Sarah Kelber Photography

Belinda's 60th

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This past weekend, we took a trip to the Bay Area to celebrate my mother-in-law Belinda's 60th birthday. She wanted nothing more than to celebrate with all her kids and grandkids, and we were happy to oblige, traveling in from Southern California, Maryland and Alaska for the festivities.

As part of her present, I shot a variety of combinations of family portraits. Above is Belinda with her three kids (including my husband).

This slideshow is a sampling of the portraits from the day:

For another part of the celebration, we went to San Francisco for a fancy dinner at Tommy Toy's. This slideshow tells the story of the whole dinner, which featured speeches and presentations from all the kids and grandkids (and six fabulous courses!). I was so thrilled when I saw how these turned out because man, that room was dark. To the point that after we walked in, I thought I had left my sunglasses on by accident. But the ceiling and walls were nice and light, so my flash bounced around nicely -- and only slightly disturbed the speech-givers.

Meeting Adah

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We were in the Bay Area this past weekend for my mother-in-law Belinda's 60th birthday festivities. On Saturday, we had a little window of opportunity and ducked out to visit our friends Isaac and Serena and their new beautiful baby daughter, Adah. I just took a handful of quick shots of her because of time constraints, nothing formal, but I still wanted to share. For a bitty girl (four weeks old!), she already has a range of expressions.

You can view the full set here:

Prom memories

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It doesn't feel like *that* long ago since I went to prom, but I guess it's been about 14 years. This evening, I shot the pre-prom festivities for Miranda and Juma, a darling couple whom I know through Miranda's mom, who is my son Isaac's teacher.

We met up at Lake Kittamaqundi before their pre-prom dinner and took some pictures. Typically, I am completely disinterested in the idea of being in high school again, but I have to admit, editing these photos made me a little nostalgic.

Below, you can see a slideshow of all the shots.