Archive for December, 2007

Palo Alto University Club

December 23, 2007

Rolando & Beatrice
December 22, 2007
Stanford University and the Palo Alto University Club

I have never been a guest at a client’s wedding, but that is exactly what we were at Rolando & Beatrice’s wedding reception yesterday. They were married this past September in an incredibly romantic ceremony in Tahiti. Yesterday, they had an intimate dinner reception to celebrate their union with their family and friends. And that is exactly how they made us feel. What a wonderful experience! Thank you, Rolando & Beatrice for an amazing evening.

We started off the day with portraits at Stanford ….

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Then it was off to the Palo Alto University Club for the reception

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The Croquembouche – a traditional french wedding cake. It was as delicious as it looks :)

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Love Notes …

December 15, 2007

I just had to share this e-mail from my wonderful clients Michelle & Jose following up on our session the other day with their baby, Jacob. Thank you so much! It is awesome clients like you that make it all worthwhile :)

 

She took our pregnancy pictures about 4-5 months ago and we couldn’t resist to go back to her. WOW!!! We are speechless! We just viewed our family portraits today and we couldn’t believe how she captured wonderful moments of our family. Her work is definitely PRICELESS. She is fun and artistic. It’s amazine how well she works with that camera. We look at our pictures and witness how LOVE formats into a picture. Thank You again for your wonderful and beautiful work. You are truly amazing.

The Diaz-Frio Family


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Jacob

December 14, 2007

One of the things I love most about being a portrait photographer is developing relationships with couples, and getting to see their families grow. About 4 1/2 months ago, I took Michelle & Jose’s maternity photos. Yesterday, I got to meet for the first time little Jacob and take his 4 month portraits. He is such a happy baby! We had a lot of fun trying out different outfits – even an adorable Santa suit (although Jacob wasn’t very happy with it).

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Christina & Michael
December 9, 2007

Christina and Michael were married yesterday at the Wedgewood Banquet Center in Oakland. They were blessed with a beautiful albeit chilly December day. This was a much anticipated event … a day they have been eagerly waiting for for two very long years. And there wasn’t a dry eye during the ceremony. The reception hall was all decked out in a Christmas theme, complete with Christmas trees for the wedding gifts (how clever!).

Christina’s beautiful wedding gown which she said she’s had for two years!

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We were so lucky to have a gorgeous sunset for the portraits …
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go grandma!!
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Danny

December 6, 2007

I just love photographing babies. And I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to photograph several babies in the past couple of weeks. On Tuesday, I met Danny, a beautiful, 4 month old little boy. He was a bit camera shy at first :) but soon opened up and we had a great time. Here are a few of my favorites from the session. Enjoy!

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