Today we shot the CMO Summit at the Four Seasons Hotel and there were a lot of great presentations and panelists discussing various trends in marketing and what works and doesn’t work. At the end of the event, Yahoo! sponsored the Big Idea Chair Awards and they gave away these tiny versions of the chair which in this shot make your mobile device look gargantuan…

it’s been a while since i shot a wedding at city hall but i had forgotten how beautiful the venue was. I simply love the gorgeous light there, among many other beautiful backgrounds.

My first wedding of the season was Julia and Jay’s and it ended in perfect fashion.

i had the pleasure of photographing some excellent jewels on even more excellent models this past weekend. the shoot came together last minute but there was still some decent results from it. Some of my photography will probably appear on her website at some point. Hopefully, she will sell a lot of jewelery and we can have even more fun next time.

it’s always nice to wrap up the wedding season with a wonderful and fun couple such as i had this weekend. it’s always a big risk with the weather during off season weddings but the weather couldn’t get any better for a brisk afternoon. the wedding happen to be in berkeley where there were a bit more trees and it reminded me of the fall when i used to live back in the east coast. as the [...]

Since we all have to begin somewhere, it was interesting working with less experience models. given my tendency towards a photojournalist approach, it was quite different to constantly direct or confirm the model’s expression. regardless, there is still that decisive moment that i see when i am working in this formal context.

I am finally beginning to take advantage of our studio space with some test work with a new fashion designer, alaya. Her website isn’t up yet but it should be an interesting fusion of indian and modern references. We’re going to be putting up our fashion work over the next couple of quarters so expect more studio work from me

once one can be become intimate without being transparent, than half of the battle has been won.