Sometimes I think about having a studio for newborn and maternity portraits, but then I think it may not garner the kind of results I aim...

So in my “extra time” (whatever that means), I did an experiment with my rings.  Please disregard how they haven’t been cleaned in about...

Annie Tao getting a new lens = a kid in a candy shop… a bee in a field of flowers… a shoppoholic in NYC… So, as any addict would have it,...

I received my new lens last night:  the Nikon 60mm f/2.8G ED, a cool macro lens for close-ups! So a couple hours ago, when my monkeys...

Since I’m on maternity leave (aka, no client photoshoots), I resort to taking photos of my own family.  So if you’re sick of looking at...

One of my favorite couples in the World were recently blessed with THE most amazing “gift”:  a new baby!  It makes my eyes water just...

Back in November 2009, I did a commercial shoot for Cornerstone Fellowship in Livermore.  (Click here to read that blog post.) They...

These amazing little guys were born at 35 weeks, which is considered full-term for twins! Congratulations to Scott and Janine for...

Today’s Photoshoot Objective:  Take photos of a 12-person group on-location in January. The Challenges:  1) It is a cold and foggy Winter...

The Rare Chef.  That’s me.  And by “rare”, I mean rareLY, not as in uncooked food! I am great at defrosting, sticking things into the...

It was so awesome to go back to my old stomping grounds in San Francisco.  Oh how I miss that city! Today’s photoshoot was of Lisa, Danny...

Today’s forecast:  high of 58, low of 42, cloudy and dark, and RAIN ALL DAY! So what did we do?  We changed locations and used the wet...

As a photographer who runs a business, I want my clients to be happy, so I shuffle through the hundreds upon hundreds of images I take at...

Well, they were born one year ago, but their corrected age is actually 8 months.  Yes, that’s right — these little ones were born 4...

This is a blog about why you shouldn’t do self-portraits or in my case, self-family-portraits!  Hire a photographer, People!  (I’m...

[Note:  This is more of a How-To, Problem-Solution blog for photographers.] Cornerstone Fellowship in Livermore performed a live...

Angela is a dear friend from my daughter’s playgroup.  Her son Fritjof, who will be turning 5 in January, has known Melia since they were...

While working on the C. Family’s gallery, I kept falling in love with these two images whenever I saw them, so I wanted to share with...

For those of you who follow my blog, you know that I am starting to play with textures.  This is Day 2 of Texture Fun! So I loved the...

I was inspired to write another article to help my fellow photographers in this tough economy.  It came out today on DPS (Digital...