JOURNAL

Welcome to our first Photo Chic edition of 2012!  Let's get started.  I'm sure by now you're asking yourself, “What the heck is a color of the year and who decides that?”  For those of us in the visual arts, color has a huge impact on our work.  It can convey emotion, mood, emptiness, passion […]

 I am an academic at heart.  I love reading, exploring new media to research about the world around me, and constantly surround myself with those that can educate me.  So it comes as no surprise that I am a huge fan of TED talks, the organization bringing together charming individuals in a global platform to […]

I sincerely can not believe the end of 2011 is upon us.  Each year goes by so fast, and when this time of year arrives, I feel as if there was so much more I wanted to do.  But this year was the exception.  There were many goals I set out for myself and I […]

I've been very fortunate to have wonderful people come into my life, and Marissa is no exception.  She's young, ambitious and an aspiring photographer and when we connected on Facebook we had an instant bond.  We met up at a local coffee shop a few times and her best friend Kristine joined in as well. […]

I love fashion and I love my heritage, so when these two come together, it gets my heart racing.  As you all know, I come from South Asian culture where women are supressed, often considered second class citizens, and are restricted from expressing themselves openly through fashion, art and dialogue.  So when I came across […]

I have been dying to share this photo shoot with you all of my muse Ria, and fellow Indian beauty Ashleen.  It was a session full of fun females working together to capture some beautiful images with a touch of our heritage.  Ria and Ashleen brought to the shoot some of their traditional Indian jewelry […]

 I'm so lucky to have access to some of the most unique and characteristic individuals, and Anastasia certainly is one of them.  She is someone I will never tire of photographing because her quirky, fun personality always shines through in each image I capture of her.  So when I contacted her recently with an idea […]