Portraits: Steve

Took this awesome portrait of Steve earlier this week, whole setup was crowded in the corner of our living room after we got the baby to bed. The crystal skull is actually a bottle of Crystal Head Vodka (with the top removed in post-processing), an awesome gift from Steve's sister. Apparently the vodka is filtered three times through Herkimer diamonds before being bottled in order to infuse it with the same spiritual qualities as the original crystal heads. Steve is, of course, a gentleman and a scholar, so it had to be included to help push the portrait a bit more over the top. :)

Portraits: Kev, Balboa Park

hew! I know it's a been a while in between postings. I've been working on writing/illustrating a children's book as part of a personal project and am finally finished! Now back to photos and all that fun. :)

Took some portraits of Steve's friend Kev a few weeks ago in Balboa park. Steve and Gwinna came along and we had a blast!

Ah yes, very dramatic :)
This shot uses a cool post-processing technique I recently saw in Scott Kelby's seminar Light It, Shoot It, Retouch It, LIVE. Can't get over Kev's guns in this shot.

Portraits: Sarah and Pat Expecting

Sarah and Pat didn't grow up in California, but as soon as they moved here Ocean Beach immediately became their hometown. We walked mere blocks from their adorable loft-style home to the beach and cliffs to take their expecting pictures. Little Sam was born about a week later and will have tons of fun getting to share all of the local sights with them as he grows older. :)

The rich red curtains Sarah that had set up in the baby's room worked as a perfect backdrop for these portraits we did after the beach trip.

Portraits: My cousin Tina

My cousin Tina and I had a blast when she visited from Colorado last month. We did the photo shoot-out at the fair together and a couple of fun beach shoots while she was in town. I liked the way this photo from one of our shoots looked a bit like an old painting. Can't wait until she can visit again next year! :)

Fairy Birthday! June 6th, 2010

Just one photo from a super-cute 1st Birthday party for a little fairy girl. :)

Portraits: Diana and Jonathan Expecting

Here are the rest of the photos from Diana and Jonathan's shoot at the beautiful La Jolla Cove.

Since they had already selected Jonathan Jr. as the name for the baby, of course we had to take the obligatory fun photo at the similarly-named local grocery store. I’m sure there will be several more photos like this as baby Jonathan gets older! :)
We went back to their house afterwards to capture some great studio-style shots.

Anna Expecting: April 8, 2010

I took these photos of Anna 20 days before the arrival of her beautiful baby boy. The excitement and happiness she has surrounding her first child is easy to see, and when her husband Casey joined us later for some couple shots it solidified in my mind how lucky her little boy is to be able to start out his life with such two wonderful people for his parents. :)

Her mom had a giant blue bow and insisted we take a few special pictures for her with it. I think the bow managed to actually be larger than Anna's belly!