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Menlo Park Family Portraits: Brotherly love

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Friday, December 4 2015

You know what question I ask myself often as a parent: do my children get along? I have friends that have young children that are just so smitten with one another. So …. there for each other. My boys aren’t like that. They get along as often as they don’t. They play along nicely to the same degree as they can push each other’s buttons. It makes me wonder if they would chose one another if my husband and I were not there to enforce their bond. I’d like to think “Yes”, but the only relationship I can draw from is that with my sister. Like my sons we got along as well as the days that we didn’t. Now[…]See more from “Menlo Park Family Portraits: Brotherly love”

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San Carlos Baby Photos: A baby break

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Tuesday, December 1 2015

Amongst the midst of fall mini sessions I break for newborn baby photos. When R emailed me in the summer to let me know they were expecting, I was really excited for them. New babies just make me happy: so much love, and promise come with that little package. They’re light (remember I’m living with a five and a seven year old these days, and give piggy back rides more frequently than I care to admit, so a newborn in comparison is a feather-weight), and have tiny little squeaks of a cry. It’s cute! I know that too a newborn mom those cries feel piercing, but to me, being so far removed, they’re cute. Makes me nostalgic. Not so much[…]See more from “San Carlos Baby Photos: A baby break”

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San Mateo Child Photographer: Keeping up

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Monday, November 30 2015

I don’t know about you, but both of my kids reached a stage of their napping lives where they refused to go down in their own cribs/bed, but they needed a nap as to not turn into little devils come evening. This was what I refer to as the “drive around” period. I would strap them in their car-seat and then go on a drive. Usually within 10 minutes they were out. With #2, I perfected a drive going up the hill from our home, snaking through the San Carlos hills, and ending up by the San Carlos library. Little man was usually out about a mile in. Not awesome for the environment, for sure, and I’m not too proud[…]See more from “San Mateo Child Photographer: Keeping up”

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Palo Alto Mini Session Photographer: Back-up plan

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Sunday, November 29 2015

Planning for mini sessions this year has been interesting. Each mid-summer, when I sit down to figure out the session schedule plan I take into account: holidays, family/friend birthdays, travel schedule, and weather. Booking in the fall is always a risk. Yes, we’ve had quite a bit of a drought spell, which from a photographer perspective has been great, but with El Nino on the way, I’ve been careful not too over-book, and make sure I leave just enough room to accommodate a mini session re-schedule in case of rain. Sure, I have a covered back-up, but I consider that my 2nd back-up plan. You know the shift puzzle games, where you have one square open and use that to[…]See more from “Palo Alto Mini Session Photographer: Back-up plan”

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Belmont Mini Session Photographer: Go with the fire hydrant

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Saturday, November 28 2015

I vividly remember the holiday photo session I had for my family when our oldest was 4 and youngest was 2. The 4 year old? Not so much into photos. A family portrait of everyone looking at the camera? Not that year! The closest we got to having all 4 of us in the frame was when my husband and I doled out Oreo cookies and we had two mini sharks going for the cream filled, round cookie goodness. The two kids together in a shot alone? Didn’t happen. Still, it was a great session, and I love every photo. Why am I bringing this up? Because as a mom on the other side of the camera, I totally get[…]See more from “Belmont Mini Session Photographer: Go with the fire hydrant”

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