Boyhood on black and white film. As I watched my son transition from boy to man, I wanted to document his metamorphosis. It felt like a good way to cope with the loss I felt watching my baby boy slipping away in front of my eyes with his physically changing body. Through this ongoing series, […]
Author Archives: Alpana Aras-King
Earlier this month, I was invited to teach at the Family Narrative, a retreat for family photographers in New Orleans. It was my first time teaching a group of talented peers, and it was both humbling and rewarding. Little did I realize that I would walk away feeling inspired by this diverse group of women, […]
Here is a medium format film session that I had to share! For the most part, as a client you might not necessarily care if the session is film or digital. To me as a film lover, there is just something special about photographing thirty-six frames intentionally. Invariably, the image on film wins over the […]
A few family and maternity portraits done during a wedding at the beautiful Nestledown venue in Los Gatos. It certainly was a little crazy trying to capture this cutely dressed little guy during this busy event, following him around guests and the festivities. I was happy to capture a few on my medium format film […]
Since I haven’t blogged forever, I had a burst of ambition to share a recent urban session with a high-school senior while in Chicago. It is a different kind of session, one that I enjoyed with this young man against the city backdrop. When my photographer friend Dena hired me for these portraits there was […]
We keep coming back and looking at these! We both love them, it is all SO him. I am very partial to his smiley ones, as such a serious kid, nothing warms my heart more than his grin and laughter.
As a professional baby photographer, Alex contacted me to book a Mother’s Day Session for his wife Chita and their new addition. A few years back I had documented their wedding and she continued to stay on my mailing list. Every once in a while, I would get a message from her and one of […]
I love the moments and color in these images. What a beautiful session!
by Alpana Aras-King
Elise - These are gorgeous Alpana!