Julia

Over the weekend I had the pleasure of photographing my friend Julia. She is one of those stylish girls that is always wearing something new and trendy. I knew she would be fun to photograph and give me the type of images I wanted. When I got to her house she had an outfit concept and we went with it. Giraffes. She got her giraffe tights and made an outfit based around that. Her second outfit was more vintage.

I decide to make most the giraffe-themed images black and white because the first image reminded my of the wildlife photographer Nick Brandt. He takes amazing images of the wild and they are all b&w, so I wanted to follow. I felt the b&w also reflected the dry tone of the desert typical to the environments of giraffes.

The last image was created during the second part of the shoot. At this point we had little-to-no light, yet I wanted to capture the natural colors of the light while using my external flash. My solution was to slower my shutter speed with an increased aperture and lower ISO with a rear-synced flash to get what I wanted.

Julia leaves to college tomorrow and I want to wish her the best of luck!

New York Moments

Last week I had the opportunity to go the Big Apple for my first time. During this trip I felt very selective on what I wanted to photograph. At certain moments I did not want to take any photos because I felt it was important to enjoy the moment as it was, without any interferences. This was a strange feeling because I usually feel obligated to make images since I am a photographers... It's in me. So I practiced enjoying the scenery completely and when I knew an image was worth making, I whipped out my camera that I've rarely been apart from. Below are a few moments captured in New York.

In the background is construction for Ground Zero.

Couldn't help including this image of Naked Cowboy. 

The Scholls'

Today I wanted to share a few photos of the Scholls'. I've had the privilege to photograph the couple over the last 8 months. I met them through a friend and have been photographing them since. The most recent time was at their wedding at the Tamaya. They have been a great couple to work with because it is obvious that they are in love and dedicated to each other, making my job easy as the photographer. 

On a technical note, all images except the last two were developed in CS5's raw converter. The others were done in Adobe Lightroom, which I am starting to like more than previously.

Congratulations to Scholl & Carissa!