The Menor Family

It was fun and a pleasure to shoot my friend Joe and his family. I've known Joe since the 3rd grade and his wife Cathy since college. It's great to see how happy a family they've both been able to put together. The images turned out great! We had a chance to get out to Seal Beach and enjoy part of the day with them. See you guys soon!

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Michelle and Tom (Engagement)

We shot Michelle and Tom's engagement this past weekend at Pine St. in Long Beach. They did a great job in making what we do look easy. We started at Wasabe's and made our way up and down Pine St. We capped off our session with a beautiful sunset at Shoreline Village not too far away. I can't wait to shoot them at the bowling alley on the way to their reception in a couple of months. Great job guys.

My "Snap Shots" at Disneyland

A while back I was at Disneyland with the kids and I wanted to capture an image of the statue of Walt and Mickey. But I wanted an image that wasn't simply a "walk up to it, then click" picture. If you had ever been here (which is most likely everybody) you would know that this statue is always crowded with people around it. The parade was about to start so I got a bit lucky in that there was no one around it except for that lady on the lower right.















And here's a simple rendition of a very common image taken at Disneyland.
















And the gurlz!

Sunset Beach

During spring break I took some shots of Jag's kids at Sunset Beach. The kids had a great time playing around in the sand and water and even got their Dad to take a picture with them! After hearing "Come on I don't wanna do this!" at least 20 times he sat right down and put on a great big smile! The pictures were for their Grandaddy's birthday...I'm sure he'll like them!

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The Huntington

Here was a fun shoot from this past weekend. I got to meet some new people and made some new friends. It's was a lot of fun! In between shoots I got a chance to take some of the shots I really enjoy doing, candid people moments. Thanks Eileen and Karen for setting this up. You guys did a great job and everyone had a great time! I look forward to future shoots!

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Megan and Chad's Storybook

Here you go guys! Your album is set and ready for viewing. Take care and let's talk very soon!

Megan and Chad's Wedding

The slide show is ready!!! Megan and Chad's intimate wedding show-cased a lot of fun and a bunch of love. It was great seeing the two of them again and meeting their families, friends, and relatives. It was a pleasure to be a part of their special day and we wish them the very best! I'm hoping that they get a chance to see the slide show before they leave for their ship tomorrow. I did tell them that I'd have something done by Sunday and unfortunately there were just too many good images to choose from. Here's 67 of some of the images that I felt were great with so much more to view.

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The Roller Family

Another great shoot! Of course Milton, Tina, and HaiLee were wonderful to work with.

I want to thank you guys for a real cool session this past weekend. Your images turned out fabulous and the camera just absolutely loved HaiLee! I got a bit soaked but it was worth it because we got some images that'll last a lifetime. Enjoy!!!

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Same Product, Different Pictures

Here's a shot of HollywoodRX's Belle Levres brand exfoliant creme for your lips. Virtually shot as a typical product shoot would have it (gave it my own twist, though). I wanted the "Belle Levres" shadow to be prominent and I also wanted to illustrate definition in the edges of the clear top. The top of the product case is clear plastic and blended into the white background making the product look like it had no cover. I wanted to hold the detail and enhance the curvature in the back. The image was taken with an off camera sb800 speedlight, Nikon D2x, 28-70 afs. Shutter set to 1/3 at f8. Speedlight set to -1.3.












Same product completely different look. Here's an example of how painting with light could provide interesting and maybe better results. Nikon D2x, 28-70 afs, shutter set to 10 seconds at f8. I used a, Inova penlight to get this effect.

Cost, Value, and Price

Last week I was in Santa Ana finishing up a project where we had hired Randy Logan as our technical advisor. Randy is a highly saught after photographer for the commercial industry. I have had the pleasure of working with him as well as seeing him in action. He is no doubt a genius behind the camera. His work speaks for itself, however, it's his desire to help other photographers enhance their skills through words of encouragement and great advice that makes him different.

As we were clearing up, and our project winding down I spoke to Randy about general aspects that went on over the past couple of days. What I got will stick with me for quite sometime!!!

Randy was speaking about our two day shoot when he told me the story of Salvador Dali, the famous painter.

Salvador Dali was asked to draw a sketch for a restaurant by it's eventual owner one day. Dali sat down and as he waited for his meal he took out a pad and writing intruments and drew a sketch for the person. After completing the sketch, the owner asked how much he owed Dali. Dali told him that he owed him $10,000. The owner wanted to know why he had to pay that much considering it only took Dali all but 5 minutes to draw the sketch. Dali explained to him, "It didn't take me 5 minutes, it took me 35 years."