Livermore Family Portrait Photographer - Lyssette, Jordan & Carlos

Back in the day (about 8 years ago) I met Lyssette in a Japanese language class in college (coincidentally, the same class where I met my husband.)  Lyssette, Linda and I also had a lot of art classes together during those college years and I recall a few late nights with her in the print studio finishing work for morning critiques.  Ah, those were the days...

Lyssette & her boyfriend, Jordan wanted some family pictures taken for Holiday gifts, so we took a little afternoon trip to Livermore to visit their third family member, Carlos...the horse (of course!)

It's always nice to get together with friends to catch up, and even better when you get to shoot beautiful pictures of a girl with her horse and fun couple pictures as the sun sets over those east bay hills.

I hope you love the pictures as much as we do!

 

 

 

 

Bay Area Family Portrait Photographer - Mare Island - The Mendoza Family

<3. This. Family!

First of all...look at them!
Second, they own an AWESOME VW bus for camping, drive-in-movie-watching, hanging out and all around amazing adventures.
Third, little Dexter is just one of my favorites to photograph! (So much personality!)
Fourth...well, I could keep going, but it might take awhile.

I met Patrice, Diego & little Dexter at Mare Island for these pictures.  It's a great place to photograph, full of different backgrounds, abandoned buildings, and interesting features.  It was a great pick by the family!  I was so excited to incorporate Diego's baby (the VW bus) into the pictures.  He spent a lot of time restoring it and making it the ultimate camping vehicle so he could take his growing family on trips.

Very soon they will be welcoming a new little member to their family and Dex will be a big brother, but until then I give you the current Mendoza Family!