One of the great delights of living in the Bay Area is getting to take little day trips up to wine country, with so many beautiful spots to visit only an hour or two north of San Francisco. These days, after having joined Reeve winery as members and also having more photo sessions again, we’ve…
This meal was two years in the making! Alex and I first made a reservation for SingleThread in fall 2019, but that was cancelled due to fires in Calistoga that weekend. We decided to wait for a future date to book the meal. Then, of course, the pandemic hit. SingleThread was actually quite agile in…
Megan and Hari were married last year, mid-pandemic, with only their officiant and a camera on a tripod as their witnesses. They were thrilled to be wed but really missed having their families there. So they planned the most thoughtful celebration for their one-year anniversary. Hari’s parents hosted the event in their back yard, and…
What a delight to meet Baby Z, two weeks after her arrival. And what a joy to see the whole family settling in to their new shape as a quartet. It was especially heartwarming to see how quickly and enthusiastically H has adapted to his role as big brother. See just a few of my…
It’s wild to think that two whole years have passed since I last photographed Jennifer and Gary for their engagement session up in Seattle. And yet, given the circumstances of the past two years, it’s hardly surprising. These two have been waiting patiently, closely monitoring public health guidelines, and they have had to reschedule twice….
August recap! Wow, so much baseball. And a few outings with friends as well. Let’s get right into it! The Giants continue to be #1 in all of MLB! We continue to attend a bunch of their games. I never thought I’d actually like going to so much baseball, but it’s quite a fun experience…
This was such a sweet little portrait session with Annie and Jon as they are expecting their firstborn next month. It’s been a whirlwind last year with a big move back to California, both of them working in healthcare, and also managing to get married amidst the pandemic. It was a lovely little break to…
Welcome to part two of Jia and Suyash’s wedding celebrations! If you missed part one, the Indian pooja, you can visit it here. On day two, Jia and Suyash headed into the Santa Cruz mountains for a beautiful celebration at Chateau Partage, a little castle amidst the redwoods. The long-awaited day was finally here! See…
Jia and Suyash are the warmest complements to each other. Suyash is laid back and an avid reader. According to Jia, he excels at sitting still. Meanwhile, Jia is passionate, energetic, and never sitting still. On their first trip together, they visited Cuba, where Jia discovered Suyash’s questionable packing choices, and Suyash was introduced to…
On a beautiful day in July, we drove north of the city for an afternoon of kayaking in Tomales Bay. Alex signed us up for a group kayak tour with REI, and we were lucky in every way with not only clear skies but also favorable winds, and we discovered the ease of a tandem…
If you’ve been following along, you might remember Elaine and Sean as the couple who had me hike two hours up and down a mountain for their engagement session. Of course it was completely worth it, not only because the setting was beautiful, but because Elaine and Sean were an absolute joy to be around,…
This was such a sweet double proposal. Aparna reached out to me to let me know that she and Shiv were planning their proposals together, and they would both be proposing, not as a surprise, but as something they wanted to do together. They had designed matching rings together, and each wrote a card that…