Last fall, I photographed this colorful Venice Beach Family Session. I had sent out my newsletter about being in SoCal for Adventure Always, a photography conference. When mom emailed me to book a session, I was really excited. The last time I saw the Hernandez family, they were visiting the bay area with their two and half […]
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It is flattering to be hired by another photographer but a bit nerve racking as well. DJ is an awesome photographer and asked me to do a family portrait session. He shoots mostly film and I thought it wouldn’t be right to capture them digitally only. So I decided to challenge myself and photograph their […]
What a sweet moment with these two!
What a beautiful moment & that light shining on them makes this image extra special. Stunning!
So gentle. Beautiful Alpana!
A beautiful moment! makes me dream of summer!
What a sweet moment. Beautiful.
you should always shoot film. just breathtaking.
Adorable! The light and color is great too.
Perfect shot!!!!
such pretty light and a tender moment
So beautiful!! the light is amazing!
love this tender moment!
Love this image!
Beautiful shot!
I’m so glad you went all film on this Alpana, i cannot wait to see more!!! This photo is gorgeous!!
“It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want—oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!” ― Mark Twain Spring in here in the San Francisco Bay Area! Right now, our […]
Such a great post. Your son is so handsome!
Such a sweet session… and those EYES!!
I always enjoy looking at your images of your son! Love the sense of adventure in these.
Those eyes!! Your son is so handsome!!
I love these so much!
I love your eye! And his eyes!
His eyes are amazing! I have a 10 year old too and he’s the same – trouble is he’s even resisting my attempts at bribery!
So sweet!
Sooo jealous, it’s definitely far from here in Chicago 🙁
Love all of these though, the brightness and the pretty flowers.. I love Spring!!
Gotta love the mustard! Beautiful shots!
A portrait session with these gorgeous siblings, their pet chickens in beautiful light. This session was done for my son’s school auction for this family. I may be doing another one in the near future. If you are interested in bidding on it, please email through the contact page and I will send you a […]
These are all so beautiful! I always love the light in all of your images.
the light is gorgeous!
What an incredible session! You are so great with sun flares too! 🙂
Love that light!! 9th one down is my fave!! So good Alpana!!
Beautiful! I love the baby chicks!
The second shot is amazing. Gorgeous sun flare and so controlled! Great session with these kids!
These are incredible images!! The light is gorgeous!
Very cool! Love the documentary feel!
I love how natural these are!
LOOOOVE! And I love the little chickies (and so perfect there are 3 ;))
dude Alpana, love your slices of life always. come shoot the Harrisons?
Have you ever had it happen before where you suddenly find your iPhone at full capacity? Well, I did recently. Being a chronic over-shooter and all. And, it wasn’t the first time. In the past, I have gone through and painstakingly deleted images one by one to keep the few I wanted. That took so […]
Well, this sure would have been helpful last week when I was deleting 500 photos by hand. LOL.
i always struggle with this!! thanks
I’m forwarding this to my husband ASAP! Great info!
I totally needed this!!!
This is very helpful Alpana! Totally going to do this.
great to know – thanks for the share
so good to know! bookmarking for later as this always happens to me!
Ooooh, so glad you posted this! I really need to go through my phone and clear out some photos!
Thanks for this post Alpana. So useful.
Perfect timing and great tip! I need to clean up my phone too!
I have an Android 🙂 But this tutorial seems super helpful!!!
This so helpful!!
gorgeous!!!
Beautiful!
Very striking but in a calm way. Those eyes……….
As always, stunning! His eyes…so amazing.
gorgeous per usual. better get those portraits while you can… its get dicey getting cooperation in those teen years .. at least with my son 🙂
Such a stunning image!!
So gorgeous!
Gorgeous boy. This is perfect.
I love this image!!!!
Gorgeous!
Last year, many of you opened up your hearts and donated to raise funds for Amber’s Cure. Every year, I try to donate a photo session as my pay-it-forward to help someone I can with my art. This one was for Amber. Amber is a brave young mama with two boys that is battling a […]
What a sweet family!! Praying for Amber <3
so sweet alpana!
So beautiful! What a precious family. The black and whites are stunning!
What a fantastic family session! Love them all, but that last image slays me!
love this and love the thought behind it. Hoping Amber is doing well.
Absolutely beautiful work, as always! Your images always evoke so much emotion. Love it!
I love your style. The B&Ws are my favorite! Beautifully photographed!
These are so true and real and beautiful. And these big dark eyes from the kids are just gorgeous. Great post. Thanks for sharing!
OH MY WORD! Precious!!! Love!
Such a beautiful family session – that last shot is my favorite!!!!
Another gorgeous set of images – love your different ‘view’ and angles.
this is so so lovely. love your work!! the black and whites are amazing!
I think this batch of photos was even better than the session we did last year. Just love everything about these!
the sweetest little girls ever. such a wonderful family session!
ohhh those first two and the last one were quick favorites!! beautiful session, very refreshing and full of life 🙂
Goodness, this is so lovely Alpana. I adore the life in them… beautiful movement.
Oh my goodness, the first image just look my breath away!
Wow! These are so creative and dreamy! Beautiful job, Alpana!
What a great thing to do and these are beautiful photographs.
These are great. That last shot is stunning! What a sweet family session!
Such a lovely family session!
A walk around the neighborhood to capture a San Francisco family. The last black and white is one of my favorites…a moment of stillness from the little guy. And sitting as he did, it seemed like he was peering right through my soul like a wise man that had just turned four that very day. […]
wow – these are great! love the light and the emotion in the pictures! what cute little guy!!
im definitely a fan. that last image.. just WOW
love shooting in the city! so lovely!!
What an adorable session! Love these!!!
Love this session! The last shot is my fave!
love these!! i love how you captured his playfulness and joy! so sweet 🙂
These are great! I am in love with that wall and the little boy next to it is so perfect!
Awesome session – love that wall the colours are so cool and that little man is adorable.
He is SO adorable! lovely photos but really really love the black and white :)))
What a sweet little kid he is! Beautiful work!
What a fun use of location! love them!
I adore these! Such a beautiful happy family! You are so talented!
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Nicole Spangler - I love the urban vibe of this session!
Jainé Kershner - just adorable! what a great family session.
Krystle Akin - I am in love with all of these especially the black and whites!
Kristin Sweeting - super cute! I love all the fun colors!
Lindsay Madden - what a playful session this is! i especially love the ones of the girl on the swing. your work always makes me smile & wanting more!
Kelsy McCartney - What a fun, stylish little family!! Great session! I especially love the black & whites on the swing 🙂
Lisa O'Dwyer - Fun! I love your family portraits Alpana!