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Sep 30

Written By Morning Owl Fine Art Photography San Diego CA

This deployed Marine dad returns home to his beautiful wife and baby girl for the first time. The anticipation of this moment and importance of this first meeting was so important we decided to do video, too.

Check out photos and a video of this Cpl meeting his newborn for the first time after being deployed in Africa with VMM-163 at the San Diego International Airport.

Lost in the moment.

Lets be real, this sweet family of three are clearly lost in the moment enjoying their firsts. Cpl seems to have a good handle on fatherhood already because it doesn’t take long for him to embrace his girls and enjoy his first (adorable!) father/daughter bonding moment.

Milestones, like these, are so important to capture.

I was so honored to be trusted in capturing this sweet reunion at the San Diego Airport. Welcome home VMM-163.

Bonus Note about Airport Homecomings.

Good things come to those who wait. After months at sea, your loved one will be thrilled to see you at the airport when they land. But no matter how special their homecoming is, it can’t compare with a professional airport photo session that captures the magic of this moment in time.

If you want an airport homecoming session, let me know right HERE!

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