September. Wherein the state was on fire, and we had that incredibly eerie orange day in which the sun never rose. So, so strange. Every month continues to come with its new surprises, and I will just continue to go along with them, documenting it along the way. Here’s a look back at September, 2020….
A very hearty congratulations to my dear friend Cassie who, with her husband Michael, has just purchased her first home here in San Francisco. I was very honored to be asked (by a fellow photographer!) to capture some portraits for them in the new space. I’m looking forward to all the future gatherings that will…
Oh, how quickly things change. The hallmark of August was my first-ever backpacking trip, which just happened to coincide with the very unexpected and extreme lightning storms that subsequently lit California on fire. Well, I’m glad to report that we are totally fine. But here’s a look through another wild month of 2020: Garden bounty…
I usually don’t get around to posting these recaps until the end of the following month, which is quite unfortunate, because 2020 is quickly outpacing my ability to remember what these past realities were like. But here goes, a look back to July, a month in which we took four different outdoor excursions around California…
Yannie and Howard met through mutual friends in their neighborhood and their church. They became friends first, hanging out here and there for a year until a group trip to the Winter Olympics in Korea brought them closer and provided the perfect setting for Howard to ask Yannie to be his girlfriend. When it came…
A couple months ago, my dear friend Do-Hee hired me to photograph some portraits for her brother Shawn, who just graduated from medical school. Despite the global pandemic, or perhaps even more so because of it, we’re all being asked to celebrate our wins and mark special moments in whatever safe, thoughtful, creative ways we…
From the start of wedding planning, Candace and Derek sat down and had a conversation with each other about their values and what they wanted their wedding to represent. They wrote a vision statement that stated their commitment to celebrate their relationship, their family, and their friends, and to let go of materialism and patriarchal…
Welcome to the June, 2020 recap. The month felt different, more somber perhaps, than the earlier Bon Appetit youtube videos/ gourmet food projects/ Tiger King portion of quarantine. My attention turned to the struggle for social justice, while protests against racism and police violence spread across the country and the world. For the month of…
Time for the May recap! Still staying at home, mostly, with a couple biking trips around town and one short excursion up to wine country, all very carefully done with only remote hiking and curbside pickups even though restaurants had already reopened in Sonoma. Otherwise, it was all about videochat gatherings, gourmet quarantine, and sewing…
I imagine this is going to be a strange time to look back upon, but April was the month in which sheltering at home really began to feel normal, or at least rather routine. After barely going outside during the first weeks of shelter-in-place, I decided to try and expand my radius and also work…
Well, the month began innocently enough, with meals out with friends, our retreat in Ukiah, and my mom arriving in the Bay. We had already canceled plans to visit Asia but were still considering Paris. Of course things changed very quickly once we entered the second and third weeks of the month. Here in the…
I’m delighted to look back at this wedding from a few weeks ago. S & P were wed at San Francisco City Hall with their pup in tow. We also visited the Presidio for some couple’s portraits and ended at the Cliff House for their reception, overlooking the ocean at sunset. See just a few…