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Chicago senior

alpana — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:04:27 +0000

The summer is going by quickly with not enough hours to get to blogging sessions. Here are a few from an evening in a Chicago suburban field with a lovely senior. While driving around we stumbled upon this lovely field where we stopped for a few pictures. It was was a nice change of pace for me from chasing little ones.

road trip mendocino

alpana — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:10:14 +0000

Last week, we got away on a last minute road trip to Mendocino for Spring Break. Fresh air and organic food that kept my mind, body and spirit happy.

At the end of our 1/2 mile turned almost 5 mile hike to the Russian Gulch. Amazingly the boy walked most of the way with a short carry on strong shoulders (not mine!).

Winding down Highway 128 at 35-50 miles an hour with an iPhone while snapping these out of the car window (while trying not to get motion sick).

Turns out that the boy could actually hold a pretty good tune on the Marimba. There were some pretty cool instruments in the store.

Desi girl | san francisco bay area kids photographer

alpana — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:12:33 +0000

I have this song stuck in my head ever since I saw the movie Dostana last year. Typically, I don’t watch a ton of Bollywood films but this one was hilarious. I don’t think I have laughed as hard watching a Bollywood movie for a long time so if you have a chance be sure to check it out. I have been on a film watching spree and have a few moe on my list that I’d like to watch including Slumdog Millionaire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and the Revolutionary Road. We tried to watch Slumdog but it was sold out with its nomination for the Golden Globe awards. One of these days…

This session was a quick one with my kindergarten friend Aparna’s family while visiting Mumbai. Her little one Tara is close to my son Rowan’s age and they had an amazing time playing together as well. I could have photographed this adorable desi girl all day.

And one off R and T together…

It is good to be back

alpana — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:59:46 +0000

A quick post to say that I am am alive and well However, I am still recovering from our trip with a cough + cold and slowly getting back to the routine. Time flew by visiting family and friends. The great thing about going back and meeting old friends is that you can pick up where you left off years back. I met some of my kindergarten friends (some visiting back at the same time) and my old art college friends. It was great to see how well everyone is doing in their respective careers. Mr R. had a great time and has promised to go back and let me take some more pictures. Heh…he is starting to get interested in taking pictures. I didn’t get as many pictures as I hoped and most were rushed snapshots but such is life in the bustling city of Mumbai. It was good to see that things were back to normal after the terror attacks in December. I didn’t get to visit any of the sites and take pictures as I hoped to but we did go to one old cafe where I bribed R with a chocolate cake so I could do a quick session.

To those clients that have been patiently waiting for proofs, I will be in touch soon. I will be booking limited sessions starting February so please email me if you are interested. My email has ben down off and on so if you don’t get a response in 24 hours please call me or send an email through the contact us section on my website that gets routed to a different address.

Happy New Year!