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More of Paris

ellephotographer — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:55:05 +0000

because it makes me smile.

Just because

ellephotographer — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:15:05 +0000

I can never get tired of Paris, here’s another photo of the day.

The sweetest thing

ellephotographer — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:00:43 +0000

I’ve noticed that everyone is looking for “the next cupcake tower” to keep the dessert concept interesting at weddings. We’ve seen the cakes — toppers go in & out of fashion. The cupcake tower has had a long moment in the sun too (I’ll never complain about that though as cupcakes are my absolute favorite). We’ve seen pies and mini pies and cake pops and sundae bars and candy bars. But, to date, I have yet to see a whole bunch of mini creme brulees. I quite like the idea & thought I’d share with you all that one of those wonderful SF food carts that just specializes in creme brulees just launched a catering division & they, quite reasonably, will deliver these to your event. Makes me want to throw a party just to try it out. Check it out here or follow these folks on facebook or twitter to see where they are in San Francisco hawking their goodies.
(This isn’t a sponsored post, btw, I don’t do that . . .)

Cavallo Point engagement shoot

ellephotographer — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:54:59 +0000

As promised in last week’s sneak previews, here are some more shots from a recent Cavallo Point e-shoot with Stephanie & Clay. I just had the best time doing their shoot — they were so happy together & just had such a natural ease with each other and in front of the camera. I cannot wait to shoot their wedding.

In the rain

ellephotographer — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:29:22 +0000

Did you see Midnight in Paris? I love how excited Gil is to see “Paris, in the rain!”. As an ode to Paris & that charming film, here’s a picture of Paris for your rainy Sunday.

Happy weekend!

ellephotographer — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:32:21 +0000

What are you all doing? Football watching? Rainy day exploring?

Inspiration

ellephotographer — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:30:01 +0000

Here’s what I’m loving right now on Pinterest (my addiction, as you all know). I adore photography, also as you all likely know if you humor me & read this little blog, but I do get a little jealous from time to time of the event planners and decorators who spend their time conjuring up what the scene I’ll shoot is going to look like. So to deal with that, I spend way too many late nights on these interwebs looking at images that inspire me. And I like to pin them. It helps me see what I’m responding to now & it shows up in my photography. Scenes I shoot, looks people give, how I color adjust photos after a shoot. I feel another “Bring it On” quote coming here (brace yourselves) but I like to find inspiration everywhere. Here’s what I’m liking right now (pale yellows and blues with a pop of pink or pinky red in there):
(Images all linked on my Pinterest – you can follow me at the right & links at the right too – and they’re from Sundays In Bed, BHipp (aka, my artist/photographer partner, Bill), Dust Jacket Attic, and yours truly).

Family shoot in the Haight & at home

ellephotographer — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:53:48 +0000

You may remember this gorgeous wedding we shot at the Ferry Building last year, well these lovely kids went and had a baby who is just as darling as his Mom and Dad. I just *love* when we get invited back to keep photographing our brides and grooms as they become parents (or just keep on being in love with each other a deux). Anyway, we did their first family photo shoot in their neighborhood in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury. I am really a fan of shooting where my clients live — I think their homes and neighborhoods are like additional characters in the story of life and it’s really nice to document where things were happening. Who knows where everyone eventually ends up and at that moment in time, they lived there. Without further commentary, here are some pictures!

San Francisco Streets

ellephotographer — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:57:41 +0000

I just love how pretty the homes are here. All kinds of places I’d like to be at every turn.

at the salon

ellephotographer — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:17:59 +0000

I love how no matter how much technology we get in other places (ipads, iphones, super computers, etc.) one thing that generally stays the same is hair. I think electricity was the last big “innovation” which led to hot rollers & the like. I just love images from the salon — you can’t be sure if this was taken in 2012 or 1962. Happy Tuesday – hope everyone is back in the swing of things after a lovely long weekend.