Ok, I have been promising this session for quite some time… it’s been a busy summer, so I am glad you had time to wait with me! View our photography styling and inspiration board for the shoot here, and the rough draft of some of the finished images in a slideshow
Category Archives: location photography
I had a bit of a cranky day today… no patience, not enough sleep, who knows what else. The afternoon rolled around and I headed out for my session with Spencer knowing that it would be great to see him again, but feeling a bit tired, still grumpy, and wondering where my inspiration would come from. You know...
Every photographer has someone in the very beginning of their business who takes a chance on knowing you will do a good job! Someone who knew you could do it even if you hadn’t done it before… someone who believes in you and chooses YOU! Christy and Matt were those clients for me. When I...
Just under a month ago my wonderful colleague, Alameda maternity, newborn and family photographer Anna Myers, and I launched a collaborative venture with delicious boudoir | intimate artisan portraits. It was received with such a warm welcome that we have decided to collaborate on some other areas of photography as well! Hence the birth of...
Those of you who follow my blog know that I love to teach other photographers, and regularly schedule time to offer workshops to help out the profession! In addition to it being possibly the best weather I have experienced in San Francisco since I moved here 15 years ago… Sunday was the perfect day to...
Kim & Derek were married yesterday in a place that still holds magic for me, Ramekins Culinary School and Event Center. You see, that’s where my wonderful hubby and I had our wedding reception, and why I love photographing weddings in Sonoma and Napa… Yvette, the wonderful events manager, is like having your best friend...
Seems like yesterday you saw Matika’s gorgeous baby bump in her San Francisco Urban Maternity Session, and newborn baby Liam came just a few days later… Oh, he’s a yummy little guy, and I am so glad I got to hold him, and get my baby fix… Here’s his first professional family portrait in his home… So...
Everyone has been buzzing about the upcoming launch of Adobe Photoshop CS5 and all its rumored new exciting features… well, I can neither officially confirm or deny the presence of specific features (hey, I am still under an NDA people… really I’d love to tell you, but then I’d have to kill you, and that...
Corporate Event photography is a challenge I always enjoy! In a serendipitous occasion of right place, right time I was invited to photograph a 2010 Sales Kickoff event for Barracuda Networks at the Mountain Winery… It was a beautiful balmy evening… warm breezes floated along the ridges of the beautiful property! VIPs received awards, dined...
More images from the delicious boudoir workshop last weekend in San Francisco! Enjoy!
It’s never too late to schedule your maternity session… well, at least if you schedule it before the baby arrives… Matika & Mike, and their son Luke are expecting a new baby this Thursday!!! We headed out to Golden Gate Park to the Queen Wilhemina Tulip Garden on Sunday and it was a beautiful spring...
I love fashion & boudoir photography, and love to teach, so we put together a workshop for photographers this past weekend in San Francisco, and WOW, it was fantastic! Thanks to all our attendees, our beautiful models, the fantastic makeup and hair by Armando Sarabia, a spectacular Presidential Suite at the Wyndham Canterbury Hotel in...
Wine Country wedding season is about to kick in and I can’t wait to photograph my first wedding of the season in Sonoma in a couple of weeks. Before things get too busy it was nice to have a free weekend to head out with my hubby and check out Wineroad in the Russian River wine country and...
UPDATE: SOLD OUT!!!! thanks everyone!!! Ok, just a quick post about another workshop opportunity for photographers… March 13, 2010 San Francisco…
Many of you may know that I received my Photographic Craftsman degree last year, which is one of the highest recognitions for speaking, writing, or mentoring on photography; & positions the photographer as an authority in the industry. It is awarded in recognition of service to the profession as an orator, author, or mentor. I...
I had so much fun running around San Francisco today in search of great places to photograph Annie’s beautiful belly! The first place we stopped is right around the mountain from my house, and I love the stone stairs! Annie was such a good sport in dealing with our frigid San Francisco chill… Her jacket...
I love being a wedding photographer, especially when I get to see the window into a couple’s personality by the creative touches they put into their wedding details! I also love when my dear friendtographer, Jacki V comes to town because we have been shooting together for 8 years, and its really like a highly...
I love to photograph children in a pumpkin patch! The candid style with the colorful background is always a favorite… Doesn’t hurt that Fall is my absolutely favorite season! The crisp snap in the air, the bright blue sky, and pumpkins, pumpkins everywhere!! Here’s two… same patch, same kid, 2 years different… my baby is...
More from the Appel & Frank Babes to Babies event yesterday in San Francisco! Next time we announce an event like this, make plans to be there, and reserve your mini Kidture session in advance with just a $25 investment! Our two photographers were on hand for 5 hours just to fit everyone in!!! We...
For the past two years I have been fortunate enough to be involved in an amazing transformative project founded by Rhee Bevere and supported by the Soroptomists called Project Smile. We work with women and their families at two South Bay housing communities for victims of battery and abuse. Many of these families escaped their...
