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Photography

AN EYE FOR
WHAT FEELS ALIVE.

The room coming together. A portrait that feels like the person. Photography for events, teams, and brands.

All photographs: 9 collections.

Becoming BAES

Photography and aerial footage of a community gathering to help shape the Butterfly Arts and Ecology Sanctuary.

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The Becoming BAES community gathers for a large group portrait inside a timber-framed space.
A participant seated on patterned rugs holds a triangle beside other instruments.
People and percussion instruments arranged on rugs inside an open timber-framed building.
Two participants smile while cutting printed materials at a table.
A smiling participant holds a hanging percussion instrument while seated on a rug.
A gong, bags and patterned rugs sit near an open doorway in warm afternoon light.
A seated drummer with long braids plays a hand drum in a shaft of light.
Two participants listen in a close, softly lit view inside the gathering space.
Hands hold mallets above a teal handpan resting in a seated participant’s lap.
A participant in a feathered hat leans over a table covered with photographs and design materials.
A participant clips an instant photograph to a line along a wire wall.
Participants stand in a circle around a drum outdoors.
Two participants smile for a photograph taken with an instant camera outside.
Two people at an outdoor table seen through the open doorway of a timber-framed building.
Two people embrace beside a utility vehicle among tall trees, while another person stands nearby.

Portraits in full color

A cohesive portrait collection with a colorful backdrop and room for individual personality.

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A smiling subject in a green head wrap and patterned top against a softly blurred, colorful mural.
A smiling subject with long dark hair wearing black against a softly blurred mural.
A smiling subject in a red and blue patterned shirt photographed against a colorful mural.
A subject in a red plaid shirt and patterned headband looks toward the camera.
A smiling subject in an orange hoodie and matching head scarf, wearing glasses.
A smiling subject in a floral shirt and tan vest poses with arms folded.
A smiling subject with glasses and a light headband photographed against a colorful mural.
A subject in a black collared shirt looks directly at the camera against a colorful, softly blurred backdrop.

Planting Justice

People, working spaces, and the land: photography for a CA RISE assignment with Planting Justice.

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A smiling person in an orange shirt stands with a blue wheelbarrow between rows of plants at Planting Justice.
Open greenhouse doors frame rows of leafy potted plants beneath curved roof supports.
Orange-gloved hands tend slender plant cuttings in a tray at a workbench.
A person works with plant cuttings at a bench lined with containers and clear bags.
A group gathers around a wooden table, talking and smiling beneath the nursery canopy.
Plants, baskets, cards, and garden supplies fill a wooden farm store beneath hanging dried flowers.
Two people wearing green aprons and wide-brimmed hats stand beside a blue nursery shed.
Two people in straw hats work with a wire basket around a plant in a sunny garden bed.
People in wide-brimmed hats work among garden beds with palm trees and a neighborhood beyond.
A group listens and talks beneath a greenhouse frame decorated with bunting at the nursery.
A person in an orange shirt walks between densely planted rows beneath a shaded nursery canopy.

Executive Summit

The program, the participants, and the conversations around the room.

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An elevated view of attendees gathered around tables for a panel discussion beside tall garden-facing windows.
Four panelists seated in yellow armchairs during a conversation at Tipping Point Community’s Executive Summit.
A speaker in a checked jacket talking beside a sunlit window.
Two participants adding colorful sticky notes to a workshop display.
Participants in conversation during a small-group session at the Executive Summit.
Attendees collaborating around a table with laptops, notes and a bright floral arrangement.
A group gathering around a table for discussion in the summit’s light-filled meeting room.
Guests sharing a laugh during a reception at the Executive Summit.
Two guests talking over drinks in warm afternoon light.
A smiling group posed together on a bench in front of large windows at the Executive Summit.

Redefine Alliance

A shared look across team portraits, headshots and candid moments.

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Redefine Alliance team members seated and standing together for a group portrait.
Three smiling attendees pose together in front of trailing plants.
A large group stands together for a portrait in front of a wall of trailing plants.
The 2026 Accelerator group poses together in two rows in front of dark teal shelving.
A smiling Accelerator participant with hands clasped during a conversation.
Attendees sit around a U-shaped table in a bright room with large windows and plants.
People gathered in a commercial kitchen applaud.
A guest wearing glasses listens closely at a Redefine Alliance gathering.
Two Accelerator participants in conversation, with a guest in glasses listening across the table.
Three attendees talk over small plates beside a kitchen counter.
A seated attendee speaks with one hand raised while other participants listen.
Attendees talk together while moving through the event space.
A smiling participant in a light blazer photographed in front of dark teal shelving.
A participant with a beard wearing a blue striped shirt looks toward the camera.
A smiling participant in a floral top photographed against softly blurred shelves.
A smiling participant in a light blue suit and pink shirt, wearing glasses.
A smiling participant in a dark knit sweater photographed in front of teal shelves.
A smiling participant in a dark green shirt photographed in front of display shelves.
A smiling participant in a blue button-down shirt photographed against teal shelving.

Founder & team portraits

The people behind the platform. We photographed Searchlight's founders and team, bringing a shared setting and individual personalities into one portrait series.

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Searchlight's team gathered for a group portrait in a brick-walled workspace.
Searchlight's two founders seated together in a brick-walled workspace.
Full-length portrait of Searchlight's founders beside a window.
Searchlight portrait with a black leather jacket and purple shirt.
Searchlight portrait with a purple blazer against a softly blurred workspace.
Searchlight portrait with an orange patterned top and a light jacket.
Searchlight team member with arms crossed in a dark plaid shirt.
Searchlight team member wearing glasses and a dark overshirt.
Smiling Searchlight team member in glasses and a gray shirt.
Searchlight headshot with glasses and a green plaid shirt.
Smiling Searchlight team member in a light blue shirt.
Searchlight headshot with a dark jacket and burgundy shirt.
Smiling Searchlight team member in glasses against a softly blurred background.
Searchlight headshot with a light shirt against a dark background.

ASTU

Photography and film for Foot Locker NorCal, featuring Bay Area artist ASTU.

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Portrait in a green-and-white hoodie, framed by tall leaves against a coral wall.
Full-length portrait in a matching green-and-white outfit beside concrete benches and dense greenery.
Close portrait with a long braid and large earrings against green foliage.
Full-length portrait holding a braid beside a coral and charcoal wall.
Portrait in a light hallway with red light falling across a patterned hoodie.
Portrait with both hands holding a raised hood in a red-lit corridor.
Side-profile portrait in a patterned hoodie beneath warm red neon light.
ASTU stands in a green patterned outfit on a garden path beneath dense trees.
A portrait of ASTU beneath a glowing neon sign, illuminated in vivid red light.

Making and performance

A gathering in photographs, from embroidery and shared food to live music and dance.

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A group of dancers performs with arms raised on a stage with a blue backdrop.
People work with embroidery hoops and thread around a long table beside yellow-and-green windows.
Hands hold an embroidery hoop with red stitching above a table of fabric and craft supplies.
Two pairs of hands pass a paper tray of food across a serving table.
A speaker holds a microphone, papers and a phone on stage, with another person in the foreground.
Two audience members in teal face masks sit among others in a darkened theater.
A dancer in a yellow dress sweeps red, green and white ruffles around them on stage.
A musician plays a red accordion at a microphone, with an acoustic guitar behind them.

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