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Tag Archives: overcast

Davenport Beach Wedding Proposal with Julianna and Brian

  HUGE waves crashing the whole time. They’re enjoying wine here, Brian’s looking over his shoulder towards Michael, who’s playing his guitar to himself. Brian’s like, “what the hell – let’s see if he’ll play for us” // Brian to Michael (I’m guessing here, I don’t read lips haha) “Hey man, thanks for coming – […]

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Lifestyle Business Portraits at Wilder Ranch in Santa Cruz

Brenda needed some portraits for her new real estate venture, but she wanted more of a natural lifestyle feel to the photos than your typical executive headshot. She sent me a few sample images for the look and feel she was going for, so I suggested a natural light shoot at Wilder Ranch in Santa Cruz. It’s […]

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2015 Year in Review

I have a really hard time picking my favorites from each shoot, but it’s a great exercise to review your work from time to time. This is the first installment of what I hope becomes an annual tradition – picking JUST ONE photo from each of my shoots from the past year, be it a business portrait […]

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Alicia and Chris (Engagement Photography) @ Capitola, California

Recent “Engagement” Posts:

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Christy, Scott and Kids (Family Photography) @ Capitola Beach, California

Recent “Family Portrait” Posts:

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Molly + Zak (Engagement Photography) @ Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, Moss Beach

Molly and Zak found me just in the nick of time for their wedding this month, and although an engagement shoot wasn’t originally on their radar, I practically insisted we try to sneak one in for all the side benefits – a low-key practice session to get some great casual portraits, find out what does […]

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Sarah + Anthony (Engagement Photography) @ Pfeiffer Beach, Big Sur

I thought it was a long drive to Big Sur from Santa Cruz, but Sarah and Anthony drove all the way from the East Bay for their Pfeiffer Beach engagement session in Big Sur. It had been several years since my last engagement shoot at this location, and I remember it being ridiculously windy. Lucky […]

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Erin (Santa Cruz Portrait Photography) @ Wilder Ranch

I shot Erin’s fabulous Roaring 20s wedding last year, and the cool thing about doing great work for clients is that they come back to you. It so happens that Erin needed some portraits for career purposes, so we set a date in January. We almost postponed due to the forecast for rain, but we […]

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Jared + Jasmine (Engagement Photography)

WARNING: This post has LOTS of big photos!! What can I say, Jared and Jasmine are an Attractive Couple (see: capitalization) that knows good photography when they see it. They reviewed my work online and booked me for their upcoming wedding without even meeting me first. I could’ve been some psychopath that also happened to […]

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Walton Lighthouse @ Seabright Beach (HDR)

I walked to the beach this late afternoon with my family, and took 10 minutes away to walk around and get some handheld five-shot HDR photos of the lighthouse and surrounding area. Usually I do HDR with a tripod because all the photos have to line up, but I managed ok for most of the […]

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Engagement Shoot at Baker Beach, San Francisco

Here’s a shot from an engagement photo session I had with a couple yesterday up in San Francisco. It was pretty overcast, which gave me great, flat exposures which I could really bring out in post. I think 95% of my exposures were within the dynamic range of my d200 – no clipping in shadows […]

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