As a Bay Area Family Photographer, I love surprise sessions! I love to brainstorm with clients to create the perfect surprise session for friends and family. In this case, her best friend surprised her with a family session just a few weeks before her third daughter was born. A baby shower was thrown at Metro Lafayette with …
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This fantastic family wanted some family portraits of the eight of them all together before sending their daughter off on a two year church proselyting mission. I know all too well that once those chicks grow up and start leaving the nest, it’s hard to gather them all together again, especially for a family portrait. The session was …
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I’ve been intrigued by underwater photography lately and have played around a little bit with a point and shoot camera in the pool. But when we were getting ready for our trip to Maui for Spring Break this year, I decided last minute to rent a housing unit for my DSLR. Thanks to Borrowlenses, I …
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As a Danville CA High School Senior Photographer, timing is pretty important when choosing a location. This awesome young woman chose the most beautiful time of year, here in Danville CA, for her High School Senior Session with me. The hills were an emerald green and the trees were just starting to bud. Already that gorgeous …
I had the opportunity to shoot a spring spread for Active Family Magazine last month. My favorite part of commercial photography is collaborating with a team to create a concept. This mother and daughter duo was fabulous all day despite numerous wardrobe changes and unseasonably warm weather here in the Bay Area. Stylist: Jeneffer Jones Punjani …
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I wrote this article for The Bloom Forum blog last month. I feel very passionate about it and wanted to post it here on my own blog as well. Older kids and Mom’s camera don’t always coexist peacefully but I’m here to tell you that you can foster a peaceful relationship between them … and you should! Read …
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It’s hard to believe these two are turning a year already! It seems like I was just at their home for their newborn session. I met them at my Danville studio for a quick session because, you know, quick is about as long as twin one year-olds will cooperate for a photo session. Dressed in pink satin …
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Never Give Up Parenting is hard. There’s no way around it. You think once they grow up and become independent, your worries diminish. Not so. The older my kids get, the trickier it gets to parent them. You want to do it right. You want your kids to be happy. This past year has been …
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Fog. One of my favorite things about living in the Bay Area.
So fun to see some of my favorite people every year for my Annual Mini Session Event. This is my favorite way to wrap up 2014 so I can create Christmas for my family. Here are a few of my favorites from some of the sessions.
What is probably obvious from these images is that these guys have so much fun together, all belong in a magazine, and are crazy about each other. What may not be as obvious is that it was about 95 degrees out as we were pretending that it was sweater weather. But luckily nobody really cared …
Meet Ryan, SRVHS Senior Class President, Baseball Team Captain, Eagle Scout, Best Dressed of his class, and heading off to BYU in the fall. I remember listening to this kid chatting away to my daughter when they were 3 year-olds sitting next to each other in their car seats while we were driving through the McDonald’s …