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a match made in heaven | san francisco baby photographer

I have been waiting to proof this baby session for the longest time. It was great fun taking pictures of this sweet and special little girl in their San Francisco home. It was love at sight looking into those big, big eyes. And it was such a pleasure of working with her amazingly smart and […]

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Laura - Your work is wonderful. The baby is absolutely adorable!

TaraMc - What gorgeous images! Love the emotion and connections you’ve captured here. Excellent work.

Jan Scott - The first three are so adorable! Love how you captured the bond between them. +

Jennifer Mott - These are amazing! I love the mirror shots, what a beautiful smile! You do a wonderful job at capturing the sweet interactions and the light… and this is supposed to be a tough age to photograph! You rocked it!

lilia - Oh, Alpana, these are marvelous!!! What a total sweetie, and such loving images!

xoxo,
Lilia

Angela Crutcher - Oh my goodness! The shots in the mirror are TDF! Gorgeous work!

Jan Scott - These are fabulous! I love the emotion you can see in each and every one.

Kimberly Kyle - Gorgeous!!! The baby and the pictures.

Marie - These are just so lovely…they show a beautiful bond…

alpana - Thanks so much for all your wonderful comments! I loved this session.

Two sets of brothers

Yes! I am a bit behind schedule in posting and keeping up with the blog. You know that feeling of being swamped and a week of vacation can easily do that to you. Also, my son starts Kindergarden in a week and half which we are excited about. I am hoping to catch up in […]

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Jennifer Mott - Oh, I love these too! What a great idea with the wagon!

Therese Marie - WOW that baby in a basket is AMAZING! They are all great 🙂

Kimberly Kyle - These are great! I agree…I love the true unforced expressions. Perfect!

everyday superhero

There is just something so magical about superheros. He got this really cool cape as a birthday present from his friend Arjun. Such a perfect gift for my little superhero. He know names of more superheros than I do. He loves being the good guy fighting the bad guys. I am not sure where it […]

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Shellie Wilmott - These are the memories that last a lifetime!

Shellie

Krithiga - Oh wow, amazing pictures! I’m glad he liked it 🙂

Get professional photos of your kids

I had seen this article on the Real Simple website a while back and have been meaning to share it. I can relate to it so much. Growing up, my father hired professionals to take pictures of us and they have served to be wonderful memories of those moments in our life. Additionally, he was […]

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the journey is the destination

The title is borrowed from one of my favorite books called The Journey is the Destination: The Journals of Dan Eldon. The book is a rich visual exploration of the young photojournalist’s work before he was killed by an angry mob in Somalia. I bought this book when I chanced upon it at a Borders […]

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Rashmi - Indeed. The journey is the destination.
These are beautiful photographs Alpana. Seeing these and seeing my own film images makes me think more and more of going back to film or at least shooting one roll with film during a session.
I love the instant-gratification of digital but there is nothing quite like the tonality, the depth, the magic of film… along with the workhorse that is photoshop.. it would be a marriage made in heaven. But even if we consider that we can get film like images (or better!) with digital.. the waiting, the slowing down and waiting for the moment, the anticipation of seeing what happened..that is something quite intangible.
Anyway.. I ramble.. you have inspired me to go and scan some film images. Thanks!
xoxo,
Rashmi

alpana - Thanks Rashmi. I should also load up my film camera and play with it- what you say is so true!

natasha - You are wonderful!!!! LOVE your images…… =)

dena robles - Simply stunning!

Shipra - oh wow, that first image especially is fantastic.

A gorgeous family

These are from a recent family session with Deidre, a local photographer. Aren’t they a just gorgeous family? I had an opportunity to pull out my chair find that they were game to try out. I hope to be doing some chair sessions soon!

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Deirdre - Oh Alpana, we LOVE them!!! You don’t know how happy I am to finally have some great family photos – I’m thrilled with just these sneak peeks! One million thank yous. 🙂

Angela - Alpana these are fab. Deirdre and her family are so beautiful and she’s such a sweetheart. Awesome job!!!!