Become Studios - Photography

Here's something I don't talk about enough: the 20 minutes before the camera comes out matter just as much as the shoot itself. ✨

When you walk into your session feeling calm, prepared, excited (and yes, maybe a little nervous), it shows. You're not scrambling or wondering if you chose the right outfit. You're already in it. 💗

That's why our hair and makeup artist is such a gift. She gets you ready in a natural, your-best-day kind of way. She cheers you on. She's grounded, which helps you get grounded too. By the time we start shooting, you're already halfway to calm and centered. 🪞

But here's the thing: even if hair and makeup isn't part of your session, being prepared still changes everything.

It's knowing your outfits are pressed and ready. 👗
It's having a plan for the story you want your photos to tell. 📝
It's giving yourself a moment to breathe before you step in front of the lens. 🌿

A little nervous? Totally normal. It usually means it matters to you.

My job is to help you feel ready so the real you can show up. That's when the magic happens. ✨

Ready to start planning your brand photoshoot? Send me a message and let's chat. 📸

What if a workout didn't have to wait until the kids were out of the house? 🍎

When I photographed Alyssa, a health coach who has since become my coach (lucky me 💪), we kept coming back to one question: how do we show working moms that movement can fit into real life?

Not the perfect, polished, do-it-all version.
The real one. 🧺

Alyssa helps people of all ages get strong, eat in a way that works for them, and find their own path to fitness through unconventional teaching. And she does it with so much heart.

So we brought her sweet baby into the story. Because that's the real picture of her life, and the lives of so many women she works with and supports. 💗

This isn't a "you can do it all" message.

It's a gentle nudge: you can do so much more than you imagined, with the right kind of support. ✨

That's what I love about brand photography. It lets people see themselves in your story before they ever say hello.

From our very first cup of coffee, I knew I wanted to be friends with Judy Domenici. ☕

Judy is an image consultant and stylist who is positive, funny, and full of integrity, and she has style for days. She loves helping people, both men and women, find the look that feels like them. We met through mutual friends, the wonderful owners of Citrine in Larkspur, my favorite boutique and wellness space.

Swipe to see her in her "work uniform" (tailored jeans, white tee and a blazer, because she makes it look effortless), and then in action with a client.

I'm honestly in awe of my clients. It takes courage to stand in front of a camera and say, "Here I am. This is me." Judy lives that every day, and so do the people she helps.

If you're ready to be seen, I'd love to help you create your own brand photoshoot. Book a consulting appointment through the link in my bio, or visit becomebeseen.com. 💗

Team photos, and the individual to go with them. ✨

Recently spent the day at Haus of Marin, an aesthetic medical facility, photographing their all woman team — group shots on the steps, plus individual portraits for everyone.

One of my favorite parts of team photography: it's never just one shot. Everyone gets an individual portrait that's actually theirs — for LinkedIn, a bio page, wherever they need to show up as themselves, not just a face in a lineup.

If your team needs photos that do both, that's exactly what I do. 📸

The part nobody sees. 👗 Behind the scenes at Citrine.

Before the camera 📸 even comes out — picking the right pieces together, slipping into comfy shoes 👟 for the in-between moments, and final touches from our makeup artist.

👉 This is what I mean when I say I want you to feel supported walking into your session. It matters how you feel before we start — present, relaxed, prepared — not just how you look once we do.

We help you choose your wardrobe, bring a hair & makeup artist on set, and show up with a draft shot list and mood board so nothing's left to figure out on the fly. You just have to show up and follow my lead.

This session: my favorite image consultant, stepping into her own next chapter. 💫

Can't wait to share the final shots!

Somewhere between the meditation and the self reflection, she found something.

Amorgos, Greece — this summer's yoga retreat.

I believe rest and getaways aren't a break from becoming yourself — they're often the way there.

I shoot portraits close to home in the Bay Area, and I travel for the right moments too — retreats, milestones, far-from-home sessions. 🌿✨

Your next chapter deserves photos that feel like you — and make sense for the work you’re doing now. ✨

I don’t only photograph women in my studio. I LOVE going on location to create portraits and personal brand images in the places where their work actually happens. 📸

Your office. Your studio. Your treatment room. Your creative space. 🌿

Because sometimes the place you’ve created is part of the story, too.

That was definitely true for Ariane of Acorn Medicine. Her space says so much about the experience she creates for her clients — calm, thoughtful, warm and welcoming. 🤍

This is what I love about photographing women in their next chapter: creating images that feel credible, approachable and completely connected to what they do. ✨

Beautiful photos are great. But photos that help people get you? Even better. 😉📸

How do you want to be seen?

Some businesses just have a feeling to them. 🌿

That was definitely the case when I photographed Dr. Ariane Wlasak, DAOM, L.Ac. of Acorn Medicine.

Ariane is a gentle teacher and healer, and you can feel how thoughtful she is about the space she creates for her clients. So we wanted her images to feel the same way — warm, calm, inviting and very human. 🤍

This is where the brand photographer + creative director part of my brain kicks in. 😉

We talked about who needed to be in the images, what she wanted her clients to feel, and which parts of her practice were important to show.

Then we moved furniture. 😂 Tried different angles. Found the beautiful window light and added strobes where we needed them. We even brought in “clients” so the images would feel natural rather than staged.

Little decisions make a big difference.

The result is a collection of images that feels like Acorn Medicine — soft, grounded, thoughtful and welcoming. 🌱✨

This is one of my favorite things about brand photography: getting underneath the surface of a business and creating images that let people feel what it’s like to be there. 📸

Thank you, Ariane, for letting me into your world. 🤍

Why do I love working with women who are stepping up right now? 🪜

👉 They’re done performing a version of themselves that no longer fits.

They’ve built experience, perspective, credibility—the kind that only comes with time—and they want their presence to actually reflect that.

Not apologize for it.
Not downplay it. 🪞
Reflect it.

Women in their 40s, 50s, and beyond are doing some of the most interesting, intentional work I’ve ever photographed. 👩‍🎓 🕵️‍♀️ 🦹‍♀️

They know who they are. They know what they’re building. They just need images that finally say it out loud. 💬

That’s the work I get to do.

I don’t take it lightly—But I do believe there should be plenty of lightness along the way. ✨

Some people are just really good company in front of a camera. 😄✨

Vernā Myers is one of those people.

We had such a fun, chatty, lively shoot together a few years ago—and looking back at these images, I’m reminded how much I love creating portraits that have a little range. 📸

Yes, I’ll guide you through posing so you know what to do with your hands, where to put your feet and how to find an angle that makes you look fantastic. 😉 But I also want to give you room to move, laugh, shift, loosen up and let your personality show up.

Because sometimes the magic happens somewhere between the “Okay, hold that…” and the “Alright, now just move!” moments. 💃✨

And those little glimpses of movement can tell us a whole lot about who someone is.

Add in gorgeous fall color, beautiful light and Vernā’s unmistakable presence… and you get portraits with some real life in them. 🍂💙

I’m thinking it’s about time we get you back in my studio, Vernā. ❤️