Here's what's going on at the Mill Cottage Photography Studio, and in my life in General! Just pull up a comfy chair, and relax while you check out the latest adventures and images, photography tips and education, and the antics of our son, Josh!
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Just under a month ago my wonderful colleague, Alameda maternity, newborn and family photographer Anna Myers, and I launched a collaborative venture with delicious boudoir | intimate artisan portraits. It was received with such a warm welcome that we have decided to collaborate on some other areas of photography as well! Hence the birth of...
Seems like yesterday you saw Matika’s gorgeous baby bump in her San Francisco Urban Maternity Session, and newborn baby Liam came just a few days later… Oh, he’s a yummy little guy, and I am so glad I got to hold him, and get my baby fix… Here’s his first professional family portrait in his home… So...
It’s never too late to schedule your maternity session… well, at least if you schedule it before the baby arrives… Matika & Mike, and their son Luke are expecting a new baby this Thursday!!! We headed out to Golden Gate Park to the Queen Wilhemina Tulip Garden on Sunday and it was a beautiful spring...
I promised to show off each of my little subjects from our day of mini-sessions at my San Carlos kids portrait studio! First to arrive was the Carrico family, Joel & Pia, being fellow photographers, welcome the chance to get the family in a photo without having to resort to self-timers and photoshop of multiple...
I am feeling the spring time, and am so pleased to offer a special portrait mini-session in and around my San Carlos children’s photography studio on Wednesday and Friday, February 10 and 12th, just in time for Valentine’s Day!!! Only $95, which is a savings of almost $200 from our regular session fee! Reserve your 30 minute...
One of the things that makes a birthday party, and thus the birthday party ph0tography, so much fun is the activities provided for the children who attend! I know when I go about planning the next birthday party for MY son, Josh, the only website I will visit is California Puppets planning site for Bay Area kids...
Sound the trumpets, strike up the band, in other words, “hit it!” Sydney is here, and she’s such a pretty little newborn baby. You forget how small they are when they are newborns… and how soft they are, and how cute and tiny their feet are, and those soft little birdie sounds they make… Ahhhhhh!!!...
Special thanks to “Uncle” Mitch for giving Josh his first flying machine today! Daddy and Josh took the plane out for a spin, and crashed a lot to Josh’s giggly delight! Daddy giggled too… :^) Kim
Little Mister A and his family were one of the families who won a Mill Cottage Kids Studio Session at the Kidture Couture Portrait Event we had in San Francisco at the JCC! (Don’t worry, we still have a couple more winners to announce, so you’re still in the running if you’re checking back here!!)...
What a wonderful morning we had in the studio today!! It was so great to meet the adorable Schultz Family, and play with their sweet little girls!! Here are some of my favorites! Can’t wait to share the rest with you guys! Thanks again for coming in!Kim
More from the Appel & Frank Babes to Babies event yesterday in San Francisco! Next time we announce an event like this, make plans to be there, and reserve your mini Kidture session in advance with just a $25 investment! Our two photographers were on hand for 5 hours just to fit everyone in!!! We...
For the past two years I have been fortunate enough to be involved in an amazing transformative project founded by Rhee Bevere and supported by the Soroptomists called Project Smile. We work with women and their families at two South Bay housing communities for victims of battery and abuse. Many of these families escaped their...
The importance of family portraits is a topic I often discuss, and go on and on about… we don’t get these moments back, and we really need to celebrate our family’s love and document it with images! Today Josh, my mom, Karen, and I went to my good friend Tami Desellier’s studio and we did...
I have been photographing the Kemsley-Bennett Family for many years, and was so glad to see them again this year. This time Bill’s mother, brother and sister-in-law, and their daughter joined us. We had a terrific time running around the park, and it was great to see how the kids have grown!! Here are some...
So excited to have this gorgeous family in the studio! Avid blog readers, they immediately knew the answer to the Partridge Family Trivia question and they earned their free session!!! Lucky we did the session that day, as daddy hurt himself doing yard work (that’s why I leave my yard like a jungle…) and had...
Has anyone ever truly surprised you? Yesterday was such a great day!!! It started out with Marc Benjamin and Mercury stopping by my office, and picking me up for a great lunch at Cafe Flore in the Castro. Mercury shared his awesome pix of the behind the scenes look at Alcatraz, which totally blew me...
We have just returned from a pretty amazing trip… My mother’s family just hosted their 100th family reunion in Hamlin, New York AND my father, who I haven’t seen in almost 15 years organized a smaller, but just as meaningful reunion of his side of the family. It felt so good to hug my daddy...
It is hard to believe that this image was taken almost 3 years ago… They have changed so much since I saw them last, and I can’t wait to do their family session this year! Get ready for the holidays early this year (you know you always wish you had…) and book your holiday sessions...
Last Saturday instead of having a wedding, I had a great photo session with Connie, Blackie, Antionette, Brendan, Sinead & Ian at Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park!! Blackie loved the geese and ducks, and all the fun people watching him as he posed so regally! He’s a fourteen year old Black Labrador, and is...
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