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And if you are wondering why film? I have come back full circle to shooting film after a workshop last year. Back in the old days, when there was no digital I started my photography journey shooting 35 mm film at art school. Back in college, I went hiking in the Himalayas solely because of my lovely for photography and captured these with my Olympus OM1. My hope this year to shoot more film for personal work and perhaps offer a few film sessions on a discounted basis. If you are interested in a film session shoot me email an email through the contact form and we can chat

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 nervous as well not having photographed anyone in a similar situation. Mom was open to going anywhere local she could navigate Abby’s wheelchair and I settled on a local park. Just as we got started the clouds rolled in at an inopportune time but we rolled with the punches and captured some moments of the family together. It was pretty amazing to see the love and affection the family had for one another. Hugs and kisses. There is so much unspoken in the way this family cared for each other. And mom being the pillar of strength navigating through the session with multitude of emotions. These pictures are a surprise present for dad for the holidays! Mom ordered a memory box that I hope to share in a few weeks after the holidays. Meanwhile, dad will be getting some favorite prints for the holidays.

I had asked mama if it was okay to share some info about Abby after getting some questions after a facebook photo share. This is what mom shared with me about her little girl. “She has a brain injury from an accident she experienced at age 4. We were in the hospital with her for 4 months, not knowing how severe the injury was and what the effects would be. The good news is that Abby remains medically healthy. She goes to school and really loves her teacher and the kids around her. She loves to watch movies and she just lights up when family and friends are around and playing with her. She’s just as social as she ever was!

Abby just had a surgery recently and has been in my thoughts. Hope she is recovering well and getting stronger each day!

My mission is to create an album from the pictures of our trip to India last year. Personal projects have taken a backseat and I finally got inspired to work on them for the blog carousel with some talented photographer friends this month. The theme is “texture” and with my love of all things old I thought I would work on one of the images from this series. The series was photographed at Cafe Britannia in Mumbai. Britannia is a popular Irani restaurant located in an charming business neighborhood in the city. I loved this place with its paint-peeling walls, vaulted ceilings, homey atmosphere, and most of all the adorable 88 year old owner Boman Irani that came around to chat with the patrons at the restaurant. He had a story to tell and share pictures from the days of the British in India to a letter from Queen Elizabeth. And his son, Afshin was kind enough to let me take photos thanks to my brother Abodh’s connection with him.

Only the top image has a texture play (as it takes some time to manipulate the image). The image is compiled with a couple of textures I photographed in India as well and manipulated in Photoshop. I thought the story wouldn’t be complete if I only posted a single image and the images are so rich with texture even without my play on it. Besides it got me working on the rest of the images for the album. At the bottom of the post I will share the textures used for the image above. Back the carousel entries…be sure to journey on to the next carousel entry by Corey, Atlanta children’s photographer.

Boman Irani holding paper with Queen Elizabeth story

Below are the two textures used in creating the first image in this post. If you would like to play with them yourself, drop me a line with your email and I will send them your way! One of my favorites textured images is this holiday card from last year.

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 I have been exploring for personal work. Brings back memories of my good old days of shooting film back in college and through art school when there was no digital camera. The last image is a cameo appearance of me with my family that my sister-in-law was kind enough to take after setting up my camera for her.

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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 the weather channel to the extent I did hoping to catch one of the better day/times for their shoot. The family was willing to be flexible and stayed on-call to let me pick the best day/time. We did their shoot on a pretty overcast day expecting rain the next day. Even with our dreary weather, the family persevered and we had lots of fun together. Their six year old daughter was quite the mama’s girl and almost year old baby boy was daddy’s boy. Perfect, to have one of each. It was wonderful to capture their connections and spend time hanging out. Such a wonderful treat to meet his lovely family! So grateful that my job gives me these wonderful opportunities to meet good people.

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 time for the session. Check out this adorable little guy and his myriad of expressions here as well. Konnichiwa N family and I hope you treasure these images forever.

Two adorable brothers with their cookies and milk. That’s how we rolled for this end of the day session. A few laughs, a few tears and lots of mommy hugs. I photographed big brother a few years back and it was wonderful to see how much he had grown. Such a treat to see him again and meet his little brother!

Heading into the holidays, the schedule fills up pretty fast and I am almost booked through the end of this year. If you are interested in a family session please email me soon or for a kid’s only session, I have a few spots left for the upcoming Short Story Sessions on November 6th.

Are you a princess? I said & she said I’m much more than a princess, but you don’t have a name for it yet here on earth. ~the Storypeople

A peek from a recent session with this beautiful and incredibly bright four year old. When she picked up her glass of “wine” she said to me, “Put down your camera and sit on the chair. We can talk.”