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On a drizzly San Francisco afternoon, Clarissa and Khadijah met me at the top of San Francisco to take these dreamy engagement photos. When the drizzle stopped, the diffusion of sun through the clouds brought these Sophia-Coppola-Marie-Antoinette vibes to life. A wonderful way to celebrate love with dear friends!
Another engagement session with one of my favorites! This is now my third session with Maya; we previously shot photos for the Womxn of Color Collective Portrait Project and her law school graduation. It was such a treat to feel the love the between these two. The only one who loves Maya more than Jason, is the camera!
When your friends get married, obviously, you take photos! For those of you who’ve been around a while, you’ll recognize Victoria from some of my favorite environmental portraits and engagement portraits. Well, here she is as a stunning as a bride-to-be. Her amazing ‘fit is surrounded by the Sonoma greens and blues. I was so glad to help capture these long awaited moments with family and friends!
I swear I’ve been keeping up with photography while I’ve been in DC, I’ve just been too busy to post! Now that I am T-minus one week away from moving back home, I guess it’s time to get back in the groove. What better way to re-introduce myself than with photos of one my dear friends who also took a leap to leave her firm job to embark on a new adventure as a psychedelics lawyer! Karina was looking for new photos that looked fierce, colorful, and fun. I think we delivered.
Will and Haley are my first good friends from high school to get engaged, and I jumped at the chance to take their engagement photos. They worked around my moving schedule, and we were able to find a day to meet at one of my favorite photo locations, Joaquin Miller Park, to celebrate their engagement and new puppy. Juno definitely stole the show!
I met Alegna at the San Jose courthouse Alegna during her 2L summer. I hosted a small gathering for women of color and after learning about her career aspirations, I connected her with partner who worked in the field. When she reached out to me again months later asking me to take her graduation photos, I couldn’t say no. And the cherry on top is that her fiancé, Ray, also graduated from USF the same year with a masters degree in education. Nothing makes me more proud than seeing two Latinxs with DEGREES!! Felicidades!
Sabrina asked me if she could gift her mom a photo session for Christmas; how could I say no?! I think this was such a sweet, sentimental, life-long gift. In addition to the session itself, Sabrina and her mom spent time together picking coordinating outfits and brainstorming for the session. Hopefully one of these makes it on the wall at the McGraw’s new house!
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Victoria’s back! And this time, she brought Julian. I was so excited to celebrate their engagement. I had a vision of the two of them in front of a wall of plants, so when we realized that the Conservatory of Flowers would be closed, I didn’t realize it was a blessing in disguise. Instead of sticking to the one building, we explored the surrounding park and got this rainbow of backdrops. Between the location and the beautiful golden hour, the photos came out *chef’s kiss*
Come to law school for a degree, leave with a sweetheart? Yeah, I know what it’s like. This was primarily Clarissa’s shoot with a few photos of Manny, but I could not help myself and had to go overboard with the couple photos. Clarissa’s pink and seafoam outfits paired with Manny’s brightly colored stole made these photos pop! It was also adorable to see my friends so enamorados. Congratulations y’all!
One of my favorite things about taking graduation portraits is seeing people that I’ve only known in a school context get all snazzy! (At this point, it is also just great to see people after a year, alone, indoors.) Maria cleaned up nice! She was such a joy to photograph and had me cracking up the entire time. The hoops, the red lips, the dress, it was all such a vibe.
