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I’m Back!
I haven’t posted anything to this blog in a while, but I swear I have a good excuse! Briana and I got married on July 10th, and then we were on our honeymoon in France. See? I told you there was a good reason.
For the past few months, I’ve been so busy shooting and planning my own wedding that I haven’t had time to post anything to the blog or even update my portfolio. But I’ve got a ton of great new weddings and engagement shoots that I’ll be posting here over the next few weeks.
In the meantime here are some photos from our honeymoon to Paris, the Loire Valley, and Brittany:
Pet Portraits - Bela the dog
My friend Ryan dropped by the studio with his dog, Bela a little while ago. I had the white background up so we did some quick pet portraits.
Bela is an adorable little guy, but he’s also completely deaf. Getting any animal to pose for photos is difficult, but without being able to get their attention by making noises, it’s nearly impossible.
Here’s what we got before Bela decided he didn’t feel like going near the white seamless anymore.
Wedding Photography - Pauny and Raja
I shot Pauny and Raja’s wedding last month. These guys had already been married in another wedding ceremony in India (where Raja is from) and this was the Persian wedding ceremony for Pauny’s family who are based here in the Bay Area. It’s not the first time I’ve seen a couple have more than one ceremony to honor both the bride and the groom’s cultures, although this time they didn’t do three wedding ceremonies on the same day.
On the last wedding I blogged about, I was using more black-and-white, this time I went a step further. I did a mix of color and black-and-white, as well as adding some split toning and other post-processing techniques into the mix. For a long time I always strove for accurate color and a very straightforward documentary style; I think I got a little bored with that, so I went a little more creative with the developing on this set. Luckily the bride and groom LOVED them. I don’t think I’ll go this route with every wedding I shoot, but it’s fun to change things up a bit every once and a while.
Here are some of my favorite shots from Pauny and Raja’s wedding:
Event Photography - EBX Taste For Artisans
I shot the Taste for Artisans Event for the East Bay Express Recently. It was a pretty cool event to photograph; there was a mechanical bull, a pie eating contest, and of course creamed corn wrestling (which it turns out is even more gross than it sounds).
Here are a few of my favorite shots, and a short video of some competitive pie eating:
Heather and Jon - Engagement Photos
Here are some shots from an engagement photo session that I did back in October. We took these at the Botanical Garden in Berkeley’s Tilden Park, which is an amazing location with a lot of variety. Heather and Jon were married in March, and I’ll be posting some of their wedding photos soon. Enjoy!
Open House Photo Booth
We had an open house at the studio last weekend, and I set up a little “photobooth” for the guests. People could wander in and push a button to take their photo. After each shot was taken, the photo would be projected onto the plain white backdrop where it would remain until the next photo was taken.
Everyone who tried it had a blast, and some of the photos are pretty amazing. I love seeing all the different ideas people come up with when given a blank canvas to create something.
I’ll definitely have to do this again.
San Francsicso City Hall Wedding
I shot Junko and Tatsuya’s wedding at San Francisco City Hall last November. A lot of people get married at City Hall, but this couple really had fun with it and made it their own. After the ceremony we took bridal portraits at Crissy Field. This was one of my favorite weddings I’ve shot and the whole thing was over and done in about two hours. Short but sweet!
Engagement Photos - Randall and Jamie
I took these engagement photos with Randall and Jamie back in January. We went up to the hills and shot on Grizzly Peak Road, as well as Tilden Park’s Little Farm.
Multicultural Triple-Wedding Extravaganza
I had the pleasure of photographing Rebecca and Palden’s wedding back in November of 2009. Actually, they had three wedding ceremonies in one day. The bride’s family are from Vietnam, so there was a Vietnamese Buddhist wedding ceremony at her family’s home in the morning. The groom’s father and mother are Tibetan Buddhist and Nepali Hindu respectively. So there were two more ceremonies in the afternoon. All this was followed by a reception at a restaurant.
After all was said and done there were three wedding ceremonies in two different locations, and four wardrobe changes for the bride and groom. It was great to get to see so many different wedding traditions in one day, but it was also pretty exhausting!
Headshots at Tiffany’s
These are some shots from a Breakfast at Tiffany’s themed Quinceañera portrait. It’s great when people bring their own ideas (and props!) to a portrait session.
