About Me

I am a mom and a portrait photographer working in the (Southern) Bay Area of California. My passion is for capturing all aspects of life, fleeting moments in time, powerful emotions, loving relationships and funny displays of childhood. I work almost exclusively with natural light.

Equipment:

Canon digital full frame 5d Mark II camera body. Canon 5d back up body.

70-300mm f4.5-5.6 DO IS lens - for candid moments or distance shots (I rarely use this lens)

24-70mm F2.8 - My favorite lens by far. I use this almost at every shoot.

24-105mm f4 IS lens - Great all around lens, I used to use this one alot until I got my 24-70mm. Now I keep it on my back up camera body.

100 mm f2.8 MACRO lens - Such a great, fun lens! Perfect for detail shots. Use this one with newborns.

85 mm f1.8 lens - My portrait lens, gorgeous results. Just yummy!

50 mm f1.8 lens - fast and CHEAP indoor lens if you are just starting out in photography.

35 mm f1.4 lens - This lens rocks my world. Turns into a fast prime nearly 50mm lens on the 40D/50d/rebel series cameras due to crop factor of the frame. Perfect focal length on the 5d for weddings. SUPER fast lens.

16-35mm f2.8L lens - my wedding lens and landscape lens.

580 EXII TTL flash and old 580EX flash unit. W/ 3 pocket wizards for wireless triggering. Plus Westcott amd Lastolite softboxes on Alien Bee stands.
(only when absolutely necessary)

Bogen Tripod (rarely used as kids and tripods aren't really compatible!)

Other misc stuff like light meters and reflectors etc...

The brother and sister (under the heading "tenderness" on my blog banner) are my son and daughter. I think they're kinda cute. :)