Railroad Rustic Newborn Session

Honored to be the first to photograph Levi Preston Cabral II.  He is a luck little guy to have such beautiful loving parents!  This little guy is bound to have BEAUTIFUL blue eyes like his loving parents!  Congrats!!!!

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Hot in the City - Summer Party

One HOT day this June I was asked to cover this fabulous party for a fabulous, did I say fabulous florist/designer ~ Michael Hernandes of Simple Flowers of Modesto.  Of coarse I jumped at the chance ... his work is always fresh and new....a real treat to shoot! 

Love all of the beach balls!  Makes me want to jump in!

                                                Hot pink and tangerine....cool color combo!

Fruit adding great pops of color-clever!

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Industrial -Rustic- Room - Redo

Totally being inspired by Pinterest I set out to update Calvin's room to be more age appropriate-He is 12 going on 20.  Out with all the stuffed animals....(200 Penguins to be exact-watching them exit was like watching March of the Penguins) out with the airplanes and sailboats...and in with the new. 

Thanks to Mimi she scored the HUGE coke sign and gifted it to Calvin for Christmas. It was the inspiration piece for the room. My handyman husband was tasked with making a new headboard for Calvin....I just love what he did!  His job is never done next up was the valence. 

 Calvin picked his wall color paint colors...I think he did great! 

Visiting my FAVORITE store....Vintage Market I found this cool locker in The Aviary section of the store...it was PERFECT for the room.

Calvin really wanted a desk for his room so we came up with the saw horse idea...handyman husband did it again!  Thanks Craig. 

 Craig, Calvin and I hit an AWESOME estate sale where we scored the red dresser and LOTS of accessories for his room....Calvin thinks he is a picker. ( He does have a good eye!)

 Even Baxti likes it!

Sorry...no before shot taken....it was toooooo embarassing!  Next up....Master Bedroom.

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BOOM!

Yes BOOM! A BABY BOOM is in happening! Here are just a few of the precious babies that have made their way to my studio recently.

Congratulations to Rocio & Victor-Baby Anabella is just beautiful! I love how she sleeps with mouth wide open...what a doll.







Another little princess....baby Ella! Such a sweetie! Love the idea of making a tutu from mom's wedding veil. SOOOOO precious!





Baby number two....for Mike, Crista and Jackson-cutie pie Kennedy joins this beautiful family...not to forget little Libby (thier dog). Kennedy was the perfect model!





Naomi, Drew welcome baby number two! Hannah is now a big sister! Here is baby Aubrey! Congratulations!






And last but not least....FINIALLY a BOY! Baby Luke Gumm! Congratulations to Amy and Eric! Luke is surrounded by girls...I am sure he will not mind when he gets older!


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I love email surprises!!!! Today I am feeling honored...I am sure it will be brief but just for this moment....I thought I would share....

Stephanie Baker Photography Wins Two Bright Lights Editors' Choice Awards

As a testament to my outstanding clients, and my commitment to producing the best-of-the-best photography, I am thrilled to announce that I have been selected as a winner of the 2012 Two Bright Lights Editors' Choice Awards!

The award is given in recognition of the those whose number of published features in 2011 placed them among the top 5% of all Two Bright Lights members. Winners were published across many of the most respected lifestyle, wedding and other print and digital publications in the United States and worldwide.

I am honored to be part of this group of talented photographers and creative professionals. My features this past year have enabled me to increase exposure for my work, and I am thrilled to have been recognized for my endeavors.

In 2011, I had the privilege of being published in the following publications:

Studio DIY
Wed Loft
I Love Farm Weddings
One Stylish Bride
Chic to the Nines
Home Confetti
I Love Farm Weddings


Thanks to all of the other creative professionals who made these features possible!

To see more of my work, or to get in touch about my services, please visit wwwspbakerphotos.com or give me a ring if you would like at 209.648.4844.

Thank you Two Bright Lights!

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Has is really been that long since I wrote??? October???...time flies when your having fun!

I did start a blog at Christmas and it just got pushed aside due to all of the other stuff that made its way to the to do list... here is my attempt to back track...

If any of you have not signed up to Pinterest....can I say you are missing out...MISSING OUT BIG TIME!

Pinterest is candy to a creative soul...less the calories...No really- What is Pinterest? It is a way to search the web for ANYTHING based on images....not just keywords.

So for those of you who are like me and feel a picture is worth 1,000 words here is the solution .... no more searching the web for curtains only to find 100,000 of text entries and leads with images buried in a website.

Now...if you are just joining Pinterest...BEWARE...get ready to be inspired to change EVERYTHING:)

One day on Pinterest I set out to look for curtain panels.....now I just purchased some beautiful panels from Anthropologie but decided I wanted a change. It was getting close to Christmas and I was about to put up my tree. I could not bring myself to spend a whole lot as they were only going to be used for the holidays.

Here is the the BEFORE look....not very festive, huh???

I search Pinterest for curtains and found a "do it yourself" project. Instead of purchasing drape panels....the DIYer said look for 60x84 table clothes....WOW...now there is a good idea. So I set out for Target and found some red table clothes. I paid 13.99 per panel, a great savings considering curtain panels range from 60.-150. per panel.


Soooo next was trying to figure out how to hand them....I did not have the type of hook the original DIYer had. And I did not want to sew them because then I could not re-use the table clothes...so I went to the garage and found the handy duct tape. It works like a charm!

In a matter of about 30 seconds I folded the top over enough to fit the existing curtain rod though and slapped the tape on and it was ready to hang.

All I needed now was the tree! What a difference the color makes!

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