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Bay Area Family Photography: Biggest fans

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Wednesday, January 7 2015

These two are some of the biggest Bay Area sports fans I know. They love the Giants and the 49ers with open hearts. Last year when I photographed their family we had planned to do at least one family portrait in their sports jerseys. We had a blast of a session, and time ran out before we got to it. I kicked myself for awhile afterward, so this year I swore I wouldn’t let that happen again… and we started with the sports gear. This mini session was my last of the day at the San Jose City College campus. It rained so hard that morning: even my first session of the day got rained out, so we hid under[…]See more from “Bay Area Family Photography: Biggest fans”

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Bay Area Family Portraits: Just being a kid

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Saturday, January 3 2015

This family portraits session was part of my foggy mini session event in Sam Mateo last fall. Our Bay Area weather can be so unpredictable, but I love the different textures and colors that we get that way. It means that every session is a little different even if done at the same place, same time of day. My only request for the sun, though, is that it sets its mind and goes with it: all overcast or all sunny are fine with me. Even starting overcast and gradually transitioning to sunny (or vice versa) are good here. I’m just not a special fan of the peek-a-boo games the sun wants to play behind clouds: then my shutter controlling finger[…]See more from “Bay Area Family Portraits: Just being a kid”

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Belmont Photography: Ooops!

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Tuesday, December 30 2014

Kids come in all sizes and attitudes: it’s part of what makes family photography fun and it’s what gives each session a unique feel. This little man keeps blowing my mind though — it’s not the first time he’s appeared in front of my lens, and each time he comes with an incredibly sweet attitude, ready to get down for my camera… down to the cheesy grins. I don’t know what P and J do to 1) have such an awesome kid; 2) get him ready for our sessions, because whatever it is: I want some of that for MY family. A day before we met, I had to call J on the phone and ask him to move up[…]See more from “Belmont Photography: Ooops!”

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Los Altos Family Photography: Yeah, yeah, yeah!

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Friday, December 26 2014

Do you ever have a moment where you turn on the radio and the song playing describes exactly how you feel? Well, that happened to me when I started my car after my family photography session with these guys. My Pandora radio station kicked off “Mercy” by Duffy. The “Yeah, yeah, yeah” running in my mind was now also echoed by my speakers. Come see why… I love photographing these guys. I have been every year since E was born, and it’s great! Last time we had an awesome afternoon at Grant San Francisquito Creek in Palo Alto, and this year was no exception. We met at Foothill College in Los Altos. I’ve been making my way through some of[…]See more from “Los Altos Family Photography: Yeah, yeah, yeah!”

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Menlo Park Mini Session Photographer: Double the awesome

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Monday, December 22 2014

Hopefully your head is not spinning from the bouncing around from session locations yet. There is a reason I’m doing this. It is purposeful: in big part not to bore you with the same location a whole bunch in a row. This post wraps up my Menlo Park mini sessions at El Palo Alto Park. It was an awesome one that I’ve been waiting at the edge of patience to share with you. It’s finally time! It feels like 2014 has been a year of twins for me. I don’t know how it happened, but I’ll take it! I got to witness the birth of twins, photograph their newborn session, then two sets of twin siblings over summer for There[…]See more from “Menlo Park Mini Session Photographer: Double the awesome”

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