jess is a co-worker of mine and basically makes my days in the office like that gummi bear you find in your pocket from a few days before: a nice little, warm gem. we had originally planned on doing a couple shoot, but it ended up being just her. we took off to balboa (yes,...
Monthly Archives: August 2009
heather and her girls: love to the third power
heather is an old classmate of mine, from elementary school. our families were friends well before the two of us ever met. so, when heather asked me if i could take pictures of her with her little girls i was quite excited… even just for the catching up we could do. we settled right in...
Gavin & Holly: G&H Pure Cane Sugar (day two)
do you have a good memory? remember my first blog post here? no, not that one… the one after that. okay, my second. but who’s counting? anyway, it was this cool couple at balboa… let me refresh your memory: yeah, that’s them. remember now? okay, good. you may not remember all of the details, but...
siblings on holiday
after having shot her sister’s baby, i got an email from erika asking if i would be available while her family was in southern california. we decided to head down to the montage late one day for the best of both worlds of so cal outdoors (beach and kind of a park setting). one of...
cathie & kids: a family bathed in love (and light)
cathie is an old schoolmate of mine from high school (gooooooo EAGLES!) and we had been trying to get together for this shoot for almost a year now. we finally got our schedules to work out (Wonder Twin powers… activate! Form of…. a mighty lion with all the powers of nature. Shape of… a bucket...
shane & heather: laguna wedding
so, this is how word of mouth works. you do photos for someone, they tell a friend about you and you do their photos for their christmas cards. they, in turn, tell their friend to check you out as their potential wedding photographer. bam! not exactly a math problem that good will hunting would be...
alli & sean: wedding by the harbor (part one)
you gotta love the internet, right? an old friend of mine contacted me through facebook, asking if i shoot weddings or not. a few days later, i was meeting with these two to go over details… and a week later, was their big day. without time to fit an engagement shoot in, we agreed to...
skylar: pretty in pink
when a friend has a baby, it’s always such a joyous celebration. i always feel like my photography is another gift i can give, if i am allowed the honor of taking their photos for the parents. when skylar’s mom and i coordinated for a day to take photos i was so excited to meet...
olivia: a playdate in the fog
i met olivia through a fellow photographer and good friend, tracie. we had a “photography playdate” with olivia (amongst others) previously and i kept in touch with olivia for future shoot possibilities. some plans went awry this day, and by the time we got to the beach, it was enveloped with this thick bank of...