Civil Weddings
With such a fine city hall as our, even ‘civil’ wedding are fine art weddings.
Contests
I am really terrible about entering contests but i am making more of any effort this year. It’s something that if i had more time, it would be an enjoyable experiences to go through my work and pick some favorites. alas, time not being on my side, it was a rush job to enter this recent contest hosted by the Artist Wedding Photojournalism. See more of my entries.
Bay to breakers 07
Another successful year with our photo station set up on the sidewalk. fortunately(?), there were so many people running on the sidewalk that a number of them became part of the shoot. You can see more on my blog or view the complete online gallery.
Summertime
Being short helps me get down to their level. Kids are larger than life and should be photographed as so.
boys & girls club
in the midst of all our busyness, i found some time to reminded myself why i took up photography and enjoyed helping a worthwhile non profit while doing what i love. It’s far too easy to forget the why while you’re trying to accomplish the how.
boys & girls club
in the midst of all our busyness, i found some time to reminded myself why i took up photography and enjoyed helping a worthwhile non profit while doing what i love. It’s far too easy to forget the why while you’re trying to accomplish the how.
Young Musicians
The Youth Orchestra celebrated it’s 25th anniversary and ask us to do some portraits their press releases. Even young musicians had busy lives and i only had a few minutes with each of them; such is the nature of ‘celebrity’ portraiture. I tried out a new portable lighting trick – two 580 flashes and an umbrella and i like the results thus far.
Favorite tool of the trade
_after _before With the volume of work they do, while trying to maintain a high standard of artistic expression, i’ve been a big fan of adobe’s recently launched lightroom. It’s an superbly design program that takes the tedium out of working with so many images. I could go on for a couple of hours about it but any one working with a lot of imagery these days should consider downloading it and trying it out.
test shots
We had a big corporate job on alacratz island yesterday and had some fun with our test shots.
Wedding season begins…
The wedding season is also full year here in the bay area and certainly the smart couples do it during off peak season. Personally, I rather photograph them in the off season because the sun is awful in Napa during the summer months ; )