I just adore this shot of Kelley.

Welcome to my blog!
I’m Klo (much easier to say than Klodjana, right? trust me, my name looks more difficult than it really is). I’m a wife, a mom, a photographer. I’m 28.
I became a professional photographer in 2007. Not too long ago, but I’ve put everything into it. I love my job. It is probably the best job in the world!
I love food. Vacations are so only if I go to the beach on hot summer days. I speak 4 language (Albanian, Italian, English and Turkish) and have at least 4 more on my “wish list”. One day I will learn them. My (Italian) husband spoils me by cooking every night. I am a “citizen of the world” – born and raised in Albania, lived for 7 years in Italy (where I also scored the guy willing to put up with me) and currently in the Bay Area. Future plans include moving back to Milan in a few years. I wish I could live in a place with no winter. Actually, I wish I could travel the world. Literally. My English is great but I have an accent – some find it cute or funny.
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A gift | San Francisco Bay Area Maternity PhotographerDecember 9th, 2010 |
Expecting their first. | San Francisco Bay Area Maternity PhotographerNovember 30th, 2010 |
Expecting EsterSeptember 21st, 2010 |
Today I’m sharing some portraits of a friend, expecting her second baby, Ester. She made Noel a big brother a couple of weeks ago (so you can imagine these were taken a few months back, when I was in Albania).
Note to self: impromptu shoots with a needy preschooler and an even more needy baby (mine) who decide to steal toys from each other, cry and want to be held by their moms are not a good idea.

I love late afternoon light. Shot right before sunset (7:22pm – no, I didn’t remember the exact time, I checked the EXIF data, which made me realize I never changed my camera settings to local time that is 9 hours ahead).





Poppies | Maternity Portraits in ItalySeptember 19th, 2010 |
NiCol’s Maternity PortraitsAugust 2nd, 2010 |
Simply PURE | San Francisco Bay Area Maternity PhotographerJuly 10th, 2010 |
Expecting Mattia, part II | Italy Maternity PhotographerJuly 3rd, 2010 |
See part I here.



Little April



No pregnant women were hurt during the making of these pictures. April was a little too excited about running around in the open fields…


Expecting Mattia | Italy Maternity PhotographerJune 4th, 2010Yesterday I spent a fun afternoon with Maria Grazia and Marco, who are expecting their first baby. Mattia. Maria Grazia was so excited when she learned I was going to be in Italy before her due date, so, even though on vacation {it’s never a real vacation} I gladly accepted her request to schedule a [...] |
Yesterday I spent a fun afternoon with Maria Grazia and Marco, who are expecting their first baby. Mattia.
Maria Grazia was so excited when she learned I was going to be in Italy before her due date, so, even though on vacation {it’s never a real vacation} I gladly accepted her request to schedule a maternity session. I traveled from Milan towards the outskirts of Bergamo and the weather was just perfect.
Little April – who wouldn’t stay anywhere in front of the camera – is so cute, and my son, my assistant for the day, loved being around her. He squealed in delight the entire time.




We took countless gorgeous pictures but I am currently working on my laptop, which is far from calibrated. I also despise editing with a mouse {once you get used to that Wacom tablet, you can never go back} so these are straight out of the camera, minus the black and white conversion.
Stay tuned for a lot more when I am back from my trip.
Kelly | San Francisco Bay Area Maternity PhotographerMay 25th, 2010 |
Michelle | San Francisco Bay Area Maternity PhotographerMay 23rd, 2010 |