Chrystal is what?!

Chrystal is pregnant. My dear friend and person I have shoot over and over for the last 3 years. With her I did my first engagement shoot, first wedding, and now first maternity shoot. That's a lot of firsts. I thought long and hard about what I wanted out of the shoot. I wanted it to be fashion. I wanted weird. I wanted a shoot where the belly was just an accesory, not the main focus. But at the end, I did these shots, just for chrystal so that she could have some typical ones thrown in. Here they are:

She's so tiny. hello? Is there a belly there?

She's smelling daisies

"I want to hold her, I want to kiss her." Who would have thought I would actually like some song I heard off some mix that is filled with other awful music?

Friday:
I get these picutures in my head. Of what I want. Of what I would like to see my camera capture. There are times I am right on. And other times I am disappointed. I want to yell at my camera and ask for it to cooperate with what I see. Friday was not one of those times. The whole shoot was inspired by pink eye make sure. It looked fantabulous. There were times when I wished that my camera would have captured it better. But the whole overall look was just great. The girl inadvertantly kind of looked like a zombie, but it totally worked. I mean I do have a thing for zombies. Our little shoot took place in Griffith park, which was filled with mommies, nannies, and people who wore their designer clothes to have coffee and pie at the cafe. The leaves on the trees are starting to think about changing colors so it was really nice scenery. Thanks to Sasha and Teresa for a fabulous shoot!

Today:
Downtown LA. So many shoots in dt lately. This is for once wasn't in the arts district or little tokyo. You mean there are other parts to downtown? Who knew? This was the complete other side. Lots of interesting people. And by interesting, I mean families doing laundry, people hanging out, and men who smell of alcohol stalking me and the model. Haha. You gotta love it. It's just one of those places where you folks you wouldn't see anywhere else. The model and I walked up and down diff streets, doing life style/editorial stuff. Just using our surroundings like bus bences, newspaper stands, and chairs on the side of the road. I think we got some great shots and it gave me a chance to do some of that addicting black and white photography that I love so much.

I can smell my food cooking. So I think it's a sign that it's time to end this little post. I have more shoots in the works. So until next time. =0) "I'm gonna take her for a ride on a big jet plane."

kiara

Kind of a Victoria's secret type of shoot. 100% natural light. Did the shoot at my dad's house. Not bad I say. Model: Kiara. Wardrobe: Regina Moretto MUA: Lyzadora.

Bk/Chelsea

For those of you who don't know, I did a shoot last weekend with the lead singer of Beverly Kills, Robyn Troup. The shoot took place in the Art's District. I've shot there alot in the past. There is just so much wall art around there. The crappy thing, was the bike police who told us we needed a permit. Argh. But hey, he told us we had 30 mins to shoot, 30 mins turned into over an hour, but hey, who was counting? Haha. This is a little behind the scenes shot. I like it b/c they just looked so cool walking down the street.


So this is Gbemi. We did a super quick shoot while I was in Houston. It was over 100 degrees, humid, and I thought i would die of heat exhaustion. Needless to say, I wasn't at my best. But we still got a few good shots, and that's all I ever ask for. I apparently liked the photos where she was looking over her shoulder.

The art district

What a make up artist and manager do while I'm taking photos.

By the way, when did cops on bicycles have the authority to tell you not to shoot? The minute you got on the bike is the minute I lost respect.

What would Stevie do? - The photos

What would Stevie do? Stevie is a music icon and Ms. Vanessa thinks he's the bomb. On our trek to figuring out if Stevie would be a secret agent, climb fences, or just sit on his patio singing a tune, we emulated the question no one had an answer to, what would Stevie do.

Vanessa loves to sing, and do her little dances. Vanessa is the keyboardist and back up singer to the band Maniac. You should check them out, http://www.maniacmania.com/. She is also presently writing her own solo stuff and hopefully it'll be released in the next few months.

Back to day 1

On my drive to work this morning, while watching the mountains pass me by, I was thinking about some of my first photo shoots. My very first shoot ever was with my friend, Liz. I had finally decided that I was going to stop saying I want to take photos and actually do it. So I spent more money than I had and bought me my first semi-professional camera. I gathered all of my guts, b/c back then, I wasn't used to just asking random people to shoot, and I asked her to shoot. And to my surprise, she said yes. A few days later, we met at this park by her house for the shoot. I barely even knew how to use the camera back then. I tried to pose her and she tried to pose herself, and we clicked away. Now today, 3 years and 10 months later, if we met at that same park, we would get a completely different outcome. In some ways, it's nice, to be past that beginning phase. I've done tons of shoots. I've been lucky and have been able to gain a lot of experience. Everyday I am still learning. I still make mistakes. The hardest part is moving past those mistakes and the thoughts in my head, to learn and move forward. I just wanted to thank all of you guys out there who have shot with me and given me the chance to do one of the things I love best, which is photography. So thank you! Here's to many more years of capturing moments with my camera. I will get into editing mode this weekend and edit lots of photos. So be on the lookout for some new work being posted.