Kayla Maltese Photography

Kayla Maltese Photography Lifestyle Photo + Video

*I'm here for all of your photo + video needs: family, maternity & newborn, Life doesn't stop between sessions!

Whether you ended up here looking for some genuine storytelling goodness or you need portraits that won't reveal how truly awkward you feel in front of a camera, you're in the right place. My job is to make the act of documenting your family's wonderful life as painless as possible without sacrificing authenticity. All you have to do is show up!

*I'm here for all of your photo + video needs: fami

ly, maternity & newborn, birth, events, and branding. Your kids will keep doing awesome things and your family will keep celebrating milestones long after I've delivered your galleries. Let me help you make sure that the time between sessions is documented just as well.

*Learn how to use your camera in my online photography course while I turn your lonely video clips (yes, even the ones on your phone!) into keepsake films.

Phew. Getting ready to waste all day at the beach on this crisp 93° fall day. 🥵 (I will shut up about the weather when S...
09/07/2026

Phew. Getting ready to waste all day at the beach on this crisp 93° fall day. 🥵

(I will shut up about the weather when San Diego gets her act together and remembers why we all live here.)

I’ve been working on updating, revising, refreshing a lot of backend stuff lately and that means digging through my arch...
09/03/2026

I’ve been working on updating, revising, refreshing a lot of backend stuff lately and that means digging through my archives to replace 10 year old photos with 3 year old ones. Like these, our Christmas in Seoul.

I preach this s**t all day, every day, and I still get caught off guard when I see pictures from the not-so-distant past of my own kids. You mean to tell me Yara was really that small? Her hair that curly?? Literally impossible.

Take more photos. By any means necessary. I’m here if you need help.

“Mom, do you see how cute Echo is?”Apparently my kids love me so much that they want to give me updates on their lives e...
08/31/2026

“Mom, do you see how cute Echo is?”

Apparently my kids love me so much that they want to give me updates on their lives every 4 minutes… or ask for more snacks every 10. I told them if they see me at my computer, it means I’m working and they can put a note on my desk. They get to tell me or ask me what they need and my flow doesn’t get interrupted. (I’m not saying I have ADHD but it runs deep in my family.)

Being that she just started first grade and doesn’t have all of her words down pat yet, Yara decided to write the first letter of each word of whatever she wants to tell me. Which means I still have to stop what I’m doing to ask her what it says.😆

Edward, stop! You’re killing her.🧛🏻
08/29/2026

Edward, stop! You’re killing her.🧛🏻

You can still book a family session if your kids are all legally adults. I swear it’s allowed.
08/25/2026

You can still book a family session if your kids are all legally adults. I swear it’s allowed.

I got a walking pad and standing desk setup on Wednesday and accidentally walked 18,000 steps yesterday. Guys, I got SO ...
08/21/2026

I got a walking pad and standing desk setup on Wednesday and accidentally walked 18,000 steps yesterday. Guys, I got SO MUCH WORK DONE. I feel unstoppable right now.

I feeeel this. I spent all summer sleeping in and now I’m surprised that no amount of coffee is helping me wake up at 5a...
08/19/2026

I feeeel this. I spent all summer sleeping in and now I’m surprised that no amount of coffee is helping me wake up at 5am. Anyone else needing naps again with school back in session? 😴

Tell your dog I said hi!
08/15/2026

Tell your dog I said hi!

I spend half of my time at newborn sessions watching the parents and grandparents watch each other. Don’t you dare stare...
08/12/2026

I spend half of my time at newborn sessions watching the parents and grandparents watch each other. Don’t you dare stare lovingly at them because I will photograph it and it will be so sweet it’ll make you sick.

Somewhere during middle school kids start living their own lives and we stop being the center of their world. I’m here, ...
08/06/2026

Somewhere during middle school kids start living their own lives and we stop being the center of their world. I’m here, reporting from the other side, to say that if you play your cards right, they’ll come back and start inviting you in. It is in fact possible to have your teenage son want to talk to you about his girlfriend, to want to bring her along on every family outing. And it’s pretty dang cool when it happens. I like to think of it as my first major performance review as a parent (I’m getting a raise).

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