It's been a while... again

I haven't shot much this summer and that makes me really sad.

I've just felt quite uninspired lately. Hopefully when school starts it'll be a bit different...

anyway here's a few pictures of some cute things that i shot when I was up in Wisconsin visiting my family a few months ago.

This family of deer were crossing the bridge. It was so cute. the little deer and their wobbly legs... What you can't see in this picture is there was a woman standing on the bridge about 3 feet away from the family when they walked by. It was a pretty amazing sight.

My cousins kid. He was so into the camera. I would take a picture and he'd be so excited to see it. I love little kids eyes. The irises always look so big compared to the rest of the eye...

Wedding

I shot a small wedding over in Pescadero this weekend.

They'd planned it about 2 months ago and assumed just as everyone else had, that the weather would be, well, sunny at least.

I even drove over there the day before to get some practice shots in so I'd know what the weather would be like...

on Friday it was beautiful! a little cold, but sunny, perfect marriage weather...

On Saturday it rained... not just cats and dogs, but alligators and squirrels and elephants.

We all sat in our cars and waited for the pastor to get there... not 5 minutes after the rain stopped. That didn't keep us (me especially) from getting wet (thankfully I'd worn my old, dirty shoes), but the ceremony was absolutely beautiful. Not only did the rain stop as soon as they started, but the sun started shining through the clouds. I'm a definite believer in signs, and if that wasn't a good sign for their marriage I really don't know what is.

Here's one of the first shots I took, It's not amazing technically, but I just love how the bride looks like she could be Mary Poppins on her wedding day....

It's been a while

The past couple of weeks I haven't done much personal shooting. Been trying to finish up with school and such.

Here's one more sea shot that I did for my portfolio.

Queen of Stone

First shoot of the day started off fairly well. Thanks to Tim and Alex for being so awesome. Thanks to Alex for finding the freakin awesome rock; and to Tim for carrying the chair up and down that awesome rock.Model- Alex Melean

Hair/ MUA- Phi Phi Dihn

Assistant- Timothy Meacham

Styling- Jasmine Duarte and Andrea Henneman

Sea Queen

Of course I had to choose to shoot in half moon bay on the windiest day of the year. Winds were in the upwards ofr 25 MPH. it was cold, and I had to carry that chair on my head down 50 stairs and across a sandy beach. I hope the final results are worth it. :/

Model - Ashley Quick

Hair/MUA - Priscylla Roa

Assistant/stylist- Jasmine Duarte

(sky stock provided by night-fate-stock on deviantart.com [http://night-fate-stock.deviantart.com/] )

Sneak peak at a picture from one of the loooongest days of my life. This isn't done. there's still a few edits i want to do, the background is a little too dark for my taste as well, but I wanted to post something for Alex....MUA and Hair- Phi Phi Dihn.

Model- Alex Melean

Assistant - Timothy Meacham

Styling/ Assistant - Jasmine Duarte

Before and After

I think before and afters are always fun. The before is never that bad, but it's just nice to clean something up, make it even better. As fashion photographers our goal should never be to completely change how a person looks, but just to make them look as good as possible.