Summer style at the pier with Jenny

September 03, 2017

I'm often impressed by bloggers who are serious about their craft. They research to stay on top of trends, prep for photoshoots and bring their energy to the photo sessions, create blog content, and publish across various blog and social media platforms.

I try to make the bloggers' lives easier by matching their intensity to create high-quality images and by anticipating their needs. For example, I try to ease their workflow by providing images in a variety of crops for the different social media channels. The images are usually given in their original dimensions, as well as 1:1 (optimized for Instagram) and 16:9 (optimized for Snapchat and IG Stories).

Following a photo session with travel and style blogger Jenny, I sent her the photos in the various crop sizes. Afterwards, I also had fun taking the 16:9 images and posting them in my own Instagram stories.

Color Factory with Abbie and Sam

August 22, 2017

Color Factory is a pop-up interactive exhibition celebrating color and material. This was the vivid backdrop for a photo session with Abbie and Sam, entrepreneurs who have created an Emmy-award-winning children’s show and series of books, designed to nurture emotional learning in kids ages 2-6. These mamas are a force to be reckoned with!

Visit from Chicago blogger Zainub

June 12, 2017

If I weren’t a photographer, friends say that I should have been a tour guide. I love showing people around and telling the history behind sites. So when bloggers from other locations come visit San Francisco and reach out to do a photo session, I am excited to lend my local knowledge. Whether it’s getting the best vantage point of popular attractions or photographing in spots known only to the locals, I’m happy to strategize. We work together to determine which locations will best fit the blogger’s vision and travel schedule.

Check out a few photos from a session with visiting Chicago blogger Zainub, which we shot in downtown San Francisco.

Remember film?

March 15, 2017

When I first studied photography back in high school, I spent many hours developing film in the darkroom. I remember my teacher scoffing at digital photography, saying that there was no future in it.

Fastforward to now, when most of my work is shooting in digital.

I do play around with film from time to time. There are pros and cons to the format, and working with it is an interesting challenge. This shot was taken with a Mamiya 645.

Portrait trade with Manuel

January 19, 2017

I attend a lot of photography meetups in San Francisco. One guy I would constantly bump into is Manuel A. Yanez. Just like me, he's passionate about photography. He really enjoys street photography, and is a very active member in the San Francisco street scene. His website, with photos of his work, can be found at: http://manuelyanez.photoshelter.com/.

He was getting more interested in portraiture, so I suggested we do a trade. Manuel was keen to the idea and agreed - he took my portrait, and I took his. Manuel suggested he would shoot my session at the Palace of Fine Arts. The setting makes for some very interesting backdrops and is very iconic to San Francisco. For when I photographed him, I knew he wanted a very urban vibe, to convey that he is a San Francisco street photographer. I told him to choose a part of the city he felt a strong connection with. He chose an alleyway in the Mission District of the city: a very unique spot. Check out the results of our session, where Manuel worked his magic in front of the camera.