Portfolio

Photographs from Sonoma and Napa

Weddings

I stay from the last button on the dress to the toasts at the long table.

A couple in wedding clothes walking a dirt track between vine rows, hand in hand.
Napa Valley, September
A couple laughing through falling confetti under the trees, a bouquet in her hands.
Sonoma Valley, June
A couple walking arm in arm under a tree in warm afternoon sun.
Alder Glen, May
A long white table set under orchard trees with pears, white flowers and taper candles.
Sonoma Valley, August

Portraits and families

I ask families to walk with me and talk to each other while the sun goes down, and I photograph what happens.

A family playing in tall dry grass at sunset, a child swung upside down, a boy and his mother laughing.
Sonoma Valley, October
A family of four sitting on a sloping meadow under fruit trees as the sun drops behind the ridge.
Napa Valley, October
A couple with a toddler sitting in dry golden grass, soft light behind them.
Alder Glen, November
Two women cheek to cheek in a park, a rainbow flag held up behind them.
Sonoma Valley, April

Small-brand shoots

I photograph owners in the middle of the work they sell, in the room where they do it.

A baker glazing a tray of rolls at a worn wooden table in front of an iron oven.
Alder Glen, March
A potter's clay-marked hands passing a paper-wrapped parcel to a customer.
Sonoma Valley, February
A winemaker tasting a glass of red in the vine rows, a basket of grapes in hand.
Napa Valley, January
A florist wrapping a bouquet of roses at a table by a tall window.
Sonoma Valley, May