Diablo Foothills

A few shots from an early morning visit to the Diablo Foothills and Castle Rock regional parks with a visit to Shell Ridge mixed in.

Goodbye to Independence Trail

This week during the Jones fire in Nevada County, we lost an amazing hiking and landscape location in Nevada City. At this moment, we don’t know the level of damage, but we have seen photos of the boardwalks burning. These are a few photos from the location:

Newcastle Lavender Farm

I haven’t been shooting very many portraits the last few months but I did visit the Nescastle Lavender Farm with a return to my roots of landscape photography.

Until Further Notice

With the world shutdown, I thought it would be a good idea to see how it has impacted a normally very busy Broad Street in Nevada City, which is lined with small businesses.

These are the closure signs put up by the shop owners who need our support the most.

Haley at The Book Cellar

When Haley Renee said she wanted to do a concept shoot, I immediately thought of shooting at The Book Cellar in Lincon, California. This used book store is full of great decorations and hallways and props everyplace. Haley wanted to try a sexy librarian concept and these are the results.

I shot with the Fujifilm X-T3, 35mm f1.4mm lens and an on camera flash.

Fashions with Leanna Sommer

Model Leanna Sommer visited my studio on Sunday and we got some fun pictures all over the studio and yard. A few samples of our work.

To get the laptop light, I placed some LED lights in front of the computer screen. I also had the model sit on a roll of paper towels to raise her up above screen level. I also had a Godex continuous light to camera right in a strip box.

Halloween with Annaliese

When Annalise Nobile said she wanted to shoot at Bishops Pumpkin farm, I really didn’t know what to expect, other then a lot of people. I had never visited the farm before but I was really amazed by the size. It was more of a county fair grounds environment vs a farm situation. Not only did we capture some great pumpkin pictures, but we also found some places to get a unique moody vibe.

Pioneer Park with Marissa Mutascio

I had a chance to work with actress Marissa Mutascio in Nevada City this week on a fun portrait shoot. All photos are taken with the Fuji X-T3, 56mm f1.2 and Godox AD400 with a large softbox.

State Fair with Becca

I went with Model Becca to the state fair and captured some fun colorful shots.

Vintage Looks with Laura Tipon

Model Laura Tipon asked me to shoot her around the old homes of Nevada City to help compliment her already vintage look. I am really happy with the results.

Taken in Nevada City with the Fuifilm XT-3 and a 28 inch Glow EZ deep parabolic softbox. Godox AD400 strobe.

This one was shot using natural light as the sun was going down.

Unboxing the Fujifilm Instax LiPlay

I picked up the new instax LiPlay camera/printer. Basically it’s an instax camera that can print from your iPhone over bluetooth. It includes an LCD screen to preview the image before printing. I was super impressed with how easy it is to use. The menus are logical and the iPhone app is simple. The only item on my wish list is the ability to print directly from the X-T3 to this printer. Right now, you have to use the Fujifilm app to transfer jpg files from the X-T3 to your phone, before you can print. The camera also supports miniSD cards, so I added a card so I can transfer files to lightroom.

Camera uses the Instax Mini film and I happen to have a few boxes of expired film going back 3 or 4 years. The color quality for the expired film isn’t too bad.

Milkbath photoshoot

I had a chance to do my first milkbath photoshoot this week with Rosie Petal and Samone Pierce. The shoot location was in a backyard in Folsom. While the temperatures were in the 90’s, the bath water was ice cold, so the models couldn’t stay under water too long.

Rosie shot with the Fujifilm X-T3 and the 56mm lens. Natural light with a 48 inch softbox using 2 layers of diffusion.

Samone Pierce

Straight up Dubs

I went with The Chopstick Guys to a workshop in a VW restoration facility. We were originally going to shoot outside, but the day was all rain. We were able to shoot most of our images inside.

Lighting on this was setup by the Chopstick Guys

Bear River 2019 Prom

I had a chance to shoot my nieces and friends for the 2019 prom photos. Below are a few, shot with the Fujifilm X-T3

Musician Kalyja Rain

I had a chance to take photos of the very talented Kalyja Rain the week after her Mile High single was released.

Pictures taken with the Fujifilm X-T3 with the 56mm f1.2 lens in Pioneer Park in Nevada City.

Shot with a Godox strobe and 48 inch octobox.

Camping with Alex

I had the idea of doing a camp-girl photoshoot at the Inn Town Campground in Nevada City and Alex Jade did an amazing job as the model.

We started the shoot in a RetroRV. Shooting with the Fujifilm X-T3 and natural light.

We then moved into the Airstream to take a few pictures inside and outside.

Then we moved onto Glamping Tent #3 for a few final shots.

Model Kristen Counts

I had a chance to do a studio photoshoot with instagram Model Kristen Counts. One of the most skilled models I have ever worked with.

Portraits with Becca

I worked with bay area model Becca on some really special portraits over the weekend in Nevada City.

This image of Becca at the Tulip Gardens is now one of my favorite portraits that I have captured. Everything about it is special, just works and tells a story. This is the type of portraits i would love to create all day long.

Both images shot with the Fujifilm X-T3 and 16-55mm f2.8 lens

After taking photos at the tulip garden, we headed down to the cemetery outside downtown Nevada City for some moody and emotional portraits.

Old Sacramento Photowalk

I attended a photowalk in Old Sacramento this week and captured some pictures with a few of my favorite models. Shooting with the Fujifilm X-T3, 56mm lens and on camera flash.

Model Alex Jade

I had an opportunity to work with model Alex Jade in Nevada City recently. Below are a few of my favorites. Images shot with the Fujifilm X-T3 and the 56 f1.2 and 35mm f1.4 lenses. Some were shot with natural light plus a reflector and some were shot using a Godex on camera flash.