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Stanford Fall Family Session. {Lifestyle Family Photographer, Palo Alto, CA}
While I sit and edit last Saturday’s beautiful and colorful Fall session done at Stanford, and while getting reminders about my disc being full, I remembered I’ve never blogged about a session I had at Stanford almost exactly a year ago. The photographs are still sitting on my computer, so, it is a great opportunity to go back in time and catch up with some things.
This family was one of my very first clients back in the days, and I look at those times very fondly. Every year brings new people into my life and my business, but when I get a chance to work with those who have been with me since my very first year, I feel extremely happy. Also, each year brings new lessons and challenges, and during this particular session I had a chance to try my photography skills in a fog. I have to admit, it was exciting. But the weather did not prevent the family to have a really good time!
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Stanford Lifestyle Family Photographer, California. Fall in its amazing beauty!
For Saturday’s family session my client requested FALL in the background, and when I heard it I knew exactly where to go to look for it. Stanford!!! No brainer. And I was not mistaken.
This morning I sent one of my girls to school just to see her back after 1o minutes. Thanksgiving break. HA! That meant I had two of them to model for me during my location scouting.
This post is overblown with pictures. For the first time in my entire career I wasn’t able to pick just a few favorite shots. Normally I’m pretty good at that. I easily pick up to 15 best shots and go with them. Especially when it comes to photographing my kids, as they normally are not very fond of “posing” for me anymore. I wrote about it in one of my latest post. It’s a love-hate relationship we are dealing with. And today it was definitely on the LOVE side.
The umbrella was simply an accident, as at least one is always in our car. Kids couldn’t miss the opportunity to grab it. One umbrella also meant we are one short and a fight could emerge at any given time. Luckily the kids cared more about throwing the leaves at each other and at me then about fighting… AWESOME!
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Stanford Family Photography Session {Family Photographer, Palo Alto, CA}
I remember my first Stanford Family Photography Session. I was so excited about it. And scared. At the very beginning of my career I used to shoot almost all my sessions in very open spaces. I wanted to limit the amount of random people in the background. I didn’t have any skills in Photoshop. I didn’t own Photoshop. I had tried to avoid places where there could be many objects in the background that later I would have to remove in Photoshop. Simple. Right? Trees and open fields are very safe places to shoot if you are like I used to be two years ago 😉
Luckily during that first session at Stanford University Campus the place was totally empty. Right then I fell in love with this place. After that session I had gone there countless times to explore it more, and to get to know it more. I knew I want to shoot there more often. Stanford Family Photography Session
This place is not the easiest place to shoot at, but man, when you get it right it’s so rewarding. There are so many great places to incorporate as a background, so many great ways to play with the light, and no matter the weather or the time of the day, there are options to get awesome photos.
The session I’m posting today was very special.
It was during the time when one of our girls was going through some tests regardless the possibilities of having an epilepsy. This little girl here is after a liver transplant, and it all started with symptoms very similar to what our girl was going through at that time… Long story short, this family wanted a session at Stanford as it’s a place they have grown very fond of. She had the surgery at the Stanford Children’s Hospital and they come to Stanford very often for her check ups and follow ups. Before I met them I had though due to her surgery this session will not be very “active”, but rather calm and mellow. How surprised I was when this session turned into a full of kisses, giggles, running and trees climbing hour. Pure happiness and joy.
Stanford Family Photography Session
Stanford Family Photography Session
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Ewa, your family photographer
Stanford Family Photography Session