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

Why do I love Canvas wraps so much? The easy answer is they are just absolutely gorgeous to look at! We started printing on canvas a few years back and the first sample print I got from my lab I just fell in love with. For me photography has always been an art form and always will be. Great photography is a combination of getting the perfect moment captured with great lighting and then what turns that image into something amazing is in the printing. Choosing the right paper to print on and how the image is presented will make such a huge impact on the final print. A lot of my work that has a romantic feel to it or a little bit of an artistic flair shine when printed on canvas. The extra texture of the cannas can really add to the feel of the print. Taking it a step further with a canvas wrap gives the presentation a very modern feel.

If you haven’t seen a canvas wrap yet they are prints on canvas then laminated and then stretched over a stretcher bar frame. The canvas wraps around the frame so the edge of your image bleeds over the side of the frame. These are meant to hang directly on the wall and usually have a 1.5 inch frame so have a nice depth to them. If you are looking for an amazing way to display some of the images we have created for you give us a call.

Another recent family portrait was the beautiful Millette family. They are so blessed to have 3 adorable girls in the family and were such a joy to photograph.

We shot them at a local beach in Monterey and I had so much fun spending time with the family (and look forward to seeing them again soon at Kristi’s wedding next month!)

Here are a few shots that I loved of the family:

Monterey Beach Family Portrait

Stagi Imagery Family Portrait

Monterey Beach Family Portrait

Beach Family Portrait

lifestyle beach portraits

lifestyle beach portraits

lifestyle family portraits

lifestyle family portraits

One of our family lifestyle portraits this summer was for the Hao family. What an adorable daughter they have, she was pretty shy with the camera but super cute! Here are a few of the shots from the session, we shot these out at Vasona Park in Los Gatos. To see more of our Lifestyle photography check out our website: San Jose Family Portraits

Vasona park family portrait

Vasona park family portrait

Vasona park family portrait

Vasona park family portrait

Vasona park family portrait

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

There are so many big life moments that are always happening to families, its important to always capture new portraits to tell your story. You may have had a new addition to the family with a new baby (or even a puppy), or maybe your kids are starting to grow up and change. Whatever the case may be remember to capture this stage in your families life and have us create some fun lifestyle photos of you.



Even if you don’t need a portrait right now I am sure there is someone you know that could use a lifestyle portrait. Have them give us a call or fill out the form below:

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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 just finished up our new site for Lifestyle portraits! Most of our clients know us for our wedding photography but we also do portrait work, its just not your typical family portrait session or studio based session. We take on the same approach that we do with our weddings for families and capture you and your family in a natural setting that really tells a story about your family. 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.

Check out our new Lifestyle site by clicking the Lifestyle link from our website.

– Mark