You may remember Mike and Lena from their colorful San Francisco engagement shoot, or the romantic Half Moon Bay wedding. Well… they are expecting… any day now. And we’re excited for them! So excited, in fact, that we did this shoot as a present to them. And it was a joy working with them again. [...]

Our friends, Nick & Irena, are about to have their first baby, and there’s excitement in the air! All Irena wanted was a handful of nice photographs to remember her pregnancy. A few weekends ago we snapped a few shots while visiting the Picchetti winery in Cupertino, and a week later we utilized their lovely [...]

We got together on a b-e-a-u-tiful afternoon at the Japanese Friendship Garden in San Jose. The Autumn colors enhanced only by unusually warm weather. Just look at the color of that water! Let all those who claim that we don’t have seasons stand corrected. This is Carmen’s little boy, Tristan. Curious and fun he kept [...]

What a great weekend! Nicole and I had our little “babymoon” and maternity shoot at our favorite Bed and Breakfast, The Sanitarium Spa. An artist haven of sort, The Sanitarium doubles as an art studio and gallery for local painters. It has whimsical rooms, moroccan bath tubs, fireplaces, candle chandeliers, and friendly hosts. Did we [...]

Tomorrow, Nicole and I are going to shoot a maternity session of our own. “Wouldn’t it be awesome”, we thought, “to get a henna tattoo on our belly!?”. Oh yeah, it certainly is. Especially when you find an artist who’s willing to go out of her way and put her heart and time into doing [...]

Varena is a strong spirit! It was about 40 degrees and windy outside at the time the photographs below were taken. No complaints, just beauty and strength. In just a few months, Nicole and I are going to be the proud god parents of her son.