Photo Blog

  • Baby Pictures: Drake at 6 months

    Some new photos of Drake at six months old — a few of my favorites from his latest photo shoot. This photo shoot had a bonus — Drake’s cousin Jordan. We took a few photos with the two of them (though Jordan didn’t seem to like hanging out with Drake much), and then a few [...]

  • Engagement Photos in Tilden Park, Berkeley: Celine & Willy

    Being a photographer is relatively easy when a couple like Celine and Willy is in front of the camera. I just had to point the camera in their general direction and keep pressing the shutter — they did the rest. They laughed. They cuddled. They snuggled. They stared into each other’s eyes. They kissed. They [...]

  • New Portrait Photography Pricing

    Due to popular demand, I’ve added a new pricing tier to my portrait photo sessions. Want some nice photos of you and your sweetie, or you and your dog, or just your dog, but don’t really need 80 photos? No problem. I’ve added a new “Easy Photo Shoot” option: a quick photo session (45 min [...]

  • Baby Pictures: Drake at 3 Months

    Another great photo session with one of my favorite families: Sydnie, Scott, and Drake. We did the shoot at their house in Georgetown, CA, and Sydnie wanted to show off the nursery she worked so hard on. Since we spent the entire time inside, I didn’t have any natural light to work with. Instead, I created [...]

  • 3 Critical Tips for Storing Photos

    So you have a lot of photos. And that’s not surprising, given all the cameras, phones, and even sunglasses that take pictures these days. These photos – whether professional images or phone snapshots – are important to us. But just because you’ve downloaded them to your computer doesn’t mean they’re safe. 1. Have multiple copies [...]

  • A Look Back: Some Favorites From 2011

    2011 was a great year, where I got to meet and photograph a lot of awesome people for weddings, babies, and just hanging out. A big thanks to all my clients — I’m looking forward to working with some of you again soon!  

  • Baby Pictures: Presenting Drake

    When I photographed Sydnie and Scott’s wedding, little did I know I’d get the opportunity to document their family actually growing. I photographed a maternity session with them last summer, and then this follow-up shoot with one-month-old Drake. Congrats on the beautiful baby boy, you two! I’m looking forward to watching (and photographing!) Drake grow [...]

  • Family Pictures in a Tattoo Shop: Wei-Lin, Justin, and Jaydon

    My cousin Wei-Lin has never had professional photos taken with her family. (Even at her wedding: their photographer didn’t show up, and they had to make do with friends’ and family’s snapshots. Yikes.) So when she asked if I would take some family pictures of her with her husband Justin and son Jaydon, I jumped [...]

  • Dog Photos: Finnegan & Rio, Oro Valley, Arizona

    It’s possible there are dogs in southern Arizona that are more spoiled and loved than Finnegan and Rio, but it’s hard to imagine. They run, romp, and roll around the golf course twice a day; when it gets too hot, they swim in their pool. And when they’re hungry? There’s Anne-Marie with the treats . [...]

  • Cave Creek, AZ Wedding: Lissett & Brig

    Brig and Lissett are one of those surprising, off-beat, totally-engaged, never-a-dull-moment kind of couple. Take their wedding, for example. The wedding was held in an unexpectedly rough-and-tumble Arizona frontier-town-themed Cave Creek Smokehouse, complete with wagon wheels, hay bales, and an old wooden bridge over a pond. Add vibrantly-blooming bougainvillea, pretty tree-lights and a charming brick [...]