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 […]
Author Archives: Alpana Aras-King
…I could photograph this little guy all day long. Besides being adorable, he is such a happy little guy. I loved every minute of being with him and his gorgeous mama. This is our third photo session together at almost two years old. I met him and his gorgeous family as a wee little newborn […]
i so adore your work!! love that first image .. and his expression in the last!
They are really good shots- love the fact that the edges have been burned in a little like we used to do with wet printing- plus the garden looks like mine! Grant
my birthday boy. There are lives I can imagine without children but none of them have the same laughter & noise. – storypeople
He is beautiful. I love “dipping his bread in tea”…must remember to pass that on to my kid. I know I loved doing that as a kid growing up in India.
Happy Birthday! He’s such a handsome young man. I could have written that same list for my 7 year old boy — they love the same things.
What a gorgeous guy you have there! Love this portrait! Happy birthday to him!
That is such a perfect image! Just beautiful. I love the likes, too.
aw, thanks for the comments and the wishes Anu, Michelle, Julie and Jane!
Anu, Nothing like toast with chai and dipping your bread in it!
For this session, I trekked out to the Marin Headlands to capture this family in some of their favorite spots. I fell in love with this gorgeous family and spent a wonderful evening documenting their time together. Our original session was intended for little William’s one year photos though we ended up doing them around […]
these are beautiful 🙂
Beautiful images. I’m sure the family is thrilled with them!
Gorgeous selection of images. Love the one in the VW van!
Gorgeous images – love the VW one. The family is beautiful and wow, that little guy in the first shots is so cute! Makes me miss Marin (I grew up there :))
What a lucky family! These are gorgeous- and the processing is perfect!
I love them!! Great compositions and colors.
What a gorgeous family, and such beautiful images!
SO touching, they make me want to weep. You are so incredibly talented at showing emotion through your photography. Just beautiful!
Fantatic session and wow! Those eyes! And I agree ~ the processing is just beautiful.
Great session! The set of images has a wonderful mood – I really love them all (and as a former childhood rock collector myself, that first set is my have LOL)
Wow, your work is just gorgeous. Can’t help but think of “Little Miss Sunshine” with that bus shot!
Love every last image! Really beautiful processing and you can really feel the love from this family!
Gosh, what amazing eyes that baby has. Really nice lifestyle shoot.
oh my, what an amazing session! Absolutely fantastic family captures. So free and fun, love it!
For a long time there were only your footprints & laughter in our dreams & even from such small things, we knew we could not wait to love you forever. ~ Storypeople Love this Storypeople quote so much. Baby J was a long awaited princess that has brought so much joy to her family. To […]
I love the first year photos of Baby J. What treasures for Mom to see her first year like this. Beautiful work!
They are all amazing, but the one year shot of Baby J with her face in her hands is absolutely classic!
Stunning! How lucky is her mom to have such amazing art to document her little life?! Love them all.
I just stumbled across your work and fell in love. I’m a new photographer out in Chicago and have to just tell you how beautiful you work is. Your images bring such an emotional response. Just beautiful. I’ll be following! 🙂
What an adorable girl!!! And how wonderful that you were able to have the opportunity to capture her in photographs and watch her grown!! These are beautiful!
What a great blog post – so neat to see the baby grow over time. Love your work!
Seriously, could anyone be cuter? That close up should be HUGE on the parents’ walls. Wow, she’s adorable, and you did an awesome job.
Gorgeous images! Those first three show so much connection and I love the story you told of her now. Beautiful work.
Beautiful! So awesome to see them growing up. Love that capture of independence!
love these!!
What a beautiful set of portraits to document the first year. Lovely!
Soooo cute! These are STUNNING!
love those b+w’s documenting her first year .. amazing! and her latest session too .. love the color on the storyboard!
What a beautiful blog post. Such precious images. Just gorgeous!
Beautiful images! =)
These are beautiful Alpana!! I just absolutely love all the glorious color! I really really love the one of the man taking pictures of the little kids. Stunning!
Wow! Those are gorgeous images!!! Great work!
Wow! What a stunning wedding! Great work!
love it!
These are absolutely beautiful, Alpana. So much drama and passion in the light & rich colors. Nice work. 🙂
I just love the documentary style to these! So fantastic!
these are AMAZING! awesome work!
These are absolutely beautiful. I LOVE the variety and style of these. Very well done!!!!
Wow, you did a fabulous job here. I adore your documentary style here, it makes the wedding feel so real. I am sure they are thrilled with the results. You’ve created such treasures for them. Beautiful work!
Beautiful wedding! Lovely images that really capture it.
These are fantastic!! What a gorgeous looking wedding! You definitely captured some amazing moments for this family! Wonderful
Gorgeous work, Alpana! The color is amazing. Fantastic images!
These are stunning!
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heather ++ - so fun! so boy! love!
Corey Sewell - These are too cute!