San Francisco Family Photography

It was my privilege to photograph Lyna and her family in their Nob Hill home in San Francisco. The views from their roof were spectacular. And so were the family photos.  We planned to do a family photo session in their home and then move to Crissy Fields. Unfortunately, the wind was not cooperating. As with all my photography, I guarantee the results, regardless of circumstances. Including weather.  So we rescheduled the session for next day. Next day, while driving to the photo session at Palace of Fine Arts, Lyna called me and told me that her 4 year old fell asleep in the car. In my experience as a child photographer, waking kids up is never a good idea. My guarantee still in place we rescheduled again. Everyone was in great spirits the following day and we got what was our goal. A modern San Francisco Family photography

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Display at Mama Lounge in San Francisco

I was thrilled when Amy, who is the owner of Mama Lounge in San Francisco asked me to display my work in her office. Mama Lounge San Francisco clinic in Laurel Village specialties are natural medicine for Fertility, Prenatal and Postpartum. Since my specialties are Maternity Photography and Newborn photography, it is a perfect location to display my work!

Newborn and Maternity photography

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Homage to the Stars Photography

There was a great article in last Sundays Chronicle of my clients Frank, Sonny and their daughter Ava about their costume skills, especially for Halloween. To see the article Click Here

I had the privilege to photograph them and their spectacular outfits for the last several years. Each outfit is hand made! Each photograph was designed to look and feel like original poster or photograph from the movies.

Elizabeth Taylor, Lisa Minnelli, Rita Hayworth, Ava Gabor, Cher, etc... It does not matter. Ava can play the part of all of them.

Here is a compilation of my favorite photographs from our portrait photography sessions:

 

Scarlett

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Rita Hayworth

 

Scarlett O"Hara

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Scarlett O"Hara

Scarlet O"Hara  with  Rhett Butler

Ava Gabor

Frank Sinatra and Ava Gabor

Rita Hayworth with Rita

Cher

Sonny and Cher

Sonny and Cher

Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra with Mark Anthony and Julius Cesar

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Lisa Minelli

Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra

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Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra

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A model for a day.

I have been photographing Gitta for many years: Maternity photography, Newborn photography, Family photography and everything in between.  I get very excited when my client who is "Mom" calls me and wants to "Glam Up" a little and do a "Model for a Day" photo session. Well, it's more like a model for a few hours! :)    Child is waiting!

Gitta and I went to Marin Headlands National Park for our photo session. Please do not tell park rangers! :)

The weather was perfect and mom looked like a model! We succeeded!

A model for a day Photography

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A family studio portrait session

What can I say. I love photographing kids. They always give you what's on their mind. If they do not like the way photo session is going, they WILL let you know. Twins will give you double of that. On top of this add a newborn addition to the family. But I love challenges. Sometimes we add a additional level of challenges by getting family pets in the photos. Lucky for me, there were only twins and newborn with their parents to work with. No problem! :)

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Studio Maternity photography

I love photographing several generations at the same time. Michelle is my long time client. I have been photographing her daughter since she was very very little. Now Michelle hired me to photograph her maternity with her extended family.  The tiger you see is an animal who greats every child when they come to my studio. He is very very child friendly! :) San Francisco family photography

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Baby step club part 3

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Travel photography: Detroit

I am not a gambling man. Having said that, I bet my friend from Detroit $10.00 on a football game between 49rs and Detroit Tigers last fall. The looser had to deliver money in person!! I won the bet but since my friend could not leave his business, he flew me last month to Detroit to collect the money. I have heard from numerous sources about "Armageddon" style images in Detroit since there are lot's of buildings in a state of decay. Many movies were filmed in Detroit because of that reason. So when I go on "vacation" to Detroit, I bring my cameras. :)  I can always use this images in my "green screen photography" _MG_0467-Edit _MG_0462-Edit _MG_0445 _MG_0420 _MG_0417 _MG_0412 _MG_0390-Edit _MG_0378 _MG_0071-Edit _MG_0059

Executive headshots photography

In this photo session I photographed Tari and Nicole for Pete Brannigan real estate in Noe Valley. Each one told me at the beginning of photo session that they hate when someone take their photos because they always look bad. They both loved they way our images came out. :)

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Executive headshot portrait session

 

San Francisco Newborn Studio Portrait Photography

Katya and Dirk asked me to photograph their newborn child.  We all love the results of this photo session! San Francisco Newborn portrait photography

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Newborn and Infant Photography: Baby Step Club part 2

This is second photo session for Brandon and Dessiree for their Fima Photography baby step club with their daughter.  The first one was in Noe Valley studio. Second one in the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Child photography by Fima Photography

 

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Infant outdoor photography

This is second photo session for Brandon and Dessiree for their Fima Photography baby step club with their daughter.  The first one was in Noe Valley studio. Second one in the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

Cleopatra: Examples of Green Screen Photography

Frank and Sonny are long-time clients of mine.  They're wonderful with creative ideas for every photo session we do. Last Halloween, they concocted the idea of dressing up their daughter as Cleopatra, Frank as Julius Caesar, and Sonny as Mark Antony.

For the portraits that I took in their family photo session, I used green screen technology to put photos of their daughter in front of an ancient Egyptian setting.

Frank made every single one of these costumes.  What a family!