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Welcome to my Blog!

Hi!  I'm Alison Yin, and I'm a photographer based in Oakland, CA.  I grew up in Los Angeles, and I frequently travel throughout California photographing people and events.  I love traveling to new places and meeting people.

Photography is a way of life for me - I make pictures almost everyday.  I love capturing natural moments and the essence of personalities, and I use my documentary roots to tell the story of your wedding.  Please visit my wedding portfolio here.

You can see more of my work by viewing my editorial portfolio here.

I also share a photojournalism blog with my partner Adm Golub here.

I've created this blog so I can have another platform to share more photos and wedding related resources.  I love feedback so please feel free to leave comments!

Photo by Adm Golub.  


Category Archives: Portraits

Marlene, Rhonda and Max

I had the pleasure of photographing Rhonda with her mother Marlene and their sweet dog Max at their lovely home in Oakland about a month ago.  Rhonda is the Director of Marketing at the San Francisco Design Center so naturally, her style (both for herself and her home) was sophisticated and beautiful.  I always love...

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Little Lu

I’m happy to introduce May Lu, or rather “Little Lu” to everyone.  Momo gave birth in May, and I met up with her, Thay Thay, and the rest of their family for pictures of May Lu when she was one month old!  Of course, Thay Thay hammed it up and was the life of the...

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Truncale Family Portrait

I had the pleasure of photographing Michael, Amy and their one year old daughter Ava the other day.  Michael is a great photographer, with whom I’ve worked for the past few years, and so it was a joy to make pictures of his beautiful family!

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Momo and Thay Thay

Momo was brave enough to be my first maternity session ever.  I actually met Momo a few years ago while working for the Oakland Tribune and we’ve kept in touch since so she was a pretty easy and familiar subject.  Her three year old son Thay Thay was also super fun to photograph and hang...

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Ellen + Ivan

Ellen and Ivan have actually been married for a year, but they wanted to do some portraits of them in love for their family.  I met up with them in Modesto, and we headed outdoors for some railway shots where they risked getting run over by a train all for the sake of good back...

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Nikki Kellogg

About a month ago, I was approached to put together an aspiring dancer’s portfolio: Nikki Kellogg, 22, is planning to move to L.A. to audition and make a go at becoming a top dancer – she’s aiming for Beyonce status so girlfriend needed some top notch photos to show around town.  This was an entirely...

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