Perry Family

Meet the Perrys. :) Ed,Suzi, and their three daughters Jonelle, Noelle, and Rebecka are such a sweet family. O, and don't forget Maggie the dog (which even by her loving owners is described as so ugly she's cute) lol I met Jonelle in a high school youth-group quite a few years back, and met her family at other times as well. I hadn't seen much of them when I moved away for college until I discovered this amazing field of yellow flowers and grass on a turn off the highway close to Morro bay. I went to the house whose property I assumed it was to ask if I could get permission to take photos there. Turns out the house was the Perry's, which was awesome for me because they graciously gave me permission to take photos there. I used it once for a shoot last year, and have used it several times in the past few weeks because I just love how colorful and beautiful it is on their property. In thanks for letting me use their property so much I offered to take some family photos of them. I had an assignment at school where we had to take a pictorial photo... photo that was more about the environment and the relationship between the people. So i took the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone and give the Perrys a gift of a family session and I got to use it for credit in my portraiture class. Perfect. :) They were really fun to work with, and what better fit than to use the beautiful landscape that is in their own backyard! When Suzi saw one of the photos on the back of my camera as we were shooting and she said " Awe... us on Our Land." and I felt like I had done my job. That is exactly what I wanted this shoot to be, a document and a photo that their family can cherish... of them.. on Their land. :)
Here are some of my favorites from the shoot -

Linsey and Michael

I went to high school with this cute pair. They've been together for a few years now and even secretly dated during high school. They are really fun and linsey is all full of smiles. :) I asked them to model for me for an assignment at school. The assignment is to shoot a pictorial photo... photos that you would want to hang on your wall as art. I've been inspired lately by all the fields around and how everything is growing and so full of color. We went to a field in Los Osos and took the first few shots, and then moved to the bay for some boat photos. The only problem was that I forgot to take a look at a tide book....thats the last time I will do that.... (I had checked the water at around 4:15 that day and it looked fine, low.. but still enough water... by the time we got there at 5:15 all the water had gone except for the small amount of water in the channel. ) I don't know if you have been by the back-bay on a low tide... but if you try to walk on the mud... you sink up to your knees in muck. haha it was an adventure getting the boat out into the mud and angle it so that it looked like there was water in the bay. Linsey and mike were such troopers! Thanks guys for being so adventurous! Here are some of the photos

Stacey and Andrew

My boyfriend's sister was in town from Fresno this weekend. So I took the opportunity to take some fun photos of Stacey and her boyfriend Andrew. :) I love this time of year... everything is so green and beautiful, it makes it easy to take photos with beautiful people and environments. :)

Studio work

I had an assignment where I had to photograph a subject in the studio and be creative with it. My friend Amber modeled for me, she is such a great model. You just give her a general idea of the pose you want and she is just brilliant with moving and looking fabulous. The photographs needed to incorporate hands in a graceful way. (And no... she wasn't nude.. she had a strapless bra on... photoshop... actually i just realized that i uploaded the unedited version of the first photo.. so you can actually see the bra. oops. I'll have to change that). :) I am pretty pleased with how the photos turned out other than that :).

jordan

Here are some outtakes and some of the photos I used for an outdoor portrait assignment. :)

senior portrait assignment

I recently had an assignment where I have to take senior portraits, as many different looks in a small amount of time. I used my good friend Valerie as my model, she is gorgeous and was really fun to work with. :) Here are some of my favorites.

Just for fun

I decided to do a spin off of one of my assignments for school which was to take outside portraits using various lighting techniques. I did the same assignment just a little more creative and free with my friend Nancy. :)
here are some of my favorites.