Katie + Anthony: Engagement Session in Long Beach

The one thing I really enjoy about Engagement Sessions is all the different types of locations that one can go to in the Greater Los Angeles area.  Long Beach (not too far away but not exactly right next door) is one of those places I rarely get to go to.  Now granted I have been [...]

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Teaching and Learning, the OC way.

When my friend Sarah said she bought a Digital SLR and that she wanted me to teach her a few things, I got pretty excited.  I love sharing the art of photography with anyone willing to learn.  This is probably one of the main reasons I’m the photo editor of the Santa Monica College newspaper, [...]

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Gina + Sky E-Session: Destination Arroyo Grande

Do I want to travel 3 hours away to a quaint little coastal town past Santa Barbara, past Solvang, and past Santa Maria near Pismo Beach?  Definitely!!! When Gina and Sky hired me for their wedding after seeing my ad on Facebook, I was excited to see this scenic little town about 3 hours north of LA. [...]

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Toni + Jon = Love + Maternity

With a last minute call to do a Maternity portrait session with Toni and Jon, I jumped on the opportunity as I am new to Maternity Photography.  Treating it like an Engagement Session, even though they are already married, I had a variety of poses in mind for them to show off their love as [...]

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Alex + Corina E-Session: Fun with Art

Today was going to be a fun day, as the sun came out blazing with barely any clouds in the sky.  Alex and Corina met me over at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), where I had seen an amazing visual art piece by Chris Burden.  Urban Light has 202 cast iron lamp posts [...]

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Carlos + Eliross Wedding

Having been booked for this wedding almost a year ago, I was very anxious to photograph Eliross and Carlos’s special day. With an early start, my assistant Karin Schulz and I headed over to Hair Conspiracy over on Anxa and Sepulveda where Eliross was getting her hair and makeup done.  After a bunch of fun [...]

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Mike + Sarah: E-Session

Today was an engagement session with Mike and Sarah.  I was looking forward to this one as I have been getting a lot of inquires for weddings at Wayfarer’s Chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes.  As I drove up, this amazing glass chapel stood overlooking the Pacific Ocean with an amazing garden, water fountain, and grassy [...]

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Choon + Tessa E-Session

This weekend, Choon, Tessa, and my lovely assistant/gf Allison met up at Loyola Marymount University to start a fun filled Engagement Session.  Although it was overcast day and a little windy, the two were happy to meet up and we jumped right into it by getting some great location shots on the beautiful campus in [...]

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Saving the Earth, One Light Switch at a Time.

When the lights go out, most people panic and run for the nearest flashlight.  But not tonight.  Not during Earth Hour. At 8:30-9:30PM on August 28th, 2009 Earth Hour begins.  A worldwide movement that started in Sydney, Australia in 2007 when 2.2 million houses and businesses switched off their lights for 1 hour.  This darkness [...]

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Kollaboration hits it big with #9!!

When I photographed the non-profit organization event Kollaboration Acoustic 2 last year, I couldn’t wait for the next show to begin.  Finally, after a huge organizational effort on the Kollaboration staff and with tons of big name celebrities signed up to attend, the day had arrived.  I packed up my photography equipment and headed up [...]

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