Well, here is a small sampling of my first wedding. What an honor to be a part of someone’s special day, and for a couple who is very special to our Pacific Crossroads Church family! They have done such a wonderful job with the youth group and have given my older kids the drive and… Read More
Here are the images from our trip to France. Our trip was phenomenal! We spent two days in Paris, then took the high speed train down to Provence and rented an old farm home that was over 250 years old. Each day we shuttled to various towns in the area. From Aix en Provence to… Read More
It’s been almost two months since I’ve posted. My photo a day commitment completely evaporated. Within a short span, I photographed two weddings, a baptism, and went to France on vacation. This generated a ton of images I needed to cull through and edit the keepers, which took an enormous amount of time for me,… Read More
Tomorrow I’m shooting a wedding for some friends. I’m absolutely looking forward to it! In the meantime, here are some beautiful roses being prepped! Wish me luck for tomorrow!!
Had a conference to attend today in San Diego for my day job. Great conference, learned a tremendous amount and the main keynote speaker was Paul DePodesta, the Chief Strategy Officer for the Cleveland Browns and also of “Money Ball” Fame. And no, he doesn’t look like Jonah Hill! 🙂 It was a great talk!… Read More
As we are gearing up for All-Star season, our coach has recruited a couple of great players to help the team. Junior Brignac, former pro from Atlanta Braves minor league squad and Tim Leary, former Dodger great who was part of the 1988 World Series winning team. In that year, he had 17 wins, a… Read More
Today was a great day! I was asked to photograph a wedding for a friend along with a subsequent baptism. The wedding was at 8AM in Lincoln Heights, the baptism was to start around 1030AM followed by a recption. What a great time! Such a warm and welcoming community. My dad has been diagnosed with… Read More
Tonight was a great family night – we all pitched in and made dinner and desert together. I fired up the grill while the kids made desert. Today’s POTD is my daughter’s “hand”y work making sugar cookies from scratch. We had a great night, sitting around the table, and my 2 1/2 year old said… Read More
I love church. Our church emphasizes that church is not “a place where”, but “a people who”. This particular church appears to be a “church who…references the Flinstones to get the word out to the crowd! I can’t see this restocking the pond with enthusiastic millenials?However, I’m a bit older and appreciated it! So yes,… Read More
I can’t wait to take my boys camping and since it’s not quite summer, I thought I would take a trial run! Set up the tent in the living room and my little one hopped in was so excited! Grabbed Larry the Cucumber and watched a little Daniel Tiger. Now we are watching the Red… Read More
Our nanny came by for a visit and got a sneak attack! I was taking various pictures of odds and ends around the house, more specifically working with flash by moving around the light to create new light sources when she came by. I was working with closeups with lights in the background in order… Read More
Tonight my wife and I went to Bottega Louie’s (https://www.bottegalouie.com). Needless to say, it quite delicious! i enjoy the front! –> Last night – I was exhausted – I tried so desperately to get my daily pic in as I was falling asleep and this post certainly reflects how exhausted I was! I enjoy the… Read More
Today was a great day – I started the day off working the dugout in my older son’s first tournament this all star season for baseball. We had a great time and I enjoy watching him play. Afterwards, met a friend for a cup of coffee and visited for awhile, then piled the family into… Read More
Today we celebrated my sister’s graduation last week (again, SO proud of her). But, during the party, I look over to see my son butt naked splashing around the fountain! My older daughter encouraging him on as he would climb up to the side and jump in. Nope, the acorn doesn’t fall far from the… Read More
What a great night celebrating our friend Nate’s impending wedding day! At a time when many enter marriage jokingly referring to their significant other as ‘the old ball and chain’, or celebrate the covenantal vow with a ‘bachelor party’ to celebrate the last time being single, it was refreshing to hang out with a group… Read More
Another beautiful day in paradise! “Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them.” -Luke 4:40
I picked up my older son from his high school performance practice and headed down to the pier. Now that Colorado Blvd. is open with the opening of the train, it’s easier to get a straight on shot. However, I was in my car with a brief red light, so I quickly cranked my ISO… Read More
I love this piece -it’s a solid piece of olive wood from Israel, carved into Joseph, Mary, and Jesus. I wanted to continue my practice with off camera flash and while I still have a long t I’m slowly getting the hang of things. Anyway, admiring this piece again tonight has me daydreaming of travel.… Read More
http://gizmodo.com/this-is-how-you-transport-a-65-000-pound-space-shuttle-1778059655 My older kids and I finally took the long awaited Santa Monica to Downtown LA ‘E’ Blue line. The train ride was smooth, the ride was comfortable. We stopped off at Expo Park to have lunch and knock around a bit. I had no idea this was there, but we got to see the… Read More
I still enjoy heading over to the promenade to witness the nuts, homeless, tourists, talent, and locals. Now that the train comes all the way through (and today’s fares being free), it was quite crowded down there! But there at the corner was Rock ‘n Roll Jesus, singing terribly but owning it. The kids and… Read More
My younger sister graduated from college today! We are so proud of her, especially our dad. I captured his reflection in her glasses. He was welling up with pride!
So, this is what happens when things get really quiet with a two and a half year old! He managed to pull out most of the books in our room. I find it funny that he left some evidence behind right in the middle of the crime scene, and ironic that it’s right on top… Read More
My journey with flash is just beginning. This was shot with off camera flash (OCF), eTTL, -2 EV with Mag Mod and two grids plus diffuser. I still have a hot spot on the chrome, I need to practice and learn how to avoid that. None-the-less, my goal was to ‘dramatically’ light a dark subject… Read More
Part 2 of today’s POTD. As mentioned, I want to work with getting more comfortable with flash (pocket strobes). Still playing with on camera flash – but bouncing off a reflector. This is my favorite coffee mug, the 70-200mm mug. However, the mug design is a little top heavy (narrow bottom) and during a client… Read More
I missed yesterday, so today has two posts. As mentioned previously, I’m working towards learning my flash. Before jumping to a ‘studio 3 point setup’, I want to master the on camera flash first prior to off camera flash. I’m learning about bouncing the flash so that on camera flash has the same quality light… Read More
