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Royal Announcements

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Personal brands are more important than ever. Whether you’re an entrepreneur or an expert in your chosen industry, a personal brand can paint you in a whole new light. There is a multitude of ways to build and grow your brand online. However, it’s competitive out there, which means you really need to stand out […]

Business, Personal Branding

Personal Brand Mistakes That Could Be Slowing Your Success

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Your girl is tired lol. As I’m writing this, I have just wrapped up a “flying dresses in the desert” photoshoot. This photoshoot has been in the works for a while. If you have read one of my previous posts, I discuss my love of flying dresses and talk about my first run with these […]

Portraits

Flying Dresses in the Desert

San Diego Portrait Photographer - Flying Dress
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If you know me, I love being a bit extra in my photos lol. I love colors and flowy clothing. Enter the colorful flying dresses (aka Santorini dresses). I actually first discovered these awesome dresses when a photog friend of mine mentioned them to me and fell in love with these dresses. I love how […]

Portraits

Flying Dresses and Sunset Cliffs

San Diego Portrait Photographer
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So I had the pleasure of photographing the Blue Heart Foundation‘s 2021 graduating class a few weeks ago. According to their website, “[t]he Blue Heart Foundation offers a solid holistic mentoring program through adult and peer mentorship, that facilitates positive interactions, education, empowerment and emotional well being that is a critical part of their lives.” […]

Portraits

Blue Heart Foundation’s 2021 Graduating Class

San Diego Portrait Photographer
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Being pregnant is such an exciting and overwhelming time in your life, especially if it’s your first child. You want to do everything just right. However, you may not even know what to expect as your body changes to support this precious little life growing inside you. That is why I wanted to share this […]

Maternity

Pregnancy Timeline by Trimester

San Diego Maternity Photographer
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So I had the pleasure of doing a North Park photoshoot with local model, Alexander Simone. I actually met Alexander through Instagram. We ended up meeting on Sunday hence the Sunday Funday title lol. I’ve shot in the North Park neighborhood a few times so when I went this time, we photographed at some of […]

Portraits

North Park Photoshoot Sunday Funday

San Diego Portrait Photographer
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So I had the privilege of photographing this amazing family back in February for a family photoshoot. When I tell you this family came ready to slay…bay-bay…READY TO SLAY. The mom actually found me on Google (yay SEO seems to be working lol). We communicated back and forth and she told me of her awesome […]

Portraits

Family Photoshoot – All White Everything

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Who’s ready for a luxury maternity experience? I am so excited to now offer a luxury experience to my clients. I know you’re probably thinking, awesome…a luxury photography experience…what exactly does that mean? I’m so glad you asked lol. So on top of my normal fantastic service (yes, I’m tooting my own horn a little […]

Maternity, Portraits

Luxury Maternity Experience

San Diego Maternity Photographer
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Happy first Thursday in March! We are finally starting to leave winter and slowly start heading into spring. In order to get ready for spring, I want to talk about how I plan to attack my spring cleaning for my business. I think spring cleaning for business is so important because it helps me stay […]

Business

Spring Cleaning for my Photography Business

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What is a day in the life of Black Queen Photography you may ask? In a previous blog post, I wrote about how I balanced my 9-to-5, my small business, and family. So I wanted to share with y’all how a day in my life goes down during the week. Wake up around 4:30 AM. […]

Business

Day in the Life of Black Queen Photography

San Diego Personal Brand Photographer

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