Emily and her family drove all the way out from Hollister for her senior portrait session at Panther Beach. She looked striking in her bold blue dress and yellow belt, and posed to take on the world. For once, Panther was not windy, and Emily’s hair will be forever grateful. Since the tide was coming […]
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It was a beautiful morning at Capitola Beach, we practically had the ocean to ourselves for this precious maternity photography session with Casandra, Roland and their pup “Hercules.” The Captila wharf/pier is an excellent location for portraits, and I almost always start sessions there. The wooden columns make for interesting dynamic elements to the compositions, […]
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Dominique is updating her company’s website, and one of the highlights of the redesign is a prominent panoramic-format slideshow to show off Body in Motion’s studio space and services. She’s got some amazing talent on staff, so we spent a couple hours today photographing all the things they offer. I must say it was more […]
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Peggy decided to get her staff group photo taken by a professional this year, and knew of me because I photographed her friend’s wedding last year. The goal for the shoot was to get one big shot of all the staff – about 30 individuals. I knew that would only take a couple minutes to […]
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For the last couple of years I’ve donated my time photographing the Okizu Foundation’s annual fundraiser to help children affected by cancer. The goal is to send as many kids as possible to week-long camps in Northern California where they are free to drop their guards, be themselves, make friends and have a blast. This […]
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As awesome as it is to have a new baby in the house, there’s something to be said for the almost-year that precedes the little person’s arrival. The woman’s body is an amazing vessel, and it always blows my mind that it just knows how to change to accommodate the new human growing within. I […]
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Hidden Beach Park is a special place for this family, being close to home and an easy place to take the kids. There’s a big grass field and playground near the parking lot, and it’s a quick walk from there through some towering sycamores to reach the beach. For this particular family photo session, we […]
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Great family portraits are awesome to hang on the wall. But sometimes, there’s just too many good ones to choose from – or more likely, simply not enough wall-space available for prints. In those cases, I recommend my clients invest in custom-designed albums that tell the story of their fun photo shoot with GoodEye Photography […]
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I was contacted by the publisher of Where to Retire magazine to photograph Pacific Grove Mayor Bill Kampe and his wife Cheryl – possibly for the cover of the publication. I met up with the down-to-earth, friendly couple on Lighthouse Ave. in the heart of downtown Pacific Grove this afternoon. One of the many requirements from the […]
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Victor needed some new business cards, so he thought it was a good time to update his portrait as well. Well dressed in his suit, we met for some semi-casual portraits at Ocean View Park in Santa Cruz. We took a variety of shots – close in to full body – at several locations around […]
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Jenny is opening her own Pilates studio in Los Gatos, so she had a specific vision for the hero images that would appear on her website homepage when she contacted me. She wanted a clean, white background shot at a low perspective for the photos of herself during different Pilates poses – with and without some basic equipment. As […]
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This is a multi-family photo shoot at Westlake Park in Santa Cruz – really adorable brothers and their cousin! The kids had a fun time feeding the hundreds of ducks and other birds that swarmed our way. We got some great family portraits done as well. It’s always a successful family photo session when you […]
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The awesome thing about the Santa Cruz/Monterey area is you can shoot at beaches year-round, and they pretty much always look the same. The only thing that changes is the clothing people wear. I photographed Nick and Tara’s beautiful family of five (if you include Oso, the dog) a week before Christmas, but you’d never […]
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These three sisters contacted me because they wanted to create a special gift for their parents for Christmas – a series of beautiful portraits of the three of them. They chose the Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve in Cupertino as the location for the shoot since it’s a place that’s special to all of […]
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Monica is a regular client of mine, and being an Aptos resident she really loves her beach – Rio Del Mar / Seacliff. We go there every time we shoot together, and somehow we make it new each time. For this particular shoot, we were aiming to get some great photos for their Christmas cards. […]
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This was a fun photo shoot with multiple families at Ocean View Park in Santa Cruz. It’s got great views of the boardwalk and ocean (as its name states), and lots of great locations around the park to shoot. Since we were a pretty large group, we didn’t walk around as much as I would […]
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It had been a couple years since I last got to work with the Tate families while they vacationed over Thanksgiving at their beachfront rental house in the Pajaro Dunes development near Watsonville. We had some beautiful weather this day, and the light was a little better than last time – plus I had an […]
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It’s always great to capture 3 generations in one photo shoot, especially at a fun location like Seabright Beach in Santa Cruz. It’s no easy task to coordinate four families and their schedules for one shoot, especially when they don’t all live in the area. Luckily the stars were in alignment, the weather was gorgeous, […]
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OK, so there’s a lot more photos in this post than is typical for a family portrait session, but Tom and Kristin have five photogenic, fun kids that made it really hard for me to narrow them down. They live near Seascape beach in Aptos, so it was a natural choice for their family photo […]
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Julie is a fantastic local CMP (Certified Massage Practitioner) working in the Santa Cruz area. She needed some updated portraits/headshots to use for her business marketing material – plus all the online profiles there are today – Yelp, LinkedIn, Facebook, industry websites, etc. It’s always good to keep your official portraits up to date. Even […]
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