Dawn Tacker | Eos Photography | Naturally beautiful, environmentally friendly portraits

OK, you will not believe how much these twin brothers have grown! Check out their full baby session here; they were so little!

Here are Jennifer and Horst’s big boys, now two years old! I am so glad that we documented their first two years - time goes by way too quickly. Thank you and big […]

Natalie and Aaron are growing their family this winter! Big sister Nicole, age four, and big brother-to-be Tyler, age two, are giddy with anticipation. Santa might be bringing them more than just toys this Christmas! And now that we’ve completed these pregnancy portraits, the whole family can breathe a sigh of relief and get down […]

How did this happen? Six years have flown by in the blink of an eye. Andrew is six years old, and still the love of my life. He remains enamored with trains, trucks, and cars and has added Legos to his favorite toys. He still hates shirts with tags, pants with zippers and snaps, and […]

Welcome back, Isabelle! This is one of a handful of sessions I’m shooting this Fall, before increasing my schedule in early 2010.
What a difference there is from months four to nine. Here are her images from our first session - she has grown so much! Isabelle is so much more aware of her environment. She’s […]

Today Wolfie is two months old! He and I celebrated with a mini portrait session, lots of nursing, and several naps. I need to dig up my images of Andrew at this age, but I do see a pretty strong resemblance between the two brothers. These days I have to convince big brother Andrew to […]

I hope to see you at the reception and screening of The Business of Being Born this Thursday! More info here. I’m very excited to see events like this in our area! I’ll be offering an item for the silent auction benefiting ICAN and the San Diego Birth Network.

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Through the fog of sleep deprivation, an entire month has managed to slip by! Wolfie is now one month old, and I have made an attempt to document some of my favorite bits along the way. Here is a little collection of my favorites.
six days old:

one day old; big brother Andrew insisted on this pose:

one […]

Just a quick little post… I can’t help but be amazed at how much babies move in their sleep. Here are a few poses that Wolfie struck during a recent nap! We should all get so many naps…

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We are thrilled to announce the birth of our son, Phineas Wolfe Tacker! Born on 9/9/09, he weighed in at 8 lbs, 8 oz., 21 inches long. We had an amazing, intense, wonderful natural birth and are adjusting to life with two sons! Big brother Andrew is so thrilled that Wolfie is finally here, and […]

Holding a new life in your hands is breathtaking, no matter how often it happens. It gives me a glimpse of why midwives and obstetricians heed their calling. Madison Faith is three weeks old. She’s a tiny little thing, but with an immensely strong presence. She is the very center of the universe to her […]

Maria and Jim came to me via the Sanderling Waldorf School, and I’m so glad they did! Their children are each so loving and charming, but so different from each other at the same time. Here is Ava, age five and a half, Quinn, age three, and baby Fiona, almost ten months old. They are […]

Here is Drake, just a week before his first birthday, and big sister Karis, age three! Drake showed me his shy side for this session, quite the change from our first session together when Drake was six months old. I really enjoyed seeing a different side of his personality! Karis was her happy, bubbly self, […]

The changes that a year brings once again completely astonish me! Here is Miss Madeline just past the one year mark. Compare with her newborn images, and her second session late last year when she was five months old. I think she put all of her energy into growing her beautiful hair! She is developing […]

So fun to follow a family over the course of a year! Here is the latest installment in the story of Ryder and Kai. You can see their first session here, and their second one here. Kai has gone through such dramatic changes as he reaches the end of his second year. He is still […]

This was a sweet shoot… Val Peterson, doula extraordinaire, had a reunion with some of her recent families at the beach. We are excited about having Val at the birth of our second baby. She has a way about her… she’s *always* smiling, super positive in a genuine way, and is just so competent and […]

One fabulous reason to give back - the opportunity to meet some genuinely nice families! Martha and Mark won this family beach session at a fundraiser at The Children’s School. We met one morning at Fletcher Cove to play with their three children - Tommy, age seven, Ashley, soon to turn five, and Katelyn, nearly […]

How quickly a year passes by! Ready for this transformation? Here is baby Chloe as a newborn; here she is at one year old with her adorable brothers Jack and Ben, and the whole family! Observing the growth and transition in Sean and Nicole’s family is such a joy. Jack has always been a terrific […]

Fun times! The family that plays together is a LOT of fun to photograph. Meet the adorable Ella and baby brother Kai, along with parents Michelle and Tom. Ella is almost seven years old, and loves the outdoors, dolls, and wearing dresses - she’s also a gymnast, loves to dance, and has a deep sense […]

Lifting top-heavy heads, big huge smiles for mom, wide trusting eyes, discovering your fingers and toes - the big things about being four months old. Here’s baby Cassidy at this wonderful age, with all her rolls and beautiful baby parts. She has the most amazing eyelashes, big blue eyes that light up her face, and […]

I keep saying this… time flies! Here are brothers Aidan and Mason a year after we first started working together to document Mason’s first year. In our first session, Mason was just an infant; in our second session he was crawling everywhere and just starting to walk. And here he is two days ago, exploring […]