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Had a day with Amanda and Mike going from my studio to Claremont Colleges to Mt. Baldy and ending at Ontario Airport.
Today was an interesting day. Labor day weekend, is a relaxed weekend, people get away.
We planned this portrait session specially for this day.
If you haven’t been to the Pomona Colleges, you know it has that east coast feel.
We tried our best to avoid beaches and such… so we headed to school but oh no, school was in session!
WTF?! Yes, we had students and now that I think about it, we should had some of them in the shots but this wasn’t that type of shoot.
When we get to Mt. Baldy, we basically get escorted off once we get to our location. The Angeles Fire was just over the mountain.
With the old Guasti area closed down, we ended up on the airport bridge but not before we had lunch at Baker’s with the love couple!
Ill try to post pics once my assistant Matt gets them to me.











The beautiful make up and hair was done by Diana. email me for information:

Janet is finally engaged! Yay!
Seriously, we are all so happy for this couple.
When I first met Brian, I didn’t know if he was going to be a nice guy with his clean shaven look.
I met him a few times before but never got to sit and talk with him.
Today… I learned that Brian is a down to earth guy, I mean I heard him say the “F” word! Oh my!
I am down for a guy who keeps it real…!
Janet is a sister of my sister’s friend from FIDM.
With all of us waiting tirelessly, we knew this day would come.
September 18th, 2009! They wed!






So Buggy is a young model/actress who we meet on Model Mayhem (http://www.modelmayhem.com).
Getting a shoot done in late June is extremely difficult as the sun is bearing down its hot heat rays from the get-go.

We were originally going to shoot at a kid’s park but that end up being tough as we had a 3 year old child running all over the playground and with Buggy dressed the way she was, we were definitely getting odd looks.

With Buggy suggestion, we found an open field that I wasn’t so fond of but end up shooting next to this large rusted tank.

Here are some test shots:

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We were fortunate enough to get access to the Seal Beach Navy Base and we had a few hours to get some really cool shots.

I didn’t really have an agenda when I got there. I wanted a really great environmental portrait but got these instead….

Mehul is an aspiring model who hit me up for a photoshoot 3 months ago.
We were lucky enough to find some time to shoot this past week.

We were lucky enough to find a great spot when our neighbors were going through a renovation process.

I was looking to shoot someone with some unique wardrobe and a cool talent and that is exactly what I got.

Here are my two favorite from the day.

Today Methuselah and I made are way out to Burbank where we met a couple of models and Jillz for a shoot at MUDD.

Reanna is a model that I met on Model Mayhem. She sent me a PM and said that she would like to work with me. Funny thing is, I was going to email her that same day. A friend of mine from college said she had a friend and we could probably be an interesting fit. Reanna ended up being that friend. Life is just too funny!

Today was just a test shoot and we plan on shooting again.

 

Here is on of Nazy, a friend of Jillz. Once again, cause short on time, I was not able to process any more of her 115 shots. One day I’ll get to it….

 

 

Planning a shoot is not easy. It takes a lot of communication from the models, make up artists, hair stylists, photographers, etc….

We decided to shoot a young and very talented model named Lyz Harris. Usually when I plan these things, I have something in mind already. This was not one of those shoots.

I talked to Lyz the night before about her wardrobe and we were able to get something that was interesting.

Once Jill (make up artist and hair stylist: double threat! Make up by Jillz) got done with Lyz, we headed towards the mountain. I didnt have a spot in mind so I stopped at a spot that I have been to a few times and it ended up being the perfect spot.

Check out the shots from the day: