hi there! i’m Pilar

Your hopeless romantic, wanderer, wife, dog mom and coffee fanatic photographer

Pilar Cristi clr

After more than 10 years as an award winning fine art landscape photographer, I’ve taken the same fine art approach to portraiture in order to capture your beauty. Those moments in life that are intimate, raw, and empowering, by bringing out the confidence within you through my style of photography. I seek to capture, tasteful, timeless, romantic images in natural light.

My ocean view and sun drenched studio is located in Laguna Beach, where you will often feel that sea breeze coming in during your session! This amazing town is also home for my husband and I and our furry babies. Peanut, a terrier mix who holds my heart and takes over our bed, and Lucy who’s the cutest yorkie mix that runs the household! I was born and raised in Chile but I consider myself a California girl at heart. I love the beach and mountains equally. I love a little bit of everything, yet not too much of anything. Photography and travel are my passion. It does amazing things to my spirit. It calms, moves and humbles me, by experiencing cultures and awe inspiring landscapes. Keeping my curious brain satisfied.

As a teenager I was obsessed by the early 90s - black and white Guess jeans ads. Do you remember those? (if you’re old enough that is!) There was a mystique and cool factor surrounding these magazine ads lining all my bedroom walls. But there was more to them than sexy ads I was so drawn to. To me, they screamed confident, sensual, fun and adventurous women! Decades later, I want every woman that leaves my studio to feel that way. I have made it my mission to give everyday woman of all ages, shapes and sizes, a magazine model experience with portraits they can cherish forever by celebrating their femininity.

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