selle + christian / back in the day

Literally had a throwback engagement session with Selle and Christian, we went to their friends house in Chula Vista to go with the old school vibe since they had a sweet tree swing. Really who has a tree swing in South Bay San Diego? After, we went to the site where they first met, Bell Junior High School in Paradise Hills (also my old school) to complete the experience.

aileen + elson / happy feet

Last year I traveled up to Santa Monica to meet up with Aileen and Elson and we decided it would be best to photograph their engagement session on the hottest day of 2010. Haha, it was literally no sweat. We had a blast photographing around the grounds of the Santa Monica Museum of Art and their favorite restaurant, BOA steakhouse.

mary + eddy / san francisco art

A few weeks ago I went up to San Francisco for an engagement session with Mary and Eddy who both have impeccable style and taste. We started the session at their home, then went off to Blue Bottle on Mint Street and photographed around there. After our coffee fix, we darted to Golden Gate Park and beat the incoming fog to finish off our session at the De Young museum, which was a great way to end the day. We were joined by RJ of Apex Express, who was interviewing me and a few other photographers on our thoughts on love, its great to hear Mary, Eddy and myself talk about ourselves and our philosophies. Its a great program who is also in need of support to keep the great stories coming along, so feel free to make a donation on their website as you listen to us chat, we start around 23:00.

APEX Express Fund Drive Show - February 17, 2011 at 7:00pm

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jomie + ricky / orange county dreaming

I headed up to Orange County to meet up with Jomie and Ricky. We ran around the OC, heading to The Camp and The Lab trying to catch the light. Then hit up the Lido Theater in Newport Beach for some good ole popcorn.

the top 20 / songs + photographs

I compiled a collection of my twenty favorite photographs I took during 2010. When I looked back over my work at the end of the year, these were the images I were drawn to the most. I can still remember the feelings I had when I took these, it ranged from euphoric to heart-wrenching. I decided to pair them with twenty of my favorite songs from 2010, while all the songs were not created last year, these are the songs that were my biggest inspirations to keep enhancing my life and my photography. A lot of this work I haven't blogged yet, so look for the full sets coming soon, enjoy the photographs and enjoy the music.

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