One of my favorite things is to create tangible art for families. Here is a recent album from this lovely San Francisco Family Session with their newest addition. I had previously photographed the family with their first born a few years back. Now it was fun to see her as a grown toddler and big […]
Category Archives: FILM
A few film portraits from a film shooters meetup and shoot with this lovely model at Sutro Baths in San Francisco. F100 + Kodak Portra 160 // Little Film Lab
love the black dress on the beach!!
Super gorgeous!!
Wow! So pretty & what a tattoo. Gorgeous images.
Well this is absolutely beyond gorgeous!!!
Wow! She is fierce and these are rad!! <3
Beautiful! Love the movement in her dress and the color & grain!
What stunning images! I love the black dress!
How gorgeous! Love the flowing dress!
Wow, Alpana. These are gorgeous!
Such a gorgeous dress, model, and set of images!! Truly stunning work.
A few Black and White Film Portraits of my boy finishing up a roll of film from a family session. I wanted to challenge myself and play with difficult life using film and was pleasantly happy with the results. It did cost me some $$ to get the model to be ready to walk the […]
[…] I decided to challenge myself using dramatic light to finish off a roll of black and white film. […]
Wow, Alpana! These are seriously awesome!
The grain is so perfect, super shots!
SO SO gorgeous, Alpana!!
You are so lucky to have such a sweet handsome little model! 🙂
absolutely love b+w – so amazing alpana!
Alpana! I love your black and white work. This is sooo good!
Always fantastic. That kids lucky
Every time I come to your blog I expect to see amazing shots and amazing eyes. You do not disappoint!!
Love these!
WOW! Love them all – especially that last shot. Just killer!
A few weeks back, my son and I spent a few days in New York. I was a bit apprehensive about our trip since our interests can be different. I love walking the streets and exploring and him not so much. He loves going to kid stores and me not so much. However, we ended […]
“I’m in a New York State of Mind…” – Great photograph and one of the very few double exposures I truly enjoy!! This is an amazing piece of art!
wow! this photo is amazing. I want to buy a print for my home!!
oh.. so I have to go to new york and washington d.c. next month for a school trip with my daughter hannah and her class…. i have been wondering what cameras to bring (need ease and simplicity) and this is very inspiring. a holga!
LOVE this double exposure. So perfectly New York!
How can I buy a print of this?? I’m not even kidding. I love this image so much!!
You nailed it! Love this shot! Sounds like a fun NYC experience.
this shot is amazing. i can’t stop looking at it.
Green Beans Photo: Contax + Kodak Portra India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country. ~Anita Desai I have been asked many times about the recipe for this simple vegetarian Indian dish. Thought I would […]
YUM! I’m going to need to try this recipe soon!
What a lovely post and history! Thank you so much for sharing – and cannot wait to try out this delicous recipe!!
My bean plants are going off right now… I’ll have to try this recipe!!
This looks amazing! But since I don’t cook, how about you come down an make it for me….;)
Lisa, Come visit me and I will make it for you!!
oh my! That looks so good!!
well THIS looks delicious!! i’ll have to give it a shot next time we have my parents over – dad loves green beans 😉 thanks for sharing!
Wow, those look good!!
YUMMY! Love this!
“Grown up, and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another.” ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald To celebrate my new toy, he obliged and let me shoot a roll of film over the course of a couple days. I had been eyeing […]
I love this shot. Perfection as always!
What a beautifully dramatic backdrop! Perfect :0)
love… love new toys..
what a perfectly composed shot & saying. no one wants to grow up!!
I love this shot!!
Such an awesome photo! What a location. Love!
What a wall!! I would love to shoot there:)
This is crazy-awesome!
As luck would have it, these two friends got to spend a warm afternoon at the Heavenly Resort in South Lake Tahoe. This year for Spring Break, we decided to go up to Lake Tahoe. Neither my husband or I ski or snowboard so we were thankful to have friend’s that are avid snow people. […]
Fun! Love your use of Ektar here!
These are great! It looks like so much fun.
Fantastic!
The colors are absolutely gorgeous and it looks like it was a blast!
How fun! Tahoe is one of my favorite places ever.
magic!!
Portraits on Film… …an all-film session? I didn’t think I could really pull a portrait session on film given the age of the subjects… but it seemed like a given, as I was photographing a film photographer’s family. I had posted a preview from the session here. And I am quite thrilled with the results! […]
so very sweet!!!
What a beautiful family! I love family portraits on film.
Such a gorgeous session! The light and the colors are beautiful!
wow, great session! I love that you did all film, and you rocked it! 🙂
These are so beautiful and natural!! Love!
I have so many favorites! I always love you B&W’s though! Stunning work!
LOVE all these. Such amazing beautiful work.
Beautiful!I just love all the black and whites!
such a sweet family!
Fabulous captures here!
dj is the best and its great seeing his family.. especially on film. Lovely work.
Awesome job Alpana!
Beautiful documentation of their family. You really captured their day to day life well. I love these and I am sure their family will treasure these beautiful moments of their family documented so well!
Absolutely amazing session, love every single image. You are a true artist, love it!
Stunning! I LOVE that these tell a real story. What an absolute treasure for this family.
These are wonderful! What great memories you have captured for them!
Love the story you told with images on this family. Beautiful
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Carmen Pampeyan - Stunning album! Beautiful photographs!
Kelsy McCartney - Such a beautiful album!! A true treasure 🙂
Lisa O'Dwyer - So beautiful! What a fantastic heirloom!
wendy laurel - i am a big fan. you just kill me… so good! im hiring you next for our family photos. you are amazing.
Jenny Owens - I love albums too! I’m sure this family will treasure this one.
Lindsay Madden - Gorgeous. Everything looks better in print. 🙂
Kel Ward - Wow, beautiful work and gorgeous album! Every family should have albums like this!