Anthony, Lawyer | Berkeley Headshots Photographer
Anthony Sperber is smart, funny, and he means business. I met him at his law office in Berkeley for a quick headshot session. Lookin’ sharp!
Samsun van Loon | San Francisco Headshots Photographer
Sam is a cellist living in San Francisco. He plays recitals and chamber music not just as mode of performance, but as a social venture, performing with different friends and getting to know various musicians and audience members. Oh, but he’s not just a cellist. He also recently dislocated his shoulder snowboarding (though it’s getting…
Jennifer Samson | Oakland Headshots Photographer
She’s been dancing and performing since she was three. And after a few years living in San Diego, Jennifer has married her high school sweetheart and moved back to the Bay Area. Now she’s working in the wedding industry for Here Comes the Guide and auditioning for the Raiderettes, amongst other things. We did a…
Trio Jubilee | Palo Alto Headshots Photographer
Not five minutes into my first conversation with Claudia, the violinist of Trio Jubilee, I discovered she was born in Ann Arbor, grew up in the East Bay, and taught at Duke University as part of the Ciompi Quartet. No way! I was born in Ann Arbor, live in the East Bay now, and went…
Sasha Launer, Flutist | San Francisco Headshots Photographer
It was still early morning when I drove in to the sunset district of San Francisco, thankful for my Fastrak as I whizzed by the traffic on the Bay Bridge. I found Sasha’s apartment on a wide, busy street. Cars were flying by loudly, but inside, it was all peace and quiet. A beautiful space…
Celeste Johnson | Oakland Headshots Photographer
She’d always thought she might try acting. Her big, bold personality makes it easy to imagine her as a TV host some day. But life as a military wife brought her in a different direction. With the frequent relocation around this country and abroad, and with her priorities targeted on being a wonderful wife and…
Bridal Shoot at the Bellevue Club | Oakland Wedding Photographer
A beautiful venue, a talented floral designer, three models, three hair/makeup artists, two photographers, and two assistants. What a dream shoot! We had a wonderful collaborative bridal shoot at the Bellevue Club by Lake Merritt in Oakland, with all twelve contributors donating their time and services toward the project. My hope was to get some…
BAYAC Photography Workshop
On Thursday, I led a photography workshop for my fellow AmeriCorps members. As part of the BAYAC Recovery Team, we all work in after-school programs at different sites across San Francisco and Oakland. For the next couple months, we’re taking turns leading trainings for each other on topics of our choice. Naturally, I decided to…
Behind the Scenes of Census 2010: Write in “Taiwanese” | Passion Project
It’s been a week since the Census 2010: Write in “Taiwanese” video debuted on YouTube, and it’s already garnered over 120,000 views. Produced by Slideshow Pictures in conjunction with at least seven Taiwanese American organizations, the public service announcement is part of a larger campaign to get Taiwanese Americans to self-identify on the US Census…
San Francisco Guitar Quartet | San Francisco Headshots Photographer
Western music very often comes in fours: 4/4 time, 4 strings on a violin, and all those beautiful 4-member groups: string quartets, barbershop quartets, brass quartets– even the standard rock band is usually two guitars, a bass, and a drum kit. But a bit more uncommon is the guitar quartet. No, not a band with…
3 Shoots in 3 Cities in 3 Days | Bay Area, Los Angeles Photographer
Miles driven by others: 37 Miles flown: 390 Miles driven by myself: 150 ____________________________________ =577 miles traveled, and that’s just today. Sometimes exhaustion is the most gratifying feeling in the world. In that moment when you finally sit down and have a chance to rest, you can feel the very essence of gravity as it…
Passion Project: Help these students travel to Washington, D.C.
$1453. That’s the amount each one of these eighth graders is trying to raise to go to Washington, D.C. Not having much money to give to the cause, I contributed what I could, grabbing my camera and headed through the thick 8am fog to take portraits of each student. Later, we created a website with…