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    • Family Portraits
    • Commercial Photography
    • Senior Portraits
    • Fashion and Editorial
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    Children’s Dance Photography Session at Lake Temescal, Oakland

    We recently had a fun photo shoot at Lake Temescal in Oakland with a young ballerina.  She’s been in dance classes for several years and had a great time dancing and posing her way through the park! It was a…

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    Road Trip!

    The end of the school year had us taking a few days off last week to drive down to Southern California to pick our son Avery up from his first year of college! Since we have a pretty busy summer…

  • Art and Creative Photography

    One Fairy, Four Versions

    I have been playing around with a “cloud fairy” for a while now. I have just about finished up the final version so that will be coming to you soon! For now though I just wanted to share this photo…

  • Art and Creative Photography

    2014 Acacia Fairy Photo Shoot

    First off, let me just say that I am thrilled about how this year’s “Acacia shoot” turned out. I hope you will agree that the photos turned out amazing! We met our model at a mutual friends wedding and immediately…

  • Art and Creative Photography,  Fashion,  Portraits

    First Peek Through The Branches

    It’s very exciting to report that the 2014 acacia shoot was fabulous! We met our model Thera  at a mutual friend’s wedding back in September and immediately knew she’d be a fantastic fairy type model. And, she makes her own…

  • Art and Creative Photography,  Fashion,  Portraits

    Acacia Excitement

    This past Sunday the stars aligned and the 2014 acacia shoot happened! This year was a little different as we did the shoot in my front yard with the tree as the back drop, where as in previous years branches…

  • Family Portraits

    Family Portraits at The Gardens at Lake Merritt – Oakland, CA Portrait Photography

    It’s really wonderful to work with a family over time and see how everyone grows, changes, and yet is still exactly the same over time. We met this lovely family last year, when there were only three of them, and…

  • Portraits

    Class of 2013 – San Francisco Bay Area Senior Portraits

    We always have the best time during our Senior Portrait sessions, so we’re really excited for the spring senior season.  Sure, the kids all ready had a session with their school photographer, but we find that those sessions don’t really…

  • Holidays

    Valentine’s Day at the Burlington Hotel

    We could not have asked for a better Valentine’s Day than we had at Port Costa’s Burlington Hotel. We took over the beautiful “Oh Kaye” room for a dress up photo set which was so much fun! It was a…

  • Portraits

    Mini Session with Bailey – Alameda, CA Portrait Photography

    Our son Avery is a budding actor and musician, so we are big believers in the performing arts. Working with performers, even when they’re young and still in training is always great. We recently had a fun little mini-session with…

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