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San Francisco Bay Area Baby Photographer
Walking One Year Portraits in the Marina District
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Sadly, summer is coming to an end, but fret not- there’s photography to look forward to this fall!
Now is a great time to book your autumn and holiday photo shoots while there are still spaces open on the calender. September and early October are a particularly great time for outdoor pictures in the Bay Area as temperatures are pleasant and rain is rare. And while the holidays might not be on your mind yet, we do recommend that portraits for holiday cards and gifts be taken by mid-October to give us plenty of time to create truly unique custom design holiday cards and portrait gifts as the late fall can get very busy around here!
Now is a great time to book your autumn and holiday photo shoots while there are still spaces open on the calender. September and early October are a particularly great time for outdoor pictures in the Bay Area as temperatures are pleasant and rain is rare. And while the holidays might not be on your mind yet, we do recommend that portraits for holiday cards and gifts be taken by mid-October to give us plenty of time to create truly unique custom design holiday cards and portrait gifts as the late fall can get very busy around here!
Beautiful Bay Area fall photo shoots make for great holiday portraits. To give you a glimpse at how fun fall portraits can be, here is a slideshow of a custom design album capturing rambunctious, young Henry at his one-year-old fall photo shoot in Oakland Joaquin Miller Park. This is a great location for interactive, playful shots documenting the 12 month milestone for Henry while also focusing on the relationships of Henry with his parents. The Oakland Hills provide a great backdrop for family portraits, especially with the crisp natural light and fall foliage that is starting to turn into brilliant colors.
Bay Area Modern Family Photographer : Get on the Calendar for Fall Family Portraits
This family was looking for fine art child photography that was artistic and captured their toddler’s personalities in a way that was authentic and memorable. The result of sessions like these are often best translated into a few key wall portraits along with a custom designed book to weave together the bulk of the images to truly portray the subjects and their relationships. The parents supplied text for the book detailing the girls at this age in a way that is sure to be treasured for generations to come.
Golden Gate Park is an amazing location for artistic, natural light family portraits. This classic San Francisco spot is one of my favorites for toddlers allowing me to capture a wide variety of looks within a relatively compact area. Thus the whole session take about an hour – including clothing changes and a few snack breaks along the way ;) We kicked things off at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers to get some family pictures and portraits of the twins just playing with each other. We also went to a giant fern garden in GG Park for some shots of the fraternal twins interacting in the grass and hanging out in rustic looking garden chairs that we brought for the set. Bubbles, balls and flowers all provided great props for toddler photography, and allowed the twins to have a fun time while being photographed. We wrapped up the day against the backdrop of majestic pillars, iron gates and ivy-covered walls at one of my secret spots in Golden Gate Park. Classic yet contemporary family portraits will always be in vogue! Here are layouts from the resulting coffee table album…
Twin Toddler & Family Portraits in San Francisco Golden Gate Park
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What a wonderful day for one year portraits in the Oakland woods! For one year portraits I love to go on location so that the kids can roam around and explore. It also gives the parents plenty of room to play with the kids and make it a fun adventure. I capture a few portraits of everyone looking in the camera in a natural way and then we just go play. For this session they chose to have their favorite images put into our very popular 8×8 coffee table book with no design – just one image per page. Here is Hugh’s One Year Book…
Bay Area Modern Family Portraits
Simple No Design Coffee Table Book
I love one year sessions – but this one was double fun with twin boys! The first challenge was keeping these two in the same vicinity of each other as they were both fast walkers at this point. The second challenge was remembering what footage I had of which boy as they are identical twins. Since I have photographed these boys from birth it made it a bit easier and I have to say that I could honestly tell them apart during this session! And when I could not tell them apart - I just remembered who was wearing the darker jeans! But honestly it is one of the nicer things about my jobs to get to know my clients over time so that I really get to understand the personalities and nuances of the kids and the dynamics of the family. When I am documenting families with twins (and I am honored to have many families with multiples), I make sure to get plenty of individual coverage of each child so they are documented as individuals as well as with their twin sibling. Many of my clients turn their regular sessions into albums like this one taking advantage of our custom design services to create albums that are truly a work of art. With a metallic canvas cover and metallic pages – this 10×10 album is stunning in person.
Bay Area Baby Photographer – One Year Portraits for Identical Twins
Vintage Distress Style Square Album
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