Hi friends. Well I just got back from Photoshop World in Las Vegas. What can I say, it was my third time attending. I went in 2006 when I was a noob wedding photographer and then again in 2007. Because nothing was really new in 2007 I skipped 2008 and 2009. This years conference was [...]
Last week I shot another video virtual tour for a Realtor friend of mine. I am getting better at this as I try different approaches to capturing the home. I am still working out the kinks but I do feel that the video gives you a pretty good feel for the home. Much better than [...]
I am sitting in the Border Grill located inside of Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. I decided to attend Photoshop World this year as I had not been in a few years. This just so happens to be one of the only places where wifi internet does not cost an arm and [...]
Had a great time with Tyson and Courtney this morning. Here is a sneak peak from todays session. I plan to do a lot of editing this week and hope to get more photos up on the site. I know I have been slacking with my photo posting.
My wife and I have been wanting to take some photos of our little boy naked before he gets to the age where its just creepy. Since I specialize in wedding photography, I don’t have much experience with taking photos of babies. Actually, the only real experience I have is with my own. So I [...]
Destination Wedding Photography is something I really enjoy. I love to travel and see new places. I have been the destination wedding photographer in beautiful places such as Hawaii, Yosemite, Half Moon Bay, and Carmel-by-the-Sea. If you are planning a destination wedding, please contact me. I have special rates for destination weddings. Please click around [...]
Simi Valley Wedding Photography – The photographer often makes it into much of the video footage during a wedding, however its not often that I end up seeing any of that footage. When I shot Sam & Kelsey’s wedding in Simi Valley there was a videographer there, Jacob Lewis, who was shooting with a Canon [...]
I have created a new way to interact with people online using our iPhones. I have been an iPhone user since its inception and have always thought about how fun it would be to have an app to share my work with my friends and clients. Now that has became a reality in the Jerad [...]
What a great time I had taking pictures of Calin and Bianca. This was a last minute engagement session. I was already up in Half Moon Bay taking Gregg and Jen’s portraits. By the time that I met up with Calin and Bianca, it was almost 3pm and I already had a pretty good sun [...]
I had a great time today with Gregg and Jen in Half Moon Bay. In case you didn’t know, Half Moon Bay is amazing and it could not have been any nicer of a day today. Gregg and Jen are actually having a Half Moon Bay wedding also. I was lucky enough to tag along [...]
The Palm Event Center in Livermore is a beautiful venue for a wedding. I have had the privilege of being a wedding photographer here and at the neighboring Casa Real at Ruby Hill Winery. The entry to The Palm Event Center is a long driveway laden with towering Palm trees. The property lies right in [...]
I had a great time this last weekend taking pictures in Knights Ferry with Christopher and Sarah. I have known Sarah for a while through Church. She and my wife have hung out a few times. One of the things I appreciate about Sarah is how classy she is. It emits from the way she [...]
John, Chanda and I connected through Facebook. They invited me to their home in Oakland and after five minutes of chatting I knew that we would get along great. John and Chanda both work in the medical field so they had a lot of interesting stories to share with me while we took pictures. Their [...]
Nolan is my little brother, so of course I was excited to hear that he had finally asked Janel to be his wife. One of the greatest things to have in life is someone who supports you completely. The thing I have appreciated most over the last few years as Nolan and Janel have dated [...]
What I love most about life is watching what people become grow up to become. My childhood best friend was Brian’s older brother, which meant that Brian endured a lot at the hands of his brother and I. Even through all of that he turned out to be a pretty amazing guy and found himself [...]
I am less than two weeks away from becoming a father for the first time. This is a role I have always wanted to be in, however could not have imagined actually being there. I was just chatting on Facebook with a friend of mine who was commenting on how he can not believe I [...]
I had the opportunity to do some work for the SHAPE Ministry at my Church. The SHAPE Ministry helps people find their unique place in the Church body where they can most effectively serve Christ. What was so amazing about this experience was that I got to listen to 65 people explain why they love [...]
Modesto was lucky enough to get yet another Amgen Tour finish spot. I attended last year with a good friend of mine Shawn Stutz. Both of us ride together on occasion, however he has much more experience riding then I do. After not seeing any decent photo coverage of last years event in Modesto, I [...]
I shot a wedding a few weeks ago that I knew would be a great test of the new Content Aware Fill feature in Photoshop CS5. This was a backyard wedding in the middle of town with power lines everywhere. It would have taken an hour to edit this photo in Photoshop CS4 or earlier [...]
The barrier to entry is so much lower to get into photography these days. Even when I got into photography I was able to at a much lower price than if it was 10 years earlier. To be honest, if professional digital cameras had still cost over ten thousand dollars then I would not have [...]
I like hard rock and metal music, it’s not a secret. My youngest brother is really into it so I often go to shows with him. It’s one of the things we have in common, so it makes it fun and of course a chance to hang with my brother. When I go to smaller [...]
Michael and Jamie met several years ago at Starbucks. Jamie had just moved back to Modesto and Michael was working at Starbucks. Shortly there after, Jamie started working at the same Starbucks where they became good friends and soon started dating. I got to know Jamie when she attended the Modesto Photo Walk that I [...]
Today over 1000 people from around the Modesto area descended upon different communities with one mission. To love people. Some were serving food, others were cleaning parks and helping with Habitat for Humanity. It was great to see so many people looking past their differences to serve those in our own town regardless of where [...]
A new chapter in my life will be happening soon. My wife and I will be having our first child sometime around the end of May. One thing I had been looking forward to during my wife’s pregnancy is getting to take photos of her. I love taking pictures of my wife. Whenever we end [...]
Kevin and Caryn got married at Big Valley Grace Community Church in December. Although it was a fabulous day in the lives of Kevin and Caryn, it was also a very rainy day. Kevin is a nut farmer, so it only made sense that we would do another shoot a few months later when the [...]
PMZ Realtor Daniel Del Real contacted me with a need to have a headshot done for a magazine who needed a current photo of him. They needed his photo in less than before the weekend and they told him this Thursday evening. Daniel was one of the groomsmen at Carlos and Katy’s wedding in Sutter [...]
Sam and Kelsey got married at Lost Canyons Golf Club in Simi Valley. The Country Club is placed outside of the city in a valley surrounded by canyons (hence the name, Lost Canyons). The Bride’s Mother and Aunt transformed the Country Club with home made decor. Even the arbor they were married under was built [...]
Anthony and Nicole described themselves to me as being a geek and a nerd. I was not sure which term referred to which but I know that I can relate. I am not sure if I consider myself a geek or a nerd. I would assume geek. Anyhow, Anthony and Nicole met years ago in [...]
I must just be blessed to get to take pictures of the most relaxed brides ever. Melissa was so relaxed and on top of things that her calmness wore off on me. I am usually pretty relaxed at weddings but in the moment I can get a little tense trying to make sure I am [...]
So I am pretty much the luckiest guy in the world for a couple of reasons. One of those reasons is that I get to take photos in some pretty amazing places such as Carmel but more importantly is that I have such fun people to take photos of in my life. Teagan and Amanda [...]
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