portrait of a one year old in banganga

Am back from my short trip to India! My stay was mainly in Mumbai vising family, attending a wedding, shopping and a little bit of shoot time that included a fabulous e-shoot. This set of photos were taken at Banganga tank which is surrounded by four hundred year old temples. With the sun setting at Banganga just as I was ready to leave, I spotted some kids on the steps. The littlest was a one year old girl adorning “kohl” or eye make up. These are from my ten minutes trying to capture her alone as the other kids popped in and out of the frame:-)

india calling…

I am off to enjoy my homeland for a couple of weeks. I am sure time will fly by and I will be back before too long. This is my first solo trip after eight years (since my son was born) and am excited to have some time for some creative projects. I will stay largely unplugged and respond to emails/calls around May 7th.


Here is a recent photo from my very first foray into shooting with a medium format camera. Mamiya 645 + Porta!

hide and seek

san francisco film photographer

i busted out the film camera to finish off this roll of film. the light was beautiful but challenging.

i shot around thirteen frames and eight or more are keepers. the rest are silly faces. he was pretty patient with me this time. the first picture in this series happens to be my favorite of him in a long time.

i love film!

one little monkey…

…jumping on the bed. I just found the jumping photos as I was prepping the blog post from this family’s portrait session. The six year old and I got to have a little hangout as my son would call it. He jumped on the bed when no one was looking. Nothing like letting off some energy for an active kid and these are the real moments that make for some pretty cool images. And also a great addition for a signature album. They aren’t in this client’s gallery as I typically show 25-40 images in a gallery. If a client orders an album, I end up adding images not in the gallery to help tell the story of the day. I am asked about this quite often and thought I would share it in this blog post.

Back to this lovely family’s portrait session. We finally got a date down after some sickness in the early months. As luck would have it, PG&E randomly decided to turn off power that day. The family decided to roll with the punches after some back and forth and it turned out to be a great decision. Mom was worried about not having lights working. That wasn’t an issue as I work with natural light. The main issue would have been a freezing house which wasn’t the case and the little five month old was such an amazing little model too. The family will forever remember the day of the shoot and have that story to tell:-)

mom with baby portrait

outdoor portraits for family

boy jumping on bed photo

family hanging out on bed

photograph of brothers

kids photographer

kid photographer

out of office


All I have to say is that the boy made me work for this picture. An ode of sorts to Sally Maan, one of my all time favorite photographers. Recently, I got to see, listen and experience her amazingness in San Francisco. She spoke largely about her body of family work offering insight into her family and their lives providing context to her art. I came back inspired with the resolve to try to be true to myself as an artist. I will be in Tampa for a workshop and a family photo shoot from March 24-29th. Stay warm in the bay area!

st. paddy’s day cupcakes


from our trip to the local farmer’s market.

circle of love

This year, I had made a resolve to donate a few sessions for those that would not be able to afford the luxury of a custom portrait session. When my friend mentioned her involvement with a non-profit that works with victims of domestic abuse), I thought it would be amazing to create a story-telling portrait session for a family in the program. Here are some images from that session.
Please do not share the photos without permission!

 

love monkey

boy with beanie baby monkey toy
Two monkeys, two hearts come together to celebrate Valentine’s Day! Have a wonderful one.

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