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Hannah & Ben | Mt Tamalpais Engagement
Hannah reached out to me, loving my portraits of couples set in a vast landscape. We chose Mount Tamalpais for her engagement session with Ben to capture just that: a beautiful couple, in love, amidst the epic expanse of the hills, the fog, and the city they call home, off in the distance. And of…
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Nagoya, Japan
From our lovely stay in Kyoto, we continued eastward, where we made the train-equivalent of an extended layover in Nagoya en route to Tokyo. My friend Julianne happens to be living in Nagoya for two years, so we took the opportunity to do a one-night stay to say hello and even do some laundry! Our…
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Maya & Jason | San Francisco City Hall Wedding
Maya and Jason first met in college over a decade ago, and they have since lived so much life together, moving across the country to her hometown on the East Coast and then to his on the West Coast. They are now embarking on the next chapter of their lives, united and together for good,…
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Kyoto, Japan
Halfway through our Japan trip, we had such a lovely time in Kyoto. It’s quite the darling of Japanese cities, as we enjoyed plenty of its historical attractions, food, shopping, and even some nature. Anchoring it all was our stay at the Ace Hotel Kyoto. Something about this West Coast American (from Portland) property in…
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Kelly & Jeff | Los Altos Wedding Album
Kelly and Jeff stayed true to their love of purple in creating their beautiful wedding albums– clad, of course, in a lovely plum fabric. We created a medium 10″ album, along with a mini 6″ replica. Beautiful, simple layouts that tell the story of the day! In addition to their two albums, I gifted them…
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Seohyun & Jarod | Golden Gate Bridge Surprise Proposal
Jarod and Seohyun have been together for seven years, having met as university students and then moving across Australia and traveling the world together. I helped Jarod to plan this proposal for her while he was at home in Melbourne and I was on the road in Tokyo, for their rather last-minute trip to San…
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Annsa & Arvind’s Family | San Rafael Portrait Photography
What an honor to photograph three generations of this beautiful family, all together! I was delighted to meet the newest member of Annsa and Arvind’s family, though he may have been more hesitant to meet me. The very windy day didn’t help much. But the images still turned out beautifully! A few of my favorites…
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Osaka, Japan
From the quiet, meditative spaces of the art islands, we traveled straight into the center of the chaos when we took a shinkansen into Osaka. The trains were all nearly full, as it seems like everyone else was also going back to the big city after their New Year’s breaks. We spent only two nights…
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Naoshima & Teshima | Japan’s Art Islands
I first heard of Japan’s art islands when my friends visited a couple years ago and declared it their favorite place in the entire world. The islands of Naoshima and Teshima are set in the Inland Sea, west of Osaka. They require at minimum a train and a ferry– half a day’s travel– to reach,…