E visited Muir Woods with her whole family a while back, and she knew immediately that she wanted to come back and take her high school graduation photos there when the time came. Well, E is graduating next year! So the family made another trip, and we roamed around the ancient redwoods for these portraits,…
Catherine is a freelance singer based in Sacramento, and she reached out to me to photograph some new portraits and headshots for her auditions and promo materials. We chose San Francisco City Hall with all its marble and grand architecture as the perfect backdrop to these photographs. See a couple of my favorites below. …
I was absolutely delighted to photograph these portfolio pieces for Shoppe Theory. They are a design studio based in both New York City (Jess) and San Francisco (Do-Hee), and like many designers had crafted so many wonderful brands throughout the year but hadn’t gotten around to photographing any of them. On a December day, Do-Hee…
In mid-October, five of us got in a minivan and drove across California to head to Joshua Tree. It was the middle of a busy travel and work season for all of us, but it was so wonderfully restorative to be in the desert with these wacky looking trees and the company of these awesome…
Reunited! With my dear friend Talya, who makes periodic appearances on this blog with all her glamorous portrait sessions. This time, we met up in Berlin, where she is now a full-time opera singer with Komische Oper Berlin. See just a couple of my favorites from our shoot below! Anna Wu is a wedding and…
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the February 28 (228) Massacre in Taiwan. Tens of thousands were murdered by the Nationalist government that had fled China and taken over rule in Taiwan, and martial law was imposed for 40 years thereafter. Incredibly, Taiwan has since become a vibrant democracy fighting the continued battles of defending civil rights for its…
I met up with Caila Quinn on a Thursday and showed her a couple of my favorite spots in San Francisco. We talked about family, love, how she ended up on The Bachelor, her plans for the future, and her hair secrets (just kidding; she didn’t tell me anything, but I can vouch for its…
It was such a joy to visit my friend (and talented florist) Melanie at her home to met her new baby and to photograph her family. Baby Naomi is now three months old! Meet her and the adorable family below. Absolutely precious. Congratulations, Melanie & Owen! Anna Wu is a wedding and portrait photographer based…
It was such a pleasure to photograph Grace of HapaMama. She’s been following my work for a couple years thanks to our Taiwanese American connections, and I finally got to meet and photograph her last month. We met up in downtown San Jose and grabbed a combination of family portraits and headshots for Grace. See some…
Meet Maria, the talented calligrapher and illustrator behind Wort:pracht. We met at my studio to photograph some images for her brand new website, coming soon. Catch a glimpse below. You can find more of Maria’s work on instagram, @wortpracht. Anna Wu is a wedding and portrait photographer based in San Francisco but often jetsetting and eating…
Ronny is a talented pianist based out of San Francisco. He needed some new photographs for a new website he’s building, so we met in the city for a brand new set of portraits and headshots. See a couple of my favorites below! Anna Wu is a wedding and portrait photographer based in the San Francisco Bay…
On February 28, 1947 began the infamous events of “228,” a widespread massacre of tens of thousands of Taiwanese by the Nationalist (KMT) government that had recently arrived from China. The 228 Massacre became a taboo topic in the subsequent years of martial law that extended through the 1980s and had ripple effects that were felt…