beautiful winter weather.

We've been spoiled here in the Bay Area with beautiful January weather!  Thank goodness....so I could have sessions like this!  It was a beautiful day.  Thanks to this sweet family for a lovely session.  I took Elijah pictures as a newborn.  You can see them here. Little Eli has grown so much and it was great to see them again!

amelie.



I love my clients.  They are just so good to me!  This lovely growing family first came to me for maternity pictures and then Amelie's newborn and now she's one year old!  Wow, does time fly.  It was so good to see them.  Nancy, I am in love with your style and LOVE the props you brought....SO CUTE!!!  btw people, Nancy made the tent and the cute black apple dolls...She's so talented!  I hope you enjoy these as much as I have:)

You can see more of this family here and here.

avonlea.

I loved this session!  Rose gardens, bubbles gorgeous sunset light, a pond, beautiful clothes, and a happy little baby girl!  Well, I guess not such a baby anymore.  Our little Avonlea is now one!  It's been a blast to watch this beauty grow:)
You can see more of her here, here, and here.

ben & amanda: Children East Bay Photographer

Amanda wanted her cat in one of her pics....I love that she loves her pet so much!







These two little sweethearts were so much fun!  Amanda was kick to photograph and knew just how to "work it"!  She had so much personality and spunk.  At one point, she got me giggling so hard, I could barely stop!  And Ben was so sweet and kind.  I loved capturing this age and their personalities.  They are awesome brother and sister.  At the end of the session Amanda asked if she could give me a hug!  It totally made my day:)  Thanks guys for a truly wonderful and FUN session!

I'm back!

Wow!  What a year so far.  I have completely neglected this poor blog...but let's face it, sometimes we just need a break from time to time!  I have gladly been focusing on my beautiful family and home and am very proud to announce that we have an addition coming into the family in July!  We couldn't be happier and are loving thinking of all kinds of names...It's amazing how opinionated my little four year is on what she likes and doesn't like as far as names go:)  Here's my munchkin at four at her bday party in November.  I am most inspired by real life raw unplanned/semi planned moments.  Granted I did ask her to come outside with me so I could take pictures of her, but I love her random expressions and her little (okay big!) personality shine through! (And I LOVE these in black and white!)

summer love

Love this shot.  No one looking, waiting for the wave, concentrating on having fun....These are my most favorite shots:)  In the moment....

Auntie Em

My beautiful sister and her husband moved to Pennsylvania a couple of weeks ago and before she left we decided to do a little photo shoot of her and my kiddies.  We went to a park near her house and had so much fun rolling around in the grass and playing!  I loved taking pictures of them and will miss her so much:)  I'm glad we captured some great moments together....

D Family

Boy was it a chilly day for this family. We found the perfect spot and the weather decided to be crazy. It was windy, and one minute it was sunny and then cloudy! It was a crazy blustery day, but we had fun and got some great shots! Hope you like them Tara...your girls are cuties :)

The youngest, Miss Jenna just turned one...so I thought a storyboard would be fun to celebrate being one!