Mica and Logan’s Long Beach Mid-Century Modern: A First Home Photoshoot

First homes are special. When you are celebrating a growing family at the same time, it just adds to the fun!

I felt honored to have been selected to do a documentary style, lifestyle family shoot at Mica and Logan’s recently remodeled mid-century modern home in Long Beach, California. Though I have to admit, I had an inside track. I had met Mica a number of years previously in the yoga studio where we both practiced and had connected because of the similarities of our lifestyles.

We shared a passion for movement and I remember being impressed with her strength and style. It’s no wonder, Mica is a former semi-pro athlete who now runs and teaches specific yoga techniques to up-and-coming athletes. She works to help them use yoga (and their breath) to find a calm, powerful way to enhance their athletic performance.

Mica’s husband, Logan is a custom cabinetmaker, carpenter, and all-around craftsman. He works with his father and grew up just down Highway 1 in Huntington Beach.

At the time, Mica and Logan were renting a small bungalow in Huntington Beach, close to his family and near Logan’s work.

When Mica reached out to me, they had just closed on their first home together. A stylish mid-century modern with “great bones” that they planned on remodeling themselves. Fortunately, Logan is a skilled craftsman with a lot of cool ideas how to give the home a fresh new look.  

Mica was more than happy being a mom to two young children and was enjoying the process of establishing herself as a yoga teacher and mentor to the next generation of high-level athletes.

Logan and Mica asked me to help document the story of their first new home together. At the same time they both knew how quickly children grow up.

It was happening right in front of their eyes. As a lifestyle family photographer, the chance to capture images of a their young, active family was icing on the cake.

Blending a passion for art, design and love for their family, this California family photoshoot was a dream opportunity for any photographer. To be able to do it for a close friend and her family was even more special.

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