Engagement on the beach...

It was cold out at Ocean Beach... but so beautiful... How lucky am I that work takes me to the beach at sunset???

McKinsey!!

Alanna and Nick were married on a beautiful rainy day in November 2007...






This December I had the pleasure of meeting their daughter, Mckinsey...










I love it when a plan comes together... ;)

Reframing...

All I have to say is "Yay for engagement sessions!"


Yesterday was a gorgeous day, and I met up with Melissa & Robby at the Palace of Fine Arts... Little did we know that it was UNDER CONSTRUCTION!





One of my favorite things about photography is the ability to selectively frame any situation. The Palace means a lot to this couple, because it's where they got engaged... So it was very important to me to be able to get some nice shots even with the construction that was going on...





I think we did it! We managed to get some tons of shots, that are clearly at the Palace, but don't scream "put on your hard hat!"

We met there at around 5pm, and made it for the magic hour. Couldn't have been there at a better time...



Another fun day of shooting. Did I mention that I love my job?

;)

Day at the Park!

I love it when things come full circle... or begin to connect...

I shot maternity photos for Marla the day before Julian was born...

A short time after, we did some photos with little J....

And this week, at 9 months, we got together again at Dolores Park...  So much fun to see him growing up... when I first met Julian he was barely holding his head up... now he's crawling all over the place!

I've not shot much at Dolores Park.. but I've always loved the playground there.  we had perfect light all around, and equipped with my favorite new "magic lens"  I was able to get some really sharp and beautiful shallow depth images of my new favorite kid- and his mom of course!!

    

  i may have had more fun than they did!!!

I wish I were from India....

I spent 7 months in India a few years ago, and everything about it made an impression on me.
This weekend's wedding brought me back... So amazing to get to partake....



There were so many different parts to the ritual, and I was only there for such a small part of the festivities.... one of my favorites is the Baraat- Baraat is Hindi for a marriage procession. In north Indian communities it is customary for the bridegroom to travel to the bride's house on a horse, accompanied by his family members.The baraat reaches the meeting point, where the elders of both the families meet and welcome the groom with garlands and aarati.





Often at wedding receptions I use a long lens and try to stay out of the way. On Sunday it was really important to just get right in there, and join in the festivities. Everyone was so welcoming- I felt like part of the party!!!

The ceremony was fantastic...




I'm not sure any more words are necessary at this point... I can pretty much let the colors and emotions speak for themselves...