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High school senior laying in the tall grass non-traditional senior portrait session in the East Bay

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Non-Traditional Senior Portraits | East Bay Senior Photographer

Looking for senior photos that go beyond cookie-cutter cap-and-gown photos? If your graduating high school senior marches to the beat of their own drum, well then, you’ve come to the right place. I specialize in non-traditional senior portraits for creative, artistic, and individualistic teens in the San Francisco Bay Area—Alameda, Oakland, Berkeley and beyond. If […]

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Branding

Same Heart, New Stories: A San Francisco Bay Area Photographer’s Move Into Branding

For over a decade, I’ve had the privilege of documenting families here in the San Francisco Bay Area — capturing everything from quiet morning moments to milestone celebrations. But lately, I’ve felt called to expand my storytelling in a new direction: branding photography and videography for the creatives and small business owners who are building […]

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Family Films

Are family videos for you? | SF Bay Area Photographer & Filmmaker

A family film is exactly what it sounds like: a short, cinematic document of your family’s life, exactly as it is right now. Not a polished performance or a highlight reel of your best moments, but the real stuff — the voices, the movements, the unrepeatable texture of an ordinary day. Think of it as […]

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Family Films

What is a Day in the Life session?

Have you ever wished you had a time machine to magically transport you back to a moment to relive from your childhood? I would give almost anything to revisit and re-feel what a day in my life looked like when I was little. To see how I moved and sounded. To see how my parents […]

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