Just a little preview of this past weekend’s Yosemite adventure.   This is a long exposure taken at night of Yosemite Falls.  I was there at the same time that a “Super Moon” was showing it’s glory, so there was a  significant amount of ambient light coming from the moon this evening.   Also note that the moon is creating a rare “Moonbow” at the base of the falls.

Tons of amazing images coming, so please enjoy this first one!

What a wonderful time it was spending the afternoon with this awesome couple.   Besides being a great looking couple, they were a ton of fun….joking…..laughing…..just havin’ fun!  I said “Brian, whisper something in her ear”….snap….snap….snap…..*Sarah giggles*…… “What is he whispering in your ear Sarah??”…….”He is making dinosaur noises”….lol

Anyways, always a ton of fun getting to create beautiful images of beautiful people….but especially when they are as fun as Sarah and Brian!

Here are a few of the images from the session.  Enjoy!

I had a awesome time with this incredible couple on Saturday.  We had a blast the entire session.  Here is just a quick peek of the session with Sarah & Brian.

More to come soon!

It’s been a real tough last 3 months of work….brutal, in fact.  So, I’ve decided to discover one of the things dearest to my heart….nature.  It is amazing how much peace I receive from discovering this amazing creation we live in.   I’ve made the goal of experiencing a number of local parks and trails, as well as some major National Parks this year.  Really looking forward to it!

I had the pleasure of going on today’s hike with my good friend Oliver Asis.  We chose to check out the Santa Ysabel Preserve, which is just a beautiful preserve about 50 miles from the San Diego coast.

Here are just a few quick images from today’s fun hike…enjoy!

I had the pleasure of photographing the Grom Bomb Surf Contest for the third year now.   One of the great guys in San Diego, Nate Wells, puts this great event on each year.  There were a ton of great volunteers that helped Nate pull off this extremely organized and fun event.

It’s a special surf contest for the kids (Groms).   A real family affair for sure….

Here are a few of the images I captured yesterday morning….Enjoy!

 

 

 

Our family has a wonderful family tradition of going on one big camping adventure trip each summer.  This book tells the story of our fourth trip like this.  We chose to go to Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park in California this year.  It was a wonderful trip of camping, sitting by the fire, discovering God’s creation, adventure and several experiences with BEARS!  Please enjoy the book of images I captured along the way, as it tells a wonderful story of Love, Family, and of an amazing Creation.

**  Instead of creating the typical blog post with “normal pictures”, I chose to capture the actual Photo Book I created of this trip.   It’s a wonderful 70 page hardbound book, telling the story of our family camping adventure.  To have this is my hands is very special, turning every page slowly…..remembering the moments as if I was there again…..feeling the paper with my fingers, looking forward to the next page.   The same emotion I have when I see a beautiful print….in a beautiful frame….hanging on a wall, making that home so much more beautiful.  So, the next time you only think about having the digital file, so that it can be used for Facebook…..take a moment…..order a book or print….and create a lasting memory.  **

I had a great time doing Grace’s portraits for her Senior session this year.  We had wonderful light walking through the woods outside of Portland, OR.

Here are a few of the images from the session.

Enjoy…

I had a wonderful evening last night having fun with this awesome family.  They are such a kind, happy and fun family.   Jason is the Pastor of Daybreak Church here in North County San Diego, so it was a real privilege for me to be able to photograph his beautiful family.   We ended up choosing the Olivenhain Meeting Hall for the session.  It has such great tones and textures, with all of the old buildings…wood…and trees.

Enjoy the images…..(the last one is my favorite)

 

I had a wonderful evening photographing the girls for holiday photos.   We live near Leo Carrillo Ranch in San Diego,  so it was a close and beautiful location for me  to take some quick shots of the girls.

Whitney, my wife, and two daughters, Darby & Savannah joined my wife’s wonderful mother in the portraits below.  As a photographer. it is always fun to shoot your own family, but especially so, with how beautiful and fun they all are.

Here are a few of the images….

Ok, still having fun, as I try to learn how to create these time lapse videos.   I hope in another year I might start getting good at these!

Here is one I shot this evening from our backyard.   I put together a little more than 2,400 images into a 720p 24 frames/second video.  These are all small JPEG photos, so the resolution is not great (don’t want to burn through a ton of hard drive space until I figure this out).

I enjoyed watching all the planes and helicopters slicing through the San Diego night time sky.  I am guessing most to the flights flying north were heading to LA….with the flights going South heading toward downtown….or maybe an exotic flight going to Bali or Indonesia or Palau…

At around the 40 second mark it looks like there was lightning in the mountains behind us.   Loved the moon glow on the ocean as well….