booking a session, please email me at lisa@lisaroah.com or call me at 310.980.4361. I am currently booking for January through March 2010.
I just had a bunch of session albums come in, and I actually remembered to take some photos before they left my house. These are only a few of many options for session albums.. 5×5 and 8×8 size in lots of fun colors! The ones shown are some of my more modern choices, in faux snakeskin and patent. I also have fabric and leather options for the session albums. Most clients order these with a title page and 29 images, but you can order them with as many or as little as you like.
A gorgeous little girl and a whole trunkload of clothes to play with, plus a great mom to hang out with – my idea of a wonderful afternoon! Her mom needed to get some headshots for her modeling agency, and I can see why Ford would want her. Journey – you are a delight, and I look forward to many more sessions with you and your family! Hope you think of our fun afternoon every time you play with your parasol. 
Happy early Valentine’s Day!
Call me by February 5th to get your Valentine’s Day wallets or cards! 8 wallet photos per order are $15. (Regularly $30) These are just a few of the fun Valentine’s Day designs. I recommend a small hole punch through them and then add a lollipop!
I adore Jack. This session I got him all to myself, as his brothers were at school. We wanted to make sure we captured the time before he starts crawling like a mad man. We scheduled this session just in time! It was cold and kind of windy, so we decided to do the session indoors for a change. I had fun using all the different furniture and backgrounds in their house.
We thoroughly enjoyed our winter break! I scheduled absolutely nothing. WOW. That is a first…. we slept late on a regular basis, went to the Getty Villa, National History Museum, CA Science Center, Malibu Pier, saw tons of movies, went for bike rides, read a ton of books… so nice! Not to mention that I cleaned out all our closets, took bags of stuff to Goodwill, scheduled dentist and doctor appointments for the new year, booked a family spring break vacation to Mexico and finished my personal photo books. I am now ready to dive into 2010!
I am putting my New Year’s Goals here so that I will be accountable for actually doing them. Last year I had way too many resolutions, and didn’t prioritize the important ones enough. This year, I am just making 2-3, and keeping it simple.
Personal –
1. Run 3 miles 3x a week. (With the goal of doing the Nike Half-Marathon in October.)
2. Spend more quality time with my husband.
3. Do our personal family photo books for 2009. (Yay! I just finished 2008!)
Business –
1. Finish my website and marketing materials.
2. Outsource/Hire someone to do my accounting and help with album design.
3. Finalize my client site for online proofing and payments.
During early December, I squeezed in a QUICK trip to Orlando to meet my dear friends’ new little baby boy. The Orlando weather didn’t get the memo – it was rainy for most of the time. The only time we had for the whole family to get in the photos, it was getting dark AND raining! Oh well. I got in lots of cuddles with Luke, and good play time with big brother Jake when he got home from school. Thanks you two for a wonderful time – can’t wait to come see you again!
Jake and I took advantage of the sun while the baby got fed…
Babies think I am funny. Case in point.
Meet Rita the love dog. Everywhere the baby went, she followed.
Hope you are all enjoying sleeping a little later, eating a little more, and loving on the kids before they go back to school! Mark and I took a spontaneous road trip to Malibu yesterday… J. Paul Getty Villa and Malibu Pier with the kids. Back to reality on Monday.
Happy Birthday to my husband.
The kids picked out a really tall thick tree this year – Derek loved it because the top was perfect for the star, but when we got it home, it wouldn’t even fit! We made it work – same with the fact that I apparently forgot that 2 light strands stopped working last year, and I didn’t replace them. By the time we were organized, we decided to just use with the remaining working light strand. OK, but not quite what I had in mind. This year, the tree was subtle and demure… wait until next year!
A few of our favorite ornaments… each year, I buy ornaments that have meaning for that year. This year, the year he discovered surfing, Mark got a surfboard ornament. Derek got a starfish, and Jason got a golf cart to remind us of our Dominican Republic trip.
This is the photo from our Christmas card this year – I had high hopes for an actual photo session with my boys while we were in the Dominican Republic, but they wanted absolutely no part of that. Luckily, while we were on vacation this summer on the Oregon coast, I saw this “Christmas wall” where the kids were very excited to take a photo. Always good to have back up plans.
Have a wonderful holiday! We have Christmas Eve at the in-laws, Christmas morning back at our house, and Christmas Day night at my parents. Lots of food to be consumed and presents to unwrap! 
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Check this out – you can make a video for the kids from Santa! My kids absolutely LOVED this!
by Lisa Roah
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