Lake Merritt, Oakland, CA Wedding Photographer // Shauna + Manuel

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Shauna and Manuel got married at the Oakland Courthouse in the morning, and then I met up with them and their daughter for their portraits. I have visited the lake many times, but never shot a session here so I was a little nervous for how they would turn out. But, turns out the lake during golden hour is beautiful!! And it was so fun to hear all the "congratulations!" from people running and walking by them. These two also crushed their portraits and I am so happy with how they turned out! Congratulations you two, and cheers to many happy, love filled years ahead!(Manuel's first love, his restored car, so of course we needed to get some portraits with it as well)

HMUA: Girl with a Curling Iron // Photographer: Chelsea Dier Photography

#notaselfieheadshots // SJ Kincaid // Emeryville, CA

I had the honor of taking SJ Kincaid's head shots for her upcoming book! She crushed this session and was a pro. I love how her blue eyes just pop in each picture! There's a fun photo comparison at the end too! And for a fun addition, I wanted to show the comparison between using a reflector and not. I love "behind the scenes" looks and such, and this isn't so much a behind the scenes, but definitely a peek into how I work. I don't use my reflector on each shoot, but I wanted to for these head shots because I wanted to make sure her eyes look alive and bring some POP to her face! Use of the reflector fills in the light around her neck and face and gets rid of the shadows. Fun! 

PS- hey look, here's one of her head shots in use! :)

Baby Luke // San Francisco, CA Family Photographer

I was invited to hang out with the Landau family and take photos of this cutie. Big sister has lots of photos of her, so it was time to give Luke some photo love too. Not quite a newborn shoot, but a 7 month old shoot :) So scrumptious and cute! We were going to take family photos too, but SF decided to be freezing, and now super rainy. Once the weather warms up we'll get together for the whole family shoot. 

2014 Holiday Sessions

A small collection of the mini and family sessions I did at the end of this year. Many, many thanks to all the families that had me along :) You rock!