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Session gift cards are great! They are slim enough to hide, but weighty enough to make a great present!! If you are at a loss for what to get the important people in your life, it's a great option!! A $125 gift card is good for any local portrait session under two hours! A $250 gift card is good for the same portrait sessions as a $125 card but includes 5 high resolution images (printable up to 8x10) All gift cards are valid for one year from the date of purchase! How to be

You never know what you’re going to find at Crow Canyon Gardens…the untamed and beautiful garden that was used for growing produce for Mudd’s restaurant in San Ramon in the 1970’s.  It’s great for a short walk through diverse foliage…including wildflowers, apple trees, daffodils and even redwoods.  The more the merrier…you don’t have to capture your senior portraits alone!  Thank you so much to this lovely family of girls - cousins and sisters who brought their smiles and con

Book your family session now for Sep-Dec time and get 50% extra images - ~ just the session fee of $125 is needed to book   ~ Offer applies to both personalized and mini sessions. No need to schedule a date or choose a package/mini… but you can if you want and of course if you have worked with us before you know we are flexible with changing dates and fitting in with your schedule!! Contact us to book now!

Here goes the latest chat…we’d love to hear from you!   please resond here… For You - 🎤  If you could have a professional photographer join you for a couple of hours during a family vacation, would you do it? What kind of pictures would you want from it? For Me - 🎤  What are you most grateful for in your business? Wonderful clients who I love to see time and again.  Some of our clients have worked with me up to 10 times!  It’s like catching up with friends you haven’t seen

Spring sometimes shows up in the most beautiful way at Baker Beach -  sunshine, blue skies, and that fresh coastal glow that makes everything feel brand new. There’s something special about senior portraits at the coast that feels both grounded and full of possibility. Wind in your hair, sand under your feet, the Golden Gate watching quietly in the background — it’s a perfect backdrop…full of golden promise! Thank you so much to this aspiring student who chose us and this ico

A towering 5,575-foot-high panoramic view can be seen from Dante's View located on a ridge of the Black Mountains in Death Valley National Park. Sweeping over Badwater Basin, the salt flats, and the Panamint Range. We were lucky enough to be there for a chilly sunset late last year and managed to capture some pretty dramatic panoramics!

We are so lucky where we are in the East Bay…there really are numerous locations that are all spectacular for pictures…both urban and rural.  One of the favorites is the ‘One Room Schoolhouse’ off Tassajara Road.  Make sure to wait for the foliage to grow…it can look a little bare in winter! Thank you to this lovely student who chose us to capture their senior pictures…it was a really fun session with lots of laughs!

We’ve been working up to this for sometime and, hurrah! It’s now official.  We’re offering destination sessions…in your favorite places to relax and explore…and in many cases….on your schedule!! Imagine heading off on vacation to your favorite recharching place and coming home with more than just memories…beautiful, professional photographs that capture you in the place you love. Whether it’s a milestone season, a romantic getaway, or simply time together, destination session

Spring is a special time for high school senior, full of ups and downs, highs and lows.  But one thing is for certain…they’re almost at the end of their grade school career.  It is a very exciting time but can also be daunting and scary.  There is no other time like it!   Celebrate your student’s achievenments with our dedicated senior sessions and packages.  From end of Feb to the end of April are the most saught after times…book your session soon to make sure you get the da