This South Bay Lifestyle Family Photography session right before Thanksgiving made me pensive. I have THE BEST clients in the World (obvi!) I was reminded how much I love my business, watching my clients' children grow up, being in nature, and laughing til my stomach hurts!

You know the kind of person who lights up a room with their smile and gives off a rainbow aura that can be seen glowing on a grey day? Michele is that person to me! What's interesting is their family also wore grey as their coordinating color, but what stood out were the warm colors of their personalities!

It was the first time EVER little Caleb went to the beach and the first time since Bennett got over his disdain for sand. So, it was a big deal!

This Lifestyle Family Photoshoot in Los Gatos has all the feels: love, joy, gratitude, excitement, fun. It exemplifies what life is about.

It is a true honor to capture all chapters of a family's story, not just the happy milestones. I've watched babies grow into adults,...

Ahhh what's better than ending the week with a quiet afternoon walk around the lake with grazing deer, colorful ducks, countless singing...

The first time I met Danica, she was two years old. I still remember how she was hesitant yet curious about me at first. The photoshoot...

Every morning last week, fog greeted the coast. The fog was so thick that it was hard to see. Sometimes the fog had a tinge of color to...

This past Friday was Alan's 75th birthday (happy birthday, Alan!), so we had a photoshoot with his kids and grandkids who flew in from...

Derrell asked me a thought-provoking question right off the bat: Do you think people can be born with visible traits that stay with them...

Nestled between Thanksgiving and Christmas is the juxtaposition of colorful Autumn leaves and the cool Winter air brushed across a dark...

I had a challenging week of stress, little sleep, and feelings of depletion, but once I saw Julie and her family, I was a renewed...

When you have teens and only a few minutes for the photoshoot, what do you do? Go for a quick GHGH!  (I make up my own terms - teehee!)...

"Hope is not a resting place but a starting point - a cactus, not a cushion." by HJ Brown, Jr. This quote about cacti seemed like a...

You will be smitten too by this family who calls their kids "my dudes"! Check out this lifestyle family photoshoot in the East Bay.

Let's bring it back to the late 80s.... Joy and pain Like sunshine and rain That was the chorus to a popular song by Rob Base and DJ E-Z...

Don't laugh, but I am feeling like a Fortune Cookie writer today. Here goes... Nothing is Perfect, but some things are Ideal . This...

Photography is all about light. Without light, you cannot see color, texture, or shape. Similarly, people have light inside of us too. ...

For those of us who want to live a life of greatness , what if we found out it was attainable? {To me, that means a life that is...

This week is all about giving thanks (not just because of the Thanksgiving 'holiday'), and I have even more to be thankful for this year...