This Saturday from 10AM to 4PM I will be hosting a photographers workshop at our studio in Santa Cruz. We are pretty full, but if you want to make it last minute, we might be able to squeeze you in. There are photographers attending that range from beginner to seasoned professional. We'll be covering the following topics: Creative composition, creative light, seeing natural light, interacting with your models, posing and post production techniques. This is for wedding photographers, portrait photographers, and generally photographing people.

Learn how to compose with people and light for a beautiful image!

I entered these 3 images in the Wedding & Portrait Photographers International Print Competition in the second half of 2007. All 3 of them won the Accolade Of Excellence award! This award is described as: "High Standard of professional skill, creativity & technique." I always love entering competitions, it really helps me improve in all areas; where I am doing right, and where to improve.

Accolade Of Excellence

Accolade Of Excellence

Accolade Of Excellence

The last time I entered prints before this was the first half of 2005, and won the following awards:


1st place - Wedding Humor
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3rd place - Bride & Groom together

Accolade Of Excellence

Accolade Of Excellence

Accolade Of Excellence

Accolade Of Excellence

I will also be entering another print in the 16x20 print competition this week! Wish me luck!

We did Heather & Noah's wedding last year, and they got right to it. I was honored to photograph their pregnancy portraits, and can't wait to meet their new bouncing baby boy. We'll see you then!

Bethany & Stephen like just chatting at coffe houses, cafes and restaurants, so that's where we photographed them for their engagement portraits...in their natural environment. We started at the Buttery, then over to Vida, downtown. Then we went to the lighthouse in Santa Cruz and it started raining just as we got there. They wanted to do a shot we had done for Jessica & Leiko a month before, so we did it...in 2 minutes no less. We were getting wet!