As I attempt to grasp what I’ve learned thus far here at WPPI (Wedding Portrait Photographers International) annual conference in Las Vegas, I am overwhelmed with ideas and dreams and Oh-I-don’t-even-know-how-to-describe-it type sensations. I’ve never been a big fan of Vegas, and I’m slowly getting used to the mirror on the ceiling over my bed, [...]
About a month ago, I took a few days to visit my friend, Sean, up in Grass Valley. I have always called him my bright and shiny happy smiley face, because I feel bright and shiny and happy and smiley whenever I’m around him. He’s such a great comfort to me, a great positive influence [...]
I proposed the idea to my hair dresser, Stephanie, as I was getting my hair done last month about doing a creative shoot. Stephanie is one of the owners at An Epic Salon in Reno, and I am so stoked she was excited as I was about this shoot. I wanted to play with artificial [...]
In October and November, I did quite a bit of contract work for a wedding photography company in the San Francisco Bay. I had this idea in my to create a collage, black and white on black backgrounds of all the couples I photographed. This is result of the four different day sessions on numerous [...]
Last month Christie Mumm, Kelsey Rosser, Edem Thome, Raquel Sullivan, Courtney Wilson and Melissa Vossler and I ventured out to Nevada City to photograph friends of Christie’s, Isabelle and Olivia, and jewelry designer, Adrienne Cates Mineiro, who creates some freaking incredible pieces. I had such a great time primarily working with the 5D Mark II [...]
Last Wednesday, I was going through some of the business cards of photographers I had picked up in my travels around Reno and Tahoe, and fell in love with Courtney Wilson’s work out of South Lake Tahoe. I emailed her and she got back to me much sooner than I ever thought was possible. She [...]
Today I was blessed to meet up with 6 other local girl photographers for a boudoir shoot at the Atlantis. Amazing hotel and Casino, amazingly gorgeous model Brittni. I had a completely mind-blowing time today listening to all the shutters clicking from the other girls. Here’s a sneak preview of one of many images I [...]