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A Month from Scratch is born. Clean, healthy eating for my family (and yours).

Seventeen years ago (going on 18, now) I became a mother*. *-Mother; one who provides nourishment, love, safety and all things good and healthy for her children.- * I started out on the right track. Despite being seventeen when I first held that little bundle of hope, expectation and pure dependence, I did the closest to…

We’re shooting at GapKids!

Photos by Anna. Style by Gap. We will be offering 10-minute mini-shoots at the Los Gatos GapKids store for only $50! To make the most of the opportunity, the Gap Brand Experts will be on hand to provide styling from their upcoming spring collection. To make a sweet deal even better, bring your session confirmation…

Black Friday Deal: 2011 Custom Session for just $150

You missed the… Crazy Four-Day deal! Buy it now – book it later! JUST $150! Before midnight on Monday Nov 29, buy a 2011 Winter/Spring Photography Session for only $150! Weekday, Evening, or Weekend doesn’t matter!  Whether it’s a milestone birthday, a newborn, belly photos, or a family photo session, you can’t go wrong. This…

We’re partnering with GAP Kids in Los Gatos to benefit LLS!

This weekend we are partnering with the GapKids store in Los Gatos for their Friends and Family event.  Be sure to stop by between today and Sunday and use this coupon with your purchase.  You’ll save 30% off your purchase and 5% will go to benefit the blood cancer research at the Leukemia and Lymphoma…

More babies & more tats. San Jose newborn photography.

Remember my newborn with the beautiful parents with awesome ink? They’ve had their second baby! Lucky me I get to photograph them again and lucky you, you get to see. Here is the latest edition with his lovely parents: And here’s a flashback to baby no. 1 . . . And the latest again. He’s…

A NEW Short & Sweet Session!

Thought you missed out on a Short & Sweet for this fall? Now you’ve got one more chance! We’ve just added a new Short & Sweet with Christmas delivery. Our Bay Area Short & Sweet Sessions have been booked up for quite some time now, but we just decided to open up one more session!…

Pretty little ladies. Bay Area kid’s photography.

These sweet sisters sure made me smile. There was plenty of joy to capture! I think I have a photo somewhere of my sister and I playing piano; so classic. When I travel from Milwaukee to San Jose for photo sessions, I never know what kind of joy I am going to find, but I…

A beautiful union. My little sister’s wedding.

So, I’ve been saying, for some time now, that all of the “lucky” people who get free photos from me should start a “waiting forever” support group. No doubt, it’s a great deal to get photos from me without paying the full prices, but the price that gets paid is in waiting . . ….

Beautiful belly of a beautiful mama. Milwaukee maternity photography.

To the wonderful Jill: It was worth it, see? Giving baths, digging for clean clothes for three kids, wrangling them all in the car, choosing bribes, keeping them focused and just putting one foot in front of the other with three little kids while 9 months and counting. Look how beautiful you are!! I can’t…

Project imperfection. Milwaukee & San Francisco Bay Area photography.

The number one, most frequent and wistful question I get from happy clients is this: “Do you just take a million fabulous photos of your own kids, all. the. time?” To which I must answer a sad, shameful, “No, not really.” We’ve all heard the saying “The cobbler’s children have no shoes.” Well, unfortunately, oftentimes,…