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a portrait session for an east bay family

A few images from a portrait session with a crafty Oakland family…. I have driven by Pizza Express and loved the old sign that advertised this place. The sign has since changed but still advertises their yummy big PHAT pizza.The owner Mr. Singh and his family are good folks and let me stop for a […]

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Heather Puett - What an adorable little family. Beautiful images.

Renee Giugliano Photography - What an awesome session! Beautiful work!

Jessica Washburn - Beautiful images of a beautiful family!

Sarah Pierce - You make everyday life beautiful! Great work!

Anabel Sanchez - Great job on these! Beautiful!

Anna-Karin - I really adore this session. So much joy and happiness and pure talent found in these beautiful professional photographs!
Makes me want to see more from this session.

Erin Jacobs - What a fun session! Beautiful family photos that I am sure they will treasure!

laurie and her boys in tampa bay

I met my lovely friend Laurie and her boys for a family session in Tampa Bay. Laurie and I worked together many moons ago at a direct marketing firm in Peoria, Illinois. Laurie is a writer and teaches creative writing at University of Central Florida. The last time we saw each other my now husband […]

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Jayme F - These are absolutely beautiful and soulful. Loved looking at every single one!

Yvonne - Beautiful. You can tell this family has a lot of fun together.

Lina - Beautiful, and so sweet. Love it!

Clarice - These family shots are awesome!

Christy Johnson - What a beautiful story these images tell. Beautiful!

alej keigan - so gorgeous and airy – beautiful shots of a beautiful family!

Heather Puett - These are great. Looks like a lot of fun!

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 […]

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Heather Puett - Aww, these are beautiful. LOVE the life style ones. Great job!

alej keigan - love your style! these are gorgeous and would be perfect in an album!

Tammy Krummel - wonderful session, love your style and the amazing portraits!

Caroline - Beautiful photo’s Alpana !

Lisa Kelly - This is just the loveliest family session ever. So warm and filled with love and energy. I adore the sibling shot on the bed, so rich and gorgeous. I never tire at looking at your work.

Anna-Karin - Gorgeous kids! Love the variety and fun moments you captured from this session.

Marci Ralph - Beautiful family. I love the variety and way you captured them. This babies eyes are so expressive!

Kelly - These are GREAT! I especially love the one of the little boy with his legos, I can totally relate to that one as my little guy is also a lover of Lego. Your black and white conversion is to die for 🙂

Tara McGlinchey - I love these. So much variety and precious moments fabulous work!

Pamn - So fun and modern! I would have to put the bed ones as a grouping right over that very bed!

Amy Rader - The eyes have me. The boys are beautiful. What a nice collection for the family.

lisa m - Lovely in every way!

Lina - Beautiful captures, such sweet moment of their lives. Gorgeous!

forever yours

In the heart of the world there is a place that holds the secret names of the rocks & the trees & all the children of the earth & around it gather women & men who hold it dear & each night they stand together to keep it safe for as long as it takes […]

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Abby and her family

Abby’s mom had contacted me about a session over a year back. Finally, the stars aligned and we did their session on an overcast day back in November. Prior to our session, mom had told me a bit about Abby and her two sisters and I was excited to meet them. I was a bit […]

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meggan - What a beautiful gift you were able to give this family!

Renee Giugliano - Whidbey Island Child Photographer - Beautiful images! LOve that last one on the bottom right! 🙂

PamN - THIS is what it’s all about – this family makes the extra effort needed to capture their beautiful children and their relationship in these gorgeous images that they will love forever! There are many families that don’t have these extra challenges and don’t make the time to do something so meaningful and important.

Sophie Crew - Ohhh sweet Abby…. my own daughter suffered a traumatic brain injury two years ago as well, and spent nearly 2 months in the hospital – 19 days in a coma, 5 surgeries, and a new prosthetic skull later, we are blessed to have our daughter still in our lives. These images are SO important and beautiful. Remember how lucky Abby is to have such a loving and strong family. She is beautiful and this family makes me smile 🙂

Anna-Karin - What a beautiful family and adorable little girl.
Love the happy joyous moments you were able to capture in this session.

TaraMc - Beautiful work Alpana. I love the connection you have captured here. Such great memories created.

alpana - Thanks all for your comments! Sophie, I am sorry to hear about your daughter and amazing to hear her story of pulling through.

katie duda - these are just beautiful. i love the processing and the emotion you’ve captured. I especially love the last image. <3

Christy Johnson - Beautiful work for a beautiful family!

Julie - what a lovely lovely family! Your images are a beautiful gift to them and I can feel how much they love being together. Perfect!

allie - this brought tears to my eyes because of the LOVE you can see in that family. so beautiful in every way, they all have such gorgeous eyes- you captured this family beautifully.

Lisa Kelly - What a lovely family session. Their love and connection really shine through every image.

Jenny Ruddle - What lovely images, I love how you have captured the emotion of this family.

once upon a time in a meadow

A few impromptu photos of the cousins with my little man during our recent visit to the Marin Headlands after a stop at Muir Woods. The kids spent a little time being silly, laughing, and letting me take a few photos in this lovely meadow. These photos are a mix of digital and film that […]

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PamN - Oh WOW! You got an early present! What fantastic happy captures, every mom’s dream!

family photos on a overcast day

There was a lot of anticipation for this family photo session that mama booked months back scheduled to work around my New York trip in late September. Murphy’s law prevailed and it turned out to be a wet, cold week in the duration of my stay out there. I don’t think I have ever checked […]

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Sarah Duckworth - What a gorgeous family – you did a wonderful job capturing their personalities!

Julie - These are fantastic! Really beautiful set of photographs for a lovely family!

PamN - So FUN! Love the color and the natural feel to these, but with the clarity and depth of professional portraiture. Beautiful!

Jenny Ruddle - I love the naturalness of these and how you have captured the interaction as a family, great job!

Swapna - I love the way you have created the story board. You are too good at what you do.

Lisa Kelly - You would never know that it wasn’t perfect weather because these family images are gorgeous. You have definitely captured some precious moments here.

Christy Johnson - I absolutely love this session! The love and connection you captred is just perfect.

family of three

I was really excited to work with this family for their signature album session. They booked a family portrait session that would result in the fabulous Manhattan Album keepsake for their family starring their almost one year old baby boy. Little Ko-chan was able to stand assisted which made for a wonderful milestone and perfect […]

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Lisa - Beautiful family, and gorgeous photographs! Love the light & all the great details.

Aseel - Beautiful images and gorgeous family. Great work, Alpana!

Christy Johnson - Beautiful images! I love the story they tell of this moment in their lives. Just lovely!

Julie - These are seriously gorgeous! I love this session – beautiful family, super cute babe and lots of variety. I love it!

PamN - So fun and modern! Love every image from this session. This just shows how much better custom photography is, and this gorgeous family certainly deserves it!

Sarah Duckworth - I love how your images tell a story – these are just wonderful!

Lisa Kelly - This is a gorgeous family session. Those first few family images are just so stunning. Bub is a little cutie and I love all of the different expressions you captured.

Tara McGlinchey - What a great session! Love all the variety here and all the fun and energy you’ve captured. Great work!

claire - I ADORE these! Fabulous work.

david - very nice! love that last expression!!