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The Garcia -Berkeley Family Portraits

Mary — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:25:07 +0000

This was my second year doing a portrait session with the Garcias. We spent a little time hanging at the house and then went for a neighborhood walk through the rambling street of the Berkeley hills. The afternoon light was so pretty and their kids are such a great combination of goofy and sweet. Thank you for a great afternoon!

The Garcia Family – Oakland Portrait Photographer

Mary — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 01:58:11 +0000

New family. Love them. And the light in their backyard was soooo pretty.

Busy Days…

Mary — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:40:20 +0000

Hi all! Wow, these past few weeks have been packed! So much going on between shoots, lots of school photography, weddings, standard childhood illnesses to put a sudden stop to things, standard grownup illnesses to put a sudden stop to things, and of course the dog needs to be walked as well. This is always an interesting time of year for me -life moves at a pace that is much faster than my natural rhythm, but I’m happy to ride along with it, knowing things will come to a sudden halt in January. Also, I love what I do -which makes me such a lucky girl.

Here is a recent album cover -I’m going to be throwing up little tidbits as they happen over the next couple weeks. Hope you are all having a good fall yourselves, staying healthy and happy and creating nice moments of time with your family in between the rest of life.

Melgaard Family -Walnut Creek Baby Photographer

Mary — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:51:15 +0000

It feels like baby season around here! Here is another one, welcome to the world little man! Thomas was about 7 days old when we met. He was sweet, ate and then slept.

Zaballos Family, Part 2 -Oakland Portrait Photographer

Mary — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:28:34 +0000

Love, life, family, music, knitting, cooking, movie-making, goofing around, wine, food, laughs.

Rockridge Kids, Oakland

Mary — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:47:58 +0000

Check it out! I have twenty photos up in Rockridge Kids. When I first moved back to Oakland after 3 years in Miami, and was cruising around with my 5-month old Will, I found Rockridge Kids. At that time, the amazing Amy Perl was up on the walls -I pretty much ran home and emailed her right away, saying I loved her work and we should be friends. Over the years, many other photographers have come through the doors -last one was my awesome Little Bird School Photography partner, Kristen Policy. So it is with honor that I have had my rite of passage and now show my stuff there.

Stop in and buy some toys for your kids! It is a great establishment; I’ve really enjoyed getting to know the owner and all the cool people that work there. And… if you see my postcard at the register -read the back! You will get a cool gift from your portrait shoot.

More of the Happy Family – Oakland Portrait Photographer

Mary — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:05:03 +0000

Here are a few more from the last session!

And I promise to post more regularly! It has been a crazy -and fun- two weeks of photographing with Little Bird School Photography, so I have been away from my office for days on end. I can’t wait to share that work, the portraits are looking RAD.

Have a beautiful weekend!

Mary

Home again…

Mary — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:31:08 +0000

I went to WPPI las weeken, this big wedding & portrait photographers conference in Vegas. It was a wonderful trip -I met a number of new friends and got closer to ones I have. I learned so much about where I am and the areas I want to grow as a photographer… There are many new ideas jumping around my head and I have that excited feeling that makes me wish there were more of me to get it all done.

Anyhow, Vegas can be kind of gross, -no offense, but there were days when I didn’t even make it outside! That recycled smoke-air leaves something to be desired. I was so so happy to come back to the beautiful bloom of Spring here in Oakland. The first afternoon home I went on a walk behind our house with the kids. The light was dripping with color and this lens just ate it up. (24 1.4)

Will, eating celery. While I was gone, Drew says he only fed the kids if they asked for food. I tried it, and it works beautifully. When they are hungry, they’ll eat anything -even celery. He also dressed them for school before he put them to bed at night.

Showing Will her “ouch”:

Hearing a woodpecker:

She got really freaked out by the woodpecker, so Will gives her a kiss…

..and then she’s off again.

Mini Sessions – Lake Temescal Park

Mary — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:12:24 +0000

I wanted to share some of the shoots that didn’t make it up in the fall -it is such a busy time, so many of them didn’t get posted.

So here is the first in a series of mini-shoots done at Lake Temescal…. Three charming little girls:

Morning above Montclair Village

Mary — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:55:30 +0000

The tunnel above Montclair:

I love these- the kids running back into their parent’s arms. I relate to this game.

Awesome. Tree.

Mamma-love:

P+G:

Ah, Sean Joaquin…

This one kind of breaks my heart:

We all need more tunnel:

The beauties:

My last shoot of 2009! What a wonderful way to end the year. My neighbors (and friends) met me above Montclair village at “The Tunnel”. (It is where we both take our kids to yell.) After a good yell session, we walked along the path above it. It was freezing out, but they really rocked it. I love all the compositions we created, the group of 5 really worked well. Erica joined us, who is their nanny but really like the coolest older sister none of us have ever had. Anyhow, after 3 years of talking about doing this, I am so glad we finally did -and thank you for trusting me with documenting your familia.

Besitos!

Mary