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Wedding at Rancho Las Lomas

02.24.2009

This past Saturday I shot a wedding at one of my favorite Orange County venues... Rancho Las Lomas in Silverado Canyon. The place is simply gorgeous and unique... unlike any country club or hotel around. After threatening to rain all weak, it was a very pleasant day with nice soft light which you know I love. I actually photographed this bride when she was a competitive diver when she was around 13 years old. I know that would be a lot better story if I could find the photo and scan it to share, but you're going to have to take my word for it... it was an awesome action shot. Well last Saturday, I got some more awesome shots for this wonderful couple.

24 Carrots provided the catering and Chris Thompson Designs provided the florals.

Jackie Blair & Cathy Crawley who were in the region for WPPI in Las Vegas last week, were kind enough to tag along and shoot with me. There are more images on their respective blogs (as at least will be shortly).

Just about all of these images were processed with one or more Totally Rad Action.

Photo of the Month - February

02.22.2009

Here are two artsy photos that I took on my P&S camera last week in Las Vegas. These will both be added to the collection of desktop photos on my laptop.

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it's a bird... it's a plane...

02.20.2009

... it's Super [ b ] - or just superb if you prefer!

If you are my Facebook friend, or follow me on Twitter or 12 Seconds.tv, or saw me walking around WPPI... you've already seen the new and improved logo. My man Tim from Reddoor whipped up this little gem last week just for fun so I could have it for Vegas. And no, it's not a permanent change... just trying to have a little fun.

I feel so bad that I've completely neglected this blog for an entire week. It's the longest I've gone without posting something on it since I started blogging. WPPI was a crazy, intense week or burning the candle at both ends. In 7 days/6 nights in Vegas I think I got a total of 20 hours of sleep. I am just going to relax and nap all day today and I'll post a full recap of my trip next week along with plenty of photos.

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photo field trip, salton sea

02.12.2009

Yesterday about 2 dozen [ b ] Schoolers cruised out to the Salton Sea for a little photo field trip. It's pretty trippy out there. (did y'all ever see the movie called The Salton Sea with Val Kilmer?)

Anywho... we had a great day of shooting, hanging out and making friends. As per usual, I ended up talking and socializing most of the day and didn't shoot all that much. Here are a couple of my favorites:

This one is my favorite. Processed with Grandma's Tap Shoes at 30% from the Totally Rad Actions: The Revenge collection.

Also Granny's Tap Shoes at 30%:

This isn't a great photo per se, but the fact that this tractor/crane thingy has become a part of the landscape was tripping me out. The earth is literally swallowing this thing up and you can't see any part of the original surface. Salt and other stuff is like growing all over it.