family photographer – Shanti Duprez Fine Portrait Photography

Spring is here! Flower Fields in Half Moon Bay

Posted on March 14, 2012 | by Shanti

We have had an amazing “winter”, but now on to spring, and if there is one thing you can count on is the beautiful mustard flowers in full bloom. Don't blink, because its over within a week or two. If the flower fields are something you have been waiting for as a backdrop, then now is the time.

I think the wild flowers on this coastside is such a magical time. It really shine's a light on our coastal town in being so diverse in its beauty, not only do we have the oceans, but our magical hillside's and beautiful wild flower is any artists dream.

I have known this family since their oldest child wasn't even walking yet… I love what I do as I really get to grow with families, and be able to document each stage in their lives. This was a great window into this next phase of childhood. Portraits by Shanti / Shanti Duprez / Spring / Flower Field Photography / Mustard Flowers / Country / Family / Baby / Sibling / Half Moon Bay

Patience Pays Off: Half Moon Bay Beach portraits

Posted on November 30, 2011 | by Shanti

The “C” Family has patiently awaited their day. And by that I mean they have been on my calendar to photograph their family portraits for the last two years. Everytime we either approach the day or get to the day of, either foul weather or life has come into play causing us to reschedule. Well, our day came and oh am I ever so glad we were patient!

Besides the weather being perfect, and the energy playful and sweet, the “C” boys were ready to bring this to the next level, and not just make this another signature beach portrait session, but to make it THEIR family portrait on the beach. Little things like the chemistry between the boys captured during a fun sand fight, to an airplane they brought with them to include in their images really just put the soul into their images and made it theirs.

Thank you “C” Family for not giving up on this and allowing me to capture this the way it was supposed to.

Portraits by Shanti / Shanti Duprez / Low Tide / Half Moon Bay / Beach Photography / Sibling Photography / Sunset Photography / Roosevelt Beach

I was referred to Shanti by a friend, so my fiancé and I decided to use her for our engagement pictures. Shanti had fast responses to both my emails and phone calls and did a great job of answering all of my questions. She was very flexible as we had to reschedule several times due to being rained out. In the end, we were lucky enough to be able to take our photos on the Half Moon Bay bluffs on a 75 degree day in February! Shanti was able to make us both feel very comfortable in front of the camera (even my fiancé who doesn’t like having his picture taken) and gave us great direction for poses to ensure our photos turned out well. The finished photos are AMAZING and we were impressed with how well they turned out! We received the photos back very quickly and had full access to the digital versions so we could print and share them as we chose to. Needless to say, we’ve already booked Shanti for our upcoming wedding (August 2016) and can’t wait to work with her again!

Chrissy

I just wanted to thank you and Shannon so very much for making us feel like we had our friends their taking the pictures! You were very patient, especially when you first got there and none of us were ready and I was still sort of stressed from trying to finish the set up across the street! But after getting ready and starting to take pictures everything just fell into place. We had a number of people comment on Wow the photographer was everywhere. And you were.

We, Marty and I had almost as much fun as the kids did! The party/dancing didn’t end till I started blowing candles out at 1:30am!

Thank you very much for being professional and low key at the same time that worked for us perfectly!!

Cindy and Marty