We started our family session in her neighborhood first visiting her favorite French bakery, La Boulange. She gobbled down a delicious looking pastry not because she seemed hungry but she could tell it would make a good photo for me…a natural model! Then after saying hello to a few locals including their garbage man, we jumped on the N-Judah to head down to one of their favorite SF destinations (and one of mine too), the Ferry Building. Along the way Keili called out landmarks and instructed us on which stop to exit. Once we arrived downtown we enjoyed some Ciao Bella gelato, drank a glass of red wine (not Keili of course), and nibbled on some food from Taylors Automatic Refresher. Then we ended our shoot by running across the street to the park and blowing some bubbles. It was the best kind of shoot and Keili was the perfect storyteller!

A gigantic thank you to Susan, Joe and especially Ms. Keili for such a lovely morning. Enjoy some of my favs and let me know your thoughts (my comments below, including technical details for the photographers)!

MODERN KID: Keili + mom and dad

LOCATION: San Francisco >> Cole Valley >> N-Judah >> Ferry Building

Sitting outside La Boulange

Saying hello to the garbage man…he knew Keili by name!

Riding the train, Keili’s making sure we’re on the right track.

Keili showing us the way.

A serious moment en route

Making sure I’m not falling too far behind…

Does it get any cuter than this?

Heading straight to the gelato stand.

Mom and Dad enjoying a glass of wine and a quick kiss.

A big smile from our model

Running with mom to the park

What a beautiful girl!

Bubbles are great fun for kids and make great images for photographers…they never get old.

Wrapping up our shoot with a mini fashion-model

Big smiles all around and a glimpse of the Bay Bridge

TECHNICAL DETAILS (for the photographers out there): Shot almost entirely in natural light with ISOs between 200-400 outdoors and up to 1600 in the subway. With Keili alone most f-stops were between 1.4-5.6, groups are almost entirely f4.0-f5.6 with my 35mm. I pulled out the 50mm for a few portraits toward the end. Minimal processing: aside from basic RAW processing I applied a few TRA actions at low opacity – been going more and more towards less processing. With a shoot like this make sure to tell the whole story, move around all the time, and take some time without the camera in your face to just watch the fun unfold. Enjoy!

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