I first met Erin + Alex when they got in touch over the summer about doing a maternity and newborn session once they moved cross country to the Bay Area. We did their maternity session by the Golden Gate bridge to commemorate the move and the upcoming baby, and I couldn’t wait to meet their […]

When I met Anneke and Keith, they were so lovely and warm. They were in that delicious newborn stage where you’re trying to get used to less sleep, and keeping your newborn fed and clothed and happy. But despite being a bit sleep deprived, they were both full of joy and love and just smitten […]

Sometimes life gets in the way and you don’t have a chance to book a newborn photographer before your baby arrives. And sometimes things don’t go as planned and you don’t book a newborn photographer when your baby is still teeny tiny. When I connected with Adrienne, her son was about 2 months old and […]

This sweet baby girl wasn’t supposed to make her debut until the second week of August, but she had other plans. She decided she was ready to party and showed up 3 weeks before her due date. Mom had a long labor but a quick delivery at Stanford Children’s and I came over the next […]

About a month ago I got the call that my friend and fellow photographer Mary of Mary Bea Photography had given birth to her first, a sweet baby boy. I was so thrilled for her and loved photographing those first few hours as she and her husband got to know their son. I’ve written before […]

In March I shared a maternity session with a sweet family who was awaiting their new baby girl. We took photos around their home with their adorable son, and a couple of weeks later Adeline was born. There’s something so special about being able to photograph a family before and after they welcome a new […]

Capitola is a bit of a drive for me but I was happy to make my way out there on a Saturday morning with my husband and kiddo in tow. The weather was lovely and they headed to the beach while I spent my morning doing what I love, photographing an adorable baby in her […]

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Fresh 48 sessions are some of my favorite favorite favorite sessions to do. There’s something kind of magical and beautiful about documented fresh babies in the place they were born. Photographing the first few hours in which this newly minted human is being exposed to air, […]