It’s been a couple of weeks since my trip to Death Valley… but I’ve finally found some time to start posting some photos from the trip. But for those of you who don’t know, a videographer and I were able to document a class field trip to the Valley where we followed a small group of students for a couple of days (we couldn’t get much more time off from work than that considering that the trip to the Valley was almost 900 miles roundtrip). But after briefly seeing the sand dunes on our own the evening before, we drove out early the next morning to find the students at our meeting spot which was Zabriskie Point. The view from Zabriskie Point was amazing as you should be able to see in the photos that are posted. My only regret is that I did not get up at sunrise to take some landscape photos before the students arrived, because the sun hits the series of gullies and mud hills perfectly in the morning. I’ll definitely force myself to get out of my sleeping bag a little bit earlier the next time I visit.
So this is the last set of pictures I wanted to post from the engagement sessions I did last month. I spent a decent amount of time with Pete and Katie on their engagement shoot and I think the extra time paid off. My favorite picture was taken when each person wore a t-shirt representing the college they attended (Go Bulldogs!) … and the personality that came out when the college colors were put on was great! There were so many pictures I liked from the shoot… and it was hard to narrow it down to my favorite three… but here they are. Stay tuned for pics from my recent trip to Death Valley… I should be posting those soon!
Just getting back to the blogging after working a few days out of town over the weekend, but I wanted to update my blog from the second of three engagement shoots I did recently. Monica and John had set up our shoot at a small restaurant where John works. Though they didn’t meet at this particular restaurant, the couple did meet with culinary ties in mind. One day when Monica was in culinary school, it was her turn to take the trash out to the dumpster out back. It was there where she met John, who offered to help her toss away the heavy bag of trash she was attempting to throw out. Though the story isn’t quite as romantic as meeting for a candle-lit dinner, they were soon talking about culinary school and the restaurant… and the rest is history. Can’t wait to see what dish they’re cooking for the wedding reception in October.
It’s actually been a few weeks since I did this engagement shoot… but I wanted to post some photos from the shoot before I get even further behind with my updates. But recently I’ve been fortunate to do some “out of the ordinary” engagement sessions. The first took place at a bowling alley in Fresno. The couple, Jaye and Hannah, were up to do something a little different for their shoot… so since they enjoy bowling… we decided to do the shoot right their in the alley. Along with some cool shots we got in the bar area, I got some shots right on top of the stack of bowling balls that I thought turned out great. Overall I enjoyed the shoot… but I learned one lesson from the experience… and that is to scout out my bowling alleys before deciding on a final location next time. Since I did the shoot out of town… I had no idea what the alley looked like and I was a little disappointed by it’s lack of character. That being said… I think we still made it work with what we had and I was happy with the outcome.
I plan on updating again soon with a couple more samples from some recent engagement sessions I had so be on the lookout for that.
