Glimpses into recent San Francisco Bay Area maternity, newborn, and family photography sessions. Tips and advice for planning your upcoming portrait session with Rebecca Pattison Photography. Reflections as a mom of two.

This session was a joy from start to finish. This mama and I share a love of flowers, and the timing couldn’t have been better — the magnolias were in their prime, and Filoli, although busy, was buzzing with spring just around the corner. She tends her own garden at home, so walking into Filoli’s […]
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The minute you have a child, your whole life shifts. I know this not only as a Bay Area maternity and newborn photographer, but as a mom of two young children myself. Mine did a complete 180 — no more last-minute international travel, much earlier evenings (we love to dine at 5pm now, not joking), […]
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Filoli maternity session with a toddler in Woodside, CA If you’re planning maternity photos at Filoli and have a toddler, you might be wondering how it will actually go. This beautiful garden estate is one of the most popular locations for maternity sessions in the Bay Area, and it works surprisingly well for families with […]
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