It’s a sad thing that I pretty much only see my college roommate, who now lives in Stockton, when she brings her babies for portraits!  Her latest addition to her brood of boys is this redhead little sweetie, Mr. A.  I still can’t get over how different all 3 of her boys look, and if you saw her, you would never in a million years think that this fair redheaded blue-eyed baby could be hers, but alas, he is!  Little A was THE sweetest baby–I could have played with him all day.  Big brothers E and G did a great j ob during their cameo appearance as well.  We are so grateful that the Jewart family comes to see us for portraits, and we wish we saw each other more!  Love you guys!

Meet the Keane family, Josiah, Keri & miss O.  They decided to have their family session at one of their favorite parks in the area.  We started on the main side of the park but noticed some gorgeous light filtering through some trees across the street, so off we all went.  It was perfect.  Beautiful surroundings & light, and as you can see, the Keanes are a pretty good looking bunch.  Miss O was in top form that day and was a joy to photograph.  Here are some favorites.

The Beard’s have been visiting us since they were expecting Baby J (you might remember mom in hubby’s firefighting turnouts in her maternity images).  When they told us they wanted to do something a little different for their second Bebe session, we were all ears.  They mentioned their pea coats and wanting to go to historic Roseville; we were excited!  We just loved those shots, but were just as excited about photographing J in dad’s turnouts.  We photographed him in his helmet as a newborn and they want to continue the theme throughout each of his first year sessions.  Can’t wait to see him standing in the boots next time around!  Meet the Beard family (again):

We met the Burton family several years back when big brother was just a newborn.  Fast forward a couple of years, and here we are with little Miss R!  One of my favorite parts about what we do is having the privilege of getting to know families as they grow and mature.  R was as cute as can be, and big brother M was quite the ham.  Before we know it she’ll be back and walking (or running!) for her 1-year session….until then, meet “baby” R:

San Diego beach sessions are here!  We are excited to announce that we will be in San Diego and offering beach portrait sessions between June 22-June 25.  There’s just something magical about portraits at the beach, and now is your chance to get “enchanted” portraits by the sea!  We will have a limited number of sessions available, so please call soon for details (916-759-8140).

While we were in San Diego earlier in the year, we were lucky enough to photograph the lovely McGuckin family.  We met the McGuckin’s when big sister was a brand-new baby; G was the first newborn we ever photographed!  Over the years we have not only photographed this family on multiple occasions, but also grown to call them friends.  Suffice it to say, we were sad when they moved to San Diego….until I got a call from Scott telling me he wanted to surprise Janelle with beach portraits for her birthday.  Anyone who knows us at all knows that we visit San Diego several times per year (James’ family lives there and we used to, too!) and welcome requests for portrait sessions while we visit.  This session was one of those that just had everything going for it:  a perfect day, gorgeous family, and more love than we can describe.  The session took place on Coronado Beach with Pt. Loma just off in the background, which was especially cool because both Scott and Janelle attended Pt. Loma University.  We were thrilled about everything surrounding this session, but most of all, just the chance to get to see some old friends/clients in such a gorgeous setting!

If you’re looking at the images wishing you could have portraits like this someday, stay tuned….very soon we will be announcing San Diego sessions for June!

Some of you may have heard us mention Roseville pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Valdez before, and for good reason.  We not only have some of our work displayed in their state-of-the art office, but he is also our girls’ pediatrician.  We had the honor of photographing Dr. Valdez’s wife, Debbie’s, extended family, which was quite a feat since one of her sisters and her family live in Germany!  This session was meant to be completely on location outside, but it started pouring down rain seconds after this first image was shot.  As we always say, it only takes one, but this was a bit literal for us!  Thanks to the group’s great flexibility (and need to finish the photographs while the whole family was together on this rare occasion), we headed back to the studio to finish out the session.  It all worked out in the end, thank goodness!

The Klein’s are another family on their 2nd round of Bebe membership with us; we first start photographing them when Miss A was just a baby, and now little brother has graduated from his Bebe year as well.  When A was smaller, she was, let’s say, a bit of a challenge to photograph.  Fast forward a year and she has become quite the show stealer!  Of course Mr. C was as cute as can be, especially in his cool digs, but A has grown to love the camera!  What a difference a couple of years can make!  Meet the Klein kiddos:

We’ve been photographing the Morris family since big sis was just 6 weeks old.  We’ve even had the pleasure of meeting and photographing Heather’s entire immediate family who gathered here from across the country.  Heather, Matt & their kids have always had a special place in our hearts, so when we heard the news that Heather was expecting their 3 rd child (1st biological), we were overjoyed!  It truly was a miracle!  Suffice it to say, this maternity session had extra special significance for everyone involved.  Their baby boy has since entered the world and we look forward to meeting the newest Morris very soon.  Meet the Morris family: