Some couples feel uncomfortable in front of the camera. Asking them to add a little PDA into the mix is almost uncalled for. Then there’s Stephanie and Kevin, who epitomize good chemistry and only reluctantly take their hands off each other 🙂 They warmed to my style of posed candids really well, and I think […]
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Nestled on 28 acres of extremely private property in Portola Valley is a living relic from the roaring ’20s, and its name is Villa Lauriston. I won’t go into the history of the house as there are books published about it, but it was literally built from the ground it majestically sits upon. All the […]
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My Wave Magazine coworker Mitchell Alan Parker and I took a half day break from cubicle-land to “research” one of the locations in our upcoming Sports & Adventure hiking story. If you drive south down Almaden Expressway, it turns into about three different versions of Almaden roads before you finally get to “New Almaden” – […]
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