TODAY IS MOTHER’S DAY!! I want to start this special feature by sending tons of love and hugs to all the wonderful Mothers out there. Let be this the opportunity to send a message to the wonderful mothers that wear many hats, the ones that are usually stuck in many roles of being everything to everyone and often end up being emotionally invisible to themselves. Today let yourself be loved and celebrated, you deserve attention, affection, and most importantly you deserve SELF-LOVE, give yourself a big wide hug and let yourself be inspired by the gorgeous woman and mother featured in this specia ..read more

In the following blog posts I’ll be featuring 68 and fabulous Michelle Dean, a fabulous woman who accepted the challenge to be seen and celebrated in portraits. Michelle’s husband surprised her with a gift certificate for a glamour portrait experience. After seeing the women in the 40 over 40 gallery he felt inspired and wanted her beautiful wife to experience a portrait session. It was great seeing their eyes light up as we went through every image during Michelle’s reveal session. What a magic thing to be able to experience yourself in all your power and confidence and then seeing the final ..read more

Words cannot express the immense joy I feel when women can finally let themselves to be seen, unapologetically. Photographing women in the 40 over 40 project has been inspiring and empowering, not only for my sitters but for myself as a photographer. Today I am sharing Erika’s story as well of some of her favorite portraits from her photo shoot. She is a powerhouse and a beautiful soul inside and out and I am so glad she decide to see herself in a new light. To be part of this amazing transformational experience visit the 40 OVER 40 PROJECT page in our website. Limited spots available. Don’t m ..read more

In following blog posts I’ll be featuring amazing stories of fabulous women over 40 who accepted the challenge to be seen and celebrated in portraits. Here they share their motivation to participate in the 40 over 40 project and send a strong message about why 40+ women should love, embrace and celebrate everything that makes them unique at this stage in their lives. To be part of this amazing transformational experience visit the 40 OVER 40 PROJECT page in our website. Limited spots available. Don’t miss your chance to see yourself in a whole new light. I want start these series featuring be ..read more

I had the pleasure to produce personal branding photography for James and Mariela, a lovely and powerful husband and wife, founders of J&M HERBALS. An amazing and flourishing CBD company based in Williams. CA. It all started when in early 2016 Mariela began researching on medical cannabis to help ease her husband's pain caused by a rare condition called Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS), which is a type of inflammatory arthritis that affects the spine and large joints. By the end of that same year, after a detailed research Mariela finally put all the natural oils and herbs together to make the ..read more

What an honor to be able to witness and capture the happiness, hope and excitement in a woman expecting her first child. April is an amazing makeup artist, expert eyebrow stylist and on top of being absolutely adorable she is a beautiful soul inside and out. Since the first time I met April I knew her shoot was going to be amazing! I love how open she was to try everything I suggested and I appreciate the trust she had in me. There is something magical that happens in this stage of a woman’s life, pregnancy provides a real sense of self acceptance and empowerment that makes the maternity shoo ..read more

Proud to introduce Dr. Maisha Winn, 48 and fabulous!! She is a wife, mother, professor, scholar and on top of being one of the kindest and thoughtful person I’ve met, she is absolutely gorgeous and funny and I loved photographing her. She is part of the 40 OVER 40 PROJECT, the biggest portrait project of my studio. In this blog post Maisha shares about her motivations to join the project and why this experience was more than a photoshoot to her. “I am a mother of two amazing sons ages 11 and 8 as well as the wife and partner in all things to Torry Winn. I am a professor at UC Davis where I co ..read more

Despite me often taking photos of everyday women you can also find me photographing men.  I work with male clients looking to update acting/modeling portfolios or looking to update their business headshots and personal branding photos but I also photograph male clients who want to celebrate their life and achievements and exist in portraits for themselves and their families. Here I want to share some of the favorite portraits from a studio photo shoot with my awesome client Osman, a registered nurse that wanted to celebrate and document his life in portraits, a tradition that has been in ..read more

  My heart signs with happiness when I get to create special fine art maternity portraits.  Sometimes they are challenging and require a lot of planning and sometimes they just occur spontaneously during a photo shoot, either way, the time, care and love I put into the final product is always worth it and I love when a pregnant woman unveil the power of seeing herself in an image full of message and heart. I am so proud we got to create this maternity photographs for beautiful Anna, to me, they represent, strength, femininity, power and a deep feeling of caring and love.  Photo ..read more

I am still stoked that I got to document the 15th year anniversary of Cropster in Colombia, the country where an incredible entrepreneurship story began with three young Austrians passionate about coffee and technology. It is not very often that I travel to produce personal branding photography for my clients, but I couldn’t pass on the opportunity to visit my homeland and dive deep into the coffee business which I am also passionate about.  Norbert Niederhauser, Martin Wiesinger and Andreas Idl, Founders of Cropster Cropster is the world’s leading software for specialty coffee that make ..read more