The series of events that led me to photograph one of the funnest Santa Cruz Family Sessions I have ever had! One of my clients, and biggest supporters, gifted her favorite, closest relative, and only brother a Family Session as a Christmas gift. Her brother and his nuclear family had a tradition of renting a […]

Blessed to have had repeating clients year after year, since I started my business back in 2011. Yet, this creates a challenge for me. How can I push myself creatively to bring my clients something different? In this particular case, I came to photograph one of my favorite families ever. I am mostly in love […]

Photographing this family during one of the most challenging times our generation has experienced:  a global pandemic; and historic large California fires,  makes me appreciates my clients more than any other time in my 8 years in business. It fills me with joy; it makes me grateful; and it gives me purpose; which research shows […]

This is the story about  time in our lives where I could no longer hug my clients when I first met them for a session. About a time when I had to pull my rarely used long lens to take pictures of them. It was also the time when I couldn’t greet them with my […]

In my 8 years as a professional photographer, I have learned that it’s important to re-group, and shoot for yourself.  You get hired to photograph other’s people experiences, and love; but it’s always good to back to photographing your own love, and your own experiences. Last year I made a conscious decision not to photograph […]

I stole the tittle of this blog from a podcast I used to listen quite a bit: The Shortest Longest Time …. The Blog is fulled of parenting stories. The good, the bad, the weird, the happy, the hard, the easy.. and how upside down your life can get when you become a parent. Being […]

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 […]

My new offering for the year will be these short, sweet, filled with hugs, simple studio sessions. Take a look, fall in love, let her eyes wrap you, bring you in, and let you feel the love.  I will let these images speak for themselves. But I still need to say how much I adore […]

Before I start writing, I change the music. I need to feel inspired. Paper Kites is now playing. I need the words to flow from my heart through my keyboard for you to read. I need to look at the pictures I created to be able to tell you my story about them. As a […]

Families come in different shapes and styles these days; but there is something quite special about the dynamics of growing up in a household with three boys. I admit, I am bias. I love having my boys. I love the never ending energy that more often than not, drives me nuts;  but then it all […]