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a green box to save the planet

Recently, while watching an episode of 20/20 I came across an amazing solution to reduce pizza box wastage. A pizza box that can double up as plates and also one that can function as storage for left-overs. Sheer genius it is! I hope the idea catches on and the major pizza chains start using it! […]

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Urban Baby | San Francisco Family Photographer

Couldn’t resist a quick share from yesterday’s family session in San Francisco. I spent a few hours with this lovely family walking around their neighborhood and peeking into their daily routine. Little H had the sweetest disposition and went from awake to sleepy to awake. Hope you like your sneak peek! ps. Talking about Urban […]

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Renee Hindman - Loving the Urban Baby photo shoot!

Charlene - I love the photos — my favorites are (1) dad looking down at Henry and (2) Mom holding Henry with Henry’s feet in the front.

Thanks for sharing!

Hope for Mariah | San Francisco bay area kids photographer

I wrote about three year old Mariah back in April when I heard about her fundraiser at a local ice cream shop. She was diagnosed with a rare form of Kidney Cancer in December 2008 and has been undergoing treatment since. We talked about getting together for some pictures for a while and finally, our […]

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Raji P. - What a beautiful little girl! I hope and pray she gets well soon.

Teri - What a beautiful and brave little girl. Gorgous images of her, Alpana.

Caroline - Alpana, what an adorable little girl Maria is, your pictures of her and her Mom are so sensitive and you can almost feel the bond between them.

Paula - What a wonderful gift. The photos are beautiful.

The Texan family: Part Deux | San Francisco family photograher

As I design their album I though I’d share a few more from the fabulous session with this Texan family. One of the images selected for the album didn’t work as well so I processed a few more. And I so love what evolved as the see-saw narrative. Here goes…

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Desiree Hayes - Love these!! Fun family, great light, and great post processing!

The Tea Party with Mr. Sock Monkey | San Francisco Family Photographer

Once upon a time, not so long ago, I was invited to a tea party by two little princesses and a sock monkey. One was two years old and the other was five. Both the little girls loved pink. Perhaps, the dad not so much. But everyone was invited for the tea party. And that […]

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Renee Hindman - I love the sock monkey! Great idea. What sweet little subjects!

Oh My Gluestick - Awe! SO cute! I adore sock monkeys. They are just so happy and so much fun! I hope my kids have fond memories of theirs.

Ode to Mr. Bellihomji

Recently, I have been thinking of what photography has meant to me and my early inspirations that drew me into this world. To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event. ~ Henri Cartier-Bresson Back in college studying art and photography, I took an additional […]

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