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off to NYC

alpana — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:46:44 +0000

Haven’t been able to finish proofing the images from this session but wanted to share one quick image that jumped right at me off the card. Not technically perfect but one of my absolute favorite ones. This is for the lovely mama with the most adorable boys. I so wanted to take him home and he was ready to… such a sweet little man! I photographed him when he was a wee ten month old and how he has grown! He also has an equally adorable little brother that I got to meet and photograph.

Off to pack my bags for my NYC trip tomorrow. I am looking forward to a photography workshop as well as a few portrait sessions with east coast families. I will be away through October 3rd and emails/calls will be answered on my return. It is gearing up to be a busy fall so please let me know soon if you would like to book a family or kids portrait session for the holidays. I don’t have any short story session offerings for the holidays yet and might do so on a limited basis since I have gotten requests. If you are interested please let me know via email and I will keep you posted once I have something in the works. Returning clients will have the opportunity to have first dibs on the spots. If you haven’t “liked” our facebook page please do so to check out sneak peek and other news.

mama love

alpana — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:46:23 +0000

I am excited to share my first photo session in the New Year. It was with the lovely mama Nicolette and her four year old little guy. Nicolette was one of the winner’s of the Giving is Awesome giveaway and you can read about her story by clicking here. We spent a couple hours in the morning playing, running, laughing, eating candy… what a fun day it was!

Giving in Awesome

alpana — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:59:09 +0000

Last year, photographer Kristen Kalp started a wonderful movement called Giving is Awesome encouraging photographer’s all over the country to give back to their communities. In the spirit of the holidays and given the stress the downturn of the economy has had on lives of so many people, Storybox Art would like to donate a custom photography session to a local family.

The rules:
* You cannot nominate yourself, and the person nominated must sincerely be incapable of purchasing my services. (Being unable to make mortgage payments for a two-million-dollar-vacation-home in Paris does not qualify as sincere financial need.)

* The nominee must reside in the San Francisco Bay Area. Tell me who you know, what they’re experiencing, and why they deserve my artwork. Please include a way to contact both your nominee and yourself as well.

* You must e-mail me the full story : info@storyboxart.com by December 31st, 2009

The winner will be announced on January 9th — get nominating! I can’t wait to read all of your entries!

Open your heart to someone this holiday season — and thanks for giving me the opportunity to open mine.

With lots of love,

Alpana Aras-King

Seven month old and family visiting San Francisco | San Francisco Family Photographer

alpana — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:10:44 +0000

I have been lax about updating my blog lately. I am still catching up with our move, trying to sell our old home and juggling home and work. I wanted to share some images from a family portrait session last weekend. This was a special family session which was purchased as a gift by the little one’s aunty. What a cool aunty!

We hung out in the Pacific Heights area of San Francisco. It is always an adventure going to new locations and it was an extended morning of fun scouting spots near by, shopping to add to little A’s wardrobe, napping for one of us, and then some fabulous photos. The funny thing was the park we ended up at had two other photographers shooting family sessions. It must be that time of the year!

Going down the steps, I loved the light so we had to get a few photo. How I love it! And check out the cute little fashionista…