“For my father’s 88th birthday (which is a major milestone in Japan, where he was born and raised), we took this traditional Japanese portrait of our crime syndicate family.” – Junichi It’s ok AWESOME to be different, to have fun, for your family portraits.  The birthday boy talked about how much fun he had during the photo shoot.  That is what I want you to remeber when you look at the photos, the experience, time together as a family, with laughs and […]

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Backyard family photoshoot with Smores by the firepit, and harsh flash, my FAVE.

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While shooting their family portraits in their home, I saw the side project in the garage, a Kawasaki that has been the Dad’s dream project he was working on with his son.  I joked and said of you don’t happen to have a couple pairs of dickies overalls for a photo shoot do you?  He pointed to the wall and there were two hanging right there.  Mom grabbed a beer from the fridge, in amazing velvet pants and Toby the […]

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Family photos at Happy Camp.  This was a great shoot, just letting loose, having fun and – may fave- getting shots in between the shots. Those fun, organic, takes in between poses, smiles etc, were eyes closed and laughter happens, a fun place, after all we were at Happy Camp. It’s understandable to look at pinterest for ideas / inspiration.  My Advice?  find a photographer whose style you are drawn to, then show up to the set, no expectations, ready […]

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