January 4th, 2012: Last week I got a Facebook message from Randy (who I hiked the Lost Coast with in 2009) and he was coming into town and wanted to spend an afternoon taking some photos, hanging out and grabbing a beer. I was quick to accept and we met up down by Manhattan Beach [...]
December 19th, 2011: Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without making sure we got put on the naughty list (or at least the moderate-troublemaking list), so for our 5th year straight we rallied the Santa’s and headed off to Pasadena for another evening of Holiday celebrations. As we’ve done for the past half decade, we drank slightly [...]
October 19th, 2011: A couple weeks ago my mother was able to pull the entire family together in one spot for an afternoon picnic (minus my youngest brother, who came down with adult chicken pox – sucks for him). Me, finally able to relax under a giant oak tree drinking red wine, could barely be [...]
September 27th 2011: Earlier this month, Felicia and I drove our little car up north to Napa for Pete & Cindy’s destination wedding at The Chardonnay Golf Club (speaking of driving, I’m disappointed we only clocked 36.25MPG on that long drive). It was a beautiful day for a wedding, a surprising reprieve from the heat [...]
September 7th, 2011: About a year ago, I was sitting around narcissistically Google-ing myself when I came across the first photo above of Robert C. Paetz + Mother, dated 1923 being sold for $12 by a man named Paul in Northern California. I quickly did the math and figured it was my 93 year old [...]
August 18th, 2011: Over the course of the year, we’ve shot two engagement sessions for Dom & Lisette, and both times, they let their personalities shine through: Night-time shoot with lightsabers? Check. Hiking into the woods dressed in Batman and Superman tees? Check. So how can you expect their wedding day to be any less [...]
August 17th 2011: Before I met Felicia and she beat me into submission to force an honest man out of me (she tries, but I doubt she’s succeeding…), I was fresh out of college, bartending, and being my raucous, rambunctious self. During those crazy years, I had a bunch of bar regulars, some of whom [...]
July 28th, 2011: Christine and Scott tied the knot last month with an intimate ceremony of 23 guests in Beverly Hills, at Franklin Canyon Park. Everything about the day went perfect due to Christine’s exacting plans, and I couldn’t have asked for a better way to spend a Saturday than wandering the park with this [...]
May 31st, 2011: Liz & Brent came recommended to us last year from John (who is one of their co-workers), shortly after his and Nathasha’s wedding. We had a great time shooting their after-dark engagement session in downtown LA last November, and before we know it, it was time for their wedding – one of [...]
May 26th, 2011: My Dad is a dedicated skier, and when he started to arrange a mid-week Mammoth trip for himself and his 3 sons, I was instantly in. Unfortunately our middle brother, Matt, wasn’t available so instead I was allowed to bring along the wifey. We had spectacular spring riding conditions and [...]
