Doña Petronila, Bribri owner of a family cacao making business ❤️ In this capture she’s painting her lips with what Costa Rican’s know as achiote. Annatto is an orange-red condiment and food coloring derived from the seeds of the achiote tree. She told me her ancestors used to paint their faces with it, to protect […]
Flavia and Conrado called me in the middle of the day, I grabbed my photography gear and drove to their home in Brentwood. I am so excited, I am going to photograph my first home birth EVER! To witness the energy that goes on a home birth with a midwife made me realized how magical […]
Who knew I was going to see a hedgehog for the first time in my life and fall in love as I am documenting a Birthday party?? And there was a lovely Alpaca as well, just like the one from the Children’s book Llama llama red pajamas. I really just wanted to stay at Little […]
A year ago Josh called me at 6am. I grabbed my camera equipment and drove as fast as I could to Cedars- Sinai medical center to document Josh and Jessica first son’s birth. Today I was invited to their home and got to see Dash and how much he’s changed already. I went home with […]
A worldwide protest after the inauguration of president Donald Trump. Click here to see the entire gallery
After donating an “Observations of daily life” photo session to a local school, I got to meet these gorgeous ladies! I was invited to come in to their apartment in Venice Beach, they were all dolled up and ready to play! As a mom with a daughter myself I felt instantly connected with Sonja. Layla […]
It took me sometime to get to it, but there was a constant bell in my head that creating a Milestone collection was a MUST! This in indeed the family that I have photographed the most since 2014 to the present. Fall season comes and they know “auntie Ivonne” is coming to document their growth. […]
On my way to photograph this Wedding which included a road trip to Paso Robles (Beautiful area, by the way, vineyards all over making the landscape even more attractive) I for the first time since I live in the US saw a huge bird on the side of the freeway 46. I am almost positive […]
Frase of the day: No more circles, just straight lines FORWARD! That is my meditation line from now on, seriously! It is so easy to fall into the circles, and once you are in you are really lost, until ( in my case this time around ) a kind soul stands out for you. I […]