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High time for newly engaged couples to start booking our services but I say–you can also call us if you’re NOT getting married. That’s right. Just do it. Ma—wage. Or in non-Princess Bride speak, “marriage” is on the decline these days. More people are choosing cohabitation: http://www.nbcnews.com/health/new-normal-cohabitation-rise-study-finds-1C9208429 Which begs the point: Is the market for […]

Hey–It’s January.

Well holy Moses with a basket of fruitcakes!  The holidays are upon us and though we like to give all year round at Sweetness and Light Photography through different fundraising efforts we thought we’d like to do something for one of our lucky fans; treat the person they are most thankful for to something AWESOME. […]

Super-fun Contest with best prize EVER! Because we’re thankful for you. Pretty much…

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First let me explain why I just love this kid. She is a girl after my own heart as evidenced by her mother, Rachel: Eliza: Mommy, I will never let you down. Rachel: Aww, Eliza that is sweet. Eliza: Yeah, I’ll never let you down to the crocodile. Rachel: Thanks kid. Eliza: Crocodiles bite people. […]

Little girl–hippo-sized personality.

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We were there for their wedding and really that JUST HAPPENED, right? When Kate’s dad Mike (affectionately named Uncle Guido by my husband) danced her around to Kiss me Kate. And look, look , look how well she married. My God, what a gorgeous family! Kate (a DOCTOR of art history), you never fail to […]

You can never take the California out of a girl. Especially when she grew up with THIS

She doesn’t have cancer. But she has a warrior spirit. She will probably never toss naturally glossy locks. She will meet the sun, head uncovered, unconcerned. And she will say. “I have alopecia. People pay a lot of money for my style.” Ain’t that the truth.  

My beauty Cate

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The years went by; so very quickly.  He held her small, squirming newness in his strong hands once.  He is the measure by which she chose the man who will hold her from this day forward.  And now he opens the door.       Thanks Molly David for  the second perspective! More to come.

Daddy’s Girl: Kristen and Dan Part 1

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She thinks about forever and the tears start. Just a little through the laughter. Later the dancing starts. It’s a fun, epic, joyous frenzy. It’s passionate. It’s everything that Diego and Kathryn are. With (as always) excellent second shooting (shooting almost all this season together we are pretty much a team of telepaths) by Molly […]

Jefferson Street Mansion May Never Be the Same…

It was in Early March of 2003; My hubby and I moved into our first house. We didn’t want to live in one of those “Little boxes made of ticky tacky”. It was in the midst of the crazy housing boom and we felt lucky to stumble upon this 1928 Tudor with its original windows, […]

Photo-benefit for Martinez boy injured in the Boston Marathon blast.

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The other night I had dinner with a great group of women photographers and one in particular, Tess Kefalonitis had these words of wisdom to share: “Speak your heart”. So here I am, opening my heart to yours.  In all my life I don’t think I’ve had a more intimate relationship or such closeness as […]

Blake Garden, Kensington, CA Breastfeeding and Maternity Portraiture

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Jay and Anamika are going to have one smart, gorgeous little girl if she is anything like her amazing parents. We took some time out of their very busy, happy, love-filled baby shower to get some photos of the parents-to-be,

Bridges Country Club–San Ramon Maternity Photographer