Looking for a Guam Photographer for your maternity session? I'd love to work with you!  Contact me at lisavelezphotos@gmail.com or visit my website: www.lisavelezphotography.com

Looking for a Guam Photographer? I'd love to work with you!  Contact me at lisavelezphotos@gmail.com or visit my website at www.lisavelezphotography.com

Looking for a Guam Newborn Photographer? I'd love to work with you and your little one!  Contact me at lisavelezphotos@gmail.com or on my website www.lisavelezphotography.com

The Mendez family holds a special place in my photography journey. We met almost 3 years ago at a command event and they've been in our lives ever since.  I've had the honor of capturing everything from birth announcement, maternity, newborn, and family photos over the years. One of my favorite things about being a photographer is being able to see families grow and I've been able to do this with the Mendez family.  Not only have I seen the Mendez family grow but they've helped me grow so much in my photography. 

Brittany always puts her trust in my location decisions. I had been eyeing a spot for what seemed like forever and of course, Britanny was game.  I was hoping for some beautiful sunlight but instead got rainy weather and gloomy skies, but it all worked out great.  

​I'm sad that their journey on Guam will be ending soon, but happy they will be moving closer to family. Our families have grown close over the years and this is truly one of the hardest things about military life. Leaving those you grow close to is never easy, but hopefully our paths will cross again in the future! 

I really am so grateful to the Mendez family. Brittany has played a huge part in making this photography vision of mine come together and it means more to me than she could possibly know.  Thank you Mendez family!  My family and I will miss you!!

Looking for a Guam Family Photographer? I'd love to work with you and your family!  Contact me at lisavelezphotos@gmail.com or on my website www.lisavelezphotography.com

I couldn't have been more happy when Gianna contacted me about family photos and explained what she envisioned for her session.  Trees, grass, sunlight...these three things should be easy enough for a photographer to find on Guam, right? I drove around the island to find the perfect spot. The perfect spot happened to be a random spot in the Guam hills. I was so happy that Gianna trusted me with this location. Not only was it everything we were looking for, but there were beautiful wild orchids everywhere! I drive by these hills all the time and never quite realized their beauty until I was preparing for this session. 
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We had the perfect spot. Now it was time for their session! I loved how they coordinated their outfits, and their little guy was the cutest in his bow tie and hat. After weeks of Guam's rainy weather, we finally had sun the entire day! It all worked out perfectly. Here are some of my favorites from the Santos family session!

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I love it when I get new newborn wraps, headbands, and outfits in the mail! As a Guam newborn photographer, sometimes it's difficult to get things sent here. So I was excited when all my new products arrived and I couldn't wait to try them out. Baby Mya was such a beautiful newborn baby girl. She was intent on not sleeping but that was alright with me. That just gave me extra time to rock her to sleep! One of the best perks of being a Guam newborn photographer is getting some time to rock babies to sleep. I think baby Mya was just really in love with her gorgeous momma and wanted to look at her all morning! After a few hours, we were able to get some beautiful photos of Mya and her beautiful little family. In the end, she was coziest in the arms of her parents and she fell fast asleep when it came time for family photos. I love capturing new parents with their babies. It's such a special time to photograph. Here are some of my favorites from this newborn session!

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When Yamira contacted me about family photos, I was excited when I heard she wanted a woodsy and mountain location. I had planned for two locations just minutes apart from each other, but the weather had different plans and unfortunately, we didn't make it to the mountain location.

Guam's weather can be pretty unpredictable and when it was raining on and off all day, I was getting really anxious. Yamira's husband was leaving 2 days later so we didn't have wiggle room to reschedule. Of course, minutes before they arrived, a giant black cloud rolled over the location. At that very moment, as I was jumping up and clearing branches out of of the way, my sandal broke. I had to do the entire session barefoot!! Lesson learned, no more sandals when I go on photo shoots!

As the session went on, I found out that they were Puerto Rican. My husband is also Puerto Rican and it made sense that I felt like I was around family. This session was so fun and comfortable. There was so much love between big sister Jadelyn and her little sister Karoleena. It was so great to be able to photograph this! At the end of the day, we were able to get beautiful photos and so many great moments were captured.

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About a year and a half ago I moved into my Guam studio in Hagatna.  This move has allowed me to grow so much.  It's fun to look back on where I started, back when I was working out of my own with natural light and to see how far I've come.  Here are some photos of my most recent newborn sessions.  

​Baby Vaeda was the first newborn to be photographed in my new Guam home. We had recently moved, and as a natural light photographer, I was excited to work with the natural light in my new space. 
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Baby Vaeda was 10 days new and made my job easy. She was was wide awake by the end of the session and once her momma told her this was her first modeling session, she perked up and looked right at the camera and smiled. It was the cutest! 

Newborns are so special and I love to keep sessions simple with the focus on baby. I really loved how this newborn session turned out and I am so grateful to have this wonderful family be the first to experience a newborn session in my new space!

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The Viramontes family moved to Guam a little over a year ago and are full of adventure. They’re a fun-loving family and I wanted to capture this in their photos. This was their first family photo session and I wanted to make sure it was beautiful. I found a spot with beautiful flame trees where the sun hit just right. I really loved the richness and beautiful colors we were going to get from this location!
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We had some challenges! Guam is pretty unpredictable when it comes to weather. It rained just before their family session and the grass was wet and itchy. We later had to deal with toads and finally had wild pigs running by!!

Ohhh....and the cute little puppy in their photos was rescued by our family and these guys decided to adopt her. Her name is Hazel and I'm so happy she found such a great home!!

And here are some photos of Hazel with her sisters the day after we rescued them! We ended up keeping the white puppy.  

Looking for a Guam family photographer?  Contact me at lisavelezphotos@gmail.com or visit  my website at www.lisavelezphotography.com