Engagement Love Stories

Engagement Love Stories

One of my favorite kinds of sessions to photograph is engagements! Of course, as a “hopeless romantic”, I totally dig capturing the magic of a couple in love! I typically try to choose a location that is special to them or perhaps doing something they love to do together. I had the immense honor of…

Paint your Memories into Art.

Paint your Memories into Art.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen a mere snapshot that was quickly defended by a sweet defense– a comment to the tune of, “this is the last photo we have with mom. It was just out by the parking lot, but she looks so happy!” Don’t we all have a snapshot of…

Wedding Highlights Video

Wedding Highlights Video

Moving Stories of Love Wedding Wednesday—it’s a perfect day to share one of my creative joys- capturing weddings with video! Weddings, of course, are the happiest days to photograph; full of elegance, beauty, love, romance, and all the very best we can pull together to celebrate the union of two lives becoming one!  I personally…

WONDERFUL WANDERFUL WEDNESDAYS

WONDERFUL WANDERFUL WEDNESDAYS

MY WEEKLY CONTRIBUTION TO FOCUS ON LIGHT. Well, in September of 2019, I was asked by Glen Clark, my lab rep at the time, to consider contributing to his daily Facebook Page, Focus on Light.  It was amazing to me that he had been posting a picture with a quote or verse from the Bible…

Grass Blades: Sculpture in Seattle

Grass Blades: Sculpture in Seattle

A few months ago I made a trip to Seattle to film a video for Panasonic about the tiny ZS200. It was such an amazing trip and I’m working on a book about it! Here are a few pages of the book design and some of the poetry and travel dialog from the book- Enjoy!!…

CelebrateMyCity: 13th St. Maple Shadows

CelebrateMyCity: 13th St. Maple Shadows

Well, three years ago today I watched a most amazing movie, that inspired this project. A movie I will tell you more about later. But tonight I want to share one of my favorite vignettes of MY City, Sacramento, California. Nestled between the old and the new, the Downtown Sheraton and the Sacramento Convention Center…

Love Affair with Color

Love Affair with Color

Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s one of my very favorite holidays and I typically send out lots of cards, or at least texts to my loved ones and friends. It’s just a sweet excuse to celebrate LOVE. Love of people or love of anything right? Like COLOR!! I started on a new book about my trip…

Studio Lighting for Portraits

Studio Lighting for Portraits

Studio Lighting for Portraits Face it, people want to look GREAT in their portraits. OK, not great- better than in real life, right? Like twenty pounds lighter, 10 years younger, skin much smoother, eyes and teeth so bright…. And really, that’s our job as photographers to do three things: *Hide a person’s flaws *Show off…

Bubble Trailer Adventures:  City of Rocks State Park, NM

Bubble Trailer Adventures: City of Rocks State Park, NM

A while back we headed to New Mexico for a photo tour, and our journey from California is long enough that we needed to camp along the way. Jonny found a campground near Las Cruces New Mexico which is halfway to our destination Carlsbad Caverns. We left Scottsdale about noon in plenty of time to…

CALENDARS–It’s Time!

CALENDARS–It’s Time!

Calendars are the classic end of the year gift. And it’s such a personal way to connect with friends and loved ones all year! What’s great about a calendar gift is there are no rules to calendar creation! It can be anything you want it to be! One image or 12, epic photos or snapshots,…