Peace of Mind
Italian Man at Cafe, 2015.
The past two months I haven't stopped photographing places and architecture and travels...so much that I forget what I really love to photograph: people. With a sliver of down time during a coffee break in the midst of another Rome walk with our professor, I watched the locals around me at a hip cafe courtyard. Amongst the chatty students and businessmen on their phones sat an old man, alone as his table reading the paper. It was a delightful sight.
Pregnancy is a magical moment in your life when you discover the extent of womanhood, something that connects you to all the generations before you. Depicting the essence of maternity had to be done against the backdrop of the natural landscape.
Photos albums are highlight reels of our lives, where I get to tell my story through my own eyes.
During a last minute work trip to New York last week, I squeezed in a studio session with my friend Anica. What a treat getting to book space in a city where photography still exists.
In the hills of Saratoga, California, on the first warm spring day this year, H+J tied the knot at the historic Hakone Gardens, surrounded by cherry blossoms, cascading waterfalls, and a thousand origami cranes.
Shannon mentioned she had recently inherited clothing from her grandmother-in-law. I knew we had to do a shoot.
I set up a casual portrait session in my office photo studio and revisited my favorite lighting setup: one light, one softbox, and a fan.
My friend Lexus got married in front of family and friends at the beautiful Fairview Crystal Springs in Burlingame. And I got to be there to witness and capture the action.
Who would’ve guessed that ten years later, while the world embraces a collective nostalgia for 2016, I’d find myself revisiting this hobby again.