Author Archive

Sharpening my Pencil…
Aug.17, 2009

Ok so it’s not the New York Times or anything, but a short article I wrote for the American Society of Media Photographer’s Northern California Quarterly was just recently published. Check it out:

The plan is to continue writing a regular column reviewing new products and services for photographers. In this issue I wrote about PixOasis, […]

New Client Website - Center for the Health Professions
Aug.03, 2009

The client I mentioned in my last post launched their new website, with our portraits everywhere! Yay! Center for the Health Professions is great to work with. My team and I photographed a variety of health professionals - dentists, pharmacists, doctors, nurses and administrators at their offices at the University of California San Francisco. The […]

New Client Advertising Photos
May.18, 2009

One of my favorite clients is doing a new marketing campaign, and a few weeks ago asked me to photograph a variety of staff and clients over two days. I love getting to work with real people and helping them feel comfortable! Here are some outtakes that I like:

I was assisted by super woman Jennifer […]

Steph and Jon Tie the Knot
Apr.06, 2009

Last weekend I flew to Seattle to photograph a wedding of a friend who’s been in my life since junior high. What an incredible honor - it really hit me the day before the wedding when I was thinking about sitting in art class with Stephanie in 8th grade, and just being floored that here […]

Powdering the Cows
Oct.07, 2008

Last week I was sweating away in a field in Marin, dodging cow pies. Community service? Frat boy prank? No…photo shoot. And a really fun one. I’m really excited to be working on an advertising campaign with a client who is absolutely fantastic. I can’t post images until the campaign is published, but this one […]

Grupo De La Comida
Aug.25, 2008

Group De La Comida is a non-profit organization that distributes fresh produce and other staples to low-income people, many of them recent immigrants, throughout San Francisco. My boyfriend and I have volunteered for the organization for several years, and our friend and founder of Grupo is an amazing womn who works tirelessly for the community. […]

My New Office!
Jul.19, 2008

Whew, it’s been a busy month! I posted a while ago about my fantastic new office, and I’m finally getting around to posting images now that we’re done finishing it! It was *WAY* more work than I had anticipated, and a big thank you to my boyfriend for helping sand, lay the floor, and still […]

Kim, SkinSALVATION SF
Jun.17, 2008

I love that my new office is at ActivSpace in the Mission - I meet so many great people! One of them is Kimberly Yap Tan, an esthetician. Kim founded SkinSALVATION earlier this year, and she is fantastic! I had the genuine pleasure of photographing her for her new website, and these are my favorites […]

Tonya
Jun.12, 2008

Last week my friend Tonya asked me to create some business portraits for her, but she didn’t want the “Sears Portrait Studio on a plain backdrop” look (although oddly enough, I just met a couple last night who are looking for that exact idea - kind of a 70’s throwback - which will actually be […]

Shoshana
Jun.03, 2008

Shoshana is an amazing, talented woman I met at Burningman seven years ago (I can’t believe it’s been seven years. She’s as likely to burst into a song or a dance as she is to speak eloquently about the nuances of Greek mythology.

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about usGåvaphoto is a photography company based in the San Francisco Bay Area, specializing in events and business portraiture. We are passionate about creating fun, inspiring, evocative imagery ready for commercial use.

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