Monterey Valentines Mini Session

Valentines Rose Petal Mini Sessions: $350 Date: January 31st   Location: 480 Calle Principal, Monterey   Includes: 5 high resolution digital images   Theme: XOXO Balloons, and Confetti   Length: 30 minutes   Valentine’s day is just around the corner and what could be more fun than letting your baby play with confetti ( ps […]

The holidays are right around the corner and it’s time to update your family photos! The Holiday Special is a 1 hour session and includes 30 digital images for $475 (that’s a $175 discount from the regular price). You get to choose from the locations below and one of the available dates below. LOCATIONS DATES […]

Cookies & Milk Mini Session $350 ($50 deposit)Length: 20 minutesIncludes: 10 high resolution digital images Dress your baby in their new holiday jammies for this adorable mini session. I’ll provide the cookies and milk. If you did a session last year the setup will be different with a wood panel background. Covid: I understand this […]

Fall Mini Sessions are a great way to get updated portraits of your beautiful family! Plus, it’s never too early to think about what pictures you’re going to be putting on holiday cards. So get dressed up and make some memories! Mini Sessions are 30 minute total, including 5 minute at the beginning and end […]

My pregnancy bump 12 weeks to 32 weeks. My last bump photo. June 14 Bradley and I headed to urgent care early in the morning at Kaiser in San Jose. I had an abbess cause by a chronic skin condition I have called hidradenitis suppurativa, that needed to be looked at and was extremely painful. […]

SEO photographer education

SEO can be extremely overwhelming, and many times it’s hard to know where to start. I put together this blog to breakdown the basics of SEO for you as a photographer. Of course, there are tons of experts that can get into the nitty-gritty of SEO, but I wanted to provide simple and easy to […]

Pastel Rainbow Balloon Garland for gender reveal

https://socutephoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Gender-Reveal-Video.mp4 I also knew that they last awhile and started the day before the shoot. I think after all was said and done putting this rainbow balloon arch together took about 12 hours. My fingers were raw from tying all those balloons, and I may have cried a few times because I accidentally overfilled some […]

If you want that balloon garland look but don’t want to spend the time and effort that it takes to put it together, I’ve got a hack for you! Now balloon garlands aren’t actually that hard if you have all the right materials, but even the easiest ones can take some time if you want […]

newborn wrap swaddle prop vendor

One of the first things I do for a newborn session is wrap the baby. If there is an older sibling it’s easier for them to handle a wrapped baby, not to mention it keep newborns calm and content, and then I go through my work-flow from there. But there are a lot of other […]