photo sessions
Every Monday, I feature an image and backstory from my Pointe of View series. The book has been funded, almost all the sessions have been shot, and now comes one of the most difficult parts of the entire process– deciding which images will make the cut. I am very used to the process of culling and editing…
It was such an incredible honor to fly to Japan in order to photograph Akane and Gimpei’s wedding. While the wedding itself was on Saturday in Osaka, we took some time on Friday to take a side trip to Kyoto and photograph some engagement-style portraits the day before the wedding. To be in such a…
Every Monday, I feature an image and backstory from my Pointe of View series. Yesterday, the to fund the Pointe of View book came to a close. The final sum: twelve thousand, two hundred, and thirteen dollars. Unbelievable. I have already sent out a great big thank you and some special sneak peeks to my backers, (though…
Every Monday, I feature an image and backstory from my Pointe of View series. Visit the to preorder the book. Exactly one week remains in my ! We were fully funded within the first two days and have now reached almost 170% funding. I have been traveling this entire time– it’s been almost a month now– but it’s…
Every Monday, I feature an image and backstory from my Pointe of View series. Visit the to preorder the book. It feels amazing to return to Taipei again. Both my parents are from Taiwan, though I was born in the U.S. and have always lived in America. It’s been six years since I last visited Taiwan, so…
Every Monday, I feature an image and backstory from my Pointe of View series. Visit the to preorder the book. I have been traveling in Japan for the last couple days, and it’s already been packed with amazing experiences. Below, a little sneak peek of what I did yesterday in Kyoto. It was 39 degrees outside, but…
I launched a new series in my portraits this year with a venture into boudoir photography. Here are a few favorites below, including some that haven’t been published until now. Click on any of the images below to view the full posts.
Five thousand dollars in two days! I was completely floored last week when I launched my and got fully funded within the first 48 hours. We are now over $6500 and counting, and there are still 27 days to go. There is no limit to the money we can raise or the number of books…
This has been a really incredible whirlwind of a birthday weekend. On Saturday, I had this wonderful little birthday dinner at the Berkeley City Club. Sunday, my friend Jiongyi made gumbo from scratch for me (it was amazing, and he had never had gumbo or even read a recipe for it– he just read the…
Typically, every Monday, I feature an image and backstory from my Pointe of View series. But today, I have a bit more to share, in the form of a special announcement… ! I have been photographing ballerinas for over a year now, from San Francisco to the hills of Cincinnati to the Brooklyn Bridge and even the…
I knew Emma and Phil would be amazing to hang out with from the first moment I met them. They are both so kind and down to earth, and they’re exactly the kind of couple you want to be with when the weather forecasts are not cooperating and the cloudy skies threaten rain at any…
Here is a roundup of some of my favorite moments from this year’s weddings. While there are a few portraits and details sprinkled in, the vast majority of these images are photojournalistic captures that I caught on the fly. There were a lot of laughs in 2012, a few tears, and so much love. Thank…