When you and your spouse are both turning the big 5-0 AND it’s your 20 year wedding anniversary AAAAND you adopted your first puppy, you have a Day-in-the-Life Photoshoot to capture your life as it is right now. It’s a way to celebrate as well as commemorate a big year! We started in Peter and Jenny’s kitchen with making shakes, cutting flowers, and playing with their pup.  It was a scorching hot afternoon, so the fruit shakes and watermelon smoothies were refreshing.  They p

Almost exactly 2 years ago, Caroline was born to The K Family.  However, Little Caroline is rarely called by her real name that one day, she will probably introduce herself to others as “Bear” or “Carebear”. Can you imagine the look on people’s faces?  “Hello.  My name is Bear.”  Heheheh, cute, right?!! Things were moving steadily for Bear as she learned new things and discovered her love of Art… until last week, Anna entered the World.  Now Bear has a sister! Oh, I can imagi

My list of interesting locations where I’ve had client photoshoots continues!  Click here to see Part 1. [Some of these images have my old logo as the watermark.  Sorry for the inconsistent branding in these 2 “Interesting Location” posts.  I don’t have the time to redo all of them with my new logo and thought you wouldn’t mind too much.  Thanks, guys!] Train Station Train stations are great photography locations when you are with kids who love them.  You can watch the trains

I believe you can have an incredible shoot anywhere.  What makes a successful shoot isn’t as much about being at a picturesque location as it is about having your subjects feel comfortable and relaxed….and of course, having great light. Most of the time, I don’t choose an atypical location right away because I realize my clients will probably think I’m kidding or worse, think I’m crazy.  Rather, my crazy/weird ideas usually come up during the shoot.  🙂 It usually happens whe

This morning’s San Francisco Bay Area newborn photography session was of baby Mica who gave her parents a little surprise:  arriving 2 weeks early! Since Mommy is a Geologist, it only makes sense that her name, Mica, is a mineral that sparkles!  How poetic and pretty. Little Miss Mica Look how alert Miss Mica is at only 6 days old! All the Details Capturing newborn details includes those teeny tiny feet, the wee little face, the itty bitty bum…. and even the dried umbilical c

My newborn photography session this afternoon was of a little bunny, Sophia, who was born on December 13, 2011 at 2:28am. Bunny Sophia According to the Chinese Zodiac, Sophia is born in the Year of the Rabbit. The Details I love how gently newborns close their eyes… I guess it’s because they’re dreaming about warm milk and cuddles! I also love baby shoulders and all their beautiful peach fuzz. This baby feet shot is especially sweet because Sophia was stretching at the time,

I had an impromptu mini model shoot today of soon-to-be famous Kelsey! Kelsey’s mom only needed one shot for an agency, and I intended on giving her three, but egad!  I just couldn’t narrow them down because Kelsey was soooo easy to photograph, so she got 14.  That’s almost three, right?! Here are a few of my favorites of Kelsey, taken on a sidewalk next to a parking lot and a street… Semi-Posed Well, the shot to the left is set-up, but the one on the right is all Kelsey!  I

Ava’s doctor came to our house today for her 1 week old check-up.  Dr Q drove 40 miles to see us.  Shocking, isn’t it?  How many doctors still make house calls? The second shocking thing about the check-up today is that Ava grew 2″ since birth!  Yep, two INCHES in a week!  That’s just crazy. #SanFranciscobabyphotography #naturallightbabyphotography #babyphotography #newbornphotography #naturallightchildrensphotography #BayAreanewbornphotography #BayAreaChildrensPhotography

Before I put ALL my holiday stuff away *sigh*, I thought I’d share some of the holiday cards I got from 2009 clients… It was really cool to open up these cards to see what masterpieces you had created with the images from your shoots with me! THANK YOU for thinking of me during the holiday season and thank you again for choosing me to be your photographer in 2009. From the sincerest place in my heart, I wish you the best in 2010. I have a lot of new things to introduce in 201

Being a successful child model takes more than just being attractive.  It takes a certain personality and demeanor and love of the camera. Both Callie (3 years old) and Ian (8 months old) could definitely be models! Gorgeous Smiles Ian and Callie were sooooo smiley.  As a photographer, I was in Heaven! Blue Polkadots This has gotta be one of my favorite photos from this photoshoot! Ian has these incredibly blue, perfectly round eyes, so when he laid down on his blue polkadot