Simplicity has always inspired me – the crispness of continuous line, the contrast of black silhouette against bright background, the vibrant gradient of the sunset filled sky – all of that allows the mind to fill in other details. No need to ask unnecessary questions, you just know – these two like each other.

And they like their guitars… and playing them on the boardwalk in Berkeley, CA.


The day I was taking family pictures of Daylin and John the “parking gods” were smiling upon us, we got a parking spot right next to the hidden fairyland, a place which I have found a few years ago on my first visit to Berkeley.

The area’s unbelievable charm has always drawn me, but for now I had to be happy with just visiting and taking pictures there.



Tags: Nature, People, portrait photography, portraiture
Posted in Main and Portraits 2 years, 4 months ago at 10:41 PM. 2 comments
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Those look great, Masha. You picked such a great location.
Luanne, I would love to take pictures of you and Mike. We just need to figure out something interesting/crazy to do for your Christmas card.