Friday, January 18, 2008

Interior by Julia Diamond




Today I was invited to photograph the interior of a beautiful home made all the more beautiful by my friend Julia Diamond http://jdiamondinteriors.com/philosophy.html Julia has a gift of recognizing the right look for any room and today was no exception. Here are three of my favorites from today.

Sunday, December 30, 2007

Jessica & Travis





The last wedding for 2007 was a delightful holiday themed event held at the beautiful United Methodist Church in Simi Valley. Here are a few of my favorite shots from the evening. Congratulations to Travis and Jessica!

Friday, December 21, 2007

Teapot Times Two



I took a couple of shots for Mike Chan Design the other day and here they are. Shooting glass on a white or a black background is tough put they came out pretty good I think.

Los Robles Children's Choir





Last Saturday I had the great pleasure of photographing the Los Robles Children's Choir LRCC at the beautiful California Lutheran University. Donna Young, the extremely talented director, does a wonderful job of leading this group of very talented children is a concert of holiday music. Here are some of my favorite shots.

Sunday, November 18, 2007

The Teapot


The Challenge: Photograph a glass teapot on a black background so that there is little or no unwanted reflections in the glass on the stainless steel tea strainer is clearly visible. The top photograph show the completed photograph and the bottom photograph show the setup. I set the teapot on black valuer and surrounded it with black foam core. I lit the teapot with a softbox positioned above and slightly to the back. Then I positioned a small strobe below the teapot and directly below the camera. I placed a polarizing filter on the camera lens and and apposing filter on the small strobe. This to light the strainer without reflection. The whole set up took about two hours to complete.

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Marylou & John Kozub


I have taken Marylou and John Kozub’s family photographs for years. Now that their children are all grown, they have taken to raising dogs to be trained as Guide Dogs for the Blind. Last weekend I took this photograph of Marylou and John the day before they turned over one of these dogs to complete their training.

Monday, October 22, 2007

October 20th, 2007






Katie and Mitch were GREAT! They had a terrific wedding; Perfect! The big day started at 9:30 a.m. at Salon 805 in Thousand Oaks and then over to the Grand Vista Hotel to photograph the guys. Then it was over to the picturesque Westlake Inn for families and pictures of Katie and Mitch. And then over to the charming Secrete Garden in old town Moorpark. There are so many great photographs. Here are just a few.