Drip, Drop... Pitter, Patter...

All in June, leave it to the amazing California weather. But I love rainy days, they make great lazy days :)

Summer Love...

Another summer is here and I keep thinking wow she is getting big... my summer love

Boho Chic | Fashion Editorial Shoot

Last month I had the pleasure of working with an old friend who is a stylist. She needed some photographs showcasing the Bohemian theme and I was in love with the whole idea and Kelly was the perfect model for it. Look for yourself :)
Here are few images showcasing mostly portraits but still so Boho-Chic :)

MUA/ Stylist: Dolores Estrada
Model: Kelly Pasley

Baby Aneya | Newborn Baby Photography

I love babies, what is there not to love about them. They are sweet, adorable, cute and bring such joy to our lives.  Meet Baby Aneya, I photographed her older brother with mom and dad before they found out they were expecting. So it was only fitting to photograph this little cutie when she was born. She was so sweet to me as she let me photograph her without any trouble and loved sleeping in my arms :).
Baby Aneya is also very lucky to have a big brother who absolutely loves her and it is apparent that he will always take care of her. Mom says he is such a good helper and indeed he was super helpful during our shoot.
Thank you Dharini and Rupesh for letting me photograph your beautiful princess and Aarav you are too adorable for words.
Love and Kisses to Baby Aneya :)

love the tiny toes :)

he is so loving and caring of his sister.... love

sound asleep......

Wedding Workshop | W Photography, San Francisco

Last month I had the amazing opportunity to attend a wedding workshop put together by none other than Ricky Wong from W Photography. It was awesome to spend the whole day learning and talking about anything and everything related to wedding photography. Ricky gave us an incredible presentation full of tips and techniques on posing, lighting, editing, workflow and overall approach to weddings. He made everything look effortless and he was open to all of our questions. The added bonus is that I also got to meet other talented photographers and build friendships. Here is the preview of the live Photo shoot we did towards the end of the day.
Enjoy!!

Photographer in the Making

When you were little and looked up at your parents did you want to be just like them or at least act like them? I don't really remember imitating my parents, and for those who know me I remember a lot of stuff, but I am pretty sure we all did something to that extent where we wanted to follow in our parents footsteps because thats what we know and saw.
This post isn't really about me and who I looked up to or even why I decided to become a photographer but more about my little one being influenced by what I am doing right now. Its good and bad and here is why.
My little one definitely is my mini-me, no doubt about it, so sure enough she copies what I do. Although it is truly cute, but I can definitely see what I put her through. No, nothing bad just hmmm, well you decide.
OK, so Kenzie see's me taking pictures and see's me edit those picture, blog those pictures and just overall sees me working. So our conversations go something like this.

K: mama you working?
Me: yes baby girl, I am working.
K: mama you take picture of people?
Me: yes baby girl, I take pictures of people.
K: Oh ok, you take picture I take picture too..
Me: LOL, really u do?
K: mmmhmmm let me show you


...and then she will grab the nearest, closest looking thing to a camera and say "cheese"
Very flattering as a parent that she wants to be just like mom.
Here is a preview from her birthday where she was the photographer as mommy was busy photographing her. (with commentary of course)

ok hold still.... thats a good one (p.s: for those who can't tell that is a PS2 hand control that she is using as a camera... see the closest thing :) )

ok let me change my setting, preview images... hmm not quite what I wanted...

Gosh!! what is auntie doing??... doesn't she know she needs a camera to take a picture... amateurs..

hmm not bad... lets change some more settings and shoot some more

EEK!!! NO...that does not look good. delete.

Now as a mother I want my child to use her imagination but I thought since it was her birthday it was also very important to provide her with the necessary tools. So I got her a starter camera so she can practice and perfect her skills and become the World's Greatest Photographer, and yes the starting point would be this camera.

Keeping imagination and inspiration alive and she loves him, so how can I say NO to that :)

Hope you enjoyed this post, just like Kenzie enjoys taking pictures with her Elmo Camera :)

P.S: The bad part of this whole thing, the camera talks, as in repeats the same things over and over again, so as you may have seen my previous post on chasing Kenzie here and here well now she chases me with this camera while it talks back.... Y'all I got a talkative paparazzi at home, how do u escape that ????

Happy Friday!!!!

Cupertino Engagement | Sarah+Morgan

"Does anybody have any questions?" as their Hawaiian tour guide asked Sarah and Morgan this repeatedly on a local Volcano tour, where else but in Hawaii, Morgan thought this would be the best time to in fact fulfill the tour guides wish and ask a question. So as Morgan calmly said "I have a question" little did Sarah know it would be the question of a lifetime. Their love for each other is so apparent. You can see that in Sarah's laugh and smile that oozes, and yes I said oozes, "I love this man" and Morgan as cool as he looks he is totally smitten with Sarah.
Sarah and Morgan thank you for letting me capture such a memorable time in your lives and I am super excited about your upcoming wedding :D