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Inspiration | A Lifetime Ago
The roads were familiar, but the specifics had escaped me. I had to guess at the turns more than once, always correctly in the end, but I hadn’t realized how much time, how much memory had already lapsed. Three years was a lifetime ago that I lived there. The pieces of that life were now only loosely…
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Published! | Wedding Nouveau Magazine
I am so incredibly honored to be published in the fall issue of Wedding Nouveau magazine. This is the first time my work has been featured in a print publication! I’ve said it before, but there is just something very special about being able to see my photographs on paper and hold them in my…
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Portland, Seattle, Vancouver | Cascadia Road Trip
A thousand miles, here we come. I will embarking on a week-long road trip with three friends: Howard, Vince, and Young from San Francisco up to Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver. We will be doing about 1-2 days in each city before we each fly out from Seattle on Friday. It was originally going to be…
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Baby Miles | Richmond | Bay Area Family Photography
It has been an absolute privilege to watch this family grow over the last couple years. I’ve known Aaron since we were partner teachers in 2008, and I’ve photographed his daughter Isla twice before. This time I came back to meet the newest member of the family, baby Miles! Precious. Even more precious. My favorite….
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Inspiration | My Biggest Failure
This is not a fairy tale. I can remember being truly lost, stuck in that quarter life crisis, having graduated from a prestigious university with a made-up degree (I designed my own major in Asian American studies and documentary studies) and no idea what to do next. I sat at a little computer desk whittling…
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Nina & Fernando | San Francisco Engagement Photography
They met in middle school, when Fernando was just a shy boy, struck by love at first sight. Nina just remembers asking him what middle school he was attending. Of course, they eventually started dating in high school, and after being together for seven years, Fernando proposed to Nina after dinner with her family at…
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Kathleen & Wesley | San Francisco Wedding Photography
It was a beautifully warm day on 9.10.11, perhaps the most popular wedding date of the year. Kathleen got ready in her hotel room in South San Francisco, and then she hopped into the gorgeous 1946 Rolls Royce Bentley to join her husband-to-be at the church in San Francisco. A perfect way to start the…
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Cat & Dan | City Girl & Farm Boy | Buffalo, New York Engagement Photography
She was always a bit of a wild child, a party girl. He has always been a farm boy, born and raised in the small town of Eden, New York. But when they met back in college, somehow the pieces fit. He keeps her grounded; she keeps life interesting. And at the end of the…
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Raquel & Andy | Chautauqua, NY Wedding Photography
It’s true, as Andy joked– it’s equally inconvenient for everyone. Even from the nearest airport we drove past several vineyards, the occasional corn field, and plenty of woods– until we reached the giant lake and the little town. Chautauqua. It may be far, but it is truly a sanctuary, with its tightly clustered houses referencing…