what i've been up to

It amazes me how fast a year goes by. I remember when a week used to take forever back in elementary school! I've been busy, doing a wide variety of things. I've been working full-time for a wedding photographer, working part-time for another photographer, designing wedding albums for yet another photographer, and second shooting on weddings with several photographers. Oh, yeah...and doing my own work! Below are a couple highlights of the last few months.

mariah

my family has been raising guide dog puppies since 1994. mariah is the 10th dog my family has raised. i took this photograph at my mom's office the week before mariah went back to guide dogs for the blind for her formal training.

another tree

Here are a few more images I created yesterday. This will definitely be a new personal project!

davis

I arrived in Davis about 30 minutes before sunset. The clouds were interesting and thought it might make for a pretty sunset. This shot was taken after the sun went over the coastal mountains, just a block from my house.

alcatraz

I went to Alcatraz this past week. I have been wanting to go to the island since I moved back to Northern California...it has been 14 years since I went last. It is so amazing. I would really love to go back on the first ferry of the day and explore the island. Here are a few photographs I created.

daffodil

Last night on my way home from work I stopped by the grocery store and picked up a small bunch of daffodils. I know everyone does it, but I felt like photographing flowers.

This was a definetly a McGiver setup. For my light source I took a small desk lamp and set it up on some boxes. My backdrop were two navy blue towels draped over my full-length mirror and the the wood frame the mirror used to be in--but it fell apart--which were leaning against the wall. I then had two sets of boxes pilled up, one blocking the light from my backdrop and the other set blocking the light from flaring my lens. And don't forget the vase that was sitting on a cardboard box. It was awesome.

For this shot, I had just moved my tripod or the flower, and was in the process of refocusing. I really liked the out-of-focus colorful shapes.

It's funny how I often go into a shoot with a particular idea of what I want but my favorite shot ends up being something completely different.

new logo

I've been designing a new logo to brand my company for the past few weeks. It's a lot more difficult to design a logo that one would expect. But I have finally settled on one! Here it is