This session was two love letters in one: the first to home, the second to the East Bay hills.


We started at the family's house in Walnut Creek, and honestly, some of my favorite frames of the whole day happened in the first twenty minutes — the three of them piled on the bed, everyone snuggled together laughing. At-home family photos have a warmth you can't stage anywhere else: it's your light, your rooms, your everyday life, documented while it's happening.


Then we drove a few minutes to Lime Ridge Open Space, sitting right at the foot of Mount Diablo. Lime Ridge is one of the East Bay's most underrated family session locations — it delivers those stunning golden hill views Diablo is famous for, but it's far more accessible: easy trails, plenty of parking, and gentle terrain that works beautifully with a baby in arms. We wandered, played, and let the hills and the late light do the rest.


If you're in Walnut Creek, Concord, or anywhere in the East Bay and want family photos that mix cozy and epic, this home-plus-hills combination is one of my favorites to shoot.

 

Family & Maternity Photography
Father in white sweater holding adorable baby in white cardigan and tan pants, smiling indoors.
Smiling family with parents and baby lying together on white bedding in a warm portrait photo.
Family with baby and two dogs relaxing together on living room floor, golden retriever lying in foreground.
Black and white photo of smiling parents lovingly holding their newborn baby together.
Black and white photo of a couple standing in a field, man holding a newborn baby with sunlight behind them.
Loving parents kissing newborn baby together on white bed in tender family moment.
Black and white mirror reflection of father holding newborn baby with smiling mother in foreground.
A smiling Asian woman in a white blouse holds her baby dressed in white, sharing a tender moment indoors.
Black and white close-up of mother tenderly touching sleeping newborns face.
Black and white photo of a couple holding hands walking through a sunlit meadow with mountains in the background.
Black and white photo of parents kissing their newborn baby.
An elderly golden retriever stands in a warmly lit kitchen with hardwood floors, looking up with a gentle expression.
Family with baby reflected in mirror at home.
Black and white photo of a couple holding their newborn baby in a blooming wildflower field.
Black and white photo of couple walking outdoors, man carrying newborn baby girl.
A woman with a gold bracelet gently puts a white sneaker on a baby's foot while an adult in jeans stands nearby.
Family with newborn baby and golden dog relaxing on sofa in black and white photo.
Black and white photo of parents kissing while holding their newborn baby between them.
Smiling father holding his infant baby in a black and white indoor portrait photo.
Black and white photo of a newborn baby held by two parents, making a cute expression with tiny hands raised.
Smiling mother holding baby in rocking chair in green nursery room with black crib and framed art.
Black and white photo of a sleeping newborn baby cradled in an adult's arm, wearing a white button-up outfit.
Black and white photo of a couple sharing a tender moment with their baby in a blooming flower field.
Black and white photo of a smiling couple standing in a field, with the man cradling a newborn baby.
Black and white photo of a man holding a newborn baby, reflected in a mirror wearing a sleeveless shirt.
Mother tenderly holding her infant baby close to her chest.
Parents kissing their adorable baby on the cheeks in a warm golden backlit family portrait.
Parents holding newborn baby together in bright sunlit outdoor portrait photo.