I'm so glad you found me! I'm a San Francisco photographer, and this blog charts my journey in the ever-evolving world of photography. One of the things I love about photography is that it's a journey, not a destination. I'm constantly learning and meeting wonderful people. Please peruse the blog to your heart's content, then check out my website and feel free to contact me! (I love hearing from you.)

“Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow." – Imogen Cunningham

“A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.” – Edward Steichen

A Glass of Wine


Depending on where and when you are when you read this, it may be too early for a glass of wine. Here it's 11 am, so it's definitely too early for me to drink one, but I figure that posting one on the blog doesn't have to be subject to the same restrictions.

Evan and I are spending the weekend getting all of our little ducks in a row before we leave for Africa this Thursday. You know, packing, buying that last thing we need to buy (water purifier, anyone?). I'm trying to lay in a supply of blog posts but realistically it may amount to one photo every two or three days, sans words. I'm hoping you'd still stick around for that.

Right now, as we're full of anticipation and hurrying around like busy little worker bees, life seems great. We're so lucky to be living in a beautiful city, with two healthy adorable get-into-everything cats (this morning Chee was trying to fit his head into a box the size of a deck of cards - boy does that cat love boxes). I've been trying to keep a gratitude journal. I write down three things a day I'm grateful for. It takes two minutes, and there's a lot of repetition. It's an exercise that's supposed to train your brain to be more positive and therefore more immune to stress. I have no idea if it's working - I'm already pretty positive, I'd like to say, but I figure it can't hurt.

Also, I've recently purchased an Epson V600 scanner and I've been scanning film like mad over the past few days. There was a bit of a learning curve involved, but I think I've got it down now, and I'm really enjoying watching the film come to life. So expect some more film while we're away. Happy Saturday!

Friday Film - Dandelion

Fuji 160S, a pretty film. Now discontinued. 
A little something pretty to start your weekend off right.

It's the Little Things


It's the little things that make me really love my life and be so grateful for what I have. Coffee, good friends (so many great friends, really, you guys are all wonderful), the weather of San Francisco that makes it possible to go outside in a sweater year round, and of course, my wonderful husband, both of our great families and our radically adorable cats.

It's all awesome. We're so lucky. And next week we're taking a trip to Africa for a whole month.

Sorry, let me pause. Did you hear me?

A WHOLE MONTH! AFRICA!

I apologize for screaming, but really. What do you expect me to do? I'm a little excited. More than a little, actually. We're starting in Johannesburg and making our way up to Nairobi overland, and honestly other than the basic outline I'm not sure exactly what to expect. Except that there will for sure be some photo opportunities somewhere along the way.

So anyway. I know the blog has been a little quiet lately. Partly I've busy, partly I also injured my wrist so typing and computer work hasn't been super fun (but I'm all better now), and I've also been struggling with how to post. I think I've got it worked out, and I'm going to schedule some posts for during our trip so the blog won't go dead, but it also might still be a little slow for the next month.

So how are you all? What's new? Give me all the juicy details.

Dahlias


The flower of San Francisco, and one of my favorites.

Leaves in Square


Building Bridges