On June 6th, I was back at one of my favorite not-so-secret portrait spots in Old Town Murrieta to shoot family portraits for the Johnson family — Duane, Tricia, and their one year-old son Kaleb.

Although Duane and Tricia were in the mood for some happy/smiling family photos, poor little Kaleb was dealing with a slight ear infection and, although he was never fussy at all, [...]

My second of three children, Josh, graduated from High School on Friday, June 11th, 2010. Needless to say, he was very happy on this day! And, I was proud!

Here are some of the happy moments I captured during the graduation ceremony at Murrieta Valley High School.

And, finally, my wife, Rachel, took over the camera for this final shot of the graduate and his proud papa.

On Saturday, June 5th, we were at Gershon Bachus Vintners in Temecula for the wedding of Felcia Owsian and Michael Pendleton. I love this venue. I have shot here before, and it has excellent photo opportunities, both outside and inside the tasting room reception area. On this day, the main challenge was the heat — the temperature was 97 degrees as the guests started arriving [...]

It’s baby season! On the afternoon of Tuesday, June 1st, we had the pleasure of photographing 6-day old Ryleigh Ann DeFalco. Tiny Ryleigh was as cute as could be, and new parents Annie and Tony were beaming! With a full belly and on the verge of a deep sleep, Ryleigh was a great sport — very tolerant of us fussing with her — and we [...]

On May 20th, we were at the Murrieta home of one of our 2008 wedding photography couples, Cheryl and Jim Stark, to photograph the first portraits of their newborn son, J.T.

Since Jim is a firefighter, in addition to the usual baby shots, we also worked his firefighters turnouts into some of the shots.

After the shoot while Rachel and I were reviewing the images, we could [...]