Hi friends!! So a couple of weeks ago, I posted a photo of these two lovely Texan women on Instagram. I've known Katie 'socially' on Instagram for awhile now. She's from Austin so when she hit me a message on meeting up in San Fran, I was excited. I love meeting new people! More so when you've been following each other for a long time then you get together and you feel like you've known each other for so long! I also met Courtney who's also from Texas but moved to the city few months ago. Katie and Courtney also met through Instagram! That's what I love about community. And I'm blessed to have met so many beautiful people through that app.

Oh did I mention that these two are also photographers? Just imagine when like-minded people hang out. Ugh seriously so much fun.

Here's my 30th and 31st portrait: Katie & Courtney

Everyone, meet Chelsea! My 28th portrait.

I met this gorgeous gal through Instagram. I've been itching to build my portfolio on commercial / fashion. Unfortunately, I don't know any models to work with around the area so I started browsing on Explore feed on Instagram thinking maybe I could ask someone to photograph. A photo of her showed up, obviously it piqued my interest. Her style reminds me Jenn Im from ClothesEncounters (@imjennim) and Stephanie Villa from (@soothingsista). So I reached out and met up with her. I'm so glad I did! I told her I'd bring my camera so we could play. So here's some of the shots I took.

PS. These are just test shots. I plan to photograph her more in the future!

Portraits with Riva: Katie & Courtney

Portraits with Riva: Chelsea