One of my favorite places on earth, the California Academy of Science has launched its 2012 Love Life Photo Competition. This photo competition is close to my heart, as I won in two categories last year. I’m not an editorial photographer, nor do I specialize in science – but I happened to have a ton… Read More
Category Personal
Flummox and Friends Cast Photos
Last year, my friend Christa launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund this great idea. The short story of it is to come up with a great live-action TV show to help kids navigate the social and emotional world. The happy ending of it (so far) is that she reached her goal and got enough monetary… Read More
Seasons Greetings from My family to Yours.
From Babies to Boobies. What's going on? a.k.a. The Boudoir Experience FAQ
I know what you may be thinking. What’s up, Auey? Your blog is sooo family friendly and now you’re photographing boudoir sessions? From rated G – you’re heading into R territory. What’s up with that? Well, hear me out. About three years ago, I was feeling low. Skewed body image after giving birth to Baby… Read More
My friend Minh
The summer just flew by and my poor blog has been neglected once again. I’ve been writing a post in my head, assembling the “Best of Summer 2011” images but for now, that’s all it is. Just in my head. In the meantime, I wanted to tell you about mothering, friendships and my dear friend… Read More
Kevin and Zöe | Beloved Engagement
Beloved sessions always manage to blow me away. We laugh, we cry…we happy. 🙂 Yes, I invited a new verb. The bride-to-be is Zoe and I can’t get enough of her radiant face, as she embraces her fiance Kevin. And below is my absolute favorite image from this session. I can’t spill my secrets –… Read More
San Francisco Ripplemakers.TV Photo Exhibit And Film Festival Opening on July 8
I am extremely proud to be part of this project! Please come out and support our TV Photo exhibit on July 8! I have a small part, but am honored to have photographed some of the extrordinary Ripplemakers featured in the films. RSVP on Facebook here Auey ======= Below the official Press Release: San Francisco… Read More
So, how are the kids?
The kids are great, why thank you very much. Axel is a rolly-polly 8 years old: Â thoughtful, artistic and intuitive. Three-year-old Milo is now a bonafide little boy. He’s intense, logical and decisive. I took these quick black and white photos today since I had my studio all set up for some headshots early this… Read More
When the eternal why meets the eternal yes.
Why, why oh why? Why do we do the things we do? I’ll explain the retro family photos later, but this week, as part of an assignment for the Beloved Collective (a 6-week webinar series I’m currently attending), we were asked to really identify our WHY — the reasons and motivation for doing the work… Read More
The fans demand it.
Fans? What fans? Okey…a few friends have asked me to post the image that won in the Lovelife photo competition held at the California Academy of Science last Feburary. It’s already on my little known flickr page AND my facebook page  but I decided to cross-post it here as well to satisfy any further curiosity…. Read More