Scott - Lead Singer and All Around Badass

Behind the Scenes

On Sunday, I had the wonderful help of two assistants.  One of them took some behind the scenes photos to show some of the action.

I started the shoot with Jet West at their manager's house in front of some life size art.

Soon after we moved to Sunset Cliffs at the bands' favorite surf spot.  If was quite an adventure to climb down the cliff with all the gear (especially the part where we had to rappel down a rope).  Holly did their makeup as usual.  She the best makeup artist I know.

The sunset was awesome.  There were two flat rocks out in the near part of the coast line.  The tide was coming in quick, but I was able to get out to one and the band on the other for some great shots.

Stay tuned for a few of the final images.

Brenna's Wedding - Wedding Photography

On Feb 28, Brenna took her husband's hand and jumped into the next step of their lives. Their new journey begins in upstate New York, 3000 miles away.  The wedding was held at a winery just outside Yosemite.  They got married in a cave underground.  Here are a few of my favories.

Jet West Band Headshots

Jet West headlined at Winston's last Friday (March 5th). I had the privilege to photograph them for a set of headshots, group shots at the venue, and some live performance on stage. Here's the first photo I've finished of Derek, their Drummer. Let's just say they made my job easy!

Please respect the copyright.

I met Chris Warner, one of the band's guitarists and singers, on a cruise to the Mexican Riviera. I was talking with one of my girlfriends in the atrium listening to band play, and Chris jumped up on stage and started jamming with the band for about an hour. I have to say I was impressed.

They are in the middle of recording their first album and will be shooting their first music video coming up here in two weeks.

Hula Moves for All Abilities - Event Photography

I can't say this enough! Jen from Hula Moves is one of the most giving, positive, AMAZING people I know. On Feb 5th, she put on a charity event for the disabled community of San Diego County down at the War Memorial Building. Although the weather was dark and gloomy outside, you stepped into the gymnasium, and you couldn't help but smile at her amazing energy. She led two groups (teens and adults) in a hula dance with the help of Amy, one of Jen's good friends.


Amy has been in a wheel chair almost all her life, but she has never let that hold her back in anything she does. The pair brought the house down. They performed "Tiny Bubbles" in a much appreciated encore. Here are just a few pics from the event.

PMA 2010 - Spiderman Stole the Show - Event Photography and Photobooth

At PMA 2010, HP set up a mock-store for customers to come in a print photo enlargements, collages, calendars, and photobooks. The also had a red carpet area for customers to pose with Batman, Spiderman, George Parros (Anaheim Ducks hockey star), and Spongebob.

On Day one, the photographers at the booth were using point and shoots. HP printers can print such BETTER photos than little cameras can even take. Towards the end of Day 1, I made some friends with a lighting vendor down the way, and by the start of Day 2, we had a pro setup from lighting to lenses and customers were printing amazing photos!!! Spiderman was so animated, he stole the show!

PMA was really small this year, downsized from the Vegas convention hall it had always been in. The number of people were even fewer, however, we managed to stay very busy. The booth had a great concept and was very interactive.

Thanksgiving

My extended family came to visit San Diego for Thanksgiving. We rented a HUGE AMAZING house in La Jolla and had a blast. Here's a few quick pre-dinner shots :)

After looking at the last few posts that were actally taken a year apart, I'm beginning to think that I love stone walls + seniors. For some reason it's a great background that's not too plain, but not too distracting. The tones also complement the skin :)

Tuxedo Kitty

This little one is always ready for a Black Tie Affair.

Hula Moves Event

Jennifer Adams is one of the most positive and inspirational women I know. She has a passion for Hula owns a company called Hula Moves. She hosted a charity event in November to inspire women to lead healthy lives.


The event started with juicing and a relaxing yoga class.

Jen's brother is a massage therapist and was offerring free shoulder sessions.

Some of the other Hula dancers brought hand made lei's to sell for the charity.
I liked Jen's fitness classes so much I now go every Tuesday! I don't think I could make it through such a hard core aerobics classes without her positivity and motivation! She's amazing!

Halloween Cuties

Happy Halloween! This Cutie Patutie is now 6 mo old.
Little Nathan is always so happy!

Dance Off

At our housewarming party, we had a few really good dancers. All of the sudden there was a dance off in the middle of my living room. I ran upstairs to grab my camera and took this looking down from the stairs. I wish I would have grabbed it sooner! He did some sick tricks!

New Beginnings

Nathan is the cutest, most well behaved baby I know. I've been photographing him and his family about every 1-3 months as he's grown up. These are from the second shoot when he was 3 months old. I've already tried to bribe his mother to "make" another one for me ;) but to no avail.

Passion on the Dance Floor

I was with another photographer shooting some dance team photos, and I found out that many of the dancers were real life couples. I LOVE doing passion shoots, and these two were putty in my hands. Audra is soooo photogenic, it's hard to put her in a bad position. Once I talked them through a few shots to get them comfortable in front of the camera, they just blossomed into amazing models right before my eyes. I can't wait to shoot them again. (Such a shame Brandon is busy jumping out of airplanes on the weekends!).

Center of Attention

Shortly after Nina's Diva shoot, she asked me to shoot some at her Birthday Party with all the closest girls. It kind of looks like a Bachelorette Party :) Nina has a great group of girlfriends and she's always the life of the party!

Diva

I took this photo in her entry way at her house, originally as a gift for her boyfriend. Her bf made it his computer background and all his friends asked him what up and coming actress it was. He played along for a while, then dusted the dirt off his shoulder and "actually that's my girlfriend." She's quite the diva :)

A Senior Close to my Heart

Brittany came over about two hours before sunset, and we scrambled to find the right outfits and do her makeup.

We decided on two looks, one here mom would like :) and one that showed her true personality. Once her makeup was done, we did some shots near the stone work in my apt, then headed over to the school accross the street.

As we were coming back, the sun was setting and the light was AMAZING! It made the neutral toned stucko glow!