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San Francisco Bay Area Baby Portrait Plan : Modern Baby Photography for your Baby's First Year (or so)

Oh Baby do we have a One Year Baby Portrait Plan for you!

As an experienced san francisco bay area maternity and newborn photographer,  I know how important it is to capture the milestones of the first year because babies change so darn fast!  Once a baby is over 12 weeks old (newborns need longer sessions), I recommend doing mini sessions at key ages to capture that time and all that cuteness!  Mini sessions are 30 minutes long and for babies that are not walking they are done at my studio on weekday mornings. For walking babies, I offer a 30 minute mini session at a location near my studio that will give them more room to roam. 

The Oh Baby! Club is the baby plan at the studio that gives you three mini sessions between the ages of 14 weeks and 16 months for $295.  Special discounts on prints, framed products and albums are also available for Oh Baby! Club members. You can get modern fine art photography of your baby at a great price - easy cheesy with 30 minute sessions - who needs the mall? And you can add extra mini sessions to your plan for just $75 per session.  For maternity and newborn clients that purchase special packages, the Oh Baby! Club is included as a bonus item at no cost.

Here are some layouts from Chase's one year album - including chubby naked 6 month old Chase, holiday festive 11 month old Chase and tractor loving 16 month old Chase:

 

San Francisco Bay Area Environmental Photographer - Spring Portraits for Toddlers

Finally the warm weather is here and the ground is starting to dry up! This lovely San Francisco spring weather was wonderful for an 18 month portrait session with Laya! It was so warm she was able to run around in rain boots and bloomers!  We also took the opportunity to get some oh-so-pretty-in-pink pictures of her in her spring dress - then on to fun and action with her ladybug rain boots.  Still processing this busy session - but here are a few favorites to ring in the spring!  

We still have openings for our fun, fresh $95 spring mini sessions - call or email the studio to get yours!

510-748-8959 or [email protected]

 

East Bay Alameda Dog Photographer - Puppy Love

Today I photographed one of my Oh Baby! Club babies at 9 months with his adorable chihuahua Goucho and new 10 week old Maltese puppy, Trudy.  OMG - Trudy is the most adorable little ball of fluff you could ever hold in your hand (no offense Goucho).  And at two pounds she fits right in your hand! It was very hard to give her back.  I wanted to capture some pics of the puppy by herself to show her size. So I put a smallish lily in with her for context. But Trudy was smitten with that lily and was sure it was something to eat. She would not let that flower out of her mouth.  So here is Trudy with her lily.

Baby Boy Portraits - Blue Jeans and Bare Belly

What better to do on a rainy day but photograph a bubbling baby boy in the studio?

Even better yet - I got to see baby boy Noah at seven months who was just two weeks old when I did newborn portraits of him, and in the belly the first time I photographed him.  Now, Noah is a member of our popular Oh Baby! Club here at the studio which means I photograph him multiple times during his first fifteen months to document his development, personality, and mega-cuteness!  Getting to know babies and children over time and documenting them as they grow up is definitely one of the highlights of my career.

One of the studio sets we did during our session was blue jeans and bare belly with Mom playing a supporting role with her legs, feet and hands.  I am not big on props - I don't do cheesy - but I will often use parents as props as in these images below. Using parents as props also has the advantage of giving a size context to the baby as well as facilitating great expressions from the baby as they feel purty darn good with mom so close!  Here are some bubbling baby boy blue jean shots of the day...

6 month Portraits - Baby Rolls

One of my favorite sessions is a six month baby session - especially when I photographed the baby as a newborn, and got to know them at a week old or so. Seeing these  michelen men babies come back at 6 months cracks me up. I love to document their new teeth and their rolls and their huge grins and their developing personalities.  This little fellow is one of my Oh Baby! Club babies - and he is a riot.  Here are some pics from our last  baby portrait session in studio...

 

Sophie and Buckley - best friends

One of my Oh Baby! Club babes, Sophie, came in for 11 month portraits with her best friend - her dog Buckley.  They were adorable together!  Buckley is very active and full of energy - being a Jack Russell Terrier - but dog treats worked wonders to keep him close to Sophie! Here are some of the baby with dog studio portraits in one of our signature collages... click on image to see larger ;D

Multi-Generational Shot - Baby Sophie, Mom, Grandma and Great Grandma too!

Baby Sophie is one of my Oh Baby! Club babies right now - which means I have the wonderful job of photographing her several times during her first year.  For this session, we did a multi-generational portrait with Baby, Mom, Grandma and Great Grandma. We even had another great grandmother in the portraits as well, but I wanted to get a couple of my favorites up- even though the full set of pictures are not retouched yet.  Generational shots can still be casual and natural - even though we are in the studio. 
 

Then of course Sophie always turns on the charm for her individual shots as well. At 6 to 7 months, babies can usually sit very well, and it is a great time for a portrait session.  With the Oh Baby! Club, Sophie and her family can come in regularly during the first year to capture all of her stages for a great price.  This one was too cute to leave out...