Here's Joe and Marcia, they started the weekend off with me last Friday afternoon.

(One of the hats I wear outside of my photography business is as an afterschool tutor for middle school kids in Mill Valley.) I have been driving past this particular spot on my way there for the last few months and love the unique angle of the Golden Gate Bridge. I tested it out on this couple and it turned out cute.

Joe is a naval officer based in Monterey and Marcia is his fiancee who had just flown into San Francisco from Georgia for the weekend. They are getting married in Pensacola Florida later this summer and I'm going to convince them to fly me out there.

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I have a cousin who is a Naval pilot as well and I feel especially grateful for Joe and Marcia's service and sacrifice for our country. Thanks guys!

This is Diana, she is a fellow "Big" for Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area, so automatically she is A-OK in my book. :)

She totally used my offer the way I had meant it and brought along her whole family for the session. It was a cute scene leading their three SUV's through the city with my little Honda Insight. . .

Originally we were meant to focus just on Baker Beach, but boy last Saturday the waves were kickin up a storm (Maverick's Surf Contest-style), and because I knew we had little ones I decided to go the extra mile and take them first to a calmer location. Good thing too, and I'll explain in a bit.

Hi there cuties!

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Woulden't you know it, the first thing that happened once we got to Baker was a big wave hit all 10 of us unexpectedly and freaked the little girl out. You cannot tell in the picture, but at this moment she was in full-on melt-down mode. (And this is yet another reason why you go with experienced, calm and cool photographers.) We got great photos at the unplanned Legion of Honor session, and so these parents still came away with great images of their family.

Your mission: Get two crying babies and 8 adults to pose nicely while waves are stalking our every move. Easy, right? :) You cannot tell here, but I was able to fix an imperfect picture by replacing the kids faces with better versions from previous moments. Also, the wind had Diana's bangs all over the place and that got photoshopped as well. I'm a miracle worker, and my prices are reasonable to boot!

Ah, Valentine's Day. It started off with a great Boudoir session that I'm not going to show you, and you'll just have to trust me that it was hot and the husband is going to be very happy. :)

That afternoon though, I got to finish the weekend off right with Alison and Chris. Again, Alison happens to be a Big Brother Big Sister volunteer as well, and her and her husband are weeks away from becoming parents.

Hey there little one!

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My favorite moment. Lookin good you three! Some women can just pull off that 8 and and half month pregnant look like no problem, huh?

Here I asked all 100 people in the background if they would be so kind as to leave the area while we did our portrait session.

yea right. :) I was however, able to photoshop-out everyone but my couple, and the result looks great.

I get requests every now and then from women interested in classy boudoir images, sometimes for their husbands, but sometimes just for posterity's sake.

I take requests like these as compliments (one of my best skills is the ability to make people comfortable, thus allowing me to capture them at their best).

A fellow photographer asked me to recreate this type of picture as an anniversary gift for her husband. To prove I was up to task I needed a test subject.

"Hey love, can I take some artistic/hot and sexy pictures of you?"

"Um, o.k."

And this is what developed. . .

I guess this type of session was something Erika always thought she may want. . .

I just never asked, go figure. :)

The best part of this whole project is that it gave my fiancee images that she is super proud of. "They make me feel so pretty!"

I could not have asked for anything more.

I hope you see these images as I do: beautiful images of a beautiful woman.

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.

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