A Frustrating Thanksgiving

November 30th, 2010: Now, my Thanksgiving started out pretty solid.  Felicia and I drove a traffic-less 70 miles from our house in Burbank to meet up with the rest of the family for a little holiday photo session in Riverside.   Any day that starts off with pictures and family is a good one, and [...]

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Ramona & Hermosa

November 24th, 2010: We set out with the goal of a pleasant afternoon shoot with Ramona at/around Hermosa Beach, too bad for us Ramona wasn’t in the mood to be very far from her mother, Jen. In my life as a photographer, this is far from a tragedy – things change all the time – [...]

A Nightmare Engagement Session

November 19th, 2010: Jamie and Pat are HUGE Nightmare on Elm Street fans, and when I asked where they would like their engagement session to take place, right away they knew they wanted it at the Nightmare house in Hollywood.   The house is absolutely adorable, and I would have loved to shoot on the [...]

Anthony + Yenny

November 9th, 2010: Rings on pair of Nastar – delicious Indonesian Pineapple Tarts!  I was offered one and ended up slowly stuffing my face with their deliciousness. Deviously delicious little morsels of delectable-ness!  (Did I overuse the D’s?) Anthony & Yenny are an Indonesian-Chinese couple who have also made the move across the Pacific and [...]

Dave + Jenn: Hollywood-worthy Glamor

November 4th, 2010: When I spoke to Dave & Jenn about the engagement pictures, they decided that they wanted a shoot with interesting architecture, something uncommon, something glamorous. So I suggested that they head out from the OC to the Big City, and unfortunately they also encountered severe Big City traffic, even on a Saturday. [...]

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Liz + Brent: A Night on the ‘Town

November 1st, 2010: Ah, Los Angeles. A city that can go by many names: City of Angels, City of Perpetual Traffic Congestion, and for me, City for Awesome Photos. Liz & Brent are co-workers of John, whose wedding we photographed in summer, and they  were quite enamored by photos with the LA skyline glowing in [...]