thanksgiving, new camera, and some shots of my favorite model =)

hello my dearest readers,

i'm back and it's been so long! a lot has happened since we last spoke. to name a few...i had a bunch of photoshoots and weddings that i will post up as soon as i find some time.

i caught the flu bug that's been going around and the last few weeks have been pretty gnarly! it made me lose my voice and i'm still trying to find it =)

busy season has come full swing! in fact it's probably the busiest time of year for me. i have a total of about 30 albums to make by christmas =) and i've been working extra hard around the clock. as of right now...i'm about half way through. i'm hoping to get everybody everything they want for the hollidays and then...maybe i'll get some sleep LOL!

finally I GOT A NEW CAMERA!!! woo hoo =) i go the new canon sd950 and boy is it spiffy!
i've been shooting like crazy since i've got it...i even had to get some pics of my favorite model =) here she is below!

my baby lexy =)

we had her dress up for my fabulous shoot!

here she is in a little pink chinese dress

she's ready for her close up

isn't she the cutest =) my little peking-huahua

i love it when i get a new camera! what better way to get the creative juices flowing right?
i'll definately be shooting with it in my next wedding =)

now tommorow is thanksgiving =) i'll be cooking prime rib for the first time for my family! i'm gonna post some pics from that too =D

hope you all have a wonderful wonderful thanksgiving and take lots of pictures!!!! =)

spud

billy zane's wedding and i invented a super cute shot today!!!

hello my dearest readers,

i had a spectacular day of wedding crashing today!

i went shooting with the "photog-groover" herself andrija from enchanted portraiture and got these awesome shots! but most of all...i invented a new one which you'll see below =)

jenny and jon got married today at the world famous mission inn in riverside!

we think jon looks a whole lot like billy zane the actor =) this is what billy's wedding pictures would look like if we shot his wedding. so we're gonna consider this one a celebrity wedding lol!

jon is a soldier in the army and easily swept jennifer off her feet for these super cool shots!

you gotta love the mission inn...it's "disneyland" for us photographers =)

by the way...if you're getting married at such a wonderful location like the mission inn or rancho las lomas and you still need a photographer...give me a call...i would love to shoot in these locations and i'll give you something extra for you wedding package =)

so here's one of the super cute new shots that i invented today. i got bored shooting the same old reception picture. it's neat isn't it =)

i'm soooooo happy. any day that i'm able to invent a new shot is a great day to me =)

yes...love is in the air =)

spud

music was in the air - lori and zaid's engagement shoot at the disney concert hall

hello readers =)

i'm back and i had a super cute photoshoot today i wanted to share with you all.

lori and zaid will be exchanging thier vows in december and today we took thier engagement photographs.

we chose the disney concert hall because they wanted a nice contemporary look to thier pictures.

i love shooting in public and on busy city streets! the images are so much more romantic and timeless. it's a just a little "kick" in our normally mundane world.

and the disney concert hall is just out of this world and magical. frank gehry is truly an artistic genious!

look at this picture below! it's my favorite from the shoot.

i love it because the couple adds a soft and romantic element to the shiny and cold steel structure. it's just such a beautiful mish-mash of elements.

and i'm all about mish-mashing ya know? =)

spud

fabulous practice foto shoot!

hello my dearest,

so i had a fabulous shoot with a bunch of my friends on thursday. we thought we would get together and work on our posing skills, so we asked a bunch of voluteers to come by and pose for us in exchange for lots of super awesome pics =) ever been photographed by 6 photographers before???

here are some pics to begin with =)

you see...the way i see it...the day that you stop trying to become better, is also the day you begin to fall behind, and this applies in all aspects of our lives. so that was the point of practicing =) because no matter how good of a photographer you are...you can always be better!

call it evolution...but i've been working very hard to change my style and the way i shoot. how else can one grow and get better? so we had some fun...posing our models on rocks and up on trees =)

we got some fabulous images that day...and i wanted to thank my friend april from april smith photography for finding the models for us. and the original "photog-groover" andrija from enchanted portraiture for all of her guidance to us on this day and through the years.

and of course the models, whom were so much fun to work with. i would mention them by name...but my memory is like an "etch-a-sketch" and i'm all shook up =) and finally, ettiwanda gardens for letting us be all goofy and act a fool like we normally are.

i think we all got a lot out of the shoot...but there's still a lot of work ahead if we're going to keep improving =)

all in all...it was super fun. and we we'll probably definately do this again. next time i will announce ahead of time and ask for any volunteer models for our shoots =)

love you all!

spud