April 23rd, 2012
Over the past month, I’ve been up to Tahoe, celebrated Easter, started escrow on a house, found my wife’s stolen car, and celebrated 27 years of God-given life on Earth. It’s been a busy month, but that didn’t keep me and some friends from having a good time and doing a few photography sessions.
With family getting together for Easter, we saw it as a great opportunity to give Sailor some face-time in front of my lens. Sailor, if you haven’t met him, is a bulldog. One who tends to get a ton of attention on Facebook and I’m sure will end up with his own page soon. As more and more people are seeing their pets as children, it’s only fitting that they get their own portrait sessions, right? Well, Sailor’s chance came up during Easter and is an amazingly photogenic dog. His buddy Daisy decided to have some pictures done up as well.
Along with experiencing a completely new genre in the animal kingdom, I also got to try out a style of photography I’ve been itching to do. The style is called “Film Noir” and it’s characteristic of 1940s and 1950s cinematography. A modern example of Film Noir would be the movie Sin City. My wife, her sister’s husband, and my brother’s wife volunteered to be our models and I loved the results! Greyson Collins and his wife joined us as well, it was a lot of fun. While some of the shots aren’t the classic Film Noir, they are definitely inspired by the particular lighting style.
So, if you haven’t gotten an idea yet of what I did this last month, take a look! As always, you can check out what I’m up to on my Facebook page as well.
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March 17th, 2012
I’ve been on a blog hiatus recently, but that doesn’t mean that nothing’s been going on! I have done a few shoots since my last post, but have been tremendously preoccupied with life. Over the last few weeks, my brother-in-law (14 years old) had major surgery after his appendix ruptured. Thank God that he is healthy and fully recovered now. He cannot wait to start playing hockey again. After that, our car got stolen among 21 other cars in the last 30 days here in Chico! Even with everything else going on, my wife and I were still able to join Arean & Leigha on the biggest day of their lives up in Lake Tahoe. It was awesome being able to not only hang out with a great couple and friends, but have the honor of capturing their special day.
If you don’t remember Arean & Leigha, I did their engagement shoot about 7 months ago. You can find their engagement photos here. Their love was even stronger for each other on their wedding day. They both are so hopelessly in love with each other and such an amazing pair! When Arean was asked the one thing that summed them up as a couple, he replied “I calm her down and she makes me interesting.” This really sums up the two of them perfectly. They are a very adventurous, fun couple and aren’t afraid to show it to both each other and friends. I loved getting to know these two better and become a part of their lives as they are one of the kindest and most generous couples I’ve ever met. May God bless your family and your relationship in the years to come.
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March 2nd, 2012
Happy Friday everyone! My body apparently doesn’t like leap years, because February 29th gave me a cold. The good side, though, is that I had free time which allowed me to get all of Daniel and Emily’s wedding pictures done early and finally reveal some photographs from their day together.
For all you that know Daniel & Emily, you know that they are a truly unique couple and totally 100% made for each other. You can easily see the joy and happiness that they genuinely have for each other. You can’t tell from the pictures, but when Daniel saw Emily for the first time, he was literally jumping up and down. It was a very special moment and I was so blessed to be a small part of it.
Daniel and Emily, thank you for allowing me to be part of your day together.
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February 3rd, 2012
A couple weeks ago, I had the honor of working with TC Sargeant and getting some professional band photographs for promotional materials. The lead for the band, Trent Smith, is a personal friend and we (My Wife and I) actually did our pre-marital counseling with him and his wife. Listening to his latest work, we gathered a sense of what he was looking for as the end product. I think we accomplished what he was looking for and eventually the photos appeared on his Facebook bandpage, so it appears we successfully got the mood of his work. If you like/love music (And who doesn’t?), you HAVE to check out his page. He is an amazingly talented musician and he will go very far! You can check out his Facebook bandpage here and his latest music video here (Props to Vesely Video Production for the awesome video!). Once you’re done checking out TC Sargeant, you can view the promotional shots that we’re done for them right here!
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December 13th, 2011
This last weekend, I got to hang out and have some fun with two seniors that have grown up together. They both are so similar yet so different. These two had me all over the place which gave me that unique perspective and produced some creative shots. They are both avid musicians and wanted to incorporate their music into their shoot. At the very end, I got a unique experience as they set up for a outdoor concert in a field, which gave me some cool and fun shots. Here’s Daniel and Dave:
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October 27th, 2011
A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of taking Morgann Bedsaul’s senior portaits and now my cousin’s, Katie Vesely! It’s kind of cool taking photographs of your family and being chosen to do so.
Since I’ve known Katie for quite a long time, we mixed it up a little bit in the session, getting some cool shots as well as some playful ones. Some of them are quirky whereas others look like a cover for an album. We also got some of her playing the Piano, one of her favorite pastimes. If you know me, you know that I love to mix things up and get out of my comfort zone. I feel like I got out of mine and so did Katie. She never got senior portraits taken so we did a belated portrait session. I’ll go for anything that gets me outside and taking pictures. Anyways, without further ado, here’s Katie Vesely’s senior portraits.
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October 9th, 2011
Last week I had the privilege of joining McFadden Studios as a second shooter at Vince & Shannon’s wedding. Their wedding was one that I will definitely remember for a long time. Not just because of their beautiful wedding in the Botanical Gardens in Fort Bragg, CA, but because it rained pretty hard during the ceremony. All of our gear/clothes were soaked…not to mention the bride/bridesmaids’ hair and dresses! They all were still as happy as can be and the wedding was amazing! Before the wedding, Vince & Shannon had their first look at each other out on the bluffs, which was awesome. They then had their reception at Eagle’s Hall. It was a very fun time, especially with the rain. I always like challenges and the rain actually proved to be helpful in many of the pictures as well! Vince & Shannon, it was great to get to know both of you and your families. Thank you for welcoming me in joining in your celebration!
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October 3rd, 2011
This weekend I had the privilege of taking Morgann Bedsaul’s senior portraits. Not only is she a senior this year and graduating, but she’s also my sister-in-law. She is ending her high school career at Champion Christian School and then plans to go to nursing school after graduation. In her first year at Champion Christian as a new senior, she got elected as Homecoming Princess! So awesome! When taking her portraits, it was fun being able to get to see a side of her that I haven’t gotten to see before. I think we (mostly Morgann) created some fantastic shots. Here are the ones that I love the most:
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September 3rd, 2011
So, Whitney and I hiked Half Dome this last Sunday…man, are we sore! It’s been several years since my last trip up there and her first time. If you’ve never climbed Half Dome, it’s about a 19 mile journey and is a brutal hike, especially once you get to the top after climbing 4800 ft. in elevation. Needless to say, it was hard to walk at the beginning of this week!
This didn’t end up stopping me from being able to participate in an awesome family portrait session this week. It was 4 different families for a total of 8 parents and 6 children! Talk about coordination! These kids were so much fun though and didn’t complain one bit. Granted, they got to take some pictures with my camera and play with some of my lighting equipment, but they really enjoyed being in the pictures and showing off their adorable, quirky personalities. I got the opportunity to take some shots of the adult couples as well; I am thrilled with the results and cannot wait to get them all the pictures. Until then, here are some of my favorite shots!
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July 15th, 2011
Recovering from surgery on Thursday (Wisdom Teeth), I thought this would be a great opportunity to catch up on some past projects that I hadn’t edited yet. Thankfully, my brain is still functioning and I have a somewhat clear mind even with all the meds. The pain has been tolerable as well. So, hopefully I wasn’t too off in my editing and choice of photos for this shoot.
This shoot was done in May (Yeah…just a bit behind on getting my projects done) for Orange Floor Studio and their client Artist Series Guitar. This was a cool, laid back shoot with one of the artists from Orange Floor Studios where we just got to talk, relax, chill, drink beer – oh – and get some great photos of their client’s awesome guitar!
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