Happy New Year!!!

(I know I know it's February already, sorry. . .)

Five years ago I started James Mueller Photography, and it has been the hardest, best thing I have ever put myself through. :)

Thank you to everyone who ever hired, referred, or supported my business in any way. All I want is to be of service, and I have been blessed with the gift of capturing your families and the people you care about.

Here's to another five years of sweat, tears, and photography.

Cheers!

During these long winter months, photographers get cozy in their dark rooms and hibernate. . . j/k, we catch up on all of the work we couldent finish during the wedding season. January was definietly about album designs and I wanted to share one of my favorites. Here is the album we created for Mercy and Noah, my super cool, super cute rock-a-billy-style couple.

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Erika and I love Bend Yoga studio in San Francisco. The owner, Heather, saw some of my architechtural/estate photography and asked if I would capture some images for her studio.

Anything to get my baby some free yoga class passes! :)

And by the way, check out Erika doing an awesome handstand in this shot.

Bend Yoga Studio

I'm so happy the Seidensticker family found me through Yelp. They hired me to take pictures of their 6 week old baby girl.

cuuuteee. . .

cuter. . .

I think every new family should have a picture that feels like this. Yes?

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Sweetie, you are a star.

Megan said that this picture makes her so happy.

Anything to please the mom!

I was impressed with Megan and Chris' commitment to going to the beach. It was sprinkling rain while we were driving there but we stuck with it, and got some great images.

A true San Francisco baby and family. Thanks Megan and Chris!

Does anyone remember back to September 2008?

My good clients Jill and Tom got married in Palm Desert SoCal, and we finally got their album designed!

I almost fainted from heat stroke after their ceremony, but everything else was awesome. :)

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Well hey, who's this cute couple?

That's Alison and Nate, they are going to get married at Poppy Ridge Country Club next October. (Two weeks before I get married!)

They introduced me to Sharon Pond in Menlo Park. What a cute little duck pond and walkway.

We originally just went to the Thornton Beach lookout for pictures of the view. But I convinced our crew that we needed to get down to the beach. It may look all honky dory in this picture, but that was steep. There were parts where we had to use ropes that were tied around rocks. :)

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That's their dog Riley. He was in heaven running around like a tasmanian devil. . .

Even though the climb back was exhausting and freezing, it was all totally worth it.

"These Look GREAT! thanks so much James.

Thanks again and have a great Thanksgiving!

Alison and Nate"

This is the custom designed holiday card we created for the Novi family. Cute, yes?

The mom here is Natasha and she works with my fiancee at Gap. I met her family in Moraga and took pictures at a local park and on the campus of St. Mary's.

Nice moment between Raj and Joshua.

cute. . .

These moments are great to me and symbolize so much.

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This is Miriam and Danny. They are good friends with Betsy and Glenn from last year's Ainsley House wedding. We met at that wedding and they just so happened to have been planning their wedding at Garre Winery, one of my favorites.

A sepcial date place to them was the San Jose Rose Garden, so we went there. . .

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I convinced them that Santana Row would be a great second location. Apparantly they are all strict there about taking pictures. Walking around with my camera, we got stopped by a security guard saying we could not go. What?!

I'm sorry, but pretty public places have no place being restricted. A little quick thinking, some white lies and cajones gave us the opportunity to capture these shots anyway. :)

Worth the risk, no?

This was nice change of pace assignment. Steven Askari (I just shot his son's Bat Mitzvah) is a real estate developer. Here is his latest home, it's awesome. . .

Which staircase should I take today? :)

If you happen to be in the market for a multi-million dollar estate:

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There is a movie theatre room, wine closet, 4 fireplaces, this kitchen, and blah, blah-blah, blah-blah. . . :)

This shot I'm extra proud of. It took a lot of patience and then hustle to get this one.