More than ever, I believe that happiness stems from being thankful -- not just for the big things in your life, but also the small...

When someone made up the saying "hindsight is 2020", I don't think they really knew just how much we want 2020 to be behind us! 😜 So...

I was about 19 or 20 years old when I became serious about photography.  I scraped up money to buy my first SLR camera, which was...

Janet loves the San Francisco Bay Area so much that during a visit many years ago, she decided to move here.  Her love for the Bay Area...

Based on public voting, here is Part Two of last year’s favorite images. A “moment” is defined as a split second of time ~OR~ a moment...

The photos that made it into this category were chosen based on the role light played in the image. Specifically I answered the...

You know that saying “Go big or go home?”  Well we chose the first option for my last shoot of the decade! This lifestyle shoot involved...

Once upon a time, a photographer was on a shoot that had her laughing so hard, her cheeks hurt! Her clients were so cool and funny that...

LOVE is all you need. Rain or shine, locations with events being held or not, their lifestyle shoot was going to happen no matter what. ...

When clients tell me they look forward to their photoshoot every year, I may respond with a calm “oh, that’s so nice”, but what I want to...

Even through the chilly dense fog, I Tigger-esquely bounced over to greet Julie and her family when I saw them walking towards me. That...

So a few years ago when my youngest was in Kindergarten, her class had a project to make a 3D Dr. Seuss character.  While most made their...

I started writing this loooong blog post about why Mini Sessions don’t work, at least not for true Lifestyle Photography, but it became...

So it’s wildfire season in California right now, which means rescheduled shoots because of bad air quality, planned and unplanned...

Life is like a Conga dance.  It is rhythmic.  It moves in a direction — can be right or wrong, and sometimes moves erratically.  You’re...

What does the flower smell like?  Grape. How about this one?  Cotton candy. What does that one smell like?  Sunshine. I adore kids for...

Jeff and Louisa’s shoot this weekend with their 6-year old talkative charmer and 3-year old living doll (heehee) had all the feels. There...

I had another fun playdate, I mean, photoshoot with my little buddies, Rory and Dex!  🙂 This time, it was at their mom’s workplace,...

[ENDEARING:  adjective.  Manifesting or evoking affection. To give rise to love.  Beloved.] That is the word that perfectly sums up Joe...

Roberta and Alex wanted to have their shoot in Arizona where they’d be around cacti and the warm sun. Except we didn’t go to Arizona, and...