Here is a slideshow of some of my favorite wedding and engagement images from last year. It was my first full year as a photography business owner and I want to express my great appreciation to my clients, friends, fellow photographers and of course, my family for providing me with the avenues to make this...
Yearly Archives: 2009
What a cool way to end the year! Lisa and Nick’s wedding was to be the last of the year for me. I’ve had a great year and really appreciate the people I’ve been able to work with. I owe a special gratitude to Lisa and Nick who invited me to shoot their wedding at...
I was selected to spend a day with Cruz Ramos, the city manager for the tiny town of San Joaquin, by the Local Government Commission, a non-profit organization that helps small communities collaborate together with ideas to improve life for their residents. It was a great experience for me to shadow Cruz on her 10-hour...
I will be shooting Brent and Karen’s wedding in February when they tie the knot at the historic Buddhist Temple in downtown Fresno. We spent an afternoon at Brent’s family home doing some cool engagement shots as the sun began to dip over the horizon. It was a fun shoot. We even re-enacted the proposal....
Rachael and Andy’s wedding was a literally a tale of two cities – countries actually. Rachael, a California girl, met Andy in his native England while on a mission trip. The two fell in love and now Andy will call California his home. So for the big day, Andy brought over his family and some...
A couple of weekends ago I photographed a wonderful wedding at the Tivy Mountain Vineyard along the Kings river toward the rolling hills and vineyards between Wonder Valley and Sanger. It’s such pretty area I’m familiar with as I’ve ridden my road bike through there a few times. But it didn’t look any better than...
A couple of test shots comparing the 5D mkII and the 7D. Shot a glass decanter at 6400 in a dimly lit room, 125th @ f/2.8. They were both shot in RAW and converted to jpg in lightroom with no adjustments. I resized to fit the blog. Sharpness doesn’t seem to be a factor on...
Dwain and Maren were married up at the Shaver Lake Catholic Church which gave me the opportunity do do some nice portraits on the lakeshore on a lovely fall afternoon. They were a great couple and had a lot of fun with the camera. Maren didn’t even mind dragging her dress through the sand (heck,...
It was a wonderfully warm afternoon north of Millerton Lake for a little engagement session with Andy and Rachael last week. I’m also shooting their wedding which is coming up next month. Rachael met Andy a couple of years ago in his native England and came out to California a short while ago to start...
Carolina and Luis are going to have a great marriage. I can tell from the one day I spent with them – their wedding day – because so many things went wrong, yet they took it all in stride and enjoyed it all anyway. The morning of the wedding, Luis was dropping off chairs and...
Cody and Emily are my new friends from St. James Anglican Cathedral where I met them after photographing Elana and Daniel’s wedding at the same church last February. I got a lot of good feedback on that wedding shoot and I was happy to photograph Emily and Cody’s because they were all such nice people....
During last week’s lightning storm I took my 5D outside to try and capture a bolt or two. In the top photo I was able to get a little lightning action and then in the second photo the flash of light was so bright, for a split second our street was lit up like the...
Riverdale High School in tiny little Riverdale, a farm town in south Fresno County, made big news today when it was named the College Board Inspiration Award winner – one of only three in the nation. Schools chosen for this award show a high percentage of college-bound students. Riverdale accepted a $25,000 check and trophy...
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Big clouds over the Big Fresno Fair
Yosemite Valley wedding: Cristina and Ramon
Tenaya Lodge wedding: Elizabeth and Brian