Beauty Portraits with Pantone’s color of the year: Living Coral. This year I used Pantone’s 2019 color of the year, living coral, as inspiration for a beauty editorial. And, I‘m so excited to share this awesome set of images with you all. This is the result of a truly wonderful collaboration! Artist and illustrator Cecelia […]
San Francisco City Hall Elopement I’m pretty excited to finally have photographed an elopement at the legendary San Francisco City Hall! Last week I got up bright and early on a Wednesday morning. I grabbed my camera gear that I had packed the night before. And off I went to City Hall. The forecast called […]
An overview of Product Photography “Product photos are an important part of any product-based company’s branding. Especially with social media being such a big aspect of marketing.” This is a rather long post about product photography – written from the standpoint of a product photographer. You will find information on different types of product photography. […]
Street Portraits in Oakland Street Portraits of artist Vera Vinot, Murals, and Smoke. A few weeks ago I bought a new lens. Technically I bought this lens for working in small spaces, not for portraits. But I had an old friend visiting from out of town and decided I would take the opportunity to test […]
Intimate Family Style wedding at The Little Kitchen, Oakland Recently I photographed an intimate family style wedding at the Little Kitchen. The Little Kitchen is a part of Jessica Laskey’s catering business. Located in Montclair in Oakland and featuring the most adorable round yellow windows. Zoe and John decided on having a small family oriented […]
❝That’s the thing with magic. You’ve got to know it’s still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you.❞ Ethereal Portraits: Floral Badass Hair Styling Inspiration Sometimes things don’t go as planned. This creative editorial photo shoot was one of those times. I’ve had these floral ethereal portraits in my head for […]
Punk Rock Boudoir Ok so I’ll start out by saying how excited I am about sharing this punk rock boudoir photo session! I’ve always had a rebel streak. And find myself often connecting with people who walk the offbeat path in life. So I love that this session embraced Zoe’s personal style and attitude. Combining […]
Portraits for the Queen of Freckles I got to combine so many of my favorite things for this empowering portrait photoshoot! Some of you may have noticed I like the color orange. I’m currently wearing an orange shirt with a lion illustration on it. I’m also a sucker for freckles, I’ve always loved freckles and […]
As a professional photographer I have a lot to say thank you for! First up, I need to say thank you to my parents. Little kid Ella couldn’t wait to get homework, and then I couldn’t wait to get a job! (Clearly I was a strange kid). But while my friends got jobs shoveling […]
I’m bringing back the Portrait Special for women artists and business owners! Guess what folks, Spring is just about here! Which means my anniversary is around the corner! And that means that my annual portrait special for women artists and business owners is back! Ok, I think I’ve used up my exclamation points for this […]