Calotype Photography is headed to the West Coast for some saltwater portrait fun! Sessions are available on Pismo Beach (or the Fresno area, for the valley dwellers).  Our fun Portrait Sessions are a thrilling experience that leave you with beautiful, emotional portraits you’ll cherish for a lifetime!

Special Package Collections available for Families + Children + Teens

Email Julie for more information!

“Life’s an Hourglass” by Mindy Gledhill.  You can buy it here and become a heap of emotional mush in seconds.

Jack and Clara, of course, our most favorite subjects in all the world.

When we brought Jack home from the NICU, he was a tiny four pounds, ten ounces (up a pound from his birth weight).  He was one month old.

I wanted a similar image of Clara, to show the difference between the two.  Clara weighed eight pounds, 15 ounces at birth and was already ten pounds, 11 ounces by her one-month doctors appointment.

Look at those glorious fat rolls!

I posted more images of our first family portraits on my personal Facebook profile, click through to see them!

Welcome to Calotype.

Here, in our beautiful natural light studio, there’s no hot, unforgiving sunlight bearing down.  It’s not 106 degrees. It’s cool and comfortable, and you can wear your new winter coat and hat.

At Calotype, children smile a lot.

They do things they love, like drawing on chalkboards.

They pose like we direct, and sometime they come up with their own poses.

They get sleepy sometimes, but that’s okay.

They’re always lovable, no matter their mood.

Jack is ready for fall in his Knuckleheads cap, Zara coat, Lucky Wang t-shirt (available locally at Three Monkeys Boutique) and True Religion jeans (available locally at Lil’ Rascals Boutique).

Are YOU ready for fall?  We’re already booking Portrait Sessions.  Call now to schedule your child or family! 417.845.1151

Here’s Jack, the Calotype Poster Child, earning his room and board.  One day he will thank us.