The sweetest thing…

Jen and Lia

Had a wonderful little portrait session over the weekend. Hit the jump for some adorable family fun.

Lance and Rosie

It’s family portrait season, and I think it’s important to remember that families come in all shapes and sizes. Lance and Rosie are a wonderfully devoted pair…

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Busy as a bee…

Going to try to post more, but things are busy here, so expect random shots without much explanation. Here’s a fairly recent one of model Alison, who is always inspiring.

Peacock Feather Preview

Busy week, but here’s a quick shot of one of my friends through costuming, Tony. We went to Mori Point last Friday and got some photos of his gorgeous peacock feather cloak.

Lydia Chen Photography, the site!

Hey, it’s a real, live website!

http://www.lydiachenphotography.com/

There are just a couple more things to fix up, but it’s fit for consumption. If you find any bugs, photos you like, or just want to say hi, please feel free to comment here!

Gatsby Summer Afternoon

I’ve been wanting to go to this event for the last 3 years. This time, we planned in advance, my friends Katie and Cary drove up from Irvine, and we headed over to the Dunsmuir Estate with a picnic hamper, basket, rug, 2 cameras and 2 ukuleles.

This is just a small preview. The rest of the photos (minus 2 undeveloped rolls of film which I’ll scan and add later) are up in this Flickr set, as some of the horizontal shots looked too squished here with a maximum width of 500 pixels.

akai SKY

My photos of akai SKY are featured in 2 webzine articles on J-rock Revolution:

Interview with the band
Fashion interview with bassist Umi

See the full set from the shoot we did back in April on Flickr.

Left Coast Chamber Ensemble: From the East

I’m photographing the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble for their 2009-2010 season. They do two performances for each program, one at The Green Room of the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, and one in Mill Valley at the Throckmorton Theatre. I caught the very first performance of the season on Monday, where four very talented musicians took on Asian and Eastern European composers including Prokofiev and Ravi Shankar–not a combination I expected to hear in concert!

Michel Taddei on the double bass

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Katie and Cary, part 1

An engagement shoot for 2 people I like very much.

"...with my wee head upon your knee"

Katie and Cary came up from Irvine last weekend, and among other things, we took some engagement photos. I shot a roll of film as well, so there will most likely be a part 2 at some point. Their wedding next summer will involve fancy hats. That should be mentioned.

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Hello, Sailor!

Just a few portraits of Cheryll looking cute (and wonderfully cheesy) in her Metamorpohose sailor jumpsuit.

2 more under the cut.