Playing around with Underwater Photography for the first time. A few days ago I had to describe my ideal client to a Digital Marketing consultant. I told her that I keep getting hired by my ideal client over and over again, mostly through referral and social media organic reach.  The magic sauce to my shoots, […]

A few years ago someone googled “Almaden Valley Photographer”, and my name came up.  She called, we talked, and a random estranger became a client to me. To be my client means that you are part of my life, and that I am part of yours. Even it if is for that brief time I […]

When posting images in my blog, I often look for a song that could inspire the words that I will write. Because I am creating a soundtrack to the images we created together. It’s not just about posting the images for you to see them; but also about the emotions I strive to evoke when […]

You may be wondering why I love shooting at home sessions so much. Don’t get me wrong, I love a beautiful outdoor session with beautiful light, and that has been my specialty for a while; but I think that at-home sessions allow for a certain authenticity that is hard to accomplish elsewhere. You are in […]

So thrilled when I have returning families for Custom Families Sessions. I get to see how much the kids have grown, and what everyone is up to these days. I photographed the Kirke Family a few years ago; and this time they came back to me to mainly capture memories before their oldest daughter left […]

Not sure if you know, that I have been living in the US for almost 10 years now; and away from my home, Panama, for 13 years now. To this day, I still feel homesick; and when I do, I find comfort in either calling my loved ones (my parents, brothers, aunts, cousins, etc); and/or […]