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my updated twitter screen with some old and new photos.

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ChelleL - I could look at your work all day, Alpana. Stunning!

ashley - Beautiful work, alpana:)

nancy - wonderful photographs

Stacie - Beautiful work!

Giovanna - What a beautiful collage! Striking images.

Julie - Wow! What a lovely selection of images! Great work!

PamN - Beautiful representation of your talent!

Jennifer - Wow! Your work is amazing!

Laura - Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!

someone special

This K family was visiting San Francisco from the east coast last week so their family portrait session came about rather quickly! Mom and Dad went to law school with a wonderful client that referred them to me. They wanted to craft their story in the city that they love so much and move back […]

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Corin Jones - Your work is absolutely gorgeous. I found you when I was googling canvas wraps 🙂 I am an instant admirer!

Cristina - Precious captures, to treasure for a lifetime! I love the joy (and the curly toes!) of the first and the connection with granma in the third 🙂

Nancy - such sweet moments! beautiful!

ChelleL - I love these, Alpana. Precious and lovely, what a beautiful keepsake.

Jane Eaton Hamilton - Ohhhh, yummy! Just adore that second one. Sweet sweet moments.

PamN - The ones with great-gramma are utterly beautiful – and priceless! Can you imagine having a shot like that with YOUR great-grandmother, to look back on as an adult?!

Katie - These are beautiful!

tpolson53@gmail.com - Wonderful pictures! But having great subjects has to help a lot…

Jocelyn Samuels - Unbelievably adorable

Hazel - I love how little S is the perfect combo of mom and dad. Beautiful images, Alpana!

Kirsten - These pictures are beautiful! You captured some great moments.

TaraMc - These are beautiful! I love the connections you captured.

Bita - Beautiful photos. want to see more of Sophie..

Christiana - Beautiful girls and beautifully captured moments together!

Herb Kurlan - K family pictures are very well done, Thank you for putting them on the site.

Herb Kurlan
unbiased Grandpa

Beth Kurlan - What amazing moments you captured. the pictures are naturally beautiful and your work is appreciated…

Aaron Kurlan - I am a lucky Dad! great pictures

Kim N. - I greatly enjoy those pictures of my grandaughter Sophie with her mother. There was peace and happiness around them. I love it!!!

Randa - Great pictures. They sure tell a story that reflects simplicity, love and harmony.

Elizabeth Kiehner - I hope this photographer also does commercial work. Stunning and natural looking images.

Fran Kurlan - Thank you for posting beautiful pictures. Cannot wait to see more!

Orly - These pictures are piece of art

Juria - These pictures are beautiful — and Sophie with her great grandmother is priceless!!

Ryan - Very nice. I hope Aaron got in some of these pictures.

Gary D - Super pics. Very professional. They look like they can be used in a billboard advertisement for a baby product.

Josh - Beautiful pictures! Sofie is sooo cute.

Isaac - i love the color tones

denise - love these pics of baby sophie, mom and great grandmother. natural setting looks amazing!!

Belle - lovely images!

heather - oh these are priceless images! how i wish i had some like these of me and my babies!

wendy b. - Really beautiful photography!

Laura - Love the light…beautiful portraits.

Fiona Colvin - Lovely session – especially love the one’s with grandma.

Jessica Deane - love love love this set!

road trip mendocino

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 […]

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anya - *sigh* Mendocino is gorgeous!!! I love your iphone snaps as well. What fun! I should trying doing some of that with my BlackBerry 🙂

Joey Chandler - The kite shot is awesome. Very cool use of space.

A real life wall display

Okay, I said I would share a few things that I love so here goes… Last week, I stopped by my client’s home to take a few pictures of their display wall. Isn’t it lovely? I am no architectural photographer but hopefully these are enough to showcase the space. When I work with clients, they […]

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shipra - ooh, me too. That color palette is gorgeous – very dramatic. I agree, I like the look of a very eclectic display of frames & photographs. It makes for a very welcoming and personal room.

just another day in san francisco…

where we ended up with unexpectedly sunny weather on a supposedly cloudy day for a family photography session for the C family. Not so unusual for San Francisco, eh? Made for an interesting shoot aka shooting in full sun on the beach. But hey, after the streak of wet weather and reschedules it has been […]

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kelly - What gorgeous tones in your photos! Love the one with the kite! So deliciously vintagey.

Hazel B - i love the texture in the beach shot with the bridge in the back! great photos!

Gwenn - What beautiful pictures. I love the lighting used in your pictures.

brenda - gorgeous pictures! Your family is beautiful 🙂

michelle - Very cute family pic of with the golden gate bridge in the background.

shipra - Full sun???!!! You rocked that sun! I love the whole feel of that first image – it’s full of vitality. A truly beautiful portrait.

Toothless Wonder | San Francisco bay area kid photographer

About time I updated my poor neglected blog! I took some time off in the last couple months to take care of my health, family and some behind the scenes work for Storybox Art. When you have your own business, it seems like you are always working. In trying to keep up, I haven’t had […]

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anya - He is gorgeous without his two front teeth! I LOVE his letter to the tooth fairy.

Annie - These are gorgeous, Alpana. I especially love the first two. That spilled light is lovely!

shipra - awww, that letter is adorable. And um….yikes, he’s a stunner! I love that pouty look with the fistful of wildflowers.

Dipti - WOW! What a beautiful child! You just get lost in those gorgeous eyes of his!!

image box: baby keira

I have been a terrible blogger for a while due to some health issues and haven’t had a chance to share some of my latest work. This image box (Storybox) is available as a part of a collection or a la carte when all digital files from your portrait photography session are purchased. Your Storybox […]

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shipra - oooooooohhhh! I found you!!! So lovely to see you online again.
The storybox is wonderful. What a lovely idea. Very classy item.
I’m going to come back soon and look around on your blog.
xo

Kasia Ekstrand - Hi Alpana,
Beautiful work! There is real ART in those images.

Noelle Reynolds - ALPANA!! Your work is BEAUTIFUL!! I am so glad I was able to meet you at WPPI. I can’t wait to see your work throughout the year. Just breathtaking! Keep it up!

wrapped with love | oakland family photographer

On Sunday afternoon, I spent a couple of hours with this dad and his two boys around their Montclair home capturing their special bond. In the photo below, I love that I snapped the moment when they were all wrapped around each other as the boys clowned around while getting into a “pose.”   Most often, […]

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Maya - Hey Alpana … visited your blog after ages. Your images are so uplifting .. as always 🙂

TaraMc - Beautiful work! I love the honest expressions you captured. What a great connection with your subjects.

Amber - How fun! These are sweet, and the kids are just adorable!

Lori Wood Habiger - I really love the angle, textures and light in the family portrait – not to mention amazing emotional connection you’ve captured there.

mollie - i love these- what a lucky dad and such happy boys!!

Jennifer - Oh wow – these are just beautiful! (as always)

marie - such a sweet moment you caught.

Anna-Karin - Awhh that first image one warms my heart. It really shows their tender love they have for each other and how those boys love their dad and that dad loves his boys.
Beautiful family!

Julie - These are so wonderful!! Love them (that first one is just perfect!!)

Leanne Doble - Your work is so real..really special!
Great angles and great connections.

gillian crane - Love your work! Love your product shots! Sorry I haven’t said hello before, I’m in that flickr group w/ you, but don’t get on there as much as i’d like. ok, keep up the fabulous work!!!