On Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 we were at the Arroyo Trabuco Golf Course in Mission Viejo for the wedding of Kelly Swingholm and Michael Beebe. It was a perfect day for an outdoor wedding of a beautiful bride and her handsome groom.

As with the Vargas wedding earlier in the same month, this couple also elected to see each other prior to the ceremony. So, I [...]

Also on November 15th, singer Coreena Gardener was in my studio to get some creative shots for her promo package and new CD that she’s currently recording.

She liked the “300″ effect that I did on the some of promo shots for the band Diminishtry. So, I did the same effect on some of her favorite shots (below):

“Just got a chance to look at [...]

On November 15th, Natalie Rivera came into the studio for her maternity portraits. She was such a natural in front of the camera, it was as if she were born a model. She had seen shots from many of my previous maternity portrait sessions that she wanted to recreate for herself, and we also created many brand new shots just for her.

Many of Natalie’s pose [...]

On November 8th, we were in Redlands, CA to document the wedding of Flor Melgoza and Ben Vargas at the Redlands Country Club.

Like more and more couples these days, Flor and Ben decided to see each other prior to the ceremony. That would allow us to get some of their formal bridal party and family portraits out of the way early so that they [...]