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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 […]

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if wishes were fishes…

…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 […]

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Rhonda Stark - i so adore your work!! love that first image .. and his expression in the last!

Corporate photographer London - 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

seven | san francisco kids photographer

my birthday boy. There are lives I can imagine without children but none of them have the same laughter & noise. – storypeople

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Anu - 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.

ChelleL - 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.

Julie - What a gorgeous guy you have there! Love this portrait! Happy birthday to him!

Jane Eaton Hamilton - That is such a perfect image! Just beautiful. I love the likes, too.

alpana - 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!

baby boy blue, a gorgeous family and their vw bus | marin family photographer

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 […]

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sarah wheeler - these are beautiful 🙂

ashley - Beautiful images. I’m sure the family is thrilled with them!

Lori - Gorgeous selection of images. Love the one in the VW van!

Sophie Crew - 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 :))

michelle haley - What a lucky family! These are gorgeous- and the processing is perfect!

mary mchenry - I love them!! Great compositions and colors.

Stacie - What a gorgeous family, and such beautiful images!

Rebecca - SO touching, they make me want to weep. You are so incredibly talented at showing emotion through your photography. Just beautiful!

ally - Fantatic session and wow! Those eyes! And I agree ~ the processing is just beautiful.

Julie - 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)

Mary Lynne Ashley - Wow, your work is just gorgeous. Can’t help but think of “Little Miss Sunshine” with that bus shot!

Teresa - Love every last image! Really beautiful processing and you can really feel the love from this family!

Lori Wood Habiger - Gosh, what amazing eyes that baby has. Really nice lifestyle shoot.

Lina - oh my, what an amazing session! Absolutely fantastic family captures. So free and fun, love it!

then and now | san francisco baby photographer

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 […]

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ChelleL - I love the first year photos of Baby J. What treasures for Mom to see her first year like this. Beautiful work!

Stefani Wedl - They are all amazing, but the one year shot of Baby J with her face in her hands is absolutely classic!

ally - Stunning! How lucky is her mom to have such amazing art to document her little life?! Love them all.

Tara Kennedy - 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! 🙂

Julie - 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!

Lori Wood Habiger - What a great blog post – so neat to see the baby grow over time. Love your work!

Jane Eaton Hamilton - 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.

Sandie - Gorgeous images! Those first three show so much connection and I love the story you told of her now. Beautiful work.

ashley - Beautiful! So awesome to see them growing up. Love that capture of independence!

Belle - love these!!

Jennifer - What a beautiful set of portraits to document the first year. Lovely!

Desiree Hayes - Soooo cute! These are STUNNING!

Rhonda Stark - love those b+w’s documenting her first year .. amazing! and her latest session too .. love the color on the storyboard!

Laura Geraci - What a beautiful blog post. Such precious images. Just gorgeous!

SHYLA + DANOOSH / PART 2

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Jerrell Terrell - Beautiful images! =)

Lisa - 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!

Aseel - Wow! Those are gorgeous images!!! Great work!

Corin Jones - Wow! What a stunning wedding! Great work!

Rachna - love it!

Annie - These are absolutely beautiful, Alpana. So much drama and passion in the light & rich colors. Nice work. 🙂

Jennifer - I just love the documentary style to these! So fantastic!

lindsay - these are AMAZING! awesome work!

Jenica - These are absolutely beautiful. I LOVE the variety and style of these. Very well done!!!!

TaraMc - 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!

Jane Eaton Hamilton - Beautiful wedding! Lovely images that really capture it.

Julie - These are fantastic!! What a gorgeous looking wedding! You definitely captured some amazing moments for this family! Wonderful

ChelleL - Gorgeous work, Alpana! The color is amazing. Fantastic images!

Amber - These are stunning!