Welcome to Bella Mena Photography

Thank you for stopping by my site. I hope you enjoy these gorgeous faces. Every photographer finds their own style. When you book with me, you get an hour of a whole lot of picture taking. When I give you your CD, it is filled with edited, very candid moments of that hour as well as portraits you will want to have printed and framed. I have found that my clients love the candid pictures just as much as the portraits. I recommend that once you have your CD, you upload your pictures to your favorite photo lab and make a photo book with your pictures so you can display them and keep them forever. It isn't often you get to see pictures of yourself together with your family or of your children....just being. Those are the moments I love to capture. Make sure to click on play on the playlist below to listen to some great music while you browse through my page. Please feel free to contact me at bellamenaphotography@yahoo.com or 916-205-3575 from the hours of 5:30p.m. and 9:00p.m. Monday - Friday and anytime on Saturday and Sunday.

All things Summer








With great honor

I was asked to take pictures of the Medical Squadron at Travis Airforce Base and it is with great honor that I present to you this picture! This was a great experience and I thank you all for the warm welcome!


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Are ready for this HOTTNESS!!!!!!!

I was priveledged enough to take these Bombshell pictures of this gorgeous woman. This was something new for me and I couldn't be happier with the results not to mention what a great time we had in the process! Thank you for such a great day and for introducing me to Pho...I'm hooked =)
You truly are so beautiful, inside and out Jess!
(I so wish I could show you all more but we are keeping the rest private =)) I love them all but these first two to me are UH-mazing! The lighting worked perfectly for us!

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Precious Family

This family is beyond gorgeous to me. I had a great time meeting them and taking their pictures. Every single one of these children were so well behaved! They were also all so sweet just like their parents! Enjoy the I family =) I can't pronounce their last name so for now....it's the I family :)

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What's my fave, you ask???? =)

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Ode to the Mama's

Happy Valentine's Day! I took most of the day to spend some time with my loved ones and I have some time to catch up on my site. I hope all of you had a special day although I truly believe there are 365 days to show your love =) As promised, here are only SOME of the gorgeous mom's I have been lucky enough to photograph this year. This is only 2010 so if you're not in here, it is only because my 2009 files are archived and/or I didn't take individual mom pictures of you but it is something I started doing with all my sessions in the latter part of 2010 and I'm loving it! I think all moms should celebrate their beauty in timeless photographs!

Upcoming Mama post

Are you ready  to see some stunning mamas! In editing pictures this year, I realized something.  Not only are most of my clients (if not all my clients) moms, they are really, really good looking moms! I am gathering all the pictures I want to share with you soon. I didn't post some of them in my Holiday slideshow purposely so I can add them to my next post. Stay tuned....

My Beautiful Holiday Madness

I wish I had time to showcase every one of these sessions on there own but it would take me forever and I really want to share all of these with you! I had a very busy Holiday season making sure all my clients got their Christmas pictures back in time. I love you all and appreciate every one of you for making the end of my 2010 so gorgeous!








Our attempt at Holiday photos

Our wonderful cousin/photographer was here for Thanksgiving but the weekend was so jam packed that we literally had 15 minutes to get this micro mini session together so with one great photographer, a greenbelt right down the street from our house and my quick editing...this is what we got...and I still didn't have time for Christmas cards. You will see why with my next post 'My Beautiful Holiday Madness'  :)












Shae's turns 1

I couldn't wait for this session! It was everything I hoped for and more. Thank you T for trusting me with Shae's pictures! This beauty was here visiting all the way from England! They make the most perfect babies in England!! Photographed below with Shae is a good friend of mine and Shae's Aunt.....you can see the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

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My dearest friend and her gorgeous family

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I can't even begin to explain how in love these two seemed during their session! Ahhhhhh...young love =)

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Senior Sweetness

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A little Pin Up fun

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Calistoga~Indian Springs

I have always told myself I would take pictures while visiting Calistoga because it is breathtaking but I never do. I am usually in a hurry to get back home so I always say "next time". Well here is my next time. I was blessed enough to have a girls day with some amazing ladies and one crazy birthday girl....my sister. We spent the day at Indian Springs Spa and it was gorgeous. I highly recommend you treat yourself to a spa day there at least once in your life! I hope you enjoy some of the sites along my way home from Calistoga and some pretty ladies relaxing for the day....just don't mind the bed head hair and no make up :) We were thoroughly relaxed! Thank you ladies for all the laughs, great food and crazy stories....this song is for you and every other woman looking at my site, cuz you're amazing just the way you are.

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