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Oakland Newborn Photography – The Berona Family

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  The Berona Family are those rare, newborn parents that are completely calm and peaceful. The entire session was unlike any other newborn session I’d ever had, one where the baby was just completely content to be in any place or new setting we took him to. Read through to see images and learn more […]

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Oakland Fresh 48 Documentary Lifestyle Photography Session | The Harris Family

Fresh 48

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Oakland Fresh 48 Documentary Lifestyle Photography Session | The Harris Family I met the Harris Family during their Family Maternity Session in San Francisco. Then a family of 3, just 3 weeks later they welcomed their first son. There’s something unique about second time parents. They are calm, collected, and silly. Unless there is a […]

| San Francisco, CA Engagement Photography Session| David & Caitlin

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It was a rare sunny day when I pulled up to Ocean Beach in San Francisco for a surprise proposal session. I had come disguised as a bird watcher: big blue wind tent, multiple jackets, binoculars (that I stole from my 9 year old), a J.Lo floppy hat, and my telephoto lens. I found them […]

and 5 Makes a Tribe | Fresh 48 Documentary Photography Session | Oakland CA

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One of the greatest joys is being invited in to shoot the precious hours after a new family member is born. Fresh 48 Sessions are magical; the room buzzes with energy that can never be replicated in another setting.  You are witness to the exponential change as parents, exhausted and overwhelmed, are slowly learning the newest […]

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