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San Francisco Natural Light Newborn Portraits : Ishwar's Home Session

People ask me all the time when the best time is to photograph their newborn - and my answer is a firm "under 14 days". But for many new parents the first few weeks after the birth are a bit overwhelming and the thought of leaving home to come to the studio with a 10 day old baby can be daunting. No worries! I love to photograph newborns in the home using natural window light! Let me come to you! This newborn photography session in San Francisco with done in a cozy apartment with beautiful window light. Here are some of my favorites with this 12 day old baby...

Bay Area Children Urban Railroad Portraits : Finn and Delia down by the tracks

Now that the holiday rush is winding down, I finally have the chance to add some content to my blog!  I have had some great sessions in the past few months  - including this fun mini session with Finn and Delia down by the Railroad tracks.  Of course I choose non-operational railroad tracks, and then add a chair and some fun loving kids and sha-bang! We get some artsy, colorful, urban portraits capturing their personalities and their relationship.  I love the urban look for kids and their mom did a great job of choosing their clothes to create a coordinated casual but modern look. And Delia's little pink sequin shoes tied it all together! Here are a few of my favorites from the session...

Alameda Commerical Photographer : Anna Myers Images to go up in new Pre-teen Store in Alameda

There is a fantastic new clothing and accessory store for pre-teen girls in Alameda opening in July called "In Bloom".  Store owner Monisa Croxton asked me to produce images for the store walls - something colorful, casual, fun and in tune with girls age 8 to 13 years old.  We put together a quick "backyard feeling" session with models and clothing provided by In Bloom, and here are the resulting images that will grace the walls of the new store when it opens later in July. See anyone you know? Alameda can be such a small town!

San Francisco Bay Area Family Photographer : Portraits of Two Brothers

Aneesh contacted me because he wanted to have some modern professional portraits in the Bay Area done with his brother AJ before AJ left for the Air Force Academy.  He and his brother are very close, as is his whole family. He not only wanted the portraits for himself, but also as a gift for his parents and grand parents.  Wow, was I impressed with this young guy who intuitively understood the value of professional portraits.  So we set out to capture the two brothers both in a more traditional format as well as a more edgey, cool format to document the brothers, their relationship and meet the needs of all of the intended audience.  Aneesh and AJ were fantastic to work with - they are both huge soccer players so we had lots to talk about - and we got quite a range of images in one short, sweet hour. We started out in studio, then hit the streets near the studio for the urban look. Here are a few from the session...

 

Bay Area Teen Portraits : Art in the Garden

When I went to Ruby's garden for a cool, edgey teen photo session based in nature,  I knew it would be an artsy little place since her parents are both artists, but WOW did I love shooting in that little garden in Alameda!  Her father, Mark Wagner, is a Bay Area California concept artist who has sprinkled his own artwork as well as "found" objects" through out the yard.  Combining his eclectic art garden space with the beauty and natural grace of Ruby made for an awesome session - the kind that makes me feel good for days.  Thanks to Laurie and Mark for sharing their space and their gorgeous, funny girl Ruby with my camera!  Here are a few of my favs...

 

Bay Area Senior Portrait Photographer : Castro Valley Senior Portraits with a Horse

I have had some very fun assignments lately - and fortunately had a moment to blog about today's photographic adventure.  This morning I met Jess at her stable in Castro Valley for her Senior Portraits - which just had to include her horse Mariah. I was game - I love animals, and always strive to incorporate elements of peoples lives to create modern, cool senior portraits that capture who they really are. I am still editing this session but wanted to throw a few up here that caught my eye.

Now on to finish editing and uploading my Puparazzi Portraits for the East Bay SPCA - 20 dogs!

Alameda Newborn Photographer : Back from Missouri - Introducing Zetta Marie....

I am just settling back into the studio after visiting Missouri to meet my brand new grandchild, Zetta Marie Skiles.  She is absolutely precious and quite the smiler - even at 10 days old.  I have many pics to process, but to stem the oncoming tide of requests to see what she looks like through my lens, I am uploading one of my favorites - so here she is, all 6 lbs 4 oz of her in her daddy's arms...

Bay Area Teen Photographer - Bennett's Urban Teen Photography Session

Wow!

This session was wicked fun! Bennett has a unique sense of style which works very well for a little urban industrial teen portrait session.  I have worked with Bennett's phenom mom,  spunky jazz vocalist Natasha Miller, for years and have watched Bennett grow up - but this girl has grown into quite her own person. I will load more of Bennett's session on my facebook fan page - so if you want to see more become a fan and  check out her fb album there...

 

Bay Area Pet Photographer - A day with the dogs (and cat) at the East Bay SPCA

Things are tough these days, so when I was looking for a new charity to work with this year - there were so many to choose from!  But I started reflecting on how my life has changed after adopting our dog Ginger from the East Bay SPCA eight months ago, and it made me realize that a pet adds so much happiness to your life that even in these challenging economic times, a pet is well worth the investment.  I have several EXCITING events in the planning stages with this wonderful organization, but to start out I spent part of a day photographing some very deserving animals to hopefully improve their chances of finding  good homes.  All of the dogs were involved in a cool program called TLC (Teaching Love and Compassion) which matches up kids in a local middle school with the dogs to train and love - but not necessarily adopt.  Now they are graduating and wanted to have a good photo to give to their new friends.  I worked with one of their awesome dog trainers, Ellen, and photographed all seven of the TLC dogs as well as one wonderful older cat in need of a loving home. All of the dogs had to have their leashes on for the photos  - but natural light pet photography along with some tasty treats still made for some engaging images.

All of these dogs were great fun to work with and spend time with - they are each such characters and will make great pets for the right match. To find out more about their ages, breeds and personalities, you can contact the SPCA in Oakland to go meet these animals to see if you are a good fit. All of them except pow wow were available for adoption as of yesterday.  For the record - if anyone brings Nicholas any where near my thirteen year daughter - the dog will never make it out of her arms again. He is a little teddy bear in a dog form!  Although she would love to adopt any and all of these dogs if she could - which is why she will not be my assistant any time soon for this project!

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