The Greene’s are one of my favorite favorite families to photograph. They are super nice, and their daughter might be BFFs with my daughter…plus they are a pretty good-looking family, amiright? I did their family photos last fall at a local Fremont ice cream shop and this year we opted to go with a more […]

When a client requests a cake smash session, I brace myself. A lot of people have the idea of an elaborate cake smash with a fancy cake and fluffy clothing and balloons, banners, the whole nine yards. So when I spoke with Vanessa, I was happy to hear that she wanted to go with a […]

I met so many wonderful families during my mini sessions this year, and this family was no exception! They agreed to climb up a ton of stairs to get to this gorgeous spot at Coyote Hills. I may have had to catch my breath for a few minutes and I was super duper sore the […]

Here lies a roundup of personal photographs I took in the month of September. Enjoy.

In June, my mom came to visit (she and my dad still live on the island of Guam) and we decided to take a little road trip up to Mendocino. I hadn’t been and the week she came was so dang hot (it hit 100 degrees and we don’t have AC!) that we were glad […]

Every now and again, I add a new lens to my arsenal. I mainly shoot with prime lenses, which are fixed at one focal length (read: no zoom!). I was photographing a recital for Luna Dance Studio in Palo Alto, so I decided it was time to add a zoom to my growing collection. I’m […]

Soooo I was scheduling blog posts and realized I had never blogged this mini session from last fall which is a shame because this family was super nice! They had recently moved to Palo Alto from the midwest and were wanting to get family photos done for their holiday cards. We originally were going to […]