Photo Fun???

So on Saturday afternoon I took a photo field trip out to the Monitor pass area, which is pretty much out in middle of nowhere. I’ve ridden by road bike up the pass a couple of times and during one of these trips I noticed this crazy old rusted thing off the side of the road down in a canyon. So I finally went back to see what it was and take some photos. The thing was a Pennsylvania crusher from the Pennsylvania Crusher Company. I looked it up online and it’s a rock-crushing machine. That area is an old mining area, so who knows how old and how long its been out there. I trucked out my strobe kit to play around with some lighting. It was fun but hiking with a 25pound backpack and then carrying around 50 pounds of lighting gear is not so fun. After this I went up to Heenan Lake, which is almost at the top of Monitor pass to take some photos of the old dam house. It was really scary going out onto the old walkway with my gear and being over the water at the same time. Ok enough writing, so here are the photos.





I photoshoped the lights out of this pic

I had to take a goofy self portrait since I had my sweet lights up




These last two are taken with no strobes


This shot was taken on Friday at Woods Lake.

Cami & Ed

On Saturday I photographed Cami and Ed’s wedding up at the The Ridge Resort. Cami and the girls started the day out at Sessions Salon getting their hair all done up. They were going to have the ceremony outside but it was too windy, so it ended up being inside. They were such troopers about and the day still turned out great. With the wind gods watching we were able to go outside and get some photos. Even though the winds were calm it was super cold. I think it was somewhere around 29 degrees. Have a great time on your Honeymoon Cami and Ed. Click here for the slideshow.

Sitting in the cold dark night

On Wednesday I went down to the lake shore to get some photos after the sun had set and do some night exposures. I just got a new tilt/shift lens for my camera, which for you non photo geeks it's a lens thats like a 4x5 camera with the tilt/shift movements hense the name. So I used that on most the photos so I could select the plan of foucs. It was super cold it had just got done snowing that afternoon. I wanted to get some cool night shots with the clouds moving, but after sitting in the dark and cold for about 1/2 hour and not that many clouds moving towards my part of the lake I finally went home to get warm.




This one was taken right when it started to get dark that's why there's still the orange glow.

This photo was taken in the complete dark and the exposure was 30 seconds

Flower Girl

So I forgot to post this photo with Jen and Tim's wedding post. I was photographing the ceremony and had just got done taking some photos and still hand my eye up to the camera. When out of the corner of my other eye I saw the flower girl start to fumble around with the brides bouquet. So then I just strated to shoot like crazy knowing the monment might pass me by. After it was all over no one really noticed what she did and I got the shot. If you click on the photo to make it bigger you can see the look of terror on her face.

Jill & Ben Engagement

On Monday I had the pleasure of photographing Jill and Ben’s Engagement session over at Valhalla. It was one of those crisp fall afternoons here in Tahoe. I had a blast shooting with them. I know I say that a lot but I’m not lying I love my job and enjoy every minute that I’m out shooting. Jill & Ben’s wedding is in June over at Edgewood, which I know will turn out to be a fantastic day. Click here to see the slideshow.

Brandi & Josh Engagement

Right before I left Santa Barbara I photographed Brandi and Josh’s engagement shoot. It was super fun and we shot the session on the other side of their street, which is a park and then the beach. The whole time they were smiling and laughing, which made for some great photos. Their dog Daisy came along too to join in on the fun. I can’t wait to shoot their wedding in January at the Firestone Vineyard.
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Jennifer & Tim

Last Saturday I photographed Jennifer and Tim’s beautiful wedding in Santa Barbara. Jennifer and Tim decided to see each other before the wedding so they could get some pictures taken at a friends house which is right on the beach. I’m glad they made this choice because the location was off the hook!!! The ceremony was held at Elings Park, which was also a beautiful spot, with views of the ocean and Santa Barbara. They shared this prefect Santa Barbara day with their close friends and family. And I was honored to be apart of it. Best wishes Jennifer and Tim. Click here to see the slideshow.