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One Year Portrait Session in the Rose Garden

Once babies are just starting to walk - usually around one year - natural light photography sessions outdoor are a great choice. For little girls you can't beat a lovely garden for a beautiful background. In the Bay Area we have several great choices for Photography Sessions in Rose gardens including the Berkeley Rose Garden, the Oakland Rose Garden and several in San Jose.

I met Avena to photograph her in Oakland for her first portrait session! Avena is a clever, funny, charming little girl with a heart winning smile.  Here are some of my favorites from the session.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vineyard Grape Fairy - one year portrait session

One of my recent favorites from a one year session at the family vineyard in Livermore - tutus and grape vines were a great inspiration to create this vineyard grape fairy shot. Adding a vintage feel in post-processing worked well.

We also hauled a couch out to the vineyard (thanks Jim!) and had some fun family portraits with the couch outdoors as well.  Here is one from the front of their holiday card...

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Anna Myers joins Pippen Hill for Park St Customer Appreciation Day - October 17th in Alameda

Sign up for Holiday Specials with Alameda's Premier Baby and Children's Photographer Anna Myers at Pippen Hill on Saturday October 17th. Meet Anna and sign up for Super Holiday Specials available to Pippen Hill Customers First! You must come into Pippen Hill to get these specials...

Pippen Hill is located at 1356 Park St, Alameda, CA 94501-4542
Anna will be in the store from 10am to 5pm.
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Sign-up for Toys for Tots Studio Day on Saturday 11/14 : 15 minute studio sessions - great for the holidays! $50 session fee due at sign up which will be credited towards prints when you bring a new toy valued at $25 to the session for Toys for Tots 

Special on Fall Sessions - get on the calendar for a fall session to occur by 11/13 and get 20% off of fall session fees and 30 slimline holiday cards. Session fee must be paid in full at sign up.

10% off of gift certificates for Anna Myers Photography purchased at Customer Appreciation Day

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Newborn Portraits - Mom and Baby

When I photograph newborns I recommend the best time as 7 to 14 days of age for the optimal pictures of the baby. The baby is less fussy at this time, and also will have better skin as the baby acne has usually not set in yet. But! New Mom's can be less certain that is an ideal time for them to have a photography session as they just gave birth! Not to worry - I focus on showing the best features of the mom at that point - which is usually not the mid-section. Being that I am a mom myself, I have some experience as to how it feels (and looks!) to have just had a baby. However, my clients trust in my experience as a mom and  photographer to photograph them - and the results are beautiful. By focusing on capturing the closeness between mom and baby, and creating an environment where the mom can relax with her newborn - the beauty of the new mom just shines.  Here are some recent favorite mom and newborn baby portraits. 

Newborn Portraits - Baby Botanicals

I have been inspired by plant life lately - spending as much time as I can outdoors enjoying the summer. And I have brought some of the outdoors in to some newborn home studies - using plants and botanicals with the one week old babies.  Here are some of my favorites...

 

Laya's got the blues - 9 month baby portraits

Another great session with Laya - she is such a ham!  She is 9 1/2 months and a member of our Oh Baby! Club, so I get to photograph her every few months in her first year to capture all of her stages.   This little girl really loves the camera!  This image really captured my heart today...

Newborn Portrait - 9 days old

Meet Miss Chloe - 9 days old and already a diva! We had so much fun with this little newborn girl, even though she did poop right as we took this image...

Kate - Urban Toddler Portraits

Had a fun toddler portrait session with Kate exploring some newly found urban locations close to the studio. Here is a funky little video of some of the images...

Tattoo Maternity Follow-up - the babies are here!

Here are a couple of pics to follow up from my maternity tattoo session with the newborn sessions...

One from a newborn photography session in the studio...Meet Trulee

And this one done as a natural light newborn session in the home - Meet Carter and Isiah

Toddler Portrait Session in the Rose Garden

I have been so busy with family sessions this fall, I have fallen behind on my blogging!  This session was at a lovely fall location at the Berkeley Rose Garden. Madeline is 15 months old and *loves* her stuff animals - can you find the stuffed animal friend in the pictures below?  She is a multi-faceted charming toddler who was a treat to document with her family for some great bay area family portraits .
Here are some of my favorites...