I’ve spent the last 10 hours printing discs and preparing packages. This weekend we’re packing up the office and closing up shop for the year.

Here’s an image from an engagement session in 2007. I think this photo actually changed the way I shoot – it was a breakthrough moment that taught me about light, shadows, and silhouettes (which became my signature shot in forthcoming years).

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This is from the area in NYC around Canal and Broadway. I was in town for a photo conference and we had just met up with Sacramento wedding photographer Sarah Maren, who was buying “Prada.” They walked away with brightly colored soft leather bags, I walked away with this haunting image.

camera: Lomo Fisheye (35mm)

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An image from my time hanging out with kids at the Franklin Park zoo ruins a couple of weeks ago…

[ more photos from playdate here ]

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another fun outtake from Amanda’s senior session.

I kind of wish we could put this one in the yearbook. ha!

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We had a table at the Dulhan Expo this past weekend in Long Island (Hauppage, New York) in an attempt to connect with more desi couples. Although we were disappointed at the turnout at the show, we had fun at the end watching a fashion show and some belly dancers, and one of the other vendors provided henna!

Here’s a photo Laura Ryan, another photographer who helped me with my booth, posted of me getting henna application:

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So… Ali and I came here to San Jose to attend his cousin’s big fancy Persian wedding – of all the weddings I have been to this year, this is only the SECOND I have been able to attend as a guest. Although it was really difficult for me to stay in my seat, we enjoyed dancing (and eating!) at Niloufar and Amir’s wedding. I found it really interesting to see a Persian wedding from the ‘other side’ since so much of our own day in February was somewhat distracted by being at the center of everyone’s attention.

I decided to go get my hair styled since all the Persian women get so fancy for weddings, and when I took it down it was this amazing mess of curls and pins and hairspray. I had her add a few braids to funkify the updo a bit, which you can actually see in the photo below even after I took it down. Also, it’s really nice to see my husband after being away for the UK wedding for 10 days.

I’m here in San Jose for two more days. This morning I happened to get sucked into MTv (we don’t have it at home) and spent the first couple of hours watching ‘my super sweet sixteen’ — and omg those two Persian girls they featured were just as out of control as the other party throwers. What in the world are we coming to if this kind of thing is normalized for sixteen year olds? Lavish parties ($30k-200k), live entertainment that costs more than a wedding itself, being carried in on chaises carried by buff, oiled hott guys, brand new sports cars as gifts, and the ‘I need to be the hottest girl at the party by having the most expensive custom-made dress’ mentality. The funny part is that now they’re doing this feature where two years after their OOC 16th party the kids are profiled (apparently all still living off their parents and living lives of extreme leisure) and the parents surprise them by exiling them off to remote locations for hard labor to teach them a lesson. It’s pretty hilarious and disturbing. Ludicrous really is the word here.

Well, with that notable start to the day, I’m off for some crazy processing of some of the thousands and thousands of images that have built up over the past few weeks.

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I did in fact manage to meet up with Rob Sanderson (Curve Photography – Liverpool, UK) today and we had a fantastic little adventure wandering around a village and taking photos together and talking about all sorts of things – from past clients who say mean things in public forums, to future goals and current life. I knew for sure that I liked him when he suggested a shoot using our umbrellas and a bench for props. In the photo below he didn’t have his sunglasses, so he used his circular polarizer as a monacle. It may be noted that we spent… oh, an hour? with our cameras propped up on our camera bags running to set the 10 second delay on our cameras and then running back to pose. And yes, those are my heart sunglasses from TopShop.

You have to know something about photographers, and that is that when we get together, we take photos of each other. All the time. We spent an additional 30 minutes at the end of our meeting with the 10 second delay running to jump up into a stone arch and then strike ninja poses. Anyway, here’s a good one of Rob.

Thanks for the great conversation, Rob. I’m still thinking about that idea that we have lost the craft aspect of photography. And next time, seriously… I need to meet Lou!

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What an honor to be here with Beth and Dave as they prepare for their married life. Everyone is stressed out and excited and yesterday about 25 people spent 5 hours decorating the art gallery where the reception is to be held. I don’t usually see the back end of weddings, so the amount of detail work and small tasks actually astounded me. Luckily these English folk stop for a tea and cookie break… or else I might have fainted!

Anyway, I got a chance to spend awhile with Beth and Dave in the park the other day. We took some fun photos together. Here are some of Dave’s favorites.

[ my favorite 20 photos here ]

[ many more photos here ]

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I adore this image of Christina and Phil from their Lowell MA wedding in a converted mill building.

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