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Pregnancy Photographer – Miss Laurie – Danville Photographer

Ashley McNamara — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:19:14 +0000

When I first moved to the Bay Area, Laurie is the first person I met and the first person I was able to call a friend. Laurie and her husband Chris have been waiting for this baby for quite some time and I am beyond excited for them and feel so blessed to be able to give them this gift of photos so they can cherish every second because as they say.. time moves faster when you have children.

30+ comments will get the Fairbanks family an adorable gift! Leave them some love.

Bay Area Family Photographer – Strasner Family – Ashley McNamara Photography

Ashley McNamara — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:25:58 +0000

Holy fun/amazing family batman!

The Strasner family was a blast to shoot. I love when clients are into their shoots and the Strasner family had so many ideas and even better they were up for anything. We started downtown and ended at the beach in Del Mar it was so cold and cloudy in San Diego but we made it work.

How do I explain how fun this shoot was? I think I will start with this photo.. it explains it all.

As always 30+ comments will get the Strasner Family a cool gift!

This is what it looks like to have a mouth full of sand..

Child Photographer – Erika – Ashley McNamara – Danville – Photographer

Ashley McNamara — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:02:07 +0000

Whew.. I have completed my first Bay Area shoot and boy am I relieved. As I was driving to Danville the sky was cloudy and off in the distance were some really ugly storm clouds and I thought for sure that this shoot was going to be a bust but there was no way I was letting a little rain ruin this shoot for me… I was going to have some fun in spite of it!

As it turns out this Bay Area fogginess makes for the most perfect soft light. Here I was.. worried sick about change, I didn’t have my sunny San Diego sky, I didn’t have my normal locations, and I didn’t have the pier! Here I was worried about the quality of light and all of this time spent worrying, I missed out on some pretty awesome stuff. I shot in one square blog about 3 mins from my house.. In San Diego it would have been at least 25mins of driving to get all of these cool textures. They say change is good, I think they’re right.

The holiday season is in full swing – Ashley McNamara – Danville Photographer

Ashley McNamara — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:24:48 +0000

What happened to 2009? I cannot believe it is almost over. I swear the older I get the faster time fly’s.

Christmas time is my favorite time of year.. What’s not to like? Eggnog, Hot Chocolate, Presents, Snow, and did I say presents?

I like everything besides that 10 extra pounds I gain eating baked goods. As soon as it starts getting cold I get the urge to bake, I don’t know why because I don’t bake any other time of the year except during the Holiday’s and if one day goes by that my house doesn’t smell like fresh baked cookies it feels weird. I made sugar cookies today, nuff said.

I never post personal things on my blog, mostly, because I was always so busy but since my move to the Bay area I am enjoying some down time for the first time in four years and it feels good to be able to spend some quality time with my kids and actually take some pictures of the little boogers.

This year I decided that our tree wasn’t eccentric enough and while I was shopping at Target I found the perfect tree topper, Yoda! Tell me that Yoda isn’t rad?!

My daughter, who doesn’t let me take her picture as often as I would like. She thought she looked cute today and decided to give me 5mins so I took 10 and then she pouted but I like it anyway. One of the things I missed most about the bay area was the fog.. oh how I missed you fog. Looks good in pictures too.

Product Images – The Image Box – Ashley McNamara – San Francisco Photographer

Ashley McNamara — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:50:18 +0000

One of the awesome things about owning your own business is that I get to pick the coolest products to offer my clients. I blog about our albums a lot and wanted to share something a little different. One of our most sought after products is the image box. Your image box is custom designed to fit your decor and comes with bordered 5×7 images from your session.

Not to exclude our fabulous albums we are now offering an even bigger variety of fun colors!

Family Photographer – Brocious Family – Ashley McNamara – San Francisco Photographer

Ashley McNamara — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:22:36 +0000

I am almost done with this round of San Diego sessions. This shoot wrapped up an awesome year with the Brocious family and I am so excited to be their photographer next year since they have a little BOY on the way. I cannot wait to see what she does with blue because it has been all sugar and spice so far.

Family Photographer – Wynne Family – Ashley McNamara – Bay Area Photographer

Ashley McNamara — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:48:38 +0000

It is official, In the last two weeks we have moved from San Diego to the Bay area. It was a long drive and I am still SWIMMING in boxes but things are falling into place. It has also been a really long time since I have lived in the bay and it was easy to get used to the sun in San Diego… buuuurrrr it’s cold here!

Before I left San Diego I took on a few last minute sessions with my good friend, Marie, who was dying to shoot on the beach. We went to my favorite spot with some of my favorite clients. I cannot wait to get back to San Diego for more sessions.

I feel like it has been forever since I have blogged!