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Aloha / Favorite Photo Friday / Sacramento Newborn Photography

Brenda — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:20:54 +0000

Aloha Friday….Let’s just start by saying, I am not in Hawaii for this Favorite Photo Friday Post….however Miss Kristene is and she sent us this little treat last night. I’m thinking this looks pretty great! She is having a blast hiking, sunning, snorkeling and well drinking Mai Tai’s and Pina Colada’s. She said she wishes I was there and I sure do too!

ALOHA KRISTENE! BTW don’t you just love that word Aloha? It means Greetings, hello, good-bye, affection and love. One word that has all of those meanings.

This week I had so many things to say, but not much time to say them. To start, it was a short work week only having 4 work days doesn’t sit very well around here although the holiday on Monday was a very welcome break! Two of my daughters, my grand kids and I had a lot of fun going to the fundraising event at Fremont Park, Chalk it Up a non-profit organization dedicated to funding children’s art education in the Sacramento area. This year I sponsored a square and it was so much fun looking at all the squares to find what an artist might have done with one for me. Although, I never actually met the artist that I sponsored we have connected on Face Book. Thank you again Jen Christ Artist considering you have never worked with chalk and had no idea what sponsor you would be assigned until you got there I was more than impressed with this beautiful portrait you chalked, portraying my photography work.

This week has been a hectic up till midnight sort of week, but all in all I always love my job! Always! Here is one of my Favorite Photos from this week in addition to the above!

P.S. If you have not heard about our September Specials, just released click here to see what we have going on. Thanks so much! Have a great weekend!

Favorite Photo Friday {Sacramento Area Child Photographer}

Brenda — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:43:42 +0000

Welcome to the First Friday in September!

Of course we love Fridays for many reasons, one being we get to take a look at what we have accomplished this week taking photographs and pick out our favorites. This week started with an adorable Annie and Isabel session at one of my favorite hospitals Kaiser Roseville. I love the beautiful window light that Kaiser has in their rooms. Sessions this week also included two newborns at the studio, a 4 month old, 6 month old, 2 year old, a few outdoor family and children sessions as well as our shoot for St. John’s Shelter for Women and Children fundraising project that is in the works. This was certainly a busy week at home and at work. We are trying to adjust to the difficult schedules of school, work and sports, seems like we don’t eat dinner before 9:00 these days….

I had the most fun this week photographing little George, documenting his year 5. He is very special to me in many ways but mostly because he is the son of one of the owners of Annie and Isabel Designer Hospital Gowns, Selena. Even though Selena’s family lived in the Bay area for many years, I have had the pleasure of photographing her and the rest of her family for quite a long time now. George is full of personality and he just L-O-V-E-S trains. I found it most fitting to do his 5 year session near some railroad tracks and he could not have been more thrilled with that. Happy Birthday George you are growing up so fast!

Samantha Grace {Sacramento Birth Photography}

Brenda — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 06:03:23 +0000

I’d like to start this post by mentioning that the mother of little Samantha Grace is like a daughter to me and I was honored to be present at her birth and be able to document her precious miracle being born. Thank you Jessica and your adorable family for including me in your birth plan. Secondly, I have to say that I have photographed more births than I have been able to keep count of over the years and I was so excited when Jessica mentioned her OB was Dr. Knight. I have been in attendance and documented several births with the remarkable Dr. Knight, who has such compassion and care for his patients. I am very familiar with his amazing birthing procedures and I am always more than delighted when I get to be present at one of his births. Dr. Knight has a passion for photography as do I, and he occurs very sympathetic to the idea that someone would actually want to have wonderful photographs of their blessed and life changing experience to look back on. I feel as though he has a complete understanding of why the family has made the choice to have a professional photographer there to document the monumental experience and he honors the importance of what it will mean to the family for years to come. All of the births that I have photographed with Dr. Knight he makes a special effort to be sure that the mother, father and family enjoy the experience and are fully involved. Please check out the video below and you will see what I mean. Jessica actually has the joy of helping deliver her own baby, and Dad has the honor of cutting little Samantha Grace’s umbilical cord.

The experience that Dr. Knight gives these families is priceless!

Samantha Grace

(Click on name to watch video of birth)

Birth Photography by Brenda Bisharat

The day after little Samantha Grace was born I returned to the hospital so that I could take photographs of this new little addition with her friends, family and of course Mom looking so wonderful in her Annie and Isabel Gown. If you have not heard Bisharat Photography has a wonderful partnership with Annie and Isabel Designer Hospital Gowns. When you receive an Annie and Isabel Gown or purchase one a special voucher is included with the package which is a special offer from us….Click here to see more details.

I adore photographing births (really I could say it is my favorite) and the birth of little Samantha Grace was no exception.

Documenting a baby being born is a true miracle each and every time!

Julissa~Good Day Sacramento {Sacramento Birth Photography}

Brenda — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:07:45 +0000

Recently, we had the pleasure of photographing the beautiful Julissa Ortiz of Good Day Sacramento in our studio while pregnant with her first child. She and her husband Steve came in and as we were discussing clothing options for her maternity session, I realized we had in common the love of animal print. As you can see from the photograph here of our studio our welcome mat happens to be a zebra rug. {btw: it died from natural causes}

Our maternity session was so much fun, especially because Julissa has the best sense of humor ever! Steve decided that he had been sympathy pregnant along with his wife, so we had to be sure to capture a “who looks more pregnant” photo. It was so nice of a viewer to send to the anticipated “Large” baby some hand knitted booties, which of course were animal print! At the time of the maternity session, no one knew what Julissa and Steve were going to name their little girl, so I felt pretty special to be able to have been in on their little name secret until the baby was born. Considering Natalia took her time getting here, I had to keep that secret a little longer than I expected. Whew….

Julissa who is spunky, playful and full of life was so much fun to photograph that day!

While in the hospital, it only made sense that Julissa be wearing a stylish Annie and Isabel Designer Hospital Gown. The most fitting gown for this beautiful Mom to be, was of course the zebra print Susan gown! {My personal favorite I might add} The Susan gown, is my favorite, not only because of it’s beautiful print, it is also my favorite because of it’s story. The gown is named after Anna and Selena’s mother Susan who is an amazing woman! Family is of the up most importance to her and I am so blessed to know her and be able to have wonderful conversations with her about family, traditions and life. Look how wonderful Julissa looks in these hospital photographs with Steve and her new baby Natalia. The Susan is just beautiful on you Julissa, and it is hard to believe you just had a baby, you are stunning!

So, the “Large” family grew a little bit and Julissa continued to laugh her adorable laugh and smile that beautiful smile….even though she had very little sleep, when Steve and Julissa brought Natalia in for some newborn photographs. Of course Natalia not lacking animal print clothing, blankets or booties sported an adorable animal print beanie for some of her pictures. Not only do I love your since of humor and your adorable laugh Julissa, I’m so happy to know someone else who has an animal print obsession! :0)

Thank you Julissa for the mention on your Good Day Sacramento Blog!

{Sacramento Birth Photographer} Hunter James Michael

Brenda — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:58:00 +0000

As I mentioned in my last post, I was anticipating the birth of my second grandson with so much excitement. Sunday morning January 9th, my daughter was admitted to Kaiser Roseville and her induction began. I had Thomas (my first grandson, now 17 months) overnight at my house so they could get up and get going early. I was wide awake awaiting her call….I love births and I love babies! This day was extra special for obvious reasons! Aja was such a trooper and looked and felt so comfy in her Annie and Isabel Hospital Gown compliments of Anna and Selena! Thank you both so much! She walked laps around the halls in her Anita Gown and her ugg boots, and got numerous compliments on how beautiful her gown was from absolutely everyone, including the nurses (all three shifts of them), the Drs and visitors. These two nurses are truly on to an amazing product and if you have not seen or heard of their beautiful designer gowns, you must check them out! After a very long day of sitting, eating and reading junk magazines, little Hunter James arrived at 12:40A.M. January 10th. His older brother Thomas weighed 9 LBS 14 OZ at birth so there was a little concern that her second son might also be very large. My daughter Aja was happy when the delivery was very quick (labor not so much) and Hunter weighed a mere 8 LBS 10 OZ. The Dr. was so impressed with the idea that she thought this baby was “small”. The slideshow below reflects the delivery, the coming home and the settling in of Hunter James. His brother Thomas Edward is very fond of Hunter and becomes a little distraught when Hunter cries, it is amazing how he already tries to care for him. Life is beautiful and the bonding of these two brothers is already occurring in such a loving way. We are so proud of our daughter, son in law and what wonderful parents they are and what a beautiful little family they have made together. We are very thankful and feel very blessed!

Click here to see Hunters Birth Video

Quiet minus Posts = Busy {Sacramento Newborn Photographer}

Brenda — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 05:26:44 +0000

Boy, have we been busy! I could not believe it when I realized recently that our last Bisharat Photography post was a month ago. Wow, I thought to myself we have been awfully quiet with no posts, how can it be that an entire month went by and somehow we have not posted on our blog. For us quiet minus posts definitely equals B-U-S-Y….We are so happy to busy and so sad to not have had time to share, so we thought we might play a little catch up and blog some of what has been happening here.

First off we are fortunate the everyday new little babies come into the world. We have had a huge amount of Newborn baby sessions. One of my favorite photography sessions is most definitely newborn. Our favorite time to photograph a newborn is usually within the first 5 to 7 days of their life. Why you might wonder would this be such a good time? Well, we very much enjoy capturing the newness of the baby and quite frankly the baby is more likely to stay asleep during our session and allow us to pose, move and maneuver them.

We thought after a month of not posting, in this post we would share some of our lovely Newborn photographs.

We look forward to more posts and continuing to catch up!

Bisharat photography newborn

Can't miss a yawn

All in pink sweet little girl

Personal favorite

Adorable little monkey

Another sleeping beauty

Tiny one

Dreaming lots of color

Meeting New Little Sister {Sacramento Newborn Photographer}

Brenda — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:47:06 +0000

I had a brief visit to the hospital the other day to document a new big sister meeting her new little sister for the first time. It occurred to me that this was a little miracle happening in her life right then, as I prepared to take the pictures. The expression, excitement and wonder in big sister when Mom (who sported her Designer Hospital Gown) asked if she wanted to hold her little sister, was simply breathtaking. I got the distinct feeling that this was just about the best thing that had ever happened to her, meeting her new little sister, her mini me. Once in her lap she just didn’t know what to think, she appeared to be full of fear, disbelief, pride and a whole lot of love! I think she was ready to bring Mom and sister home and make “the I’m the big sister” thing final right then and there. I’m very curious to hear how much fun they are all having now that they are home.

On this exciting day, Mom looked as beautiful as ever! She had been given a gift by a friend, one of the lovely Annie and Isabel Designer Hospital Gowns and she looked just gorgeous in it. She was wearing The Anita which is one of my personal favorites in their line of gowns. I have had several opportunities to photograph new Moms and I have to say, when a new Mom is in an Annie and Isabel Gown, it is obvious to me how much more beautiful they truly look and feel. It is very special to be able to document this time in these families lives when their new little miracles arrive and the designer gowns sure help make lovely photographs.

Dad appeared as proud as ever as he held his two little girls in his arms. My heart truly melted over seeing this big strong man with his two little angels and the idea of what the future may hold for all of them was on my mind. It made me think about my own girls (all three of them) and how much they have all grown into such beautiful women so quickly.

These moments are to cherish, that’s for sure……… it won’t be long and these little sisters will be having little miracles of their own….

Daniel

Brenda — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:22:16 +0000

Sometime today (or tonight), I will be heading to Sutter Memorial to {photograph a birth}, a miracle in my mind every time I get the amazing opportunity to do so! I woke up at 5:00 AM bright eyed as can be in anticipation of this life changing experience that this family will experience today. I started thinking about how many lives entering this world I have actually documented and I have to say over the many years I have lost count. If for some reason I had to choose only a few types of photography to do….I know that documenting births would be at the top of my list….I recently made this DVD for ANNA….this was the birth of Daniel her fourth son! If you have not yet heard of the company

Annie and Isabel

(they make designer hospital gowns), Anna and her sister Selena are the owners of this up and coming amazing business.

CHECK THEM OUT!

Twins….

Brenda — Tue, 18 May 2010 02:20:42 +0000

If you know me, I’m certain you know I have a natural passion and love for newborns…. I just cannot get enough of them! In my career I have had a handful of twins and even some triplets that I’ve been blessed to photograph. So although I get a bit giddy over newborns…..I get doubly excited when I have two…or even more! These twins are exceptionally special to me since a few years ago I was fortunate enough to document the loving reunion of their Mother and Father. What a blessing these much anticipated little boy and little girl were.

I love you {G} family!

Big Brothers {they know so much}

Brenda — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:43:36 +0000

I got another miracle call the other day, that “it was time” for me come to the hospital to document another birth. I get sort of giddy when I get this sort of call, that when I’m getting ready to leave, my husband asks me “are you excited or what”???? Honestly, I love photographing anything and everything absolutely all the time, however if I had to pick just one thing…it would be births!

Anyway, this was very special and I was happy as a clam to wait the some 15 hours (poor mama) to eventually end up in the O.R. documenting a “C” section birth this time. Happy and healthy, baby Riley Ann, born 6 LBS and 5 OZ. 19 inches long.

Today I visited Riley (just 24 hours old) and her BIG BROTHER was at the hospital too. Dillon is almost 5 and is very smart and expressive. He had a lot to tell his little sister Riley and it was simply priceless to be there to hear it all!

*{when she comes home, I will teach her how to watch T.V}

*{Mommy, I like her, I think I REALLY like her, I will take her home now!}

*{Hi Riley, my name is Dillon, and I’m your big brother now}

*{She doesn’t have ANY teeth, I have some sharp ones, do you think she wants some of mine?}