san francisco bay area maternity, child and family photographer » San Francisco bay area family photographer http://storyboxart.com/blog Mon, 07 May 2012 17:24:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 one little monkey… http://storyboxart.com/blog/2012/04/family-photography/one-little-monkey/ http://storyboxart.com/blog/2012/04/family-photography/one-little-monkey/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 23:02:53 +0000 alpana http://storyboxart.com/blog/?p=2319 …jumping on the bed. I just found the jumping photos as I was prepping the blog post from this family’s portrait session. The six year old and I got to have a little hangout as my son would call it. He jumped on the bed when no one was looking. Nothing like letting off some energy for an active kid and these are the real moments that make for some pretty cool images. And also a great addition for a signature album. They aren’t in this client’s gallery as I typically show 25-40 images in a gallery. If a client orders an album, I end up adding images not in the gallery to help tell the story of the day. I am asked about this quite often and thought I would share it in this blog post.

Back to this lovely family’s portrait session. We finally got a date down after some sickness in the early months. As luck would have it, PG&E randomly decided to turn off power that day. The family decided to roll with the punches after some back and forth and it turned out to be a great decision. Mom was worried about not having lights working. That wasn’t an issue as I work with natural light. The main issue would have been a freezing house which wasn’t the case and the little five month old was such an amazing little model too. The family will forever remember the day of the shoot and have that story to tell :-)

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boy jumping on bed photo

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I stumbled upon a “hair makeover”in progress and grabbed my camera for some quick shots. A few more on the facebook page if you want to take a peek. Talking about Pinterest, have you checked it out? It is a great place to explore and share visual inspiration from the web. And if you fancy checking out my boards to see what inspires me or catches my fancy click here.

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Have had a sluggish run blogging recently so I thought it was time for a share as I head out soon to the east coast. Love this family I photographed about a month ago. Our shoot was quite the adventure hiking out to a spot in Walnut Creek. The interesting thing is that you never know what is in the cards as the story tends to evolve along the way. At least that tends to be my shooting style. The kids were real troopers on our hike, even the new baby. Mom brought along Pokeman cards which were a huge hit with the older boys. I just love the first set of photos where the younger brother is trying to sneak a peek at his brother’s cards. Those are life’s little moments to remember and cherish…

Storybox Art has only a few more spots for a signature family session through the end of this year. If you have your heart set on a session please be sure to get in touch. Please provide a number to contact you as well for us to be able to chat and get to know each other better. If you haven’t “liked” our facebook page please do so to check out sneak peek and other news.

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A few from a quick afternoon rendezvous in Palo Alto with my lovely childhood friend Rita, her mom and kids. Rita and I met in eighth grade in India and followed somewhat similar paths as we continued our journey in art pursuing a BFA and MFA. She has been such an inspiration not only through art but as a super mom raising two bright, polite and well-rounded kids. Hope you like the photos!

If you would like to see more of our current work or keep up with updates please visit us on Facebook and be sure to “like” our page. Alpana is primarily a kids and family photographer that creates unique story-telling emotion packed images. If you would like to reserve a photo session please email her through the contact page.

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She softened gradually, melting in the light of the sun, all the while thinking, O, this is what it’s like to be a planet & suddenly it was over & the universe expanded by one.
~ The Storypeople

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A perfect opportunity to experience a session with Storybox Art or schedule some updated photos. Session can include upto four people in immediate family. Some restrictions apply! Please feel free to email me with questions.

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I realized that I didn’t announce the results from out blog contest here but did on our Facebook page. You can “like” our page to keep up with the news + tidbits that often don’t get posted on the blog. The cute little guy you see above on canvas won a 16 x 20 canvas + $300 gift certificate for his parents. The 2nd place went to no. 8 and third to no. 10. Thanks to all those that voted for their favorite image and commented on the blog/facebook. Also, the Target gift card was won by Lindsay Vandemotter for commenting on our Facebook page!

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A peek into a recent family session complete with high-tea for these little princesses. Meet Zoe and Parker enjoying tea time with giggles and laughter. And a fair consumption of gold fish cracker tea served in their fine china:-) I hope the F family will be able to reflect on their tea party and time together in many years from now.

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