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Welcome to the Sonialena Photography Blog!

Thanks for taking a moment to visit my blog!

This blog chronicles my adventures as a wedding and portrait photographer. I'm based in Southern California but will happily and gladly travel to other parts of the universe.

My blog is also a place for me to share some of the personal photography that I do, as well as sound off on various topics that are tangentially related to photography.

If you're inspired to write a comment or send an e-mail my way, I would love to hear from you!

Tag Archives: los angeles

Portraits: The Hamilton Family

I took these photographs of the Hamiltons last summer – in the spirit of spring cleaning I am finally posting them to my blog! It was a lot of fun photographing Richard, Jen, and they’re very happy  baby. Who, for some reason, was much more interested in leaves and grass than taking photos. A botanist...

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Wedding: Jessica and Ramy

I photographed Jessica and Ramy’s engagement party in June and was an assistant photographer for their wedding in July. I mostly helped photograph the bride getting ready, as well as some photography during the reception. AAcreation was the main photographer.

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Portraits: Jen and Richard Maternity Photos

I met Richard at AFI – the American Film Institute – back when I was an aspiring screenwriter. I was honored that Richard asked me to take maternity portraits of him and his wife, Jen. Jen was about eight months pregnant when we took these photos; since then Jen and Richard have welcomed a healthy...

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Portraits: Kelly and Scott Maternity Photos

Kelly and Scott were the very first people I photographed for Project Blended back in April. Kelly had a little bump when we took those photos – now her due date is only a few weeks away.
These pictures are from two different sessions, one in late June and one in late July. The photos were...

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Portraits: Blended #4

I photographed Mike, Candice, and their son Blake at their home in Los Angeles. As you can see by the pictures, they will soon be welcoming a new member to the family! I met Candice through a friend from Cal Poly Pomona, and took photos at Blake’s first birthday party.

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Portraits: Blended #3

Annie and Adam are the third installment in my Blended photography project. I met Annie through a friend several years ago; Annie and I were both in the drumline at UCLA. Her first year was just after my last year, so we never played in the line together but had friends in common...

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Portraits: Blended #1

Kelly and Scott were the first people I photographed for my interracial project, which for now is called Blended. We took the pictures at their new home last Saturday. I’ve known Kelly for, oh, going on 14 years now. Kelly and Scott are expecting their first child, so it’s a very exciting...

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