Shady Canyon with Andrea

The beautiful Andrea modeled for Mario Herrera‘s lighting workshop for the Photography Basics class at Saddleback Church. Afterwards, we went to Shady Canyon in Irvine and had a quick little shoot of our own. These were taken at noon. The ones in the field were roughly around 1-3pm in the open California summer sun. Lots of people try to avoid shooting during those times since it’s “harsh.” Nah, not me. Light is light. And the light is just lovely.

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Bianca Creates

Bianca is an sweet person whose passion encouraging and building up women’s character. An amazing wordrobe stylist, she focuses on clothing and fashion focusing on modesty and one’s true beauty. This only goes to show you how beautiful Bianca really is.

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John and Rosie

It was such an honor to capture John and Rosie’s wedding. I’ve known them for years through the 20s and 30s community of Saddleback Church. I met John about four years ago and Rosie a few weeks later. It has been incredible watching the two of them grow individually. John, into a God-fearing man and the capacity to love others. Rosie, into a beautiful woman of God whose sweetness is unparalleled. It was a pleasant surprise when I learned that the two began dating. John has finally met his match; in that Rosie was able to go toe-to-toe with his humor. They have both proven worthy and totally deserving of each other.

Congratulations, you two.

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Clifton at the Cliffs

I met Julie and Calvin at a previous wedding earlier this year. One of the guests there loved my work and referred me to this lovely couple. Julie’s incredibly sweet and is undergoing nursing school. Calvin is a striving hard worker who works long hours.

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Andrea

Had an awesome shoot with Andrea yesterday. I’m pretty sure I just found America’s Next Top Model.

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Shane Miller

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Ken and Angie Clunk, Casper’s Park

Ken and Angie Clunk are amazing Cleveland based photographers. I met them a few weeks ago at WPPI 2013 and they told me about their epic west coast road trip. They’ve never visited the southwest and west coast before and used WPPI as an excuse for the trip!

They started in Cleveland and made their way to Las Vegas for the WPPI conference. After that, they went to San Diego to begin their trip north and taking the iconic scenic pacific coast highway. Along the way, we met up and spent some amazing time together.

Ken and Angie have spent 11 years together and five of those year in marriage. It’s easy to see how much they love each other and they were such an amazing couple to capture.

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Introducing: Malory

After listening to my good friend Ryan Brenizer speak at WPPI, I was inspired and encouraged to totally change up my thinking process when it comes to photography and why I do what I do. I ran into my friend Malory and she humored me with an impromptu photo shoot. These were shot in an office setting and experimented with the lack of light.

The first thing I did was I wanted to control the light so I turned the house lights off. It’s now pitch dark and the only light source were the only ones that I wanted, which is the video lights that I was using. A few other techniques that I used here to really control the image was also freelensing.

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The Bible Series: Mark Burnett and Roma Downey

This weekend, I had the privilege of serving Mark Burnett and Roma Downey. Mark is widely known as the producer of a few TV shows (Survivor, The Voice, The Apprentice) and Roma is best known for her role as the Angel on Touched by an Angel. They are the creators of the Bible series on the History Channel. Mark and Roma met with Pastor Rick Warren, who’s been one of the consultants on the series’ production. They had an open forum on Saturday morning and a meet and greet with the church where it was on a national simulcast. They were also present at all five weekend services and talked about their trials, experiences, and lessons from the production of the Bible series. At the end of the 11:15 service on Sunday, they present Pastor Rick a 17th century Bible as a gift of thanks.

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Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation 30th Anniversary Gala

I had the pleasure of serving the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation on their 30th anniversary gala celebration. It was a beautiful event held at the Balboa Bay Club and Resort in Newport Beach, California. It was a wonderful upscale event with delicious food, wine, and dancing. Throughout the event, there were bids and auctions for various prizes.

Here is an article with my photos published in OC Metro Magazine about the event.

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Brooke Lambkin CD cover shoot, Laguna Beach, California

I had the privilege of photographing the CD art work for my friend this week. She’s a phenomenal singer and her music is absolutely beautiful. Check out her music also!

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John and Samantha, Saddleback Rancho Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano

John and Samantha are awesome. Why? John is a U.S. Marine (we served in the same unit) and Samantha has been amazing with her relentless love and neverending support of John. I love stories of adversities like these. It’s so inspiring that no matter what, John and Samantha choose to make it work. Love is a choice.

Samantha, your love for John is powerful and inspiring. John, it’s an honor to serve with you.

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Erik and Jesalyn – A Stroll in the Woods

Erik and Jesalyn are amazing friends of mine. They met while serving in ministry at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif. I knew Erik before he met Jesalyn and I loved watching their relationship grow and foster. They are beautiful people in Christ who love the Lord and each other.

I love Love.

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Shelby

Shelby’s a great friend of mine from Sacramento. She flew down here for a quick shoot and just to hang out in sunny Southern California. An amazing singer and even better friend, we just hung out in the beautiful weather.

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Heather Sigman

Heather Sigman approached me about getting some new photos for her portfolio. We wanted an edgier urban look so we went to the Los Angeles Art District.

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Jessica McDorman, Lover of Weddings

One of the biggest compliments you can ever receive as a photographer is when another photographer hires you for their own photography needs. It’s a honor and a privilege in the way that a peer respects you and your work enough to consider you for their own needs.

Jessica McDorman is a very talented photographer her in own right. I suppose it’s Jessica Sofranko now… she got married! She works with Lover of Weddings Photography and Coordination in the beautiful central coastal city of San Luis Obispo. I’m a bit jealous she gets to live here.

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Amanda and Andrew, Lake Forest

I have a soft spot for military couples. This one in particular, Amanda and I served in the same platoon for a few years. I love seeing Amanda so happy.

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Jeremiah Goley, Orange Circle, California

Pastor Jeremiah Goley is the campus pastor for Saddleback Church at the Grove. He’s an amazing guy who loves his wife, his kids, and above all, loves Jesus. We walked around the orange circle in the city of Orange for a great urban city feel.

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