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Waterfall into the Ocean | Alamere Falls
Friday night of Memorial Day weekend, I texted my good friend Dan because we still had no plans whatsoever, and we needed to do something! Dan is the perfect adventure buddy because he is not fazed by the randomness of our trips (example: Salton Sea). After all, spontaneous trips often turn out to be the…
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Lorin & Reese | San Francisco Maternity Photography
Meet Lorin & Reese! These two are so sweet, and they have a little one on the way! I met them on Mother’s Day in their beautiful San Francisco apartment, and we spent a little time there and down the street at the park for a few portraits. \ Favorite! Congratulations, Lorin & Reese! Related…
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Find Your Paradise
To say this Memorial Day weekend has been incredible is certainly the understatement of my year. In the last two days, I watched a waterfall pour into the ocean, I was attacked by a turkey on a hiking trail, and I saw fireworks spew from the Golden Gate Bridge. I have so many stories to…
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Julia Canavese, Dancer | San Jose Lifestyle Portraits
On a gorgeous Sunday afternoon, I met up with Julia for some beautiful dance portraits and headshots at the Municipal Rose Garden in San Jose. I never knew such a place existed in San Jose! Below are just a few of my favorite frames. Related posts: Grace of HapaMama | San Jose Headshots &…
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Anika & Vijay | San Francisco Surprise Proposal Photography
This was such an incredible surprise proposal. Vijay crafted such an intricate plan, completely thoughtful and intimate down to the last detail. It was not a big public display or self indulgent in the least. It was all for Anika. It was all about Anika. While Anika went to work, Vijay prepared everything in her…
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Defining Movement, defMo | Multicultural Dance Photography
Defining Movement, a.k.a. defMo, is an amazing multicultural dance group at Duke University. In college, I used to love photographing their performances. In fact, a defMo show was my first official paid photography gig. I always wished I could dance that well, but I was pretty content with leaving the dancing to defMo and photographing…
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Reunited at Duke
It’s very fitting that right now, as I type this post, I am back at Duke a second time in two months, sitting at a computer station in Lilly Library on Duke University’s East Campus. Just last month, I came to Duke for my reunion. It had been five years– five long/short years since I graduated from this…
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Sun & Elliot | San Francisco Engagement Photography
This is an engagement I’ve been looking forward to for a while now. You may remember my friends Sun and Elliot from their portrait session a year ago, before they were engaged, just as they were about to embark on a year of long distance across San Francisco and Vietnam. Well, they made it through…
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Erin & Thomas’ Elopement | Big Sur Wedding Photography
This elopement takes my breath away. Erin is a painter; Thomas is a composer. They both knew they didn’t want a big, expensive wedding. It was difficult for their families to not be there for the ceremony, but they knew this was what fit them best. They flew from New York City to Big Sur,…