I met this sweet little family on a chilly (brrrr!) morning in Golden Gate Park.  I think we were all expecting another glorious summery winter morning.  But we made the best of it and little Miranda was a trooper, even though she was cold the whole time.  Songs, snacks, and soft toys to the rescue!  The silver lining to the weather was the beautiful misty light we had, with moments of warm sunshine popping through.

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I recently met up with this fun extended family at the Palace of Fine Arts. The holidays brought grandparents, siblings, and cousins together in San Francisco so why not get some family photos taken? The stars of the event were the three little boys – Ian (2 years old) and his cousins, Elliot (18 months old) and Riley (8 years old). The boys definitely seemed to enjoy themselves during our shoot. By the end of it, little Ian exclaimed breathlessly, and through lots of giggling, that he “needed to take a break”. I have to give credit to big brother Riley for serving as my assistant – he rocked it! Anytime you wanna work together again, Riley, give me a call.

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I had fun photographing these two little guys – Max and Kennedy!  This was my first experience photographing identical twins and it was an exiting new endeavor to be sure.  Between these guys being 2.5 years old and there between 2 of them, I had my work cut out for me in getting well-composed and memorable family photographs!  But these little boys were so sweet and playful, I think we captured some really sweet family moments.

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This mama and papa have a couple of the sweetest, cutest boys in town!  At 5 1/2, little man Mason seems to have a grand future in engineering (and maybe business?).  In his room, he had an impressive array of things he’s built out of legos and other materials.  And he showed off his current project of building a (minature) dual furniture and tree store.  He even rattled off how much he plans to charge for the items he’ll be selling.  What a cutie!  And on top of this, he was a fantastic and loving big brother to baby Griffin, 4 months old.  Griffin reciprocated with lots of eye gazing and smiles.

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I had the pleasure of photographing this wonderful family, dear friends of mine, for the second time this year.  I photographed these three when little man, Bowie, was 6 months old… and he just turned 1!  What a year it has been!  Bowie also happens to be buddies with my son, Julian, so photographing him with his mama and papa was a special treat.

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Cole, 2, was a little ball of fire on the crisp Saturday morning we met.  He was super fun to chase around and photograph, though he worked his mama and papa during our shoot!  At any rate,  I love the sweet family photos we captured that morning.

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Big sister Zoe was excited to show off her new little sister, Celine.  But Zoe was pretty excited about everything.  Oh, the enthusiasm of a 3-year old!  Needless to say, she L-O-V-E-D getting her picture taken.  And sweet little Celine, only 3 weeks old, even seemed to do a little posing herself!

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This little cutie was happy to have a visitor in her fabulous pink room while she went about her morning routine.  She did some light reading, inventoried her bath products, and tested out her various cushiony chairs.  Mama and Papa sweetly cheered her on from the sidelines.

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I had such a great time photographing this little guy at 1st birthday party.  Elliot’s mama is Korean and the family celebrated with a traditional Dol Party.  Tons of family and friends came out to celebrate, eat, drink, and witness Elliott make his Doljabi choice.  While his mama was hoping he might grab the baseball (the family are huge SF Giants fans), he chose a golf ball.  This made his grandpa very, very happy.

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I met this fun family on a cool, crisp morning in Glen Canyon Park.  Little Micah really got into the photo shoot while baby sister, Noah, slept on the sidelines for much of the morning.  Micah was sport enough to play a ‘Simon Says’ type of game with me so that I could get the shots I was aiming for.  Thanks, Micah!  Mama Sarah was radiant (even at 830 am!) and Papa Dan was adoring and sweet.

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