Looking for family portrait photographer?

Roots and Shoots in Berkeley do a great job and are easy to work with. They just did portraits for our family and individual ones, too, and we are very pleased with the results.

We used Reenie Raschke, and ended up with some amazing photos of our family of 4. She is friendly and easy-going, but she keeps things moving; and she got full cooperation from the younger generation. Her studio is in Montclair, but I though it was worth the drive from El Cerrito. Here's her family page: http://www.reenieimages.com/#!/page/400855/families

I highly highly recommend Amy Perl, www.amyperl.com. She took our portraits a few years ago and they are fantastic. You can see her work on her website, www.amyperl.com, she is talented, warm, and playful in her work. Every time I look at the photo she took of my son I'm amazed all over again. 

Eric Schumacher is excellent if you appreciate black/white large format, which lends a classic feel. We had pre- and post-portrait visits with him in his studio and he came to us for the portrait session in our yard. I treasure the pictures! 

Allison

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Dina Uretski is great. She took photos of my family on two occasions and we loved working with her - professional yet relaxing with her presence (even though we were a little anxious at the start), creative with poses/locations, and best of all - great with kids. My young toddler was teething but she still managed to get wonderful shots and poses and made her smile. High quality editing too.