Betsy and Tim Brown found me through Yelp.com. They recently had a beautiful baby girl and wanted pictures for their home and for a baby announcement.

Introducing Linden Victoria! What a cutie.

It takes a lot of patience and milk breaks etc. to get such a young baby to get in the right mood, get the parent's relaxed, and get a picture like this. . .

I especially like the mood that the lighting gives off in this one. I think black and white is totally appropriate for this moment.

Mom and Dad almost got into a fight over this tutu (is that how you spell it?). Apparently Besty's mother in Texas sent it to them and Tim thought it was too cheesy, but Besty thought it was cute, and neither of them wanted to budge. I had to play the moderator in this situation and bring the two parties to a consensus. :)

Leave the lettering in pink and turn the rest into black and white. Super-cute, no?

Parent's typically do not necessarily want me to take these shots, but I love 'em.

Some of my favorite personal pictures from childhood are ones where I have tears coming down my face while sticking my tongue out because my mom is making me practice piano etc. Come on, those are some honest moments, and super fun leter.

I recently had a father write out the check for a maternity session with the subject line reading "paternity session". And you know, that got me thinking. Dad's are definitely left a little out of the picture and we tend to focus on the relationship of the mother to child. I particularly like then to get these types of moments between a father and his baby. Nice and tender. Good job Tim!

This is my favorite of the three of them. Will make for a great portrait.

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Erica and Brooks will be getting married in July at St. Joseph's Church in San Jose and then their reception will be at the Sainte Claire Hotel. We had a great time a couple of weekends ago running around San Francisco shooting their engagement session.

I love this alleyway on Gold St. where Bix restaurant is located. What a cute moment to capture.

Sending a shot out to Vince Tarry who shared this location with me 10 years ago. Have I been doing this that long? My back is starting to hurt just thinking about it! :)

We did not plan on getting cable car shots, but on the way to the beach from downtown we passed the Hyde/Powell line and I couldent resist. We illegally parked, put on the blinkers, and captured some awesome spur-of-the-moment imagery.

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I love these shots and I may do them for the rest of my life even if people get tired of them. :)

The reflection in the water, the bridge in the background, and a couple in love.

We were blessed with an exceptionally beautiful sunset and made the most of it.

I look forward to your wedding Erica and Brooks. Good job!

I love love when past brides and grooms call me up for pregnancy pictures. Especially when it's good people like Leea and David!

David is a police officer for Palo Alto and Leea I believe is the director at a preschool. Now that's giving back to the community, and I am all for giving back. Look at David's smile, that is worth a million dollars. I can tell he is super excited and proud to be a soon-to-be father.

It's going to be a boy and he's going to be loved.

David already is coaching little league and can't wait to have his own little ball player. :)

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Something must be in the water, cause I have had a rash of maternity session requests. This is Katie and Vince Martucci. They found me through my good clients Megan and Joshua, for whom I also just did a maternity session for.

Cool facts about this couple:

Katie creates jewelry and clothing for her own design company, Kat Martucci Designs.

www.katmartucci.etsy.com

and Vince is the assistant winemaker of his family's winery, Arger-Martucci.

www.arger-martucci.com

Katie and Vince just found out that they will have their child a month early, which mean literally by next week their family will have officially added a new member. Good luck guys!

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