Mary McHenry Photography » Portrait Photography

Jane, Ken, Libby and Ben – Piedmont Portrait Session

Mary — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:22:26 +0000

I love these guys. I have been photographing this family for several years -from when Ben was in the belly and they were in the Bay Area visiting from Boston! Now when we see each other, we just hang out, chat, catch up on life, exchange kid stories and I have my camera with me. They are also as lovely on the inside as they are on the outside. (A most important phrase drilled into me by my mother.) Enjoy!

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.

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

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:

My Boy

Mary — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:44:34 +0000

Will has been melting my heart on almost a daily basis these days. He is such a wonderful 4 year old, it makes all those tough days of the 2′s and 3′s so worth it.

Yesterday we went to Trader Joes and he got a balloon. When we were getting out of the car, he let go of it by mistake and the wind whipped it right away. The look on his face was so tragic, I said the first thing that popped into my head to make him feel better: “Will, it’s ok! Now you can make a wish on the balloon!”

He looked up into the sky, watching his beloved balloon floating away and whispered: I wish my balloon would come back to me…

And… my heart breaks. But in a good way.

Morning session in San Francisco

Mary — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:51:15 +0000

Music, design, art, love.

A lovely family and wonderful morning -thank you!

Oakland Hills at dusk

Mary — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:32:56 +0000

Thank you Joscelyn for a lovely afternoon! Your children are a-dor-able. I love the look of the clothes and all the special touches you brought. Enjoy!

Allisyn and Eli

Mary — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:22:15 +0000

A very dear old friend and a very new dear friend. I met Allisyn in college; finding her was an amazing gift. If you know her you know what I mean….

We went through the teaching program together, traveled the Australian Outback in an RV, and had our kids just days apart. Eli rocks -I can’t wait for him to meet Skylar. We took these at the park in Brooklyn when I was there in September.

The Waltzer-Spiro Family

Mary — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:00:45 +0000

When I was in Brooklyn last week, my friends Ben, Yasmin and little Bella came over for a fun dinner party. We took a walk in Fort Greene Park before to grab some shots of the family and a few promo ones for Ben, who is an incredible jazz pianist. And Yasmin is an amazing artist. Can you only imagine what Bella is going to be?…

Regina

Mary — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:07:26 +0000

I met this little muffin a few weekends ago. She is such a happy little thing, and is surrounded by such love from her parents. They make a great little trio…

This glowy haze was a mix of the fog burning off and someone getting a smokey grill going! Love it.

There were so many great shots of them just playing around together -and little Regina would glance over at me, like, “Are you getting this? How cute are we?”

There we all are!

I love doing some ‘just parent’ shots toward the end of the shoot. Most couples have a nice photo taken when they get married and then many years pass before the opportunity comes again.

Regina checking out her ‘rents getting their photo taken:

Such a fun morning -thanks guys!