My Version of Senior Photos

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While I was on my 3 week hiatus to Las Vegas, San Francisco and Sacramento I shot a bunch of stuff... HENCE WHY IT IS TAKING A WHILE TO POST EVERYTHING!!! But I promise I am working on them as fast as I can without compromising the quality.

I have been wanting to get more into the senior portrait realm for a while now and while I was at Mikuni's (the worlds best sushi restaurant) I ran into some good friends of mine and we got to talking about doing a senior portrait shoot for their daughter Blake... who I've know since she was born. I think it turned out really well, and I had a blast doing it. Hopefully more senior portraits to come in the near future. For now, I hope you enjoy these.

And keep checking back... there are a lot more to come!



Blake rock'n the shades!!!










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Whoever said penguins can't fly?

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While standing in front of a cool wood door in Haight Ashbury (hippy town USA) during Cathy (Miss. Penguin of weddingbee.com) and Mark's e-shoot I was trying to get Mark to bust out of his shell a little bit so I asked him to do some crazy jumping for me. He did a great job and when he had jumped enough I looked at Cathy and thought... there's no way I'm even going to ask her to do that. She was wearing these killer yellow high heals with a short kinda flowy dress... the kind that would fly up a little bit to high if she were to jump if you know what I mean. Right as I was about to move on she looked at me and said, "What about me? I wanna jump!"

OH YEAH, SHE JUMPED!!!! No offense Mark, but she showed you up. Cathy, you rock!

More to come, but I just had to get these up.






Look'n good Miss Penguin!

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3 days, 3 shoots, 3 photos

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My trip to San Francisco was a blast! I shot Gus and Carla Jo's engagement session (scroll down for that preview pic) on Thursday. Friday and Saturday I shot Sameer and Muneera's Wedding, which was awesome. I absolutely loved their cultural getups and all the henna. Then on Sunday I shot some engagement photos for Cathy and Mark and then after that shoot I met up with James and Johanna for their engagement session. I had so much fun, but by the end of the weekend I was exhausted. Here is a pic from each shoot. More, a lot more, to come!

Sameer and Muneera


Cathy and Mark


James and Johanna

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Gus & Carla Jo's sneak peak...

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Vegas was a lot of fun, but I had my fill come Thursday so it was nice to head out for San Francisco. I got a flight to Sacramento where I was able to see my family for about an hour (not long enough) and then I picked up my rental car and drove to SF. I met up with Gus and Carla Jo at Fisherman's Wharf and let's just say they were a little camera shy to start, but by the end they busted out of their shells and we had a great time. It was freezing, but all in all a great time. Here is one of my favs after first run through. More to follow...


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7 1/2 out of 48 1/2 hours

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So in my last post I joked about how little sleep I was going to be getting these next few weeks... Here is a little update. I arrived in Las Vegas on the 15th at 5:30pm and went to bed at 5:30am. Woke up at 8:30am and then went to bed at 6:30am and then woke up at 11am to the cleaning lady. Let's just say it has been crazy, a ton of fun, but crazy. The first night I met up with my good buddy Michael Norwood, David Escalante, Mike Colon and my new friends from BluDomain.com and we got some food and then hit the poker room at Caesars Palace. I'm not much of a poker player or a gambler for that matter, but I'm up $200 so far (It's all about knowing when to walk away). Then last night a bunch of us all went to Sara France's huge get together shindig sorta thing and were up so late we just decided we might as well go get breakfast. Tonight isn't looking like it's going to be an early night either, with it being St. Patrick's day and all. I think now is a good time for a nap ;)

Here is the view out of our hotel room window.


And here's one of Zion... (I miss my family)

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CRAZINESS!!!!!

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Have you ever had a crazy few weeks? Well, I am about to so I wanted to send out a little warning beforehand. Here is what the next few weeks looks like for me; starting with tonight until the beginning of April. In no way is this meant to be a little pity party for myself because I'm super excited to do all that is listed below, it's just my way of keeping you current on my adventures.

Tonight: Dinner with the fam, hang out with the kiddos, put the kiddos to bed ?! then try and watch someone get kicked off of American Idol, a little more work, then try and get some zzz's (yeah right!)
3/13 Off to Orange County in the AM then back to help a friend move, finish editing a shoot for MD News (I'll blog some shots from that, we got to go in and take some photos of a gastric bypass surgery... it was awesome), then my world stops from 9-10pm... LOST duh! Try and get some zzz's... we know how that goes with a newborn ;)
3/14 Off to Orange County again to pick up my new business cards (they are going to be killer, I'll post them as soon as I get them. Then it's straight up to Visalia with the fam, try to get some zzz's at our friends house (that's hopeful).
3/15 Off to Sacramento only to get on a flight to Las Vegas for WPPI. My wife then takes the kiddos up to her grandma's house in good ol' Redding. I meet up with some photographer friends and check into our hotel room, actually get some zzz's (in Vegas, yeah right!)
3/16 More Vegas
3/17 a bit more Vegas
3/18 how does a little more Vegas sound... ??!!!!
3/19 Vegas
3/20 All done with Vegas and now I get on a plane to Sac Town only to meet my wife, say hi to the kiddos (hopefully they still remember "da-da". Then I get in a car and drive to San Francisco for an engagement shoot that night. Stay the night at my good friend James' house (I might actually sleep that night).
3/21 Shoot a wedding all day, upload images all night, zzz's
3/22 Shoot a wedding all day, upload images all night, zzz's, zzz's, zzz's
3/23 Meeting with a couple, go to church (EASTER!!), shoot an engagement shoot, shoot another engagement shoot (yep, 2 in one day), drive back to Sacramento to see my family and get some much needed sleep! HAHAHAHA
3/24 Meeting with a couple, upload more images, process oh I'd say about 15,000-20,000 images, zzz's
3/25 Drive to a shoot in Amador County, take pictures all day and night, stay with some friends, they have a newborn and my family will be with me so absolutely no sleep happening that night.
3/26 Drive back to Sacramento, meeting with some tax people (I really hope that goes well). Going to sushi (Mikuni's "the worlds best sushi")!!!!!!! zzz's
3/27 Drive back to Visalia to stay with our friends again... did I mention that they have a newborn as well (aka no zzz's again)
3/28 Drive to Pasadena for an engagement shoot, drive home, upload images and try to process some more images.
3/29 My son Ezra's 2nd Birthday Party... we are having a BBQ at our house and playing with the new t-ball set we are getting him.
3/30 Shoot a wedding all day in Cerritos, upload images all night.
3/31-4/3 PROCESS PROCESS PROCESS the 25,000+ images I have shot over the past few weeks.
4/4 Fly to Sacramento. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ's I think I will sleep all day and night :)
4/5 Shoot a wedding all day, fly back to So. Cal. after the wedding, upload images all night.
4/6 Shoot a wedding all day in OC, upload images all night.
4/7 Potentially another wedding on this day (we'll see if that happens) and if not I think I will go into a coma.

All of that to say... if I don't get back to you in my usual time (within a day) I'm sorry, but I haven't slept in weeks and my index figure on my right hand is broken form all the times I pressed my shutter down. I'll do my best to keep up with the emails, but don't say I didn't warn you.

Here is a shot of my son when we asked him how old he was... it's his "2nd" B-Day on the 29th, he's still learning to count ;)


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Everyone say hi to my new second shooter!

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So with my business growing as rapidly as it is I am needing to bring on board more employees so I thought, "What better place to look than my own family." With the purchase of a new digital camera I believe my son is ready to explode onto the wedding scene. A second shooter comes with all of my packages, but for an additional fee you can have my son show up and ROCK your wedding photos!!! Seriously though, don't be surprised if he comes walking into your event and starts snap'n some shots. He's got quite the eye. Here are some of his first images ever taken... Remember, he's not even 2 years old yet.



The newest camera addition






And one more of Zion just because I can.

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Twins?

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So before our second son was born my wife and I were talking about what he was going to look like. Now I'm not a geneticist, but I was thinking, "how is it that two people come together and make a kid look one way and then the same two people come together and make a kid that looks totally different?" I understand how a boy and a girl would be different, but two boys... come on, they have to look the same. You decide... here is a picture of Ezra, our first son taken when he was 1 week old. Granted he was over 9lbs when he was born, but it is pretty close to Zion, our second born at 1 week old who was just under 7lbs. Kind of eerie how similar they look.

Here is Ezra...


Here is Zion...


Here is Ezra almost two years later... we'll do one of Zion when he's the same age in almost two years, don't hold your breath for that one ;)


It's going to be hilarious when the boys are 18 and 16 and we make them put this blanket over their heads and continue the family tradition.
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