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.

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

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...

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...

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...

I didn't know it until the shoot started, but I had front row seats to the best circus in town! Jen and Baelson brought their little...

All children of the 80s know who Mr. Snuffleupagus (snuff-ul-up-uh-gus) is. He was Big Bird's friend who would always disappear when...

You know the kind of people that just being around them makes you smile? This family is that way for me. I didn't even realize how much...

{Read this stellar poetry like you would the famous children's book, Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown...if you want to. I mean,...

Tree climbing, rock stacking, stick fishing, pine cone throwing, branch baton twirling... These are just some of the activities Aurora...

I once spoke to a wise woman who related relationships to gardens. You have to tend to it regularly, even when you're tired or "too...