Hello and thank you for stopping by my website! My name is Larissa Block and I am a photographer in Los Angeles. To give you a little background, I grew up in LA (Glendale and La Cañada to be exact) then I moved to Santa Barbara to attend college at UCSB. My junior year of college I studied abroad, a semester in Italy and a semester in France (unbelievable experience!) While living in Italy, I took my first photography class and was completely hooked on taking pictures. After graduating from UCSB, I attended Brooks Institute of Photography from 2000-2003 and earned a second Bachelor's Degree. After graduation, I moved to New York to be a photo assistant and learn the business side of photography. In March of 2005, I returned to Los Angeles where I started my photography career focusing on celebrity and musician portrait photography for magazine editorials. While struggling to make ends meet as I began my photographic journey in the working world, I started shooting families and babies on the side and quickly realized that I had found my true passion.

Fast forward 21 years (man, time flies!) and I am happily married to an incredible man who loves that I have followed my creative passion. I am a mom of two awesome teens, ages 13 & 15, who bring such joy to my life. I love the beach, I'm hooked on coffee and I live in the valley, though I travel all over Southern California for work.

There are so many aspects I adore about being a photographer. I truly enjoy working with kids of all ages and getting to watch them grow up through the years. I love that each day and every shoot is a new adventure and leads me in a new direction creatively. I also love meeting and getting to know new families! It is a wonderful victory when children show me their true colors and I get to freeze those moments forever. Sweet, silly, energetic, timid and everything in-between, this is the essence of childhood and exactly what I strive to capture on every photo session. Since becoming a parent, I have learned to appreciate the little things- a sweet expression, a loving touch, a glance that speaks volumes. These are the moments that mean so much and are captured to enjoy for years to come!