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Bay Area Dohl Celebration

I was so honored when the Choe family reached out to me to capture their little girl’s first birthday festivities. Not only had I photographed baby Erin’s newborn portraits, I now had the opportunity to document another milestone for their family. In the Korean culture, the first birthday, known as “dohl”, is a cause for […]

Family

Lafayette In-Home Portrait Session

Annie and I first met a few years back when she reached out to me to photograph their baby girl around the home. With her impeccable taste and love of family, I just knew that we were going to have a great time together! Fast forward a few years, I had the privilege of documenting […]

Maternity

Palo Alto Garden Maternity Session

This family is one that is near and dear to my heart. I met their firstborn when he was just a few days old in an idyllic olive grove for his very first photoshoot. Since then, I’ve been honored to be invited back to photograph his dohl (Korean first birthday), and now, to celebrate his […]

Newborn

San Francisco Newborn Portraits

Those newborn days… how they pass by in such a blur! Though stepping in front of the camera may feel like the last thing you want to do postpartum, it’s one of those things that you’ll be glad you did just a little further down the road. Often times, when I deliver the gallery, the […]

Family

Palo Alto Garden Session

The Koo family met me at the delightful Elizabeth Gamble Garden for their annual family photos. I, of course, gushed over how adorable their kids were and how much they had grown since the last time I had seen them. The joy of watching you all with your children never grows old for me. My […]

Portraits

Ballet Portraits at the Legion of Honor

I had the honor of meeting the lovely Sofia for her ballet portraits at the Legion of Honor in May. From the moment we chatted over Zoom, I just knew that we were going to have so much fun during her session. Sofia was the epitome of grace, elegance, and class. To top it off, […]

Maternity

Walnut Creek Maternity Photographer

In the recent months, California woke up from its long winter slumber. We all breathed in the warm air and stretched our limbs, eager to welcome the coming of spring. Boy, did the flowers put on a show this year! Everywhere we looked was an explosion of color. It couldn’t have been a better time […]

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San Jose Family Portraits

I had the immense privilege of meeting the Ratkovich family at one of my favorite locations in San Jose to photograph their family portraits. Set among the orchards and rolling hills of Silicon Valley, this little nook had juuuust the right amount of glow that we needed as our backdrop to a casual, joy-filled family […]

Newborn

Yoo Family Newborn Portraits

The Yoo family invited me into their home on New Year’s Day of 2023 to capture newborn portraits for their daughter. It was also the first sunny day in quite some time (which, we all later discovered was to be the norm for this very wet California winter). I’m so glad we decided to make […]

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