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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.

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Tag Archives: mixed race

Portraits: AJ and Ian

I am somewhat ashamed that this is my first post in over a month. I took these photos of AJ and Ian in February. They run Launchpad Careers, a job placement and recruitment company with offices in Orange County and Las Vegas. These photos are partly for their new website, which is currently under development,...

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Portraits: Kylee

Kylee was really fun to photograph. Aside from being super cute, she was full of energy and very excited to pose for the camera. Her mother wanted to create a 2009 calendar for Kylee’s grandparents. Each month had a different theme, which explains the many costume changes. We took these pictures at various locales in...

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Portraits: Blended #17

I met Annemarie through Mike and Candice, another couple that I photographed for my multiracial portrait project. Annemarie and her husband, Adam, live in Sherman Oaks with their two very adorable sons. We took these pictures in Oxnard, California.

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Portraits: Blended #16

Tanya is another friend from UCLA. She currently lives with Jacob in Berkeley, California. We took these pictures four months ago (yes, I am very behind in my blogging) when Tanya was about six months pregnant. She and Jacob have recently welcomed their new son into the world.
We took these pictures in the SOMA district...

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Portraits: Blended #15

I took photos of Andrea and Linh while I was in the bay area. Linh and I went to UCLA together many years ago – more than I care to say! Linh was born in Vietnam and grew up in Orange county. Andrea is of Japanese descent; she grew up in Richmond California. Her father’s...

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Portraits: Robert and Neil

I took a few pictures of Robert and Neil together. These were taken at the Presidio in San Francisco.

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Portraits: Blended #14

Neil is the third person in my bay area trifecta: as with Regine and Robert, I met him through my aunt Pamela. They all went to Stanford together.
Neil is of Barbadian and Polish descent. His grandparents on his father’s side are from Barbados, and his mother’s grandparents are from Poland. He currently lives in Vallejo,...

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Portraits: Blended #13

Robert is another subject that I met through Pamela – he’s her husband! And my uncle. Pamela and Robert live in Ohio with their three wonderful children. Robert gew up in Dayton and is half black and half white. We took these pictures at the Presidio in San Francisco, CA.

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Portraits: Blended #12

I met Regine through my aunt, who also introduced me to Alan, an earlier participant in my mixed race portrait project. Regine is of Haitian and Irish ancestry, and her first language is French. She currently lives in Berkeley, CA. We took these pictures at Dimond Park in Oakland, CA.

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Portraits: All Together Now

My couples for Blended #10 and #11, in Barstow, CA.

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