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once upon a time in a meadow

alpana — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:33:01 +0000

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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framed

alpana — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:19:35 +0000

Apparently, one cannot be a good ball player without chewing gum. Before the game, during the game, after the game and pretty much anytime. All-the-time. So I have been told by my seven year old. As a mom that wants her kid to excel in his chosen sport I comply on occasion. If I don’t there is no dirth of sources of acquiring it anyway. Here is an after game episode of Hubba Bubba gum exchange I captured on camera. It was like a moth to a flame…

This post is another collaboration with some amazing photographers in the US, Canada and a few other countries around the world. The theme for this month’s post is Framed. To see the next wonderful interpretation of the theme “Framed” please check out Chicago Children’s and Baby Photographer Marmalade Photography. You can also see last month’s interpretation here.

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peachy keen

alpana — Mon, 30 May 2011 18:00:06 +0000

This sweet little girlie-girl and her family came out from San Francisco to the east bay for their family portrait session. With two busy little explorers under three years, I was happy to get at least a few photos during the short story mini of the family together.

Storybox Art offers Short Story mini-sessions 1-2 times a year. If you are interested in a session please email us through the contact section to be added to the mailing list. You can also find Storybox art on Facebook.

san francisco rainy day diary

alpana — Wed, 18 May 2011 01:09:32 +0000

spring minis

alpana — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:47:40 +0000

Spring mini’s are here! In the spirit of the approaching tax day, Storybox Art is offering $75 off the package if the session is booked (paid for) by April 15th. Please mention “Long term capital gains” in your subject title.

A perfect opportunity to experience a session with Storybox Art or schedule some updated photos. Session can include upto four people in immediate family. Some restrictions apply! Please feel free to email me with questions.

The B Family Album

alpana — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:53:04 +0000

hot off the press…the B family album.

ring out the old, ring in the new

alpana — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:44:28 +0000

Happy New Year folks! Can you believe another year has gone by?

It’s good to be back after a lovely holiday in India. A wonderful trip filled with meeting family, friends, shopping and a teeny bit of travel. I hope to post some photos from my travels over the coming weeks now that my mac is back from the medics. Whew! I was going through some serious withdrawal not being able to download the trip photos on my return or access email in a proper fashion. My apologies for those that are waiting to hear back. Have a wonderful New Year…

ps. mosquitoes seemed rather fond of my boy or his sweet blood as they say in India. In these photos, he had nine bites on his face most of which had been acquired in the course of a day.

she came all the way from Orange County

alpana — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 06:27:05 +0000

Could she be any cuter?? Her mama booked the session as they were in town for a wedding for a few days. Our original session had to be rescheduled as poor little Reese ended up getting sick on arrival in San Francisco. Luckily, she was better in a couple of days and the stars aligned for their family session. Recently, I have been shooting a fair number of kids in the 1.5-3 year age group which is pretty challenging. And if you have one you know that they rarely stop moving! After my recent NY sessions, I was hoping for a slightly mellow child but no such luck. And was I glad:-) Miss Reese was chock full o’personality and an amazing vocabulary to boot!

Am sharing a sweet note that mama sent me. C- I really appreciate you taking the time to write! I love making people happy capturing little moments in their life. and I couldn’t have asked for a cuter model

Hi Alpana –I saw the photo of Reese you posted on your Facebook page and absolutely love it! I’m not on Facebook at the moment so I didn’t have a chance to comment – otherwise I would have told you how much I’m in love with it. You are amazing, I can’t wait to see more! I can’t explain the feeling I get when I look at that photo…it makes me feel like Reese is growing up way too fast!

I thought I would share with you some of R’s comments – I showed him the post and he was amazed…speechless. He said, Oh my goodness, looks like we’re going to be spending a lot of money on the photos! LOL!

Thanks again for your patience and working with us to accommodate scheduling an additional shoot on Monday. We had fun and Reese can’t stop talking about how she was a model and felt like a princess. When I showed her the picture on Facebook, I wish I could have freeze framed that moment…her smile went from ear to ear…it was priceless!

~CH

two boys, ugly icebat and ox

alpana — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:51:14 +0000

If you had asked me a couple years back, I was pretty clueless about Ugly Dolls. They were somewhat of a craze at my son’s school and we ended up getting a few. I wasn’t quite sure about the “Ugly” in the name but found out that it meant unique. Soon, I discovered that the Ugly universe was made up of the adorable plush toys, each with a distinctive personality and a story. The kids loved them and enjoyed having interactions through their dolls. So much better than electronic interactions, don’t you think?

One of the boys is my son’s buddy and I asked his mom to bring their dolls for the shoot. You can see how much fun we had! That’s about it for the sneak peek! But there will be several others without the dolls in your gallery.

away

alpana — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:11:11 +0000

I will be away from office from July 7-13th and returning emails/phone calls on my return. Happy summer! If you are interested in the Short Story Summer Mini’s please drop me a line. You can read more about them here.

Since I can’t have a blog post without pictures, here are a couple from a recent session. This was a rather spontaneous shoot for me but I loved the way it turned out. Beautiful light, beautiful baby girl + parents with some water play. What could be better than that? Since it was the couple’s anniversary, it made it an extra special day to capture these memories of their sweet little family.