2017 Father & Daughter Dance ~ Tutu School ~

I'm so excited to be a part of  Father & Daughter Dance for Tutu School again!  I had so much fun photographing everyone last year and I look forward to seeing familiar faces and new ones!  This is a complimentary photo session by Tutu School, Walnut Creek & Montclair and Aika Cardin Photography, exclusively for Tutu School students. Please sign up and reserve your spot from below calendar!   Tutu School, Walnut Creek February 11th, Saturday 2pm-5pm Tutu School, Montclair February 12th, Sunday 2pm-5pm   What to wear Pastel, white, cream colors will look great! This is a quick 5 minutes session to create a special memory of Father & Daughter Dance!  There will be two backdrops ready for you, castle theme one for your little ballerina and classic cream color one for a portrait with daddy. You can select one or do both as long as time allows! Professional Prints and digital files are available for purchase and start from $ 20~. Photo sessions will be scheduled back to back, so be sure to arrive at Tutu School at least 5 minutes before prior to your time slot and that your child is dressed and ready to go!   I look forward to seeing you all soon!

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G Family Holiday Family Portraits Session at Old Borges Ranch in Walnut Creek

The mom is the owner of Tutu School in Walnut Creek and Montclair, Oakland. I have been enjoying working with Tutu School this year for their Father & Daughter Dance Party photos and their Bravo Bash Recital and I was excited to photograph G family!  But it started raining right before we started a session... so we waited, waited and waited till the rain passed by,  see the ground look wet?  It really was wet..!  In this busy holiday season, sometime, it's just really hard to reschedule the session and find the other day to shoot especially for the mom who owns two very successful ballet studios!  So, I'm glad we waited and it stopped raining!  We got lots of fun family photos for 2016 Holidays!  I can't wait to see their Holiday Card!  

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S Family, family of 6. Danvile, East Bay, Children and Family Photographer

I have never photographed a family of 6.... and it was lots o fun!!! 4 kids age ranging from 1 year old to 5 years old. It was another beautiful morning and perfect to create their 2015 Holiday Family Portraits!   We met at Heather Farm in Walnut Creek.  We created lots of fun pictures together.  what I really enjoyed creating from this session was to create a portrait of mom / dad with  individual child. I think these portraits are special and I think it's important for a child to have a portrait with their parents ;-)  Enjoy your pictures, S Family! " Aika is not only wonderful with kids (which is super important when photographing them) but her work is beautiful.  She is able to capture such amazing moments.  We used her for our family photos which at the time included my husband and I and 4 kids under the age of 5.  Not easy to get a picture of the whole family looking amazing but we walked away with dozens of photos that were beyond beautiful.  We highly recommend her and I know we will be using her in the near future. "   Karin. S Danville, CA

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