los angeles portrait photographer – Paper Ban Photography

Teddy’s First Year Portraits

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA

It was an honor for Nate and Marissa to have asked me to document their wedding at the Wilshire Restaurant. And now, I am way beyond honored to have been asked to photograph their son, Teddy, for his first year portraits, ESPECIALLY since they live in San Francisco! I never get tired of saying this, but I feel so lucky to have the most awesome people to photograph!

It’s been a couple of years since I saw them last, and I have to say that parenthood definitely suits them. Teddy is SUCH an adorable baby (or should I say toddler) to work with. He was so calm throughout the whole process and just enjoyed being a baby, which meant playing with bubbles, going down slides, and eating some cold and refreshing ice cream!

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Jeni’s Maternity Portraits

MARINA DEL REY, CALIFORNIA

At 34 weeks along in her pregnancy, I photographed the lovely Jeni (with a guest appearance by her husband Dave!) in and around her Marina Del Rey apartment. With a bedroom that had amazing natural light, we were able to capture some homely and laid-back shots that I absolutely love. And then the outdoor shots .. *heart*.

Thanks for having me as your maternity portrait photographer, Jeni! I am so lucky to have such wonderful and kind-hearted clients like you!

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Kalesha and Henna

POMONA, CALIFORNIA

One of the things I would love to do in my lifetime is to travel the world, see new horizons, and experience different cultures. Unfortunately, I don’t know when this will actually start happening, haha. But the nice thing about living in a diverse melting pot of a city such as Los Angeles is that one does get to taste a little of so many cultures already.

Meet Kalesha and Henna, two Indian-American ladies with a closet full of beautifully colorful traditional Indian dresses. They were dolled up by hair and makeup artist Nathaly Morago and thankfully, their mothers attended the portrait session to help out with the outfits because I would have been so clueless on how to put the traditional Indian dresses together!

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