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

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Film Friday - Weekend in Santa Barbara


A few film shots from a truly lovely weekend in Santa Barbara a couple weeks ago. There's something just so relaxing about being there, and it was nice to experience real California sunshine. We had a great time.







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Film Friday - Maria


Maria and I met up on a gorgeously sunny afternoon at the top of Strawberry Hill in Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park. We had two rolls of film, and a mission: to get some lovely portraits of her.


Maria, you're stunning.


I just love the character of Fuji's Acros 100 - hands down, it's my current favorite black and white film, so crisp and fine and clean, and with just gorgeous tones.



Then we switched to color, and made use of the flowering plum trees.




The light was fading fast, so this last shot isn't quite in focus as I'd like it to be (one argument for shooting digital, definitely!), but I just love the feeling of it.


Thanks Maria!

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Film Friday - AnnMarie and Paul

Another recent film portrait session. AnnMarie and Paul were troopers, meeting me just after dawn at Stow Lake in the bitter cold. (Okay, bitter for here, anyway.)

We took advantage of the beautiful light and managed to get some great portraits of the two of them as well as their trusty sidekick Leo.






I just love the look of film, the buttery highlights and the soft bokeh. Digital is convenient, yes, but it doesn't have the same special feel.












Thanks again, AnnMarie and Paul. It was a wonderful morning!

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Film Friday - Alec and Robyn

So, recently I've kind of been playing around with the idea of offering portrait sessions on film. I've been shooting mostly film for my personal work for several month now (so much so that it's hard to find digital photos for Wrdless Wednesday posts sometimes), and I just love the process and the results that I'm getting with film, but I couldn't decide if any of that would translate well into my professional work at all.

Let me be clear: I am not giving up on digital. I still think it's the right choice for the majority of my work right now, and I can't even imagine shooting shelter kitties with a film camera - talk about not knowing what you're going to get!

But I wanted to be able to offer something a bit different than the current average portrait, and I think that square film is something not a lot of people are shooting any more, especially when it comes to portraits.

So here are some of the photos from one of a few recent sessions I've shot on film. Alec and Robyn were total troopers, meeting me at Crissy Field so they could get a few shots with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background, only to have it disappear into fog about five minutes after they got there! Being good San Franciscans, they took it all in stride. (Fortunately, the fog lifted later and we were able to get it into some photos.) And then at the end of the session, little Nigel joined us, braving photos by the water's edge despite his deadly fear of getting wet.













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Film Sunday - A Bit Late


A few random film photos, one from the 35mm camera, and the rest from the medium format camera.




Medium format!


A shot from my first roll of medium format film. I think I might be in love!