Lee and I last saw each other back in middle school – but thanks to Facebook, we’ve reconnected. When I told her I was headed up her way for another gig, she expressed interest in getting some family portraits done. We met up at 2pm at their place in Sacramento – and we were all […]
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Kurt Kemling is a good friend of mine (even though we’ve only met a couple times) – it’s weird how you can get to know someone without ever spending time with them. He’s also a professional photographer that I admire, with two adorable girls near my own girls’ age, as well as a wife named […]
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Tags: beach, beckie, Children, family, katie, kemling, kids, kurt, monarch, natural bridges, ocean, path, photography, photos, Portraits, sand, santa cruz, sophia
Kari Carvill told me she’d basically never had a real family photo session, and was excited about seeing what we could accomplish together. We were able to shoot for an hour at Natural Bridges beach in Santa Cruz before their littlest one started melting down. It was a challenging shoot, as most involving toddlers tend […]
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JT & Chloe’s mom hired me to take some photos of her kids as a surprise for father’s day. They are super cute, and very sassy with each other. I tried to capture all the in-between moments, the tickling before the pushing, the hand-holding before the pinching, the arm around the shoulder before the headlock […]
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Tags: beach, child, Children, chloe, chris schmauch, family, jennie long, jt, kids, lighting, natural bridges, photographer, photography, portrait, Portraits, santa cruz
Ok, so forgive me the dramatic headline. I’m on a roll for non-professional posts on my blog, so here’s one more; I tend to avoid putting personal stuff here, but I thought there were a few gems from today that I had to share. Well more than a few – between my wife and I […]
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Tags: activities, aquarium, bay, bay area, best, Children, chris schmauch, elementary, field trip, fun, gault, good eye, goodeye, images, kids, monterey, outdoors, outside, photographer, photographers, photography, photos, pics, playing, running, santa cruz, school, students, sunny
Stawberry Day at Gault Elementary (my daughter’s school) is full of (you guessed it) strawberry-related activities, the core of which is a little hide-and-seek in the special outdoor “Life Lab,” the expansive garden that the teachers and kids maintain. The kids were having a ton of fun, and I had a great time chasing them […]
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“Sweet 16” just doesn’t seem to apply for guys… Sporting a nifty fedora and surrounded by at least a hundred of his mates, Austin had a hell of a 16th birthday at Illusions in Palo Alto. Lots of dancing, hangin’ out, and even several breakdancing performances by Freestyle Express. Oh, and Austin is quite the […]
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Tags: 16, 16th, austin, bay area, best, birthday, breakdancing, chris schmauch, dancing, express, freestyle, fun, good eye, goodeye, illusions, images, kids, palo alto, party, photographer, photographers, photography, photos, pics, santa cruz, sixteen, sweet, tamaddon, teenagers, teens
The folks at Four Seasons, East Palo Alto know how to throw a tree-lighting party. The place was swarming with giggling children and parents desperately seeking out steaming coffee, or perhaps the famous hot chocolate put out by the high-end hotel. Regardless, there was no shortage of things to do: an outside movie theater, cookie […]
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OK, so I mainly chose the location because of the iconic natural bridges that give the park its namesake, but if I’ve learned anything about photography, it’s to assume nothing about weather, light, kids good behavior, camera and lighting gear functioning properly… you get the picture. Anyways, I met the Lorig family in the parking […]
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Tags: bay area, beach, best, chris schmauch, family, good eye, goodeye, images, kids, lorig, natural bridges, ocean, photographer, photographers, photography, photos, pics, portrait, sand, santa cruz, session, water, waves
