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If I love doing something, there’s nothing in the world that will stop me from doing it. Case in point: I grew up drawing on the walls of my house, much to the chagrin of my parents, who had to repaint the interior before they could sell it. Though I no longer use crayons to express myself, I still have that passion today for creating beautiful images.

I now use a camera to capture what would otherwise be fleeting moments between two people sharing in the excitement of beginning a new life together. There is little else that can evoke such strong emotion and bring back cherished memories as a well-composed photo, and I aim to capture just that with each one I take. I want my images to hold a special place in your heart for years to come.

I feel honored to be present at such a significant time in my clients’ lives and hope you’ll invite me to become part of yours, too.

Portraits : Middle of Nowhere

On the way home from WPPI we stopped out in the middle of no where and hopped out of the car for some casual portraits as the sun started to set. I shot these on my Contax 645 on Fuji 400H film. I think with film I’ll have to shoot a bit differently since shooting straight into backlight with flare doesn’t always produce the same look as it does on digital. I’ve always heard with film, that you want to back light and make sure that you don’t have any lens flare before you take the shot. I’ll have to play around with it more and figure it out through personal trial and error though since some of my shots came out lovely and others kind of muddy and undesirable.

Here’s Serena with her black Kelly Moore Bag. I bought mine in gray at WPPI and am loving it so far. A full review is coming soon.

Serena is always rocking such a stylish yet laid back look.

The ever so cute Caroline!

I’m liking how serene this photo of Adrienne is. It looks like she’s breathing in the quiet morning air and just taking in the moment. Never mind that it was near sunset with 3 other photographers furiously shooting away with her. Work with me here, ok?

by Sarah K Chen

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March 24, 2010 - 10:29 am Amber - beautiful pics and i LOVE that bag!!! already thinking of the next "gift" occasion so i can put this request in.. too bad i've already used up all my gift occasions this year on lenses :/ still, looking forward to your review.. a girl can dream right?

March 24, 2010 - 11:29 am Tammynize - you all look so beautiful from being stuck in a car from a long drive! Haha.

March 24, 2010 - 7:34 pm connieMchung - beautiful ladies. beautiful pics. ;)

March 24, 2010 - 10:43 pm Sarah K Chen - tammynize: not to mention that we were all sick!

March 24, 2010 - 10:44 pm Sarah K Chen - as a momtog i'm loving it too! preorder now since the more popular colors won't be available again until may!

March 25, 2010 - 2:06 am caroline tran - oooh fun! did the photos i took of you come out okay? i know i forgot to omit the flare in the first few shots, but i took the flare out after, so i hope i didn't waste your film!

March 27, 2010 - 12:15 am Sarah K Chen - they were actually underexposed/muddy and not post worthy. :( no worries on "wasting" film... it's all about learning & the process right now!