Were it not for Alex, who spotted the Skyview Los Alamos boutique motel on a previous road trip to Southern California, I may have never found about this town’s existence. I certainly had never heard of a Los Alamos in California, knowing only of its counterpart in New Mexico, which is famous for being the…
It was so fun to be reunited with this family, nine years after I last photographed them in Ojai. I have known Aaron since my teaching days in Oakland, and I have photographed his family four times prior to this, dating back to 2010. This time we were also joined by his sister’s family and…
February recap! We started off the month with a 5k/10k race and wrapped it up with a Reno/Tahoe trip. Below are those highlights and everything between! Office of Accountability monthly meeting. Run training. And running the Kaiser Permanente race in Golden Gate Park! Post-run dim sum at Dragon Beaux. Dinner at Piccino, and a massage…
Springtime at Stanford! It’s been years since I’ve photographed on the Stanford campus, and it was such a delight to be back. Jenny and Jun are both PhD students at Stanford, but they have actually been classmates ever since middle school. Glimpse some of my favorite portraits from their engagement session below! Anna Wu…
Ski week! In February, Alex and I headed east for a long weekend in the mountains. He went snowboarding two of the days, while I found plenty of other ways to entertain myself, since I can ski but I don’t love it nearly as much as Alex does. We stayed in Reno, Nevada, which I had…
Brittany and Akinyemi met in San Francisco four years ago, and they have since explored the city together, going on long hikes and enjoying delicious meals at a variety of restaurants. We returned to a couple of their favorite places for their engagement session, just two months into their engagement and only one month from…
We started off the new year with a trip to Paso Robles, and once we came back, I tried to mentally catch up to the fact that it was a new year. Here’s a look at the start of 2022! Behind the scenes with Terry (and Angela Davis + Yuri Kochiyama) in Oakland Chinatown for…
What a beautiful day to return to Land’s End, the site of Tina and Bryan’s first date, for their engagement session. From golden hour in the trees to sunset over the water, we celebrated this bit of magic and love in the corner of San Francisco. Anna Wu is a wedding and portrait photographer based…
On the first of the new year, Alex and I drove down to Central California to meet up with our friends Cassie and Michael for a little getaway in Paso Robles. We found this little airbnb on a farm property and spent a couple days relaxing, puzzling, cooking, and visiting a couple nearby wineries. Home…
The final month of 2021 was filled with gatherings. We kick it off with The Office of Accountability’s Friendsgiving, hosted by Cassie and Michael. Guest starring Baby Westy and these two wild pups, Daisy and Rusty. Pass the baby! Cassie has still not run out of Honeybaked Ham gift cards. Supplying our friendsgivings since 2017….
2021 was a bit of a roller coaster, as we surged back out into the world, only to retreat back into our homes, over and over again. But it was also a year of abundance and connection. Here’s a look back at it, one second at a time. For previous years, see 2020, 2019, 2018, and…
Olivia and Alex first met in med school before taking their relationship long distance while Olivia completed school in Pennsylvania and Alex began his residency in North Carolina. After two years, they were reunited and now live together in Durham. Over the holidays, they traveled back to the Bay Area to visit Olivia’s family, and…