Happy Birthday, Anna!

Last weekend we celebrated Anna's 6th birthday! Who is Anna? Well, I think it would be fair to say that she is my very first model, in my professional photographic career. In fact, I have been taking her pictures since she was one year old. In honor of her birthday, I thought I would share some of my favorite photos of Anna from the past 5 years. I like this selection because it shows photos from different seasons, photos indoors (in a studio setting) and outside. And of course because they show how little Anna has grown and matured into the beautiful girl that she is today.

Happy birthday, Anna!

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Thank you, Anna and family, for the opportunity to be a part of Anna's life and to watch her grow through the years!

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Holiday Mini-Sessions - Part 3 (Stanford University)

I am happy to share with you the last installment of the Stanford Holiday Mini-Sessions.

I have to say that both children, the 4-year old and the 3-month old were just perfect during the session. As it turned out, it took the promise of a family trip to a restaurant after the session to keep the 4-year old interested. But it worked like a charm! And the baby's good humor was completely unperturbed by the handing back and forth between the parents and not even when he was placed into (and subsequently adjusted within) a basket. He just looked about happily until he fell asleep at the end of the session. What a delight!

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Thank you for a great session!

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Holiday Mini-Sessions - Part 2 (Stanford University)

Continuing with photos from the holiday mini-sessions, I simply couldn't not share photos of this gorgeous family with you.

As it is usually the case with toddlers, we had to run around quite a bit and get creative to catch the little guy. But the parents were just wonderful and came up with some ingenious strategies to get the shots (which I will have to add to my little book of tricks)! The key generally to getting good images with very young children is to go with the flow, not set any specific expectations, and try to find things that they like to do that are still appropriate for a photo session. :) Which is exactly what we did for this session. Because, as any parent of a 2 year old can attest, expecting a toddler to sit still and smile at the camera is setting yourself up for failure. :)

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Thank you for a wonderful session!

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Holiday Mini-Sessions - Part 1 (Stanford University)

As some of you know, on Sunday Alice Sokoloff Photography held holiday mini-sessions on the beautiful Stanford University campus. We were very fortune--the weather was absolutely fantastic! And all the families were so great to work with. We had a lot of 2 year-olds this time around, so there were challenges, but I think it's fair to say we handled them admirably, propelled by relentless support from the families!

Here are a few of my favorite photos from one of the sessions. I will try to post a few more over the course of the next few days.

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Elainya | Hayes Mansion | San Jose Family Photographer

With the holiday mini-sessions just around the corner, and with perhaps some of you wondering what to expect, I am happy to share with you images from Elainya's session just last Friday. This was one of my regular mini-sessions, which was 45 minutes long and which includes 10 images in digital form. So this session was a little longer than the holiday mini-sessions, and it was in another location, but it should give you an idea of what to expect. :)

You may remember this family from the holiday family session I posted almost a year ago. Elainya was just a tiny baby then. Fast forward less than a year, and she is already walking--I should even say running. And when you thought she couldn't get any cuter, she did! Those baby blues just kill me! :)

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The dress that Elainya is wearing is the same dress that her mommy wore for her 1 year old photos. And the awesome retro rocking chair was also made for her mommy when she was just toddling about. :)

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As you can see, I could not narrow it down to 10 favorites. :) Elainya was too adorable! :) Thank you for a wonderful session, Elainya and family!

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