I asked them what they did for Christmas and they started telling me about places they went, smiling. They obviously had a lot of fun together. While they were talking and smiling, I kept photographing them.
Since their daughters are in other state, choosing which photos to print was a bit challenging for them. But in the end, each of them chose photos for prints.

After they chose photos, the mom told me a story about her son. He didn’t want photos taken at first. But after the session, he said he was glad he did. What he liked most was that I didn’t make them pose. I love to capture family’s closeness and also want them to relax, so I don’t like to pose them.

In this photo, the sisters were trying to kiss their brother on his cheek and he was trying to block them. I got a series of photos of this. They were all laughing and having fun. What a fun family!

I love capturing closeness of a family. It shows love, which I prefer over posed family portrait.

They are having fun!

There with Care helps families with seriously ill children. Some of them spend months in hospital. So they help families with their needs, bringing food, relieving moms from hospital for a short break, bringing other needed items… They are always accepting donations and you can also shop on their website, which will help them to continue their amazing work. They also have Wish List, volunteer forms, etc on their website, so please visit www.bayarea.therewithcare.org!

And I went to the first photo session with 3 families at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. Being the first time, I could not help feeling very sad to see 5 months boy attached to several tubes, waiting for a heart transplant or 6 months old boy who has no kidney and again, attached to several tubes for dialysis. I was also amazed how positive and strong their moms are despite the fact they are also stuck at the hospital for several months to care for their babies. They are just happy to see their baby eat, cry and smile just like any other babies.
Here are 3 babies I photographed this time. So precious!

This event was organized by Dr. Victor Woodlief in San Jose. It was a very informative event on sleep apnea. If you missed it, I think Dr. Woodlief is planing another one.

The venue has beautiful classic cars, which I love.

At the end of the event, people had a chance to get an autograph from the players.

We had a family photo session at Edgewood Park in Redwood City early Dec. So we decided to bring our vintage setee we just got reupholstered. There are a few great spots for photos there. We were there early in the morning while the sun was still low.
While we were there, we decided to take some photos for our holiday cards, too.

It is the photo I am using for our cover photo on our Facebook page.

We have a home studio, so I wanted people to know about our business, yet didn’t want the sign to be out of place since this is a residential area. So I asked them to make it look like a street sign and I love it! I already had a few compliments, too.