On the fourth of July, I had the opportunity to photograph a new event! Parents Joy and Tanu celebrated their daughter Arohi’s first time eating solid food with a puja, a Hindu ceremony that involved lots of offerings, chanting and praying. I photographed the ceremony at their home amidst close family and friends. I 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...
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!
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...
The Negede Family
Susie (far right in the triptych below) is my hair lady, and we had talked about doing a family portrait of her, her son, mother, sister and brother for awhile. So when her brother (who lives in London) came out for a visit last month, it was the perfect opportunity to gather the whole family...