Neera and Jeff live in Salt Lake City, but they were back in the Bay Area visiting Neera’s family and planning for their upcoming multi-day wedding celebrations here in California, and we were able to squeeze in their engagement session at Land’s End, right after some late-season rain storms. Such a beautiful, if windy, day….
I had the best time roaming around Stanford’s campus and visiting The Dish with M & D on a beautifully sunny day. You’d think that after fourteen years living in the Bay Area and working as a photographer I would have visited the Stanford Dish at least a handful of times for photo sessions or…
Such a wonderful proposal in the San Francisco Botanical Gardens! Malcolm pulled out all of the stops for his girlfriend Christine’s birthday. The couple is long-distance, with Malcolm living in Michigan and Christine here in California. He surprised her by flying in for her birthday, and not only that, but celebrating with her by involving…
May recap! Starting with a lovely sushi dinner at Nara. Lots of bread projects this month from the Mooncakes and Milkbread cookbook by Kristina Cho. Red bean buns! Back on that gel nail polish train. Sunnyvale Farmer’s Market, followed by a french dip sandwich from Adamson’s. Miso corn buns! And dinner at Ramen Nagi, which…
We ventured out on a wonderful Southern California road trip last month, with Ojai as the ultimate destination. But of course, as with the best road trips, we made plenty of other stops along the way as well, including a two-night stay in Los Alamos. First up, a stop for lunch in Paso Robles, which…
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 such a joy to meet Rachel and walk through Crissy Field with her. We captured some portraits for her public speaking business, in which she speaks about her experiences with hearing loss, deafness, and cochlear implants. Here are a few of my favorite images, below: Anna Wu is a wedding and portrait photographer…
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…
Jia and Suyash had a beautiful two-day celebration in Ben Lomond after many postponements in 2020. It was such a delight to commemorate the celebrations in these beautiful heirloom albums. They chose a dusty blue leather for the covers and debossed the main album with their names and wedding date. Take a peek in the…
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…
It is such a joy to share these photos of this sweet family with you all. I photographed Carolyn and Cynthia’s wedding back in the smoky, pre-pandemic days of Fall, 2019. And now they have welcomed a baby girl to their family. The trio lives over in NYC, but they traveled back to the Bay…
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…