Category Archives: Sneak Peeks

Baby Photography | Los Angeles Photographer

It’s a New Year … And this little, precious, one wants to remind us just how loved we all are. Wherever you are, whatever you’re striving for, trust that it’s never too late to go back to the beginning. To start anew. Believe that you, too, can be free of fear + full of wonder...

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Little Miss Thang {Sneak Peak Kennedy}

“People who say they sleep like a baby, usually don’t have one.” ~ Leo J. Burk ~ What happens when you mix a 6’8″ stud with a curly haired goddess? You get one dynamite kiddo; you get Little Miss Kennedy! Just about the smiliest baby around, Kennedy will cause you to stop and stare …...

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Vintage Wedding Photography: Jamie + Jordan

I have only six words … I adore this gorgeous, goddess bride. TWEET ME! “On my wedding day, I choose Love over Fear for tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.”  ~ Karen

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Heather Stewart – Indie Bohemian Vintage Photography

Talent to Watch: Heather Stewart Today’s post is an extra special treat for me. It highlights everything I swoon and strive for in my own artist life: :: vulnerability, strength, and raw unapologetic truth, :: indie bohemian style, eclectic global details, texture, :: vision boards, handwritten journals, postcards, passports, :: wide open spaces, intimate home...

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Vintage Wedding Photography {Photo Booth}

Life with The Hot Dreadman {aka my man}. This past weekend, Dreads and I took a meditative long drive up the coast to visit our favorite Berkeley, CA crew. Our friends, Jaime + Jordan, shared their vows in an intimate garden wedding which struck such a chord with all of us, leaving me laughing through...

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The Knotty Bride, Backyard Vintage Wedding, Ryan Gosling!

Truth be told — getting published on the top wedding blog, The Knotty Bride, is pretty much bizbomb. Having a Ryan Gosling music video as its soundtrack? Priceless. Peeps, this is a must watch. Go. Run. Swoon. {see A+G  and  the hotness that is Gosling} Go here. CURIOUS ABOUT SHOOTING? Engaged? Getting married? Obsessed with all...

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Beach Photography Los Angeles {Dr. Jennifer Chrisman}

Love Your Truth. The Good, Bad, & Ugly. We’ve all been there. :: We hear the whisper, :: We feel the pull, :: We see the writing on the wall. And then we run like Hell from that {know-it-all} inner diva who dares to call herself the Truth. Humph! What does she know anyway? Turns out, a lot! After...

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Vintage Wedding Photography: The Los Angeles Times

It’s a good Sunday when your … photography + past happy clients are featured in the LA Times! You gotta love when random awesomeness falls out of the sky! Last week, The LA Times contacted me about wanting to feature one of my wedding clients for a profile article on … California Newlyweds, Latest Bridal...

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Top Maternity Baby Photography Los Angeles

“It gets late early out there.” ~ Yogi Berra ~ I’ll admit it. I freaking LOVE my job. Can you blame me? Check out a feature testimonial on The Bump. _________________________________ Photographer and Women’s Motivational Speaker Karen Christensen, Owner of The Legacy Boutique in Los Angeles, is commissioned to shoot Weddings, Heirloom Maternity/Newborn Portraiture, Boudoir, Headshots, and Commercial Clients throughout California,...

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Annie Hall Inspiration: Fashion Photography

“It’s beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart.” ~Unknown~ Meet Latoya Hawthorne, the Jamaican model I’m proud to now call my new friend. Represented by Otto models out of Newport Beach, expect great things from this woman. Having overcome tremendous adversity in her life, Latti, as she is known to many, lives...

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Lifestyle Headshots in LA {Meet Leona Mizrahi}

When yoga + green smoothies ain’t enough … Call on your new fierce firecracker, and my dear friend, Leona Mizrahi, for some radical + practical tools to reclaim your spark. We all know that woman, right? The one who walks into any room, lights it up in a nano second, laughs the longest, stands the tallest,...

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Vintage Wedding Photography {Mosey + Patrick}

Congrats to my new pals, Mosey + Patrick! I want to send a HUGE shout out of love + appreciation to this sweet couple and to their 14 {that’s right, 14!!!} unbelievably fun bridal party attendants! Truly, it’s your warmth and your easy going nature, with your deep love for one another, that makes photographing...

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Vintage Beach Engagement Photos {Ellen + David}

“You give me Love, Love, Love” ~ Michael Buble ~ It’s almost HERE! I cannot wait to photograph the wedding of Ellen + David, at the fabulous Stone Manor Estate in Malibu! WHOO-HOO! WEDDING  SNEAK PEEK  COMING SOON … ________________________________________________________________________________ All Photographs Copyright Photographer Karen Christensen at The Legacy Boutique in Los Angeles. Karen is...

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ILOVEME {Gabrielle Bernstein, Bodyheart, Christine Arylo}

In case you missed ILOVEME, Watch This: {Click the video below} This Valentine’s Season I’ve been blessed with much, much love. The Hot Dreadman, Baby the Cat, Friends, Family, Clients, even 2 neighbors rocking my world with German Chocolate cake recipes and TRX workouts {Funny combo, agreed} — and I’m lovin life! What’s more? All...

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Destination Wedding Photography {Cabo, Mexico}

“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” ~ Mignon McLaughlin, Journilist and Author ~ Such a marriage would be easy if your life partner was Jodi or Mike. Lucky for the newly wedded couple, they’d be hard pressed not to find something to fall in love with these days....

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