Sandy Runner Photography Sacramento, Folsom, Roseville, Rocklin, El Dorado Hills, Elk Grove, Newborn, Maternity, Child, Family Portrait Photographer bio picture
  • ANNOUNCEMENTS

    I am currently not booking anymore new sessions for 2010.

    Thank you for visiting my blog. This is a place where you will be able to find my latest photography work and client sneak peeks. I absolutely love the art of photography and consider it a blessing to have the opportunity to photograph so many wonderful people. I am so grateful to all of my clients for their support of my business to this point. Right now I am slowing down my client sessions in order to spend more time with my family. I will still be posting as I have the time to do limited sessions and as I reconnect with photography as a hobby for me. Thanks so much for your interest and time viewing my work!

Rielly and Riley

Here is Rielly and her first love Riley. Rielly works at the Grace Foundation and she LOVES her job. Her affection for animals and specifically her horses was evident from the moment I saw her interacting with them. This horse specifically has captured her heart and she, his. The Grace Foundation is a rescue for abused, abandoned horses and after they found Riley hurt and very skinny, Rielly poured her whole self into him and nursed him back to health. Riley is a timid horse, but he knows and loves his girl Rielly.

We had a little fun wandering around the farm, finding cool props – these ropes tied on the fence were too cool to pass up:

After a little while we gave Riley a break and brought out OC:

Rielly was able to ride on OC so she showed us all her moves. SOO cute:

Rielly – I had so much fun hanging out with you. You did so great and I have a zillion more pics. I will have the gallery up soon cute girl!!

Megan - I’m SO jealous–I have always wanted to do a session with horses. These turned out AMAZING! You totally rocked it!

Mindy - What an awesome opportunity to shoot with horses and at the Grace Foundation – an amazing rescue group – a sweet bonus! Rielly is beautiful and you did a fantastic job capturing her true passion. Love all of the sunflare shots especially!

Rielly - Sandy! These are great!I love them! Thank you so much! Riley was really interested in you and I am glad we could capture his curiosity! Thank you sooo much! These are great!

CJ - My Rielly!!! You are sooo beautiful im so glad after stressin all day you were able to have soo much fun!

Sweet Girls

This weekend I got the chance to photograph the sweetest girls. Their Mom booked this session almost a year ago, right after our last fun times together. I was so excited to see how much Gwynn and Gemma had grown. They are such beautiful girls with sweet, gentle spirits. I adored spending the morning with them playing and laughing!

Here’s Gwynn:

Gemma has become a little girl since the last time I saw her. Her eyes were just shining – I loved photographing her:

Don’t you love these dresses!?!

Chris and Jenny – I hope you like the sneak peek. Your girls were so wonderful. I have TONS more! I’ll be in touch soon!

Lisa - Beautiful shots! Cute girls..and they looked cooperative,too..always a plus! Excellent work, as always.

ONE

My little nephew Benny (formerly known as Baby Ben) is about to turn one year old! He has the silliest little personality and most adorable smiles. I got together with my sister’s family to get some updated photos of him and the girls:

Look at my little Benny:

and the girls – this is completely fitting for their personalities:

Dad is a self-professed redneck so we got some great cowgirl shots with his big black hat. Aren’t they gorgeous?

These ones just kill me:

I just love them:

Looks like it’s going to be a western kind of week because I’m headed out the door to photograph a senior girl on a horse farm. Fun!

Sorry it took so long Nicole. Love you!!

~april - one already???? geeez! all three are adorable!

Megan - That first picture with the girls makes me think of something that you and Nicole would have taken at that age. Too cute!

Mindy - Oh my goodness – so cute!

Brian - Thank you Auntie Sandy- Awesome Job (as usual)!

Playing with Lights

I really want to spend more time playing with my lighting equipment but I never get the chance or the energy to pull it out and play with it. This session was fun experimenting with the light as the natural light went away…

Natural light:

Lighting:

Hopefully I’ll have more chances to experiment with lights in the future.

kelli - Loved how these turned out! I have been checking your site just to see them… You girls are so fun!

Mindy - These are great – as always! Thanks for being so sweet today.

Alisha Shaw - These are awesome!! You really should make lighting a regular part of your shoots cause you rock!

christina harrison - I finally just posted my images from this session too. Your images turned out beautifully! Denise is going to love them!

Denise - This was so fun! I’ll play with you anytime! :) Thanks so much! Now I need to do some purchasing :)