LaRu Photography
Creative Central Valley/ Northern California Photographer.
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Specializing in real estate, family portraits, sports, bereavement services, birthing and kids photography.
MEET JULIA
Hi Everyone!
Welcome to my photography business website. I am excited to have one main place to showcase my work and make it easy for you to find what services you are looking for. Here, you will find: descriptions of services, starting prices, how to contact me and how the donation based funeral portion of my business works.
My name is Julia Frances Santos, I go by many different nicknames that family and friends call me. Babe, Ju, Jul, Juls, JuJuBee, JuBa, Titter and of course LaRu.
I found my passion for photography over 20 years ago when I took a black and white, film developing class in high school. I was only 15. Over the years I have practiced and played in different types of photography spaces, such as natural light, night, indoor studio and outdoor. I worked for multiple studios and have done every type of shoot you can think of. Fashion, maternity, newborn, kids, cake smashes, family, product, action, sports, seniors, generational, parties, weddings, pets, birthing, boudoir, scenery landscapes, funerals, travel, real estate (the list goes on).
Over time, I found that, although I can do all of these, I absolutely love working with children. Photographing real estate and found a deep passion for anything hospice, end of life and funeral services. I'm not sure that I have a 'style' because I believe that each type of shoot has a different purpose and tells a different story.
I have done some traveling and gained experiences in Germany, The Netherlands, Colorado, Oregon, Nevada, Florida, Idaho, Texas, Mexico, Hawaii and Tennessee. I hope to continue to see new places, bringing my camera along for the ride, and capture more of the world through my lense.
Thank you for all of the love and support from family, friends, and clients that have been with me, no matter what stage of my journey. As an artist, there is no ceiling, I will continue to grow and learn and because it is a passion, I feel blessed to do this as my job."
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I cannot wait to work with you!!!