A couple of weeks ago, my grandma asked me to take a picture of her, my aunt Carolyn, my cousin Stephanie, and Stephanie's baby Marcella - four generations in one photo. We also had time to do some photos of Steph, Bill and Marcella, who is just the cutest.
When we arrived to photograph Adm's niece Lily, she was wearing her Cinderella dress and playing with her dad, Adm's oldest brother Aaron. Lily is four, and "a big girl now" she will be happy to tell you. Her Golub traits were quickly made apparent as she cheesed for the camera, ready to pose and smile from ear to ear.
Adm and I had a blast chasing Lily around the house taking her from one type of light to another. As you will be able to tell from the photos, she is an overabundance of joy. Right now, her favorite thing is Rapunzel and she kept saying she was having the best day ever. Even if she was just quoting the movie, we'll take it! (Photos by both Adm and me)
Here's the latest set of images of Eli and Lilian. I photographed them at Lake Merritt in Oakland, and enjoyed taking pictures at the perfect time of day (just before sunset). They're getting pretty big and were scooting around on their little bikes.
Remember April and Arthur and April's big tummy? Well, here's their new little girl, Chloe. I had the opportunity to meet and photograph her yesterday, and she is super adorable. I have not been around many newborns, and so I'm always amazed by how tiny these little babies are. She is actually smaller than most as her newborn clothes are even too big for her. Chloe was such a good baby throughout her first official photo shoot, and April and Arthur couldn't stop smiling throughout as their gazed at their baby. Congratulations to this sweet family!
I love this family. You may recognize Stephanie as one of the bridesmaids in Erika and Colin's wedding last summer. In addition to bridesmaid extraordinaire, she has been one of my best friends since sixth grade, and so I have so many fun memories of playing with her and being at her house with her family. Even though she now lives in Oregon and we're in the Bay Area, we've managed to stay in touch throughout the years. While we were both down in southern California last week, we got together to photograph not only her immediate family, but her extended family as well. It's amazing how time flies and everyone has all grown up - Steph's older sister Jess now has her own baby, Hank (who stole the show for most of the shoot), and their littlest brother Nick, who was five years old when I first met him, is now in college in New York! Yikes that makes me feel old! At any rate, Adm and I had a fun evening with them all in Culver City, and the light was absolutely perfect.
Adm took the following two photos of Hank:
I had the great pleasure of photographing April and Arthur's maternity session this week. In a lot of ways, it wasn't all that different from an engagement session, except that the whole focus of the shoot was on the baby girl growing inside April's belly. We started at their home in San Mateo and then walked a few blocks to the Japanese Tea Garden. Even though I haven't done a ton of maternity sessions (this brings my total count to three), it was super easy to take photos of them since they are so in love with each other and excitedly awaiting their little one. You would think that April and Arthur are models because they seemed to really easily forget about me and just focused on being with each other. Despite the fact that with the exception of her tummy April doesn't look pregnant at all, she is due in a couple of weeks. I can't wait to meet their new baby!
