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Amanda & Todd | San Francisco Travel Portraits
I absolutely love this idea: professional portraits on vacation. Amanda and Todd have been married for a couple years and live in a small community in Manitoba, the centermost province of Canada. They run a family grain & bean farm,which always makes their vacations well-earned and much appreciated. They are always plotting their travels, so when Amanda and Todd…
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Celebrate | Boudoir by Anna Wu Photography
This photography session would be a celebration. A celebration and documentation of her body at this point in her life: a couple years into marriage, before kids, working hard, and looking great. Every woman should feel so empowered to celebrate herself, wherever she is in life. We kept things soft, airy, and romantic with a touch…
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Jessica | Mood Shoots | Editorial Portrait Photography
Welcome to my latest personal project, a series of “mood shoots.” For these shoots, I wanted to explore a certain look and feel in my portraiture, working with light and shadow, styling, and directing. As with all my personal projects, I just sort of dream up these ideas and form a vision in my mind, and then…
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Ashley & Chad | Napa Valley Engagement Photography
Ashley and Chad first met while attending the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley, and they became fast friends before they started dating about three years ago. It was only fitting that we return to St. Helena and meet at the wonderful restaurant/tasting room of Farmstead and Long Meadow Ranch for their engagement portraits. Here are…
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Whitney | San Francisco Maternity Portraits
I met up with Whitney, a gorgeous mother-to-be, for some portraits around Golden Gate Park. Here are some favorites below! Hair & Makeup: Julianne, Prettyologie Anna Wu is a wedding and portrait photographer based in San Francisco. She creates beautiful, soft, and timeless imagery while capturing the most fleeting of moments. View her work at…
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Ami & Arjun | San Francisco Engagement Photography
Ami and Arjun are simply the sweetest. They both live in Boston, but they are in San Francisco working for the summer. We kicked off their engagement session with portraits around their apartment in the Mission Bay neighborhood, and then we headed over to the Ferry Building for some classic San Francisco shots by the…
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Big Trees | Sequoia National Park
Four Chicago boys and me. I picked up Vince and his brother Kevin who had each flown in to SFO, and we drove southeast from the Bay Area while Alex and Eric drove northeast from Los Angeles. Our destination: Sequoia National Park, one of the nine national parks in California. We would camp for two nights…
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Dining & Boating in Chicago | Travel Photography
In mid-July, I found myself taking a spontaneous trip to Chicago to meet Jesse who was there for work. We then commenced with lots of eating and even a bit of boating. Meal one as soon as I got in from O’Hare: Boka, (located next door to Alinea, but we’ll be back for that next…
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Atelier Crenn | San Francisco Food Photography
July started with a bang as we headed to Atelier Crenn, recently remodeled with brand new interiors and an expanded tasting menu. Chef Dominique Crenn is oft cited as the only female chef in the country who has two Michelin stars, and she very memorably writes her menus as poems, with each line representing one…