photo sessions
Every Monday, I feature an image and backstory from my Pointe of View series. Last week, I introduced some of the amazing hair stylists and makeup artists who have helped my vision for Pointe of View come to life. I already had a general aesthetic and a style in my mind that I wanted to create for the…
This love story begins at Top Dog. Joyce and Keven were both students at the University of California Berkeley, and while they had lived in the same freshman dorm and knew each other, they hadn’t really spent much time together. That is, of course, until Top Dog. Joyce was inside ordering, and when Keven walked…
Every Monday, I feature an image and backstory from my Pointe of View series. This post is dedicated to the talented hair stylists and makeup artists who have created all these beautiful looks for the ballerinas. I personally tend to be very minimalist (lazy?) about my own hair and makeup, so I can understand the tendency to…
I had the incredible opportunity this past week to attend and photograph a runway show by famed designer Jason Wu. The event, titled Jason Wu: The Art of Fashion, was hosted by the San Francisco Opera Guild and Neiman Marcus – Union Square in San Francisco’s iconic City Hall. I was there in my capacity as Editorial Director of TaiwaneseAmerican.org, so I…
Every Monday, I feature an image and backstory from my Pointe of View series. The delivery of rewards from the Pointe of View series is officially under way! Here are some glimpses at what my intern Rosa and I were up to last week. The first things to go out were these small prints, but rest assured,…
Anne and Kyle are so warm and down to earth and simply a pleasure to be around. I absolutely loved heading to this little-known park that overlooks Ocean Beach on the western edge of San Francisco. The two of them were so thoughtful in choosing Sutro Heights for our shoot, because it they love old…
Every Monday, I feature an image and backstory from my Pointe of View series. Come along behind the scenes of the Pointe of View series for a glimpse of what it was like to work with all these amazing dancers in spectacular locations all around the world. One of the most popular questions I get asked about…
Every Monday, I feature an image and backstory from my Pointe of View series. In the tradition of the books and ballerinas mini series, I continue this week with a collection of ballerinas in trees. What an elegant and dreamy combination. Hover over each image for the credits. is a ballerina series by Anna Wu Photography. The raised…
Carla and Matt’s wedding at the Duke Chapel was absolutely beautiful, and it’s wonderful to now commemorate the special day with these custom wedding albums. Carla and Matt chose an 8×8″ book with two minis as parent albums. The black coal leather is downright sumptuous, and thick photographic pages make the albums true heirloom treasures….
It was so fun to see Shau-Ru & Ed and their puppy Ellie again. I walked up to meet them at the flag pole which was stunningly backlit on this perfectly sunny day in February, and I felt insanely lucky to be here in California, doing this crazy awesome job of mine. The last time…
Every Monday, I feature an image and backstory from my Pointe of View series. I’ve been reading a lot in the last couple days and of course thinking a lot about this Pointe of View book that I’m in the midst of designing. So with books on my mind today, I present a mini series: Books &…
Akane is one of the most amazing brides I’ve ever worked with, because she has become one of my greatest advocates and has gone above and beyond to include me in her wedding day. Even before she had a venue, she knew that I would be the photographer. There was just one little catch– she…