One of the things that I love after the wedding is being able to watch a family grow. It’s pretty awesome to be there for some of the major events in peoples lives after they get married. I love to get a call a few years (or sometimes 10 months) after the wedding that a couple of mine is expecting. It’s always a privilege to be able to photograph newborns and kids as they grow up. Kids grow so fast and as I watch my own grow up and see their personality change every month it gives me new perspectives on capturing family portraits that really capture this time in a families life. I have photographed some fun portrait sessions recently so will be sharing some images and a few videos over the next few days.

First a few quick shots of this little cutie Towsend!

– Mark
San Jose Family Portraits

We have been able to photograph a lot of really fun lifestyle family portrait sessions lately.  From newborns to families with teens running around we have been able to capture some awesome moments this summer and I am really looking forward to the busy fall portrait season.  I’ll share a few of our recent sessions on the blog next week and wanted to start out with a fun session for Lawrence and Marissa.  We photographed their wedding a few years back and they have such a energetic fun boy now.  They said he was at the stage where he loves to run around and has too much energy so we headed over to Vasona park in Los Gatos for the session.  Here are a few of my fav’s:

Family Portraits at Vasona Park

San Jose lifestyle portraits

Family Portraits at Vasona Park

by the train station at Vasona park

Lifestyle family Portraits at Vasona Park

Lifestyle portraits by Stagi Imagery

We have been so busy shooting the past week that we haven’t had much time to blog, but we are putting the final touches on lots of portrait sessions and weddings and will be updating the blog over the next few days with lots of new stuff! We also got to check out our neighborhood 4th of July parade again this year and captured a few images of some of the cool floats. I’ll post a slideshow with some of the highlights tomorrow.

We also have a couple of days still available this month for our Lifestyle Family Portraits, check out our new website at: http://www.stagiportraitlife.com for some of our recent work and contact us to book a session.

– Mark

For those of you who haven’t seen our new family portrait site yet, check it out: http://stagiportraitlife.com/
Even though we shoot more weddings than anything else we do a lot of other types of photography like Family Lifestyle photos. These can be such fun sessions, here is a little
more info on how we approach our family portrait sessions. If you are in the bay area give us a call (or if you are out of the area we do travel based on our schedule
so give us a call anyway to chat about your session)

We believe that a great portrait should show more than just what you and your family look like… a true portrait should show what your family is all about. It can be your family snuggled up on the couch with popcorn watching a movie or running around at a park; our lifestyle photography strives to capture your family in a natural setting. That way you have portraits that really show who you are and tell a story of your family at a given point in time.

Families are always growing and changing, capturing natural moments of your family tell a story of this time in your life and are always treasured for generations.

We shot a baby and family shoot a little while back for little miss Mia and her mom and dad. What a little cutie pie! We have been photographing some really cute babies and families lately, it is so awesome to capture these
moments especially with a newborn. Here are a few of our fav shots:

We had a couple great lifestyle portrait shoots over the past few weeks. Its always fun shooting these, I love capturing natural and fun shots of families interacting. It really does bring out the emotion and joy that family is all about. You can see some more samples of our lifestyle family portrait work on our website, just click here: lifestyle family portraits
Here are a couple of shots that I just loved from our recent shoots:

had to grab a shot of this cool cat!

A majority of our business is focused on weddings, however we do offer other types of photography as well. Some of the main types of photography we offer are family portraits, children lifestyle images and corporate events. With our family portraits and children images we treat them similar to how we photograph a wedding, they are not your typical studio portraits. We focus on capturing lifestyle images, photographs that capture your family in your own enviornment and are real and natural.  We will be updating our Portrait section of our website with new images so keep your eyes peeled. 

If you need a family portrait done or would like more info contact us here.

–Mark

There is still room to sign up for our family portraits on Saturday, for everyone in a rush to get your holiday shopping done its a quick 30 minute family portrait session.  A great family portrait can make a perfect holiday gift for your family and friends.  Click on the photo below for more info.

We have 2 days open for portraits in the park this year and are offering a reduced rate of just $75 per session (30 minute sessions).  It’s a great opportunity to get your family portraits done with the beautiful fall colors at the park and right in time for the holidays.  The dates are 11-8 and 11-15 and we just have a few times open each day so contact us right away to reserve your spot.  Here is some more info:

Family Portraits in the Park, Los Gatos 2008

– Mark