Off to New Zealand

Be right back;)

stephanie and greg | callaway winery

She held the cabernet up to the light, slowly swirling the glass as she prepared to taste her second varietal. That’s when she noticed Greg pounding his fifth glass, looking far too anxious for a man in the midst of a wine tour. She followed him outside as the rest of the tour [...]

peggy & narong | engagement

Peggy and Narong spent an impossibly gorgeous Sunday afternoon in Pasadena with us for an engagement photography session ahead of their upcoming wedding this March.  We kicked things off with a Polaroid to memorialize the most beautiful day I can ever remember.  Stylish couple and a crisp blue sky, what more could we ask for?

After [...]

Ashbourne Drive

One day it just happens. You wake up and your little girl is all grown up. Kira was by far the snuggliest of our four children, I fondly remember her rythmic breathing as she slept sprawled across my chest. She didn’t so much walk when she was a toddler but hop here [...]

Lake Arrowhead | Dawson Family

A rare opportunity to shoot in the snow. I so want to shoot a wedding someplace like Sundance in the winter! One of the great advantages of shooting film is the latitude it has, digital had a tendency to blow out the whites to capture detail in black. I love the natural [...]

boys

I still remember the first friend I made when I moved to America. His name was Kyle Kovaks and we shared matching bowl cuts and an addiction to all things Star Wars. There is a sweetness and joy in boys this age borne out of limitless possibility and perceived immortality, may time slow [...]

Venues We Love, Chapter 1: Marvimon House

Last year I met Loop Haro of TACT Event Management while shooting a wedding at the Pasadena Museum of Contemporary Art.  At the time Loop was representing the Marvimon House and he agreed to show me around the venue.  I was blown away and thanks to Marvimon’s current representative (Loop’s gorgeous wife Kara) I was [...]

Fall

Another outtake from the commercial shoot from a few weeks back in Malibu.

Friends | FIND

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art… It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. C. S. Lewis
Here’s to one of my newest friends, the ever talented Jonathan Canlas.  I took these pictures at his mind shatteringly awesome Film Is Not Dead Workshop.  I actually met [...]