They’re HERE!  I am finally ready to announce my most anticipated sessions of the year.  My Fall & Holiday mini sessions often sell out quickly, so this year I’ve opened up more dates, including weekends because I adore my new and repeat clients who wait all year for this. These shorter sessions are perfect for busy families who are ready to update their family portraits or create stunning 2017 Holiday Cards.

Holiday Family Mini Sessions will be held  here in beautiful East Bay, South Bay and  San Francisco, we have so much to choose from that there is surely something that fits your family style, urban, woods, garden, fall leaves, etc!  I have also added a new locations this year for my repeating clients! (THANK YOU for being such amazing clients for many years!)  Check out my location guide  and just pick your location and time from the calendar below! Holiday Mini sessions will be focused on photojournalistic ‘lifestyle’ portraits: portraits of your family interacting, candids, and kids playing in the leaves and some formal poses!

It is very important to me that clients have a printed memory on their wall to enjoy and cherish for many years, therefore, my holiday mini package includes professional prints!  Professional prints make great gift for grandparents and family members as well!

2017 Fall Holiday Mini Session – only $175

• Welcome Email with wardrobe advice and session preparation
• 25 Minute Outdoor Session in natural light up to 5 immediate family members
• Private Online Ordering Gallery to choose from
• 2 professional prints – size 8×10
• 1 Digital Holiday Card** – so popular!! 
• Custom Mobile App ** my clients love this!!
• Online Card Ordering Gallery through Minted.com   **

Due to time constraints, mini-sessions are not available for babies under 4 months old or groups larger than 5.  Please schedule a full family session for newborn and large group/ extended family portraits.  If you would like to do an outfit change, studio ” modern & classic” session, special locations, Napa Session , Golden Gate Bridge, session at your home, etc, please schedule a full Family Session!  Please E-mail at photo@aikacardin.com for availability.  ** These items are included with purchase of digital file package.  Additional professional prints and digital files are available for purchase.

For babies and toddlers, please make sure session time doesn’t conflict with children’s nap time!

DATE & LOCATION 

SAN FRANCISCO

October 1st, Sunday– Palace of Fine Arts  SOLD OUT

1:30pm, 2:00pm, 2:30pm, 3:00pm

October 1st, Sunday – Presidio SOLD OUT

4:30pm, 5:00pm, 5:30pm

October 21st, Saturday – Legion of Honor 

10:00am, 10:30am, 11am

October 21st, Saturday – Palace of Fine Arts 

1:00pm, 1:30pm, 2:00pm, 2:30pm

October 21st, Saturday – Presidio SOLD OUT

4:00pm, 4:30pm, 5:00pm

EAST BAY

October 13th, Friday – Old Borges Ranch, Walnut Creek  SOLD OUT

3:30pm, 4:00pm, 4:30pm, 5:00pm

October 14th, Saturday – Old Borges Ranch, Walnut Creek  SOLD OUT

3:30pm, 4:00pm, 4:30pm, 5:00pm

October 20th, Friday – Heather Farm, Walnut Creek  SOLD OUT

4:00pm, 4:30pm, 5:00pm, 5:30pm

November 3rd, Friday – Old Borges Ranch, Walnut Creek SOLD OUT

3:00pm, 3:30pm, 4:00pm, 4:30pm

November 11th, Saturday ( Veterans Day) – Central Park, San Ramon  SOLD OUT

9:00am, 9:30am, 10:00am, 10:30am

November 11th, Saturday – Markham Natural Park, Concord – Fall colors SOLD OUT

2:30pm, 3:00pm, 3:30pm, 4:00pm

November 17th, Friday – Markham Natural Park, Concord – Fall colors SOLD OUT

2:15pm, 2:45pm, 3:15pm, 3:45pm

November 18th, Saturday – Markham Natural Park, Concord – Fall colors  SOLD OUT

2:15pm, 2:45pm, 3:15pm, 3:45pm

SOUTH BAY

September 23rd, Saturday – Stanford University, Stanford 

1:00pm, 1:40pm, 2:20pm, 3:00pm

September 23rd, Saturday – Sharon Park, Menlo Park

4:30pm, 5:00pm, 5:30pm, 6:00pm

October 28th, Saturday – Vasona Park, Los Gatos 

9:30am, 10:00am, 10:30am

October 28th , Saturday – Stanford University, Stanford  SOLD OUT

1:00pm, 1:40pm, 2:20pm

October 28th, Saturday – Elizabeth Gamble Garden, Palo Alto SOLD OUT

4:00pm, 4:30pm, 5:00pm

If the available time doesn’t show up in drop down list on the date of session below, it means it’s already taken.  Please E-mail me to get on the waiting list! photo@aikacardin.com

Turn around time : 

You will receive your private online gallery in 1-2 weeks, online gallery is hosted for 2 weeks and you will receive your prints order in 1-2 weeks.  Purchaed Digital files will be available to download in 1-2 business days after order is received.

**Digital Holiday Card  is a web-sized digital card (not recommended for printing) for you to share on Christmas day by email / social media. I will customize your card with one of your 8×10 prints image or purchased digital files with below overlay (I will have new ones, too!). Aren’t they super cute?  This digital holiday card has been SO POPULAR and I see them posted all over on social media on Christmas day! Your customized digital card will be e-mailed to you in first week of December for you to share !

**Custom Mobile App is a digital photo album that you can take with you on the go and easily let you share your beautiful photos with your friends and family!  Purchased digital files will be added to the mobile app. You can download your Mobile App to your phone and tablet!  It’s really cute and my clients LOVE it!

**Online card ordering gallery through minted.com.  Minted.com is a online card printing site and offers beautiful and high quality holiday cards. Your purchased digital files will be uploaded to minted.com website by me for your convenience! All you have to do is pick your favorite design and your holiday cards are done. How easy is that??

Additional products:

*Professional Prints starts from $45 ~. Digital file Package starts from $325~. ( 10 for $325, 15 for $375~). All digital files are high resolution, individually retouched and ready to share with friends and family!

Repeating Clients :

Repeating family clients will receive additional 2 digital files with purchase of digital package!

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Payment of session fee is due upon booking to secure your spot through above calendar.  Deposit is non-refundable should you cancel but  is it transferable to another date you wish to amend your booking .  $25 fee will apply for rescheduling within 10 days of session date.  In the event of adverse weather, sessions will be rescheduled to nearest available date.  You will receive email with our exact meeting location 3 days before your session date.

*Please use non- AOL Email address when you schedule a session.  Somehow, my server doesn’t communicate well with AOL Email address and I won’t be able to reply to AOL Email.

Schedule your Holiday mini session today!  Looking forward to creating your holiday memories!!

Featured on Minted!  My clients photos are featured in 2017 Holiday Card Collections !  I LOVE the quality of the products and designs Minted. offer!

My Portrait studio is located in downtown Walnut Creek!  Studio session is perfect for headshot, newborn, baby and family portraits!

Holiday Fall Mini Session at Old Borges Ranch, Heather Farm, Pace of Fine Arts, Legion of honor, Stanford University, Elizabeth Gamble Garden, Vasona Park in Walnut Creek, Concord, Los Gatos, Los Altos, Menlo Park, San Jose, Hilsborough, Redwood City, San Ramon, Danville, Pleasanton, Dublin, Alamo, Lafayette, Oakland, Piedmont, San Francisco.

I see flowers blooming and it’s time to schedule your Spring Family Session!  I LOVE all colors, cherry blossoms, mustard flowers, greens, etc.  I have beautiful locations selected here in San Francisco bay area and I can’t wait to create beautiful Spring Family Portraits for you. Schedule yours today to reserve your spot!

Here’s one of my favorite family client !  They are on my baby collection and I have been photographing them since last Summer when Coco was in mommy’s belly. This is our 3rd sessions together and I absolutely LOVED it! We started off at their home in San Francisco then headed out to Embacadero. I LOVE shooting at home especially for baby so that we can create some naked baby shots.  Baby look adorable as is.  Simple and classic.  I also LOVE heading to the place that are special to the family. They go for walk on Embarcadero all the time so that’s where we decided to shoot.   It makes great memory. I can’t wait to see her again when she turns 1 !

*Coco graduated from my baby collection!  She is ONE and walking!  We went back to Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco where we did the maternity session!   It was another beautiful cloudy day. I LOVE everything about this session ! Fall colors and smiles !  We all had so much fun!  Baby changes so much in first year and I feel so honored to be there to document the story of Coco’s first year through my lens since she was in mommy’s belly, 1 week old, 8 months old then now 1 year old!

~Coco’s first year ~

The framed wall portraits was from newborn session last year.   Adorable!!

Newborn Session 

Maternity session

Happy 1st Birthday, Hana!   Isn’t she just so adorable?  I LOVE her cute hair style and I LOVE life style family session. It is one of my favorite kind of session. At Life Style Family session, I ‘m there to capture you ” everyday moments ” that you want to remember forever.  family reading time, play time, little things like peek-a-boo. All those details are so precious and it’s a perfect way to remember and celebrate special 1 year old milestone! We started off at Hana’s house in Pleasant Hill, East Bay, San Francisco. She enjoys reading book and listening to daddy plays guitar.  Lots of fun time are captured at playroom, bedroom and Hana’s room.   Then we headed off to a park near by for more family portraits.   I LOVED photographing Hana’s family and looking forward to create beautiful photograph for them for many years to come!

Is your little one turning one ?  Interested in life style family session, please contact me photo@aikacardin.com to schedule your family session~

I strongly believe that photographs are enjoyed once they are printed and seen by friends and family. Photos bring smile to you and remember this precious milestone of the family.  I offer beautiful wall art  canvas, framed prints and album from some of the best professional photo lab !  W family ordered beautiful 20-x24 canvas to display at play room, where the family spend the most time with, 16×20 framed prints for nursery and gift prints for grandparents and daddy’s desk at office!

Baby # 2 is on his way! This is my 3rd time photographing C family and I was so excited to photograph them again!  Baker Beach in San Francisco is such a beautiful location for maternity session and family session! Enjoy the pictures, C Family! 

Y family! I have been photographing Y family for last 5 years!  Our very first session was when their second oldest daughter was around 8 month old and session was at Napa with beautiful mustard field in backdrop. Since then we did family seasons every year and this year, family session was so welcome and celebrate their 4th baby in to the family, Matthew. I LOVE life style family session at client’s home. I think it’s so special to create a memory at baby’s first house.   he is going to have fun growing up surrounded by wonderful 3 big sisters!  I truly enjoyed watching your family grow through my lens and looking forward to document your life for many more years to come!

Another fun extended Family Session in Walnut Creek!  Extended family session itself create such a great memory and we have these beautiful pictures to treasure for many years! Enjoy the pictures, Y family!