Gretchen Adams has been creating custom portraiture and business head shots for clients all around the San Francisco Bay Area since 1999. Our cottage studio, located near Concord, is proud to have been named "Best Portrait Photographer" by Diablo Magazine in 2007, 2015, 2016 and 2017 as well as being named "Best Pet Photographer" by Diablo Magazine in 2018.
We were also honored to received Parent's Press Best of the Bay "Best Portrait Studio" award in 2016 and 2017. We specialize in custom portraiture of the people and pets you love, designed specifically with your home in mind. We are known throughout the Bay Area for providing the very highest level of service and quality and for making the process of obtaining heirloom quality portraits an easy and enjoyable experience.
Gretchen Adams creates artwork that will be cherished for a lifetime. In addition to her portrait work Gretchen also serves clients around the bay area with her interior design services. Bringing beauty and functionality to homes is her passion.
We were also honored to received Parent's Press Best of the Bay "Best Portrait Studio" award in 2016 and 2017. We specialize in custom portraiture of the people and pets you love, designed specifically with your home in mind. We are known throughout the Bay Area for providing the very highest level of service and quality and for making the process of obtaining heirloom quality portraits an easy and enjoyable experience.
Gretchen Adams creates artwork that will be cherished for a lifetime. In addition to her portrait work Gretchen also serves clients around the bay area with her interior design services. Bringing beauty and functionality to homes is her passion.
Services
Every portrait that we create is a special commission made specifically with our client's family and home in mind.
We design our artwork to reflect family connections, personalities, style, and to enhance the home in which it will hang.
A lot of thought and careful planning goes into each portrait session and it all starts with creating the concept.
When you reach out to us as a potential client, we start the ball rolling by going over some basic information about our process and fees and then invite you over to our cottage studio so we can dive deeper.
We design our artwork to reflect family connections, personalities, style, and to enhance the home in which it will hang.
A lot of thought and careful planning goes into each portrait session and it all starts with creating the concept.
When you reach out to us as a potential client, we start the ball rolling by going over some basic information about our process and fees and then invite you over to our cottage studio so we can dive deeper.
Many of our clients are coming to us because they want to have a portrait created on canvas to hang in a prominent area of their home.
These become the focal point of the room and help tie the entire decor together.
Our canvases are not the same as the commercially available ink jet wrapped canvases that you may see from time to time.
Our canvases are professionally printed photographic prints bonded to artist canvas and then mounted and coated with a protective finish, meant to be framed in an open front frame moulding with no glass.
These become the focal point of the room and help tie the entire decor together.
Our canvases are not the same as the commercially available ink jet wrapped canvases that you may see from time to time.
Our canvases are professionally printed photographic prints bonded to artist canvas and then mounted and coated with a protective finish, meant to be framed in an open front frame moulding with no glass.
Where we choose to capture your family portrait will depend on the look and feel we are aiming to capture based on your family's style, taste, and the decor of your home.
Some clients are drawn to a formal aesthetic and wish to have their portraits created in an atmosphere that has classic architecture with arches and columns and dress in more formal attire.
Other clients may prefer a more casual scene, something with a soft quality of light and the calming feel of a small body of water, where they can pose easily in jeans and snuggle up with the kiddos.
Some clients are drawn to a formal aesthetic and wish to have their portraits created in an atmosphere that has classic architecture with arches and columns and dress in more formal attire.
Other clients may prefer a more casual scene, something with a soft quality of light and the calming feel of a small body of water, where they can pose easily in jeans and snuggle up with the kiddos.
Sometimes we don't have to look any farther than our client's own backyard (or front porch) to find the perfect spot for a family portrait session.
A Hearth and Home Session is also a wonderful time to include the grandparents in your portrait session.
Or if you are the grandparent, it's a wonderful time to invite your adult children and their families over for a portrait!
What matters most is family, and we refer to these generational portrait sessions as a Legacy Portrait.
It's a time to gather the extended family together and celebrate the generations.
A Hearth and Home Session is also a wonderful time to include the grandparents in your portrait session.
Or if you are the grandparent, it's a wonderful time to invite your adult children and their families over for a portrait!
What matters most is family, and we refer to these generational portrait sessions as a Legacy Portrait.
It's a time to gather the extended family together and celebrate the generations.
As huge animal lovers ourselves, we definitely understand the bond between a human and their fury four legged friend.
We absolutely love (and encourage) our clients to include their pets in their portrait session.
But sometimes those special companions need a session of their own.
We are thrilled to capture beautiful images of your pets on location or in your own home-anywhere they feel most comfortable!
Give us a call to discuss the various options!
We absolutely love (and encourage) our clients to include their pets in their portrait session.
But sometimes those special companions need a session of their own.
We are thrilled to capture beautiful images of your pets on location or in your own home-anywhere they feel most comfortable!
Give us a call to discuss the various options!
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