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la Virgen de Guadalupe

I’ve always been attracted to Her image. I’m not sure if it’s the lifetime of hearing her story, her beauty , or I was just bred that way. During Latin catholic wedding ceremonies my favorite tradition is the offering of flowers to her image. I always stop pause and reflect, then quickly keep shooting. Today […]

Memorial Day: Remembering our fallen soldiers.

I was naive. I thought the wars were far away and would never touch me. I would live happily in my bubble where all is butterflies, rainbows and ice cream cones with sprinkles. Then on Christmas day I received the news that a good friend had been plucked from this earth only too soon. My […]

Friends Forever! {Guadalajara -> San Francisco}

I always say I love my life, my family & those I choose as my family–> My Friends! I received an email from a college friend I haven’t seen in years, seriously I’m not kidding YEARS, telling me her & her husband were coming to San Francisco. I was so overly excited I couldn’t wait […]

Happy Friday!!

The sun is shining! I haven’t posted as many posts this week..but stay tuned! I Have a small back log of sessions to post! And this weekend I will be all over the San Francisco Bay Area shooting lots of amazing people, at different stages of their life!!!What are you doing this weekend? Let me […]