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Bay Area Urban Photography : Teen Brothers

When the oldest child is almost ready to go to college - it is a very interesting time in a household. There is much anticipation of the new life waiting, the new room that will become available, and the changes ahead.  One thing is for certain - the family life as they know it will be changed forever.  This is a perfect time to stop a moment and document those siblings at that point in time - before all of the changes.  Here are some images from a session I did recently with Henry and Ethan before Henry left for college - photographed in some urban spots in Oakland.

 

 

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...

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 Photographer - Brick Warehouse for Senior Portrait Sessions

Just found a cool new location for portraits today! I love old brick, and this place has loads of it. Industrial windows, old brick - can be a very cool place for senior sessions, family portraits - even pet portraits as shown here. In fact I am so tickled about finding this place, I will give a FREE URBAN SENIOR SESSION to the first HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR OR JUNIOR that contacts me to book a weekday urban senior session that will include this cool brick warehouse in Alameda ($325 value - up to 2 hour weekday after school session with as many clothing changes as you can fit into that time - 4? 5? 6? Includes one facebook file.). Session must occur in April 2010. Now let's see if anyone is paying attention...

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...

 

Amanda's Amazing Senior Portrait Session and Quote Book

I am so excited to be sending out Amanda's Amazing Senior Portrait Album!  

We had so much fun at this session - which included some studio, some urban and some SF beach locations  - and plenty of clothing changes which Amanda was happy to accommodate!  This girl brought two suitcases full of outfits, shoes and jewelry.  And did I mention that Amanda drove all the way down from Oregon to do her studio + urban senior portraits with me?  Wow, was I flattered! 

For her custom designed senior portrait album, Amanda provided me with some cool quotes that speak to who she is and what she is about, and we put it all together with a vintage art flair into a totally cool art book.

I have linked a quicktime slideshow of album but unfortunately the resolution does not allow for easy reading of the quotes, but you can view the cover and pages of the album from the link here...

View Amanda's  Album

 

Two Year Portrait Session - toddler boys and trucks and trains

Over the Holiday Break, I had the extreme pleasure of photographing my step-daughter and her son - aka my grandson - Kingston, who is two and a half years old.  They do not live in the Bay Area, so it is not often that we get to see them. Like many toddler boys his age, Kingston loves cars, trucks and trains - so our photography session was an urban portrait session at the old (abandoned) train tracks.  Along for the ride was his miniature car "McQueen" and Thomas the train, who appear in many of the portraits as well. I approach portrait sessions with toddlers like an adventure - if we make it fun and playful we are guaranteed to get great shots that really capture the essence of the child and the relationship with the parent. For these sessions the parents are an active part of the adventure who sometimes are in focus, sometimes not - but parents are such a big part of the toddlers world that they often are not themselves unless the parents are very close to them.  Using a lifestyle photography approach, it is a very busy session where the parent and child are actively engaged in playing together.   I like to make albums out of the sessions each year with my children and grandchildren, so of course I shot quite a bit of footage.   Here are some of my favorites of this little character Kingston - hopefully I am not too biased!

 

urban teen model sessions begin - the 2009 Doumitt Models

We had a great turn out for the Doumitt 2009 Model Search, and the sessions with the 10 to 20 year old teen models have now begun at our ultra cool urban location featuring grafitti, industrial elements and distressed backgrounds - all shot with natural light.  With an urban skater / indie hip hop theme, here are a couple of pics from our first session yesterday - though I still have hundreds of images to develop...more to come...

  

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...