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GETTING STARTED IN PHOTOGRAPHY: Starting a photography business can be both daunting AND naively easy if you don’t know what land mines to look out for. If you’re not careful, you can fail as fast as you begin. Rather than feel like you’re in the dark on what to do in your first year, or...
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Tags: Business Tips for Creatives, Free Creative Business Tips, Free Photo Tips for Photographers, Free Photography Tips, Free Photography Tips for Brides, Free Style Guide, Mentorship for Photographers, Photo Tips and Tricks, The Best Pro Camera Gear for Wedding Photographers, The Legacy Boutique Photography Coaching, The Legacy Boutique Photography Workshops, Top 10 Reasons to shoot First Looks, What to Wear
I am BEYOND thrilled to announce that our labor of love, the documentary feature film The Other Shore, will have its World Premiere at SXSW film festival this 2013. Less than 2% of all films submitted get into this prestigious {and RAD} film festival. So you can imagine our elation. We’re kicking off the good...
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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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For those of you who’ve been around these parts, or who’ve become a friend through a photo shoot or coaching, you know how *hugely* hugely *hugely* important women’s advocacy is to me. It’s really what drives everything I try to do and create, both on + off camera. So when fellow creative entrepreneur, Katrina Padron,...
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Tags: A Giving Chance, Baby, Branding Photography, Business Makeover Contest, Child, Compassion International, Couples, Creative Entrepreneurs, Destination Weddings, Domestic Weddings, Engagement, Head Shots, Holiday Photo Contest, Karen Christensen, Katrina Padron, laura roeder, Lifestyle, Los Angeles headshots, Maternity, Model, Newborn, Photographer Karen Christensen, Portrait Photography, Portraiture, The Legacy Boutique, The Legacy Boutique photography studio, Top Editorial Photography, top los angeles photographers, Win a Dream Team Makeover Contest, Win FREE Headshots, Win FREE photo shoot
 “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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Tags: Baby, Child, Couples, Lifestyle, Mother's Day, Newborn, Photographer Karen Christensen, Portrait Photography, Portraiture, Studio, The Bump, The Legacy Boutique, The Legacy Boutique photography studio, Toddler
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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Tags: anthropologie wedding photographer, bohemian bride portraits, Couples, Destination Weddings, Domestic Weddings, Engagement, goddess bride, Lifestyle, Photographer Karen Christensen, Photography for Godess Brides, The Legacy Boutique, top los angeles photographers, top vintage wedding photography, TOP Wedding Photographer
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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Tags: Actor, Album Cover Photography, alex albrecht, Argentum Photo Lab, Bohemian Photography, Boudoir, Head Shots, Heather Stewart, Indie Photography music, Larry Moss, Lifestyle, Model, passport themed photography, Photographer Karen Christensen, Photographers Venice California, Portrait Photography, Portraiture, singer songwriter heather stewart, The Legacy Boutique photography studio, top los angeles photographers, Vintage Photography, Vintage Records Photography, What It Is, Zed Cards
Caine’s Arcade, Cardboard Challenge Sneak Peek … There are no words for the sweet glee and overwhelm I felt at this past Saturday’s live Cardboard Challenge event in Los Angeles, October 6th. Here’s a quickie, casual iphone sneak peek of me with Director Nirvan Mullick and little boss man Caine Monroy. The three of us...
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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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Tags: Couples, Destination Weddings, Domestic Weddings, Engagement, Lifestyle, Photographer Karen Christensen, Portrait Photography, The Legacy Boutique, top los angeles photographers, wedding photo booths, Weddings
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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Tags: Couples, Destination Weddings, Domestic Weddings, Engagement, Lifestyle, Photographer Karen Christensen, Portrait Photography, Portraiture, Rock the Dress, The Knotty Bride, The Legacy Boutique, The Legacy Boutique photography studio, top los angeles photographers, TOP Wedding Photographer, Weddings
CBS NEWS Kids + Cardboard Will Change The World It’s no secret. Since I was 19 years old, fresh off the plane from NH, I’ve been blessed to work on so many incredible creative projects here in Los Angeles. Producing for the Caine’s Arcade followup film, alongside the ridiculously talented producers/writers/directors Erin Heidenreich and Bristol...
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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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Tags: Actor, Argentum Photo Lab, Editorial Branding Photography, Head Shots, Lifestyle, lifestyle family photography, manhattan beach photography, Marketing Photography for Entrepreneurs, Model, Photographer Karen Christensen, photography venice beach, Portrait Photography, Professional, The Legacy Boutique photography studio, top los angeles photographers, Vintage Photography, Visual Branding, Women's Mentorship Coaching, Zed Cards
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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 “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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Tags: #1 Maternity Photography, All You Need is Love, babies photography, babies photography los angeles, Baby, baby photography, Child, Couples, Engagement, Lifestyle, lifestyle family photography, Maternity, maternity photography, Mother's Day, Newborn, Photographer Karen Christensen, Portrait Photography, Portraiture, Studio, The Bump, The Legacy Boutique photography studio, Toddler, Top Baby Photography, Women's Empowerment
 “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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Tags: 2 months(memoir), Annie Hall, Argentum Photo Lab, Baby, Boudoir, Cameron Thor, Child, commercial portraits, Couples, Destination Weddings, Domestic Weddings, editorial, Engagement, fashion, fashion photography los angeles, gabrielle bernstein, Head Shots, Larry Moss, latoya hawthorne, Lifestyle, Maternity, Model, Newborn, otto models, Photographer Karen Christensen, photography los angeles, Professional, Studio, The Bump, The Groundlings, The Legacy Boutique, Toddler, top LA cause-driven businesses, top la women's advocates, TOP Wedding Photographer, Vintage Photography, Weddings, Zed Cards
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