This first one is a crowd favorite of Ivy and Kunle. It was during Kunle’s wintry in(SCP)iration shoot… it was a completely candid moment

An anniversary shoot for my friends Kristin and Yi-An who are right now in Kenya, and are, coincidentally, the first bride and groom I ever photographed (though not as the primary photographer)

During UChicago Booth’s round 1 admit weekend, I shot this laughter-filled downtown Chicago lifestyle session for Jannie and Brian who subsequently became engaged!

Maiko and Dan visited me in Boston for their classy anniversary shoot

My photography buddy, Anna Wu, also visited with her boyfriend Ernie for a lifestyle shoot at Harvard Business School’s campus

This little girl captured my heart

Super-modern seaport district anniversary shoot for Dasha and Arnaldo

My fabulous friend Eveleen, her sister, and her nieces

Yi and Paul reminded me that love is strong and quiet when it needs to be in their 6-year anniversary shoot

I did a couple of kid sessions at Brookline’s Larz Anderson Park

And Quincy’s Wollaston Beach

Kicking it with a gorgeous family right in their backyard

And last but not least, Carolina and her girls taught me about the simple pleasures of loving your family



I’m scared to show this photo, no, I’m terrified, because there are so many technical deficiencies I could point out about this wedding photo, but everyone had to start somewhere! I still really like this photo because it was a special moment during their first dance at their wedding at Boston Harvard Club. I especially love the stance and laugh that Jason – the best man standing on the left – has

What is amazing about Kristin and Yi-An is how socially conscious they are. They’re doing amazingly good things right now (Kristin is in med school and Yi-An is serving the public sector). At their wedding, their gift registry was not for themselves – guests’ gifts went on to provide “3 sheep, 2 cows, and 1 pig” to people in developing countries, through donations to Oxfam and World Vision. It was truly their own personal touch.

Though their anniversary is not for another couple of months, we were very happy to meet up again for a lifestyle session. It was freezing cold and the sky was unbelievably overcast. Nevertheless, their spirits were strong as we explored the Riverway area

In case you guys don’t know. They’re extremely intelligent and driven people. And tender towards one another.

Yi-An specifically requested a couple of jumping photos. They did jumping photos for their wedding too!

We then went around the Northeastern area for some more colorful backgrounds (did you notice the frozen river in the previous photos???)

Lo and behold! We found green grass!!! Hahaha, kidding, it’s actually AstroTurf, does that make this photo fake? I’ll take what I can get in this weather!

I agonized over showing this photo in color or black & white (I know what you must be thinking – “Geez if only the problems I had in my life were about whether I’d display a photo in high-def color or monochromatic tones”), I’m crazy like that :P I chose this B&W version in the end because I like how it focuses more on their expressions

We did spend time picking out outfits! However, we saved the non-jacket photos until the very end so that they wouldn’t be too cold in the meantime. We had even made a pit stop in the middle at the Museum of Fine Arts – which by the way is free first weekend of every month courtesy of Bank of America’s Museums on Us program

Thank you two so much for your friendship over the years, it’s been great catching up!

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