Events and Productions
As we’ve learned over the last few years, opportunities to gather as a community are invaluable. It’s a privilege to be brought in and document your events.
Whether you want it captured on digital or 35mm film, I’ve got you covered!
If you’re interested in making some memories, then you can say hello to arrange a session.
My rates vary depending on the scale, the time required, and the desired type of coverage. Please send me an inquiry to talk through the details.
The Meet-up by Mint Lemonade
“Mint Lemonade is a personal growth company that empowers and inspires individuals with diverse identities by supporting their self development. The MeetUp is a space to connect with other dreamers and to practice articulating your passion, build relationships, and leave inspired by those making their dreams happen. Join us for a night at an intimate art gallery, featuring DJ Ebreeze, a food vendor, and quality people.”
I’ve been colleagues and friends with the organizers, Markeith and Monica, for a years. They invite me to monthly meet-ups to document the relationships, introductions, and ideas forged at their gatherings.
Okaeri LA - The First Queer Ob0n
“Okaeri’s inaugural Queer O-bon is a community festival that gathers our Nikkei LGBTQ+ community to remember our queer ancestors through ceremony and dance! O-bon is rooted in a Buddhist sutra about a monk who sought to free his mother from the realm of suffering. Around 1,400 years ago, this sutra inspired Buddhist monks in medieval Japan to start a new ritual tradition. The tradition transformed across time and continents into a Nikkei summer gathering to honor and reflect on our lost loved ones and our joyful, diverse communities.
Okaeri continues this tradition with an inclusive festival of queer joy, remembrance, and belonging. Please join us for Okaeri’s Queer O-bon festival.” - Okaeri LA
Satrang’s 2023 Family Day
Satrang’s 2023 South Asian Pride Night
Forecast Journal - Launch of their Issue 10: Freedom
“Forecast Journal is a bi-annual, tangible, limited-edition experience. This hybrid literary, art, and academic journal is uniquely wide-ranging in genre, offering readers unexpected research approaches and experimental perspectives. Visual artists develop original ideas directly responding to each piece of writing; these ideas are then produced with Forecast, an art collective utilizing exclusively analog formats—still and motion film, writing, fine art, and performance. Our mission is to support artists with continuous, unlimited resources and approaches to idea-making, in order to augur collaborative, wise futures that inspire a global public.”
These images were shot on Kodak Portra 400 35mm film and Fujicolor Superia 400 35mm film.
Set Photos for the Production of DL Guy
DL Guy is the queer superhero movie we’ve always wanted. I was brought onto the set to do unit photography for the short film, but I always make it a point to snap portraits of everyone when I’m on set.
These images were made entirely on slightly expired Kodak Ultramax 400
UCLA Campus Events Commission
Still pushing the envelope today, CEC has remained a student-run, student-funded organization, dedicated to introducing the freshest fare in film, music, and speakers into the UCLA community.
I served as their lead photographer on the media production staff and have shot speaking engagements, movie screenings, and concerts with them.
ADD-ONS
💄 MAKEUP SERVICES by SIENNA GONZALES
Starts at $100
Includes lashes, full glam, natural makeup, and more.
🗳️ RAW IMAGES
+$200
Requires additional paperwork, and changed permissions for licensing
🎞️ FILM & POLAROID
+$50 for one roll of 35m film
Made in addition to digital images. An entire photo session on film is possible, please inquire if you’re interested. You keep the negatives!
💸 There is a $50 security deposit due upon booking. The security deposit will be taken off of the total of your session.
🧾 I will send your invoice along with proofs of your images. Final images are released once the invoice is paid.
⏰ Our time is valuable, so our session will begin at the time we agree on. Please do not be late.