Certain dates are very popular for weddings. For example, I have photographed weddings on 07/07/07 and 08/08/08. On Monday, August 16th we were in Beverly Hills to photograph my 10/10/10 wedding couple, Yoko Tsuchihashi and Sammy Shakerchi, for their engagement portraits. They were both so photogenic and affectionate with each other that it was easy to catch natural smiles on their faces and love in [...]

Lisa Wunderlich has been a longtime friend of mine and, as a fellow actor, we have even performed together in a couple local stage productions (“Lend Me A Tenor” and “Rumors”) as well as a short film for a book trailer (“When Universities Are Destroyed“).

Lisa’s second anniversary has just passed, and so now that the surprise won’t be spoiled, I can reveal a few of [...]

On Monday, August 9th, we met up with high school Senior, Jenna Dunn, and her family at the Glen Arbor Park in Murrieta to photograph Jenna’s Senior Portraits. After about 45 minutes of shooting in the wooded area of the park, we headed to Laguna Beach for about another hour of shooting there — with Jenna’s friend, mother, and grandmother in tow.

We all had [...]

On Friday, August 20th, I received a call from Dean Stoecker. He had a plan. On the following night, Dean and his girlfriend Angie were going to attend the Bobby Caldwell jazz concert at Thornton Winery in Temecula, and Dean was going to pop the question there, and he wanted me to document it in photographs.

Dean had already coordinated the scheme with Bobby [...]

On Saturday, August 7th, we were down in San Diego for the wedding of Chelcey Cervantes and James Barraza. The bridal party got ready at the W Hotel, just a short half mile from the Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic church where the ceremony was to be held.

Unfortunately, a mix-up with their limo company left them without a ride to the church. So, [...]

Beatles fans should appreciate the authenticity of the uniforms and the sounds of tribute band The Silver Beatles. On August 3rd, the band hired me to shoot their updated promo shots.

This was a very quick shoot — perhaps 30 minutes or so, including setting up my studio lights in one of the stage rooms at the Murrieta Academy of Music. These guys knew [...]

Last year, on August 21st, I photographed the wedding of Chermine Williams and Eric Smith. I had also previously shot a boudoir portrait session for Chermine as a gift for Eric. Chermine loves the camera (and, fortunately, my use of it) so much that she returned for her maternity portrait session on July 25th.

Chermine didn’t have any specific shots in mind that she wanted. Instead, [...]