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Photograph by Kara Brodgesell

Photograph by Kara Brodgesell

Santa Cruz on film

Kara Brodgesell April 29, 2017
In Landscape, California Getaway Tags Black and White, Pacific Ocean, Ocean, Water
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Tags

  • Architecture
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Bachelorette
  • Bali
  • Bar
  • Beach
  • Beer
  • Bernal Hill
  • Big Sur
  • Birthday
  • Black and White
  • Boardwalk
  • California
  • Camp Ohana
  • Camping
  • Cape Cod
  • Carmel Valley
  • Catpatch Studio
  • Chocolate
  • Copenhagen
  • Country Fair
  • Couple
  • Crowd
  • Dawn
  • Desert
  • Dinner
  • Dogpatch
  • Drink
  • East Bay
  • Environmental Portrait
  • Europe
  • Fair
  • Family
  • Farmers Market
  • Flowers
  • Hike
  • Holidays
  • Home Goods
  • Interior
  • Island
  • Kids
  • Lake
  • Lifestyle
  • Livestock
  • Marin
  • Montana
  • Mountain
  • Nevada City
  • New York City
  • Newark
  • Noah
  • Oakland
  • Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Palm Springs
  • Park
  • Reception
  • Rehearsal Dinner
  • Roses
  • Salad
  • San Francisco
  • Santa Cruz
  • Sculpture
  • Silhouette
  • Skyline
  • Sonoma
  • Still Life
  • Summer
  • Sunset
  • Tabletop
  • Tea
  • Thailand
  • Toby
  • Trail Mavens
  • Travel Abrodge
  • Vegetables
  • Vermont
  • Water
  • West Coast
  • Wine
  • Winter
  • Yosemite

Archive

  • 2019
    • Mar 1, 2019 Savanna
  • 2018
    • Sep 26, 2018 Mountain lake
    • Feb 20, 2018 New Year's Day hike
    • Jan 31, 2018 Michelle for Tennessee Gray
    • Jan 8, 2018 MATES shoot in Oakland
  • 2017
    • Sep 19, 2017 Beautiful blue pantry
    • Sep 12, 2017 Let's make a mess
    • Sep 1, 2017 May the long weekend bring great views
    • Aug 24, 2017 Playing with dad
    • Aug 11, 2017 Grandma's scissors
    • Jun 28, 2017 Goorin Bros.
    • Jun 16, 2017 Beach fun
    • Jun 14, 2017 Make a wish
    • Jun 11, 2017 Dark waters
    • Jun 8, 2017 Twirling with mom
    • Jun 5, 2017 Lea by the lake
    • Jun 3, 2017 Tennessee Valley flowers
    • Jun 1, 2017 The hubs
    • May 30, 2017 The Bay
    • May 15, 2017 Bernal Hill Portrait
    • May 11, 2017 Big Bambú
    • May 10, 2017 Photographer Tricia Turner
    • May 3, 2017 Oakland home
    • May 1, 2017 Crafternoon supplies
    • Apr 29, 2017 Santa Cruz on film
    • Apr 27, 2017 Making lemonade
    • Apr 20, 2017 Cristina Arantes, Founder of Kika's Treats
    • Apr 18, 2017 Last Fall in Petaluma
    • Apr 11, 2017 This coast of ours
    • Apr 2, 2017 Piles of Peonies
    • Mar 30, 2017 The husband and the city
    • Mar 27, 2017 Portrait at Point Lobos
    • Mar 8, 2017 Nothin but blue skies do I see
    • Mar 2, 2017 Desert Structure
    • Feb 28, 2017 Blue Scales
    • Feb 17, 2017 Telegraph Hill Mates
    • Feb 15, 2017 Earth, in Palm Springs
    • Feb 6, 2017 Toby, 2016
    • Feb 3, 2017 One of those few times when I miss the east coast winter
    • Jan 30, 2017 Sometimes you just need to take a walk. SF is real good for that.
    • Jan 26, 2017 Supermega dominates the holidays
  • 2016
    • Dec 5, 2016 Taking a Monday afternoon off
    • Nov 14, 2016 Bright boardwalk from above
    • Oct 24, 2016 Silhouette and sunrise
    • Oct 20, 2016 Fresh off the plane
    • Oct 18, 2016 Skyline
    • Sep 20, 2016 Midday nap
    • Sep 16, 2016 Lirra in the sunshine
    • Sep 13, 2016 Rainy afternoon in Yosemite
    • Sep 12, 2016 Third Rail
    • Sep 9, 2016 Mon amour dans les Palais Royal
    • Sep 7, 2016 Joshua Tree hike
    • Sep 5, 2016 Reuniting with old friends in Santa Cruz
    • Aug 25, 2016 Honeymoon snack
  • 2015
    • Oct 8, 2015 Trail Mavens in Big Sur
    • Oct 5, 2015 A girl, her hat and a desolate parking lot with the ultimate view
    • Aug 20, 2015 M&S
    • Aug 13, 2015 After the Luncheon
    • Aug 5, 2015 Get all the caaaaandddyyyy!
    • Jul 18, 2015 Rosé all day!
    • Jul 17, 2015 Dogpatch Barber & Shave
    • Jul 13, 2015 Natanya by the lake
    • Jun 2, 2015 The city from the hill
    • May 26, 2015 Inspiration Point
    • Apr 30, 2015 Market Salad
    • Apr 29, 2015 Allison
    • Apr 28, 2015 Post-hike tea
    • Apr 27, 2015 Cliffs of Thailand
    • Apr 22, 2015 Her next year
    • Apr 13, 2015 San Francisco Skyline
    • Mar 13, 2015 Dylan
    • Mar 12, 2015 Island Transportation
    • Feb 26, 2015 The Ultimate Refreshment
    • Feb 16, 2015 Gab & Gray
  • 2014
    • Dec 2, 2014 Tutu and Rainboots
    • Nov 24, 2014 Sunset rest
    • Nov 2, 2014 Vermont Morning
    • Oct 23, 2014 Vineyard task
    • Oct 22, 2014 Saturday Afternoon Hike
    • Oct 6, 2014 Toby
    • Sep 29, 2014 Happy Birthday
    • Sep 25, 2014 Dawn
    • Sep 10, 2014 Ocean Ombré
    • Sep 9, 2014 Vineyard Veggies
    • Sep 3, 2014 Gifts galore at Illums Bolighus
    • Sep 2, 2014 Summertime beans
    • Aug 28, 2014 Cheers!
    • Aug 27, 2014 Third Rail
    • Aug 25, 2014 Back to Holman Ranch!
    • Aug 23, 2014 Bachelorette tea time
    • Aug 21, 2014 Copenhagen from above
    • Aug 20, 2014 Meet Sam: Wu-Tang Aficionado & Settlers of Catan Champion
    • Aug 19, 2014 Summer Salad
    • Aug 18, 2014 City Escape
    • Aug 13, 2014 Flowers
    • Aug 12, 2014 Fuchsia nails
    • Jul 28, 2014 The Amador County Fair
    • Jul 24, 2014 Kara and the sunset
    • Jul 24, 2014 On the river
    • Jul 24, 2014 Flowers by the apartment

Instagram @kbrodge

We were those people prepping for their first baby who wanted her room to feel together and comfy before she arrived, and many months later, I’m so glad it’s a space that I enjoy. If we had to leave SF to get that second bedroom, I’d better be a good one!
Mama got a night out last night! Cheers to @tobyoby and @simkhovitch in their last few days as a family of 3. And to summer nights out (even in chilly SF). And to reading on solo Bart rides. And to mothers-in-law who don’t make you feel like you have to rush home to relieve the sitter. And to fancy schmancy spritzes.
I’m coming for ya, summer
Making portraits for great people doing great work is an exceptionally wonderful part of my job
Half a New Yorker article read, full popsicle consumed, and accidentally adorable matching adds up to a successful afternoon
Here’s to weekend adventures and beach getaways and friends who will help you lug around all of the items you bring in an attempt to give your baby a shady place to nap (spoiler alert: she did not nap)
@travelabrodge aunting hard to help T work on the whole front-to-back roll concept
This is both one of my favorite corners of our home, and if I had to chose, the view that I most associate with personal anxiety. The place where I am most often laying and wondering wtf is next.
Had one of those tougher days in the way that everyone does sometimes, but the specifics are uninteresting to anyone but yourself (and maybe your spouse if you’re lucky). Decided we needed an afternoon walk and I needed a mid-week treat, which took us to a cafe. There, another baby smiled at T, a patron was playing the guitar and happy to let her lean in to watch, and a woman lovingly cradled her feet, looked in her eyes and commented that people and connection are what it’s all about. Then we stopped at the local market, where, upon discussing feeding babies solids, the clerk offered her a peach and suggested to let her hold and experience it, as that will let her feel the earth. There really are flowers everywhere (thanks, Matisse).
Summer light can make even the mundane shit look magical
Hanging out with auntie @tobyoby has come a long way from the editorial room of the Argus and drinking post-work lychee martinis in Soho. I’ll take it.
Ok Instagram, I get it, don’t rave about your trip until you make it all the way home. A germy plane ride + 6 month shots means the bambina and I have been socially quarantined this week, and are taking in different views. The Sistine chapel it is not, but it’s still nice to see new light patterns in your home. And embrace the baby takeover.
Every photo of my husband has him wearing a baby or diaper bag (or probably both), every meal required a few toys (and likely only 1 parent sitting at a time) and almost all photos were snuck in between doing something for the baby, and I am 100% grateful and happy that we took a 6 month old across the world. She saw new things every day, smiled at strangers constantly, and they often smiled back at her. She cried on every boat ride, and slept on every train. We all got out in the world a bit and I think we’re all the better for it.
A once in a lifetime wedding shoot at a private villa in Tuscany, made even more amazing by the people we were celebrating and the friends and family they brought together. (Plus, this was T’s first wedding!!! A hard one to top.) #FinnAndSierraGetHitched #karabrodgesellweddings
The thing is, it really feels as epic as you’d suspect.
Papa makes a very handsome pack mule