Since their Dream Shoot, Brenda and Benny wanted to change things up this year.  No more cold morning shoots!  So they were thinking the...

I am the kind of parent who wishes she could stop time, so I can enjoy my kids while they are young… for a little longer.  So you can...

My “Day After” shoot was published today on Glamour and Grace magazine!  Alright, I’m going to do another jump kick because I’m so...

Since I’ve heard from several people that they enjoy and learn from seeing my Behind-The-Scenes (BTS) images, I thought I’d share a few...

A couple of my last shoots in 2013 were styled shoots, like the Swan Princess and the one of athlete Tammy Brawner.  Now I’m starting the...

Styled shoots are like chocolate to me.  I enjoy every morsel of it, want more of it afterwards, and love it so much I feel a bit guilty...

The elegant Swan Princess tends to her garden, daydreams of her love, stretches out, then peacefully falls asleep. #BayAreabridalshoot...

Richard and Lisa tied the knot on September 21, 2013.  (My husband and I were guests at their wedding.) Now that their wedding day and...

I rarely have the luxury of having an extra set of hands with me on a shoot, unless it’s a mini shoot of my own monkeys and my husband is...

If you read my post, The Curse of the Professional Photographer, then you know why I don’t bring my camera with me when I go out and why...

After this Saturday’s engagement session, a few things are certain… 1.  Styled shoots are da bomb!  (Must do more.) 2.  No one says da...

I reserved this past weekend for doing taxes, but since I finished them a whopping 3 days early (impressive, right?!!  ;)), I had the...

I have a best friend.  She is also my sister… not blood-sisters, but trust me, we’re sisters in every other sense of the word! My latest...

Yesterday’s San Francisco Bay Area Senior Photography session was of an independent and intelligent teen, Asako, who will be heading out...

Boudoir Photography doesn’t have to be all bow-chica-bow and va-va-va-vooom! It can be editorial. It can be vogue.  It can have an edge....

Yep, I knew it.  I had my first San Francisco Bay Area Boudoir Photography session today, and I loved it! First of all, there is nothing...

In the first 10 years of my adult life, I made a point in devoting myself to helping the community — namely, children — while I “drove in...

With Mia growing older, I am no longer limited to the kind of shoots where I’m chasing after her til I’m panting and my throat hurts from...

Most of my clients book Lifestyle Photography, but sometimes it’s nice to sprinkle some styled shoots into the mix. Here was an unplanned...

Gina wanted some shots for her business to show her personality — which, to me, is fun, sweet, and friendly.  She said she didn’t want...