Heather Scharf Photography

Heather Scharf Photography is a photographer in Lafayette, CA, serving the East Bay and the San Francisco Bay Area for over 15 years. The studio photographs maternity, family, couples and senior sessions, and underwater portraits can be incorporated into a session. Sessions typically begin 45 to 60 minutes before sunset to catch the evening light, with shooting sometimes continuing into Blue Hour after sunset. Heather Scharf is a three-time International Award Winning Family Photographer, a NAPCP Master Family Photographer, a Gold Hope Project Volunteer Photographer, and has served as photographer for Orinda Living Magazine and as an LPIE volunteer photographer for the Lafayette School District. Her work has been published in Inspired Magazine, Diablo Magazine and Senior Szn Magazine. The business holds a rating of 5.00.

Sessions are built around letting children be themselves rather than posing and smiling at the camera; families dance, jump, twirl, play, laugh and snuggle so the images capture real expressions. Locations are scouted across the East Bay and beyond, and a spot a client loves is checked at sunset to confirm the lighting. Clients receive a Styling Guide, links to a Client Closet of dresses, and access to a Style + Select account to help with outfitting. Heather Scharf was born and raised in Fresno, played competitive volleyball and soccer and pole vaulted in high school, studied Psychology and Child Development at Cal Poly SLO, attended FIDM in San Francisco, and spent eight years as lead designer for the baby boy department at Gymboree before devoting herself full time to photography. She photographed weddings for 12 years and is raising four children.

The studio sits on Helen Ln, about 0.2 miles from the Lafayette Community Center and 0.4 miles from Lafayette Community Park. Contra Costa Fire Station 17 is also about 0.4 miles away, Grizzly Creek about 0.5 miles, and Burton Valley Elementary School and Las Trampas Creek each about 0.6 miles.

Heather Scharf Photography holds a 5.00 rating from the customers who have reviewed it, reflecting the regard families in Lafayette and the wider East Bay have for photographs that preserve the golden years of family life.