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 home to create the rest.
Fun stuff, Irena. Can’t wait to meet your little girl!
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 us all entertained. The little man has places to go and things to see!
As soon as next month Tristan will have a sister to keep him company!
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 mention it’s an amazing place to take photos?!
When we got there, we were generously offered to stay in the biggest room of the hotel (in the rear house) because the main house had a jazz concert. We accepted the offer and walked back into the room that we know and love from our last visit about a year ago.
Here’s a photo of the “living room” portion, looking into an adjoining room. The other side of that fireplace is located in the beautiful bath on the other side of the wall. So if you’re ever in the mood to sit in a moroccan bath tub, under a canle-lit chandelier, with a fireplace crackling at a hand’s reach, this is the place. Okay, this commercial’s over… 
… on to the photographs of our pregnant heroine, who’s done such a great job looking beautiful and exhibiting incredible patience during hours of posing, re-posing, and re-posing again.
Hope you enjoyed the show!
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 a great job!
While we’re praising Rachna, why not give her the official credit she deserves. Based in Sunnyvale, she’s been doing henna professionally for about 6 years. Visit her website. Thank you Rachna for the awesome job you did!
What started with a belly, quickly escalated to both hands and feet. Henna’s fun. =0)
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.
